2026 International Perinatal Bereavement Conference

About Conference

The 2026 PLIDA Education and Planning Committees seek concurrent and poster presenters for the 24th Biennial International Perinatal Bereavement Conference May 13 - 16, 2026 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Presenters are invited to share evidence-based clinical practice, research, and experiential opportunities with an interprofessional audience to over 300 professionals. This 3.5-day conference includes one day of pre-conference presentations followed by 2.5 days of plenary, concurrent, and networking sessions. Clinicians, researchers, and academicians became interested in family-centered care applied to hospital and community perinatal bereavement in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The International Perinatal Bereavement Conference (IPBC), first offered in the mid-1980s, is the only international conference on this topic.

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