13/08/2026
I have said it once, ill say it again, and I will continue to say it until the end of time - conference presentations are great, but the people who attend are even better!!
The weekend at Fertility Society of Australia and New Zealand FSANZ 2026 conference was amazing and there was so many wonderful speakers and presenters, but it was the conversations and the people which will stay with me.
This weekend was a reminder of the many like-minded people in the ART space in Australia, whether fellow psychologists, social workers, counsellors, doctors, dieticians nutritionists, reps from companies, nurses, embryologists and everyone in between - it made for thoughtful and provoking conversations.
No matter the background discipline, everyone has something to add to a better future for ART in Australia, by raising our voices together, and brining our various backgrounds together we can make change.
By lifting each other's voices, and joining together we have an opportunity to bring about real change.
We may not always get it right, but working with true collaboration, with patients and people born through IVF and other ART services, we can make a change.
By respectful, true and deliberate listening we get the most out of this world, in a way that we will never get by dividing and tearing down.
So to everyone I spoke with, be it for once, many times for 30 seconds or hours, thank you for making the weekend that more amazing!
