| Friday 6 September | |
| 07.30 – 08.30 | Pre-Congress Menopause Essentials Registration | Mezzanine Level |
| Menopause Essentials Update | Grand Ballroom Chair: Karen Magraith & Susan Jenner |
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| 08.30 – 09.15 | Decision making at menopause Amanda Vincent |
| 09.15 – 10.00 | Menopausal hormone therapy (MHT): What’s the latest? Jane Elliott |
| 10.00 – 10.30 | Morning tea |
| 10.30 – 11.15 | Managing menopause without hormones Martha Hickey |
| 11.15 – 12.00 | Menopausal Hormone Therapy under difficult circumstances Bronwyn Stuckey |
| 12.10 – 13.10 | Commercial Symposium hosted by Mylan Lunch | Federation Ballroom ![]() |
| Friday 6 September | |
| 11.30 | Congress Registration | Federation Ballroom |
| 12.10 – 1.10 | Commercial Symposium hosted by Mylan Lunch | Federation Ballroom |
| 1.20 – 1.25 | Congress Opening Amanda Vincent | AMS President Bronwyn Stuckey | Congress Scientific Program Chair |
| Alice MacLennan Plenary – Brain Health | Grand Ballroom Chairs: Amanda Vincent & Bronwyn Stuckey |
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| 1.25 – 1.55 | MHT and Cognition Pauline Maki |
| 1.55 – 2.25 | Understanding stroke in women – from causes to consequences Seana Gall |
| 2.25 – 2.55 | Cancer-related Cognitive Impairment Janette Vardy |
| 2.55 – 3.15 | Panel Discussion |
| 3.15 – 3.45 | Afternoon tea | Federation Ballroom |
| Plenary Session 2 – Endometrial Health | Grand Ballroom Chair: Naomi Saunder & Ashley Makepeace |
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| 3.45 – 4.15 | Breakthrough bleeding – what causes it and how to manage it Kirsten Black |
| 4.15 – 4.45 | Selective progesterone receptor modulators Beverley Vollenhoven |
| 4.45 – 5.15 | MHT after endometrial mischief Jim Tsaltas |
| 5.15 – 5.35 | Panel Discussion |
| 5.40 – 7.10 | Welcome Reception – Federation Ballroom Welcome to Country |
| Saturday 7 September | |
| 07.00 – 08.30 | Commercial Symposium hosted by Besins![]() Breakfast | Federation Ballroom |
| 08.00 | Registration | Federation Ballroom |
| Plenary Session 3 – Mind Health | Grand Ballroom Chairs: Sonia Davison & Jenny Rogers |
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| 08.45 – 09.15 | Mental health at menopause Pauline Maki |
| 09.15 – 09.45 | Sexual aspects of anti-depressant therapy in the perimenopause and menopause Jon-Paul Khoo |
| 09.45 – 10.15 | Mindfulness, Mood and Menopause Craig Hassed |
| 10.15 – 10.35 | Panel Discussion |
| 10.35 – 11.05 | Morning tea | Federation Ballroom |
| Plenary Session 4 – Vaginal Health | Grand Ballroom Chairs: Ann Olsson & Lina Safro |
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| 11.05 – 11.35 | How did we get into this mesh? Naomi Saunder |
| 11.35 – 12.05 | Vaginal Laser Therapy Erin Nesbitt-Hawes |
| 12.05 – 12.35 | Vaginal administration of sex steroids in menopausal hormone therapy Martha Hickey |
| 12.35 – 12.55 | Panel discussion |
| 12.55 – 1.55 | Lunch | Federation Ballroom |
| Plenary Session 5 | Grand Ballroom Moderator: Sylvia Rosevear |
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| 1.55 – 2.40 | Debate: Denosumab or bisphosphonate? Ego Seeman & Esther Briganti |
| 2.40 – 3.10 | Hot off the press – MHT and breast cancer Panel discussion of the recent Lancet publication Chair: Sonia Davison Panel members – Amanda Vincent, Bronwyn Stuckey & Martha Hickey |
| 3.10 – 3.30 | Afternoon tea | Federation Ballroom |
| 3.30 – 4.30 | Free Communications | Grand Ballroom Chairs: Georgina Hale & Jane Elliot |
| 3.30 – 3.45 | Associations between age, sex and menopause with brain structure at middle and early old age Stephanie Than |
| 3.48 – 4.03 | Do menopausal hot flushes change with sunlight exposure? Andie Xu |
| 4.06 – 4.21 | Fracture risk prediction and the decision to treat low bone density Nicole Opie |
| 4.24 – 4.30 | Multitargeting effects of an herbal formula on menopausal hot flushes Mingdi Li |
| 4.30 – 5.30 | AMS AGM | Grand Ballroom |
| 6.30 – 10.30 | Congress Dinner – The Henry Jones Art Hotel – 2 min walk from the Hotel Grand Chancellor Includes the Inaugural AMS Congress quiz; presentation of Awards, fine food, wine and dancing! |
| Sunday 8 September | |
| 07.30 – 08.30 | Commercial Symposium hosted by Amgen Breakfast | Federation Ballroom |
| 08.15 | Registration | Federation Ballroom |
| Plenary Session 6 – When is x not x | Grand Ballroom Chair: Beverly Vollenhoven & Susan Jenner |
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| 08.45 – 09.15 | When is breast cancer not a cancer Jocelyn Lippey |
| 09.15 – 09.45 | When is a fracture not a fracture Mark Forwood |
| 09.45 – 10.15 | When menopause not menopause? Victoria Nisenblat |
| 10.15 – 10.35 | Panel discussion |
| 10.35 – 10.40 | Welcome to Melbourne 2020 |
| 10.40 – 11.05 | Morning tea | Federation Ballroom |
| Plenary Session 7 – Old drugs with new data | Grand Ballroom Chair: Karen Magraith & Janice Brown |
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| 11.05 – 11.35 | Calcium and vitamin D for bones? Andrew Grey |
| 11.35 – 12.05 | Metformin – not just for diabetes? Gary Wittert |
| 12.05 – 12.35 | Botox for pelvic pain and overactive bladder Erin Nesbitt-Hawes |
| 12.35 – 12.55 | Panel discussion |
| 12.55 – 13.25 | Sonia’s Snippets Sonia Davison |
| 13.25 | Congress Close |
Rukshini Puvanendran – “Incomplete atypical femoral fracture after bisphosphonate use in a patient with post menopausal osteoporosis“
Neisha Wratten – “When Mona Lisa Doesn’t Smile: Symptomatic stenosis of the vaginal orifice after fractional CO2 laser therapy – a Case Report and Review of the literature“
Kelly Teagle – “Barriers and Breathroughs in Tele-Menopause Care“
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