Program

Program

The program is subject to change. Onsite sessions will be held at the Sofitel Wentworth Sydney.

The program is listed in Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST).

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Friday, 11 September 2026

07:30 – 12:00 Pre-Congress Menopause Essentials Update Registration | Level 3 Foyer
08:30 – 12:00 Pre-Congress Menopause Essentials Update (MEU)
Room Wentworth Ballroom
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch | Level 3 Foyer and Brisbane Room
12:00 – 17:30 Registration | Level 3 Foyer
13:15 – 14:25 Congress Opening and Plenary 1 – Alice MacLennan Plenary
Room Wentworth Ballroom
Chairs Dr Christina Jang and Dr Elina Safro
13:15 – 13:25 Welcome to the Congress
Dr Christina Jang

Welcome to Country
Yvonne Weldon
13:25 – 14:00 Midlife Women’s Health in 2026 – is it having a moment or do we detect an underlying Misogyny?
Dr Jennifer Gunter
14:00 – 14:25 Incorporating the New International Menopause Society Guidelines into your own clinical practice
Prof Rodney Baber
14:25 – 14:55 Afternoon Tea, Exhibition & Posters | Level 3 Foyer and Brisbane Room
14:55 – 16:50 Plenary 2
Room Wentworth Ballroom
Chairs Dr Jane Elliott and Dr Megan Ogilvie
14:55 – 15:30 New insights into Perimenopause
Prof Nanette Santoro
15:30 – 16:00 Breast Cancer and MHT – past, present and evolving evidence
Prof John Eden
16:00 – 16:25 Can a lost mid-life libido ever be found again?
Ms Anisa Varasteh
16:25 – 16:50 Pregnancy – an important signpost for midlife and menopause?
Prof Amanda Henry
16:50 – 17:00 Local Organising Committee Address
Dr Terri Foran
17:00 – 18:30 Welcome Reception | Level 3 Foyer

Saturday, 12 September 2026

07:15 – 08:15 Bayer Commercial Breakfast Symposia | Adelaide Room, Level 4 Bayer Logo
Introducing LYNKUET (elinzanetant): A new paradigm for the treatment of hot flushes and night sweats (bookings required)
08:00 – 16:00 Registration | Level 3 Foyer
08:30 – 10:30 Plenary 3
Room Wentworth Ballroom
Chairs Dr Marita Long and Dr Amie Hanlon
08:30 – 08:55 Everything you need to know about bones – except the boring bits!
Dr Amanda Beech
08:55 – 09:20 DEBATE: Testosterone – the essential third pillar of menopause management
Affirmative – Dr Terri Foran and Dr Jane Elliott
Negative – Dr Bronwyn Stuckey and Dr Jessica Floreani
09:20 – 10:00 Menopause from a Psychiatric Perspective – a case-based approach
Prof John Eden and Dr Anne-Marie Rees
10:00 – 10:30 Beyond Hormones – The importance of Lifestyle in menopause management
Where does the current literature get it right – and wrong…
Prof Robin Daly
10:30 – 11:00 Morning Tea, Exhibition & Posters | Level 3 Foyer and Brisbane Room
Catering Overflow | Tilda Restaurant and Bar, Level 2
11:00 – 12:30 Plenary 4
Room Wentworth Ballroom
Chairs Dr Ashley Makepeace and Dr Jane Elliott
11:00 – 11:30 Vulvovaginal symptoms in midlife and beyond – not always genitourinary syndrome of menopause
A/Prof Tania Day
11:30 – 12:00 Autoimmune disease and menopause – where do they intersect?
Dr Natasha Ung
12:00 – 12:30 Cardiovascular disease, menopause and MHT – what every non-cardiologist needs to know…..
Prof Rodney Baber
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch, Exhibition & Posters | Level 3 Foyer and Brisbane Room
Catering Overflow | Tilda Restaurant and Bar, Level 2
13:30 – 15:30 Concurrent Session 1 Concurrent Session 2
Room Melbourne Room Sydney and Perth Room
Chairs Dr Elina Safro and Dr Jessica Floreani Dr Marita Long and Dr Ashley Makepeace
13:30 – 14:00 Bridging the Ditch – an MHT Show and Tell (including options we don’t have)
Dr Sonia Davison and Dr Megan Ogilvie		 Why now? The social and economic trends behind this moment in menopause
Dr James Brown
Oral Presentations Oral Presentations
14:00 – 14:15 Testosterone to increase exercise capacity in women with early heart failure: a randomised controlled crossover trial.
Dr Julia Grant		 Complementary therapies for menopausal symptoms: an evidence-based review to inform international guidelines
Dr Alison Maunder
14:15 – 14:30 Medically induced menopause: lived experiences, care pathways and unmet needs in an inherited cancers cohort
Ms Robyn Smith		 Menopause management: integrating women’s health physiotherapy into multidisciplinary care
Ms Sarah Christ
Rapid Fire Presentations Rapid Fire Presentations
14:30 – 14:37 Optimizing brain health during the menopause transition
A/Prof Julia Lappin		 HIGHLIGHT 1 trial: fezolinetant treatment for hot flushes in breast cancer patients on endocrine therapy
Alana Philips
14:37 – 14:44 “Unseen and unheard”: A qualitative study on cognitive, affective and occupational impacts of menopause.
Ms Lauren Dewsbury		 Improving Menopause Support for Younger Breast and Gynaecological Cancer Patients: Patient and Healthcare Professional Perspectives
Mrs Emma Minchin
14:44 – 14:51 Thrive in Menopause: Evaluating a Virtual Physiotherapy-Led Exercise Program
Mrs Swati Agrawal		 Exploring experience of menopause for staff in a regional public hospital and community health centres.
Mrs Helen Edwards
14:51 – 14:58 A real-world study describing sleep outcomes among women using fezolinetant in Australia (ADELE-AU): preliminary analysis
Dr Natassia Rodrigo		 Breaking barriers in oral healthcare during perimenopause/menopause: Perspectives of women and healthcare providers in Australia
Ms Namitha Thomas
14:58 – 15:05 Hysterectomy, Oophorectomy, and the Risk of Osteoporosis and Fracture: A population-based cohort study
Dr Md Shariful Islam		 Menopause for women living with a serious mental illness
Tania Perich
15:05 – 15:12 Seeing through the fog: Navigating the health (mis)information environment in midlife
Dr Sarah White		 Exploring Alzheimer’s Risk in Women: Impact of the Menopause Transition
Ms Lina Ye
15:12 – 15:19 Generational differences in socioeconomic gradients in menopausal hormone therapy use in Australia
Mrs Laura Brooks		 Implementing a pharmacist-enabled menopause support model in community pharmacy: early outcomes
Mrs Jessica Burrows on behalf of Mrs Melissa Gannon
15:19 – 15:26 Impact of Musculoskeletal Symptoms on Quality of Life in Women Attending a Multidisciplinary Menopause Clinic
Dr Natasha Ung
15:30 – 16:00 Afternoon Tea, Exhibition & Posters | Level 3 Foyer and Brisbane Room
Catering Overflow | Tilda Restaurant and Bar, Level 2
15:55 – 17:00 AMS AGM | Sydney and Perth Room
18:30 – 22:30 Congress Dinner | Doltone House, Jones Bay Wharf (Ticketed Function)
Return bus transport provided from the Sofitel Wentworth

Sunday, 13 September 2026

07:15 – 08:15 Arrotex Commercial Breakfast Symposia | Adelaide Room, Level 4Arrotex Logo
Treatment of Vulval Lichen Sclerosus and Lichen Planus (bookings required)

Dr Tevi Wain
Dermatologist, Delta Dermatology & Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
08:00 – 13:00 Registration | Level 3 Foyer
08:30 – 10:20 Plenary 5 – Other Dimensions in Menopause Management
Room Wentworth Ballroom
Chairs Dr Christina Jang and Dr Amie Hanlon
08:30 – 09:20 Panel – Using and Misusing Evidence – How do we spot menopausal misinformation?
Dr Jen Gunter and Prof Nanette Santoro
09:20 – 09:55 Midlife and menopausal bleeding – when should we worry and what investigations are needed?
A/Prof Talat Uppal
09:55 – 10:20 Managing Urinary Symptoms at Midlife and Menopause
Dr Zhuoran Chen
10:20 – 10:50 Morning Tea, Exhibition and Posters | Level 3 Foyer and Brisbane Room
Catering Overflow | Tilda Restaurant and Bar, Level 2
10:50 – 13:00 Plenary 6
Room Wentworth Ballroom
Chairs Dr Sylvia Rosevear and Dr James Brown
10:50 – 11:40 Is the menopause experience different across cultures?
Prof Odette Best
Dr Jo Lambert
A/Prof Talat Uppal
Ms Anisa Varasteh
11:40 – 12:10 Menopausal Symptoms in Transgender Patients
Prof Ada Cheung
12:10 – 12:35 Sonia’s Snippets
Dr Sonia Davison
12:35 – 13:00 Congress Close

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