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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The program is subject to change. Onsite sessions will be held at the Sofitel Wentworth Sydney.
Use a time zone converter to check your time: timeanddate.com
| 0800 – 1730 | Registration | Level 3 Foyer |
| 0830 – 1200 | Pre-Congress Menopause Essentials Update (Registration essential) |
| Room | Wentworth Ballroom |
| 1200 – 1300 | Lunch | Level 3 Foyer |
| 1315 – 1425 | Congress Opening and Plenary 1 – Alice MacLennan Plenary |
| Room | Wentworth Ballroom |
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| 1315 – 1325 | Welcome to the Congress Dr Christina Jang Welcome to Country |
| 1325 – 1400 | Midlife Women’s Health in 2026 – is it having a moment or do we detect an underlying Misogyny? Dr Jennifer Gunter |
| 1400 – 1425 | Incorporating the New International Menopause Society Guidelines into your own clinical practice. Prof Rodney Baber |
| 1425 – 1455 | Afternoon Tea, Exhibition & Posters | Level 3 Foyer |
| 1455 – 1655 | Plenary 2 |
| Room | Wentworth Ballroom |
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| 1455 – 1530 | New insights into Perimenopause Prof Nanette Santoro |
| 1530 – 1600 | Breast Cancer and MHT – past, present and evolving evidence Prof John Eden |
| 1600 – 1625 | Can a lost mid-life libido ever be found again? Ms Anisa Varasteh |
| 1625 – 1650 | Pregnancy – an important signpost for midlife and menopause? Prof Amanda Henry |
| 1700 – 1830 | Welcome Reception | Level 3 Foyer |
| 0800 – 1600 | Registration | Level 3 Foyer | |
| 0830 – 1030 | Plenary 3 | |
| Room | Wentworth Ballroom | |
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| 0830 – 0855 | Everything you need to know about bones – except the boring bits! Dr Amanda Beech |
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| 0855 – 0920 | 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 |
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| 0920 – 1000 | Menopause from a Psychiatric Perspective – a case-based approach Prof John Eden and Dr Ann-Marie Rees |
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| 1000 – 1030 | Beyond Hormones-The importance of Lifestyle in Menopause management Where does the current literature get it right -and wrong… Prof Robin Daly |
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| 1030 – 1100 | Morning Tea, Exhibition & Posters | Lever 3 Foyer | |
| 1100 – 1230 | Plenary 4 | |
| Room | Wentworth Ballroom | |
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| 1100 – 1130 | Vulvovaginal symptoms in midlife and beyond – not always genitourinary syndrome of Menopause. Assoc Prof Tania Day |
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| 1130 – 1200 | Autoimmune disease and menopause – where do they intersect? Dr Natasha Ung |
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| 1200 – 1230 | Cardiovascular Disease, menopause and MHT- what every non-cardiologist needs to know….. Prof Rodney Baber |
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| 1230 – 1330 | Lunch, Exhibition & Posters | Level 3 Foyer | |
| 1330 – 1540 | Parallel Session | |
| Room | Wentworth Ballroom | Adelaide Room |
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| 1330 – 1540 | Bridging the Ditch – an MHT Show and Tell Dr Sonia Davison and Dr Megan Ogilvie |
What about The Manopause?- Exploring the male understanding of Menopause Dr James Brown |
| 1400 – 1530 | Free Communications | Free Communications |
| 1530 – 1600 | Afternoon Tea, Exhibition & Posters | Level 3 Foyer | |
| 1555 | AMS AGM | Wentworth Ballroom | |
| Evening | Congress Dinner | Doltone House, Jones Bay Wharf (Ticketed Function) Return bus transport provided from the Sofitel Wentworth |
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| 0800 – 1300 | Registration | Level 3 Foyer |
| 0800 – 1020 | Plenary 5 – Other Dimensions in Menopause Management |
| Room | Wentworth Ballroom |
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| 0830 – 0920 | Panel – Using and Misusing Evidence – How do we spot menopausal misinformation? Dr Jen Gunter and Prof Nanette Santoro |
| 0920 – 0955 | Midlife and menopausal Bleeding – when should we worry and what investigations are needed? Assoc Prof Talat Uppal |
| 0955 – 1020 | Managing Urinary Symptoms at Midlife and Menopause Dr Zhuoran Chen |
| 1020 – 1050 | Morning Tea, Exhibition and Posters | Level 3 Foyer |
| 1050 – 1300 | Plenary 6 |
| Room | Wentworth Ballroom |
| Chair | Dr Terri Foran |
| 1050 – 1140 | Is the menopause experience different across cultures? Prof Odette Best Dr Jo Lambert Assoc Prof Talat Upal Ms Anisa Varasteh |
| 1140 – 1210 | Menopausal Symptoms in Transgender patients Prof Ada Cheung |
| 1210 – 1235 | Sonia’s Snippets Dr Sonia Davison |
| 1235 – 1300 | Congress Close |
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