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Andrew Kotaska received his MD from the University of British Columbia and worked as a rural GP-surgeon in northern B.C. before changing course to Obstetrics and Gynaecology. He is currently the Clinical Director of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Stanton Territorial Hospital in Yellowknife in the Northern Territories of Canada where he lives with his wife and two young boys. His main current areas of research interest are breech birth, the overestimation of risk in modern obstetrics, and the impact of epidural analgesia on labour and caesarean section rates.
Henci Goer is a writer and speaker of international renown and she is coming to Australia to share her expert evidence based perspectives on pregnancy and childbirth. Her books The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth and Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities are acclaimed resources for childbirth professionals. She has also written numerous education articles and magazine articles and works for the consumer market and professionals. She has served as project director and participated as an Expert Work Group member on the document, "Evidence Basis for the Ten Steps of Mother-Friendly Care."
Allan Cyna is Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Adelaide and Senior Consultant Anaesthetist at the Women's and Children's Hospital in Adelaide. As a member of the Australian Society of Hypnosis, he teaches hypnosis techniques to clinical psychologists and doctors. His research interests include the use of hypnosis and communication techniques in clinical anaesthetic practice, particularly in pain management, pregnancy and needle phobia. He is a member of the Pregnancy Childbirth Review Groups and Anaesthesia Review Groups of the Cochrane Collaboration and is an Academic editor for PlosOne Medicine and
The Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis.”

Jolyon Ford is Director of Postgraduate Medical Education at King Edward Memorial Hospital. His special interest is the development and facilitation of interdisciplinary educational activities where GPs, midwives and obstetric staff learn together and learn from each other and where the emphasis is on teamwork and communication as the primary goals.