The Australian Multiple Birth Association is proud to welcome the following speakers and experts to share their insights at Convention 2021.

 

Professor Mark Umstad (AM)

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One of Australia’s leading experts in high risk pregnancies, Associate Professor Mark Umstad, has been awarded the 2014 Woodward Family Medal of Excellence, the highest honour bestowed by the Royal Women’s Hospital.

Professor Umstad is the Clinical Director of Maternity Services at the Women’s Hospital in Melbourne and the Patron of the Australian Multiple Birth Association.

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Ashlee Tenberge

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Ashlee is the Chairperson on the Board of Directors for the Australian Multiple Birth Association. 

Ashlee has held a director role on the AMBA board of directors in a volunteer capacity since 2014 and has been Chairperson since 2016, while also working full-time for LogMeIn, a global tech company. She has a curiosity for the nuances of associations and the for-purpose sector, searching for lessons that can be learned and applying knowledge to enable the continued progress of Australian associations.

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The Australian Multiple Birth Association National Convention is Australia’s keynote event focused on how to manage, govern and sustain the best support services for families with twins, triplets and more in a grassroots community capacity.

AMBA's Annual National Convention unites a national federation of multiple birth associations to network, learn and discuss the key issues facing our member-families and the volunteers serving them. Convention is a feature in the AMBA calendar, as it's the only opportunity for member-clubs to effectively collaborate, enabling discussion of key issues and interaction with the Board of Directors regarding the strategic direction of AMBA.

While the 2-day event provides an opportunity for AMBA to conduct its annual general meeting and other association business, convention will feature speakers and workshops focusing on a variety of topics, including strategic direction, research on multiple births, international insights for multiple birth organisations, volunteer management and operational efficiencies.

The convention experience is invaluable. Convention strengthens the ties between geographically dispersed clubs and encourages innovation. Club volunteers see that they are not alone, that others have similar challenges and issues and they solve for solutions together. A strong network of clubs brought together by national convention enables committees to focus on servicing their families and not waste valuable volunteer hours with re-inventing the operational wheel. The economy of scale offered at convention allows AMBA member-clubs to benefit from an annual opportunity to share information and resources with over 40 other clubs from all over the country.

"With a majority of member-clubs represented, National Convention enables our tiered organisation to align on priorities and activity for the coming years so we can continue to deliver on our mission."

Ashlee Tenberge, AMBA Chairperson

 

The Convention 2021 theme is "Imagine Possibilities". When designing the convention program, we adopted a detailed process, discussing the outcomes we wanted for attendees, what attendees would learn and take away from the weekend, and what types of sessions were best to ensure we delivered on those commitments.

We are excited to continue the innovative "AMBA Club Unite" exhibition that will feature on Day 1 at 2021 convention, celebrating the centres of excellence within our club and volunteer base.

Plenary sessions are designed for all attendees. The expectation is that all attendees participate in the plenary sessions and then move on to selected breakout sessions.

 

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