Arrival
10–12 November 2026 · GMT (Accra)
Conference programme
Three days of focused science, practical workshops, faculty engagement, and project planning.
Hybrid
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
Foundational plenaries and formation of hospital or country workshop teams.
Plenary
The Developing Gut: Mucosal Immunology, Multi-omics, and Antimicrobial Stewardship
Josef Neu
Break
Cocoa break
Plenary
The Science and Long-term Effects of Neonatal Brain-centred Care
Welma Lubbe
Plenary
Foundations of Improvement Science
Nana Twum-Danso
Break
Lunch break
Plenary
Milk as Medicine: Non-nutritional Uses of Human Milk
Rebecca Hoban
Plenary
The Vermont Oxford Network and Collaborations with Africa
Roger Soll
Team session
Formation of workshop teams
In-person participants
In-person morning · Hybrid afternoon
Wednesday, 11 November 2026
Parallel practical workshops followed by collaborative and case-based sessions.
Arrival
Registration and recap of Day 1
In-person workshop
Neurodevelopmental Care Workshop · Breakout Room 1
Welma Lubbe
In-person workshop
Quality Improvement in Neonatal Care · Breakout Room 2
Nana Twum-Danso
Break
Cocoa break
In-person workshop
Neurodevelopmental Care Workshop · Breakout Room 1
Welma Lubbe
In-person workshop
Quality Improvement in Neonatal Care · Breakout Room 2
Nana Twum-Danso
Break
Lunch break
Hybrid plenary
Benchmarking and Collaborative Models
Roger Soll
Hybrid session
Case-based Feeding Strategies, Human Milk Implementation Barriers, and Practical Microbiome-informed Care
Josef Neu and Rebecca Hoban
Team session
Participants’ teamwork (optional)
In-person participants
In-person only
Thursday, 12 November 2026
Rotating faculty engagements and presentation of practical NICU project plans.
Arrival
Registration and recap of Day 2
Rotating groups
Small-group deeper engagements with faculty
Josef Neu, Nana Twum-Danso, and Welma Lubbe
Break
Cocoa break
Presentations
Post-conference NICU Project Plan Presentations
Participant teams and faculty
Closing
Closing remarks and conference assessment
Break
Lunch and end of conference
Important format note
Workshop participation is in person
Day 1 is hybrid. Day 2 workshops are for in-person participants, followed by a hybrid afternoon. Day 3 is in-person only and centres on deeper faculty engagement and participant project presentations.
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