Sam is dad to two girls Zoe & Ruby via surrogacy and has become one of the globe’s foremost commentators and researchers on surrogacy trends. He convenes conferences and seminars for intended parents in Ireland, UK, Australia, Asia and Scandinavia. Sam consults with singles and couples from around the globe to assist them to plan safe and reliable routes to building families through surrogacy. He has behind-the-scenes knowledge of providers of egg donation and surrogacy around the globe. He has seen the best and worst that surrogacy can deliver.  He continues to promote best practice through conferences, one-on-one consultation and online resources. He runs a healthcare research consultancy and is the author of three books and is a non-executive director of the charity Surrogacy Australia.

Kathryn is the co-owner and founder of Agency for Surrogacy Solutions and Global IVF, Inc. A parent through surrogacy herself, Kathyrn understands just how much goes into the journey. heart-wrenching, & expensive Kathyrn wished she had met others who could have advised her. What was missing  was an agency that would look out equally for the best interests of the Intended Parents and the Gestational Surrogates. Agency for Surrogacy Solutions, Inc. was her response. Surrogacy and pregnancy are emotionally turbulent, and Kathryn hopes to make the experience as simple and as free of anxiety as possible for everyone involved.

Complimentary One on One Consultations are available. 

Alfonso is an Accredited Specialist in Family Law, and leads the surrogacy practice at Sarah Bevan Family Lawyers. He has helped many intended parents and surrogates navigate through the challenging legal process. He clients include Australian intended parents with local surrogacy arrangements, Australian intended parents with international surrogacy arrangements, and international intended parents who have a relevant connection with Australia. He has also advised numerous surrogates, as well as advising surrogacy professionals on legal aspects of their work. He greatly enjoys being able to help guide his clients through the exciting process of creating (or adding to) a family through surrogacy, but as it is a process fraught with potential legal difficulties his vast experience helps smooth this process for his clients.

Anna is the founder and the Head Coordinator of Perfect Surrogacy Coordination Center. Based in the beautiful city of Odessa,, Anna is a Civil lawyer, specialized in reproductive law, fertility assistance specialist since 2012, certified interpreter in German and English. You can book a private consultation with Anna. Please email: [email protected]

Chandrika is a specialist in reproductive medicine who prides herself on the time and attention given to each patient, mindful of the potential affect any delays can have on declining fertility she facilitates appointments to suit patient needs, enabling patients to achieve their desired outcome sooner.

Chandrika commenced her medical training in India before moving to Australia where she trained in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Mercy Hospital for Women in Melbourne. Chandrika then attained a Masters of Reproductive Medicine from the University of NSW and undertook further training in reproductive medicine at the Mercy Hospital for Women and the Women’s Hospital. Chandrika is an experienced fertility consultant and part of the surrogacy review committee at Melbourne IVF, she also holds a public appointment at The Women’s Hospital as a reproductive and endocrine specialist. Chandrika uses her broad fertility expertise to help patients in a wide variety of situations. Special interests include male and female factor infertility, reproductive endocrinology, donor gametes, surrogacy and fertility preservation. Chandrika’s dedicated nurses and administrative staff compliment her passion for quality service and are together striving for a great experience for patients.

Lauri’s daughter was born via surrogacy in May 2005. Eighteen months later, the same surrogate gave birth to Lauri’s son. Lauri has experienced the depression and heartache of infertility herself. Like Kathryn, she too, had a career in television before infertility consumed her life. She was a producer/director/writer. But to Lauri, there is nothing more rewarding and ultimately as important as bringing a child who is so very wanted into the world.

Complimentary One on One Consultations are available during the event. To book please email Lauri: [email protected]

One on One Consultations are Available with our expert speakers. 

Damien is thrilled to be representing the Tammuz Family team. He is a single Dad via surrogacy and welcomed his son to the world in October 2018 in the USA. Throughout his own surrogacy journey, he was inspired by many other IPs and their stories. He now manages Tammuz Family in Australia and the UK. He draws on his own personal experience of US surrogacy to assist Australians in cost-controlled surrogacy globally, including fixed cost surrogacy programs in the USA and Colombia.

Nick is a 49 yr old single dad via surrogacy in Colombia. His child was born in Bogota on 3 August 2020 amidst the Covid pandemic. Nick will discuss his experience of the Colombian surrogacy process from start to finish, including egg donor selection, childcare post birth and travelling internationally in the Covid era

Tejas (36) and his wife Kruti (38) are Indian-born, but now Australian citizens living in Melbourne. They engaged in surrogacy with IVMed in Ukraine. They travelled to Ukraine for their baby’s birth amidst the Covid pandemic. With Ukraine airports closed to commercial flights, their journey involved transiting in Stockholm then on to Minsk in Belarus, followed by an 8 hour road trip to Kiev in mid April. Now safely home in Melbourne, Tejas will talk about the experience

Matt Tomlins (39) and Thang Pham (34) are gay dads from Melbourne, Australia. They first spoke about having kids on their second date back in 2008 and began serious investigation and planning in early 2018. They worked with Create IVF, to locate an egg donor used Canadian agency Little Miracles and to support their surrogate, worked with ANU Fertility. Their daughter Daisy arrived in June 2020 amidst Covid-19, born an hour outside of Vancouver, on Canada’s Father’s Day.

Derani birthed surrogate baby Hamish in October of 2020 for a male gay couple whom she knew prior to surrogacy. This was a long-distance relationship. Derani lives in Melbourne and her IPs are in QLD.

Michelle birthed surrogate baby Zoe in August of 2020 for a heterosexual recipient couple. They were strangers prior to surrogacy. Michelle lives in Melbourne and her IPs are in VIC also.