Dear Exhibitors and Vendors,

We are pleased to invite you, in the name of the European Lactation Consultant Association VELB, and the International Lactation Consultant Association - ILCA, to our first joint Conference October 1 - 3, 2008 in Vienna.

This Conference is for IBCLC lactation consultants, nurses, midwives, physicians, nutritionists, La Leche League Leaders and other professionals who support mothers and their babies. Under the motto of “A World Wide View on Breastfeeding”, you will have the opportunity to exchange views with colleagues from around the world, broaden your knowledge and collect CERPS in one of the most beautiful cities of Europe.

Internationally recognized speakers will enrich your everyday working life with their contributions to the main topics Bonding and Early Development, Motherhood, Premature Babies, and Ethics in Breastfeeding Counseling.

The Conference will take place in the Austria Center Vienna. Conference languages are English and German with simultaneous translation.

VELB, ILCA and the Austrian Association VSLÖ cordially welcome you!

Dr. med. Gabriele Kewitz, IBCLC, President of VELB

Rebecca Mannel, BS, IBCLC, President of ILCA