Events

UK Preterm Birth Conference

An inter-disciplinary 2 day event bringing together clinicians, scientists and engineers working in women's healthcare

Hosted by QMUL

We are proud to announce we are hosting the UK Preterm Birth conference in East London. This two day event is taking place at the Peoples Palace and Graduate Centre at QMUL. There will be 15 themed sessions covering topics on emerging multi-disciplinary disciplines including a panel debate with Tommy’s baby charity, 3 plenary and 15 keynote presentations, an awards ceremony, and a special saltellite symposium with the President of the Fetal Membrane Society.

Themed sessions include:

• Emerging models to study infection, inflammation, toxicology and therapies
• Fetal membrane rupture, cell/tissue mechanics and mechanobiology
• Clinical management of ruptured membranes
• Fetal therapy and the use of diagnostics tests
• Big data targeting prematurity and integrated multiomics profiling across the life course
• Prediction and risk of AI – validation and challenges
• Clinical prediction and prevention on the causes of preterm birth
• The patient experience – Your story
• Neonatal management and experience
• Midwifery for Preterm Brith – Fact & Fiction
• Perinatal mental health and well-being
• Disparities of preterm birth, funding gaps and social policy
• Tackling climate change
• The gut-brain-placenta biome
• Pollution & Pregnancy health

There will be opportunities for the audience including midwives and healthcare workers to network with the scientists, clinicians and engineers. Inter-disciplinary fields include for examples the clinical management of preterm ruptured membranes, recent evidence on the causes of preterm birth such as effect of fibroids and transfer of more than one embryo, the use of diagnostic tests such as cervical length, cervical sutures, progesterone, fibronectin and actim partus, management of threatened preterm labour- tocolytics, steroids, magnesium, mode of delivery of a very prem baby.

The abstract submission window will open between 1 and 31 May 2026. All attendees will need to register before 1 September 2026 and announcements for the draft conference programme will be made on 31 October 2026.

We look forward to sharing with you further details at our conference webpage

Dr Tina Chowdhury

Chair of the conference organising committee

UK Preterm Birth Conference 18-19.1.2027