Agenda Released!

Our Fall 2024 Conference is being held at the Bahia Resorts in San Diego, California!!

Join us from November 7th -8th, 2024 in Southern California for this semi-annual event.

998 West Mission Bay Drive
San Diego, California 92109
P: 858-381-3578

You gave us your feedback. We listened.

Based on feedback from the Spring 2024 Conference, the conference is beginning earlier on day 1 with check in and breakfast starting at 8:30am followed by the welcome session at 10:00am. Following the closing of the first day of conference at 5:00pm, a Cocktail Party will be held from 7-9pm aboard the William D Evans sternwheeler at the Bahia Resort. The second day’s sessions will begin at 8:50am and end at 4:30pm.

The conference committee and leadership team hope these adjustments and earlier release of the schedule provide additional planning time for travel. We have amazing panel topics this conference and know we will all be provided with great insight and knowledge from this wonderful community of professionals.

Conference Sponsorship Opportunities

Click the button above to find additional information on sponsorship opportunities currently available for the Fall 2024 Conference. The document also includes the following information:

  • Allied Professionals that greatly benefit from sponsoring
  • Event Marketing
  • Silent Auction benefiting Insurance Access and Equity Alliance (IAEA)
  • Sponsorship Availability
  • Exhibitor Pricing

For more information, email admin@seedsethics.org.

Conference Day One
Thursday, November 7, 2024

Bahia Resort
San Diego

Time Description Presenter
8:30 – 9:45am Registration and breakfast
10:00 – 10:20am Welcome! President Molly O’Brien; Emcees Joni Franklin and Wendy Wilson-Miller
10:25 – 11:55am Escrow Law and Disorder: Escrow Theft Through the Eyes of a Business Owner, Criminal Investigator, and Bond Agent Steve Snyder, Kristofer Carlson, Bryan Miller
12:00 – 1:20pm Lunch Roundtables
1:30 – 1:50pm Message from SEEDS Board Lisa Chiya, Dr. Joao De Pinho, Katy Encalade, Angela Hartshorn, Lisa Stark Hughes, John Weltman, Adam Winder
1:55 – 2:55pm Closing the 4th Trimester Gap: How to Support GC’s Post-delivery and Beyond Krystal Gard, Clark Marshall, Ashley McKenna, Virginia Hart
3:00 – 3:10pm Conference Committee Updates Conference Committee
3:15 – 3:40pm Networking and Coffee Break
3:45 – 4:45pm Womb Rules: The Ethics of Female Autonomy in Surrogacy and Egg Donation Jamie Gher, TBD
4:50 – 5:00pm Closing Remarks Joni Franklin, Wendie Wilson-Miller
7:00 – 9:00pm Cocktail Party aboard William D Evans sternwheeler boat @ Bahia

Conference Day Two
Friday, November 8th, 2024

Bahia Resort
San Diego

Time Description Presenter
8:00 – 8:45am Breakfast
8:50 – 8:55am Welcome!  Joni Franklin and Wendy Wilson-Miller
9:00 – 10:00am Why So Many Failed Transfers? When Things Aren’t Looking Positive Dr. Said Daneshmand, Cynthia Hudson
10:05 – 11:05am The ART of Compromise When Expectations Collide Anthony Louie, Abby Setterson, Amani Hanson, Amber Patterson
11:10 – 12:30pm Lunch Roundtables
12:40 – 1:40pm You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling: Navigating Match Breaks Katie Statler, Chris Jackson, Andrea Bryman, Raquel Arana
1:45 – 2:45pm Tales from the Trenches: Relatable Nightmare Cases for Case Managers Maria Valencia, Lori Meyers, Joey Guzman-Kuffel, Robert Rettenmeier
2:50 – 3:15pm Networking and Coffee Break
3:20 – 4:20pm From the Mouths of Babes: Donor-Conceived People Born Through Surrogacy and Egg Donation Vincent Payet with twin teenagers, Angela Hartshorn with two “hatchlings”
4:25 – 4:30pm Closing Remarks Joni Franklin, Wendie Wilson-Miller

*Times/topics are subject to change