Over two full days, we welcomed speakers from across the globe, including experts travelling from as far as Seattle. Attendees joined us from across Ireland, the UK, Jersey, La Réunion and beyond. The theme of the conference was FASD & Justice, and the programme featured an Experts by Experience panel alongside a dedicated research panel. Across both days, participants also took part in insightful and impactful breakout sessions, delivered by our guest speakers as well as invited practitioners working directly in the field.

• Dr Etain Quigley and Tara Gallagher, Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology - Epistemic Hegemony, Neurodiversity, and Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) within Criminal Justice Systems
• Al Coates - How Non Violent Resistance can help families caring for children with FASD
• Kate FitzHerbert - Looking Beyond Behaviour: Supprting regulation and communication through AAC
• Banu Balaji - Waiting and Watching: Supporting FASD families while they wait for diagnosis and services
• Robert O'Connell - What's your gut got to do with it?
• Professor Julian Davies - Was it the Alcohol or the Adversity and FASD Hot Takes and Snakes & Ladders FASD Edition
• Tara Jordan & Shane Dowd - Becoming an FASD Aware School
• Dr David Junior Gilbert, University of Salford - Social Workers, FASD and the Justice Systemand FASD and criminal justice system vulnerabilities.
• Joy McGlynn, Head Guardian ad litem, Department of Children, Disability and Equality - Guardian ad litem National Service
• Jan & Rossi Griffin - Let's remove the stigma.
• Cathal McAuliffe, Principal Specialist Clinical Neuropsychologist - A practical guide to differentiating FASD from other neurodevelopmental disorders, supporting more accurate identification, assessment, and appropriate intervention across health, education, and social care settings.
• Ger Brophy, Chief Social Worker - FASD - An approach in Tusla.