Admitted to practice in the High Court and the Supreme Court of Victoria, Ben is a member of the Law Institute Of Victoria. He has advocated extensively in Family Law and has represented clients in relation to domestic altruistic surrogacy for over a decade.  He has advised extensively on domestic and international Adoption and Surrogacy, and takes a personal interest in this unique and specialised area of law. Complimentary One on One Consultations are Available. To book email [email protected]

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.

Complimentary One on One Consultations is available. To book please email : [email protected]

Kristin oversees the financial aspects of Simple Surrogacy, as well as solely managing the escrow accounts of clients. Her legal responsibilities include determining state laws and required legal proceedings in the Surrogate’s and Intended Parents’ state of residency; locating separate legal counsel experienced in surrogacy law for Intended Parents and Surrogate; review and assist in negotiating the surrogacy contract between Intended Parents and Surrogate; assure both parties that contractual agreements are met; and overseeing all necessary legal filings and procedures to establish parental rights for Intended Parents.

Kristin’s escrow responsibilities include opening of escrow; manage escrow account; monitor and authorize disbursements in accordance with your contract; reimburse expenses to Surrogate, including prescription medications and co-payments; and ensuring Intended Parents have access to all itemized monthly statements of the escrow activity. Kristen is an experienced three time Egg Donor,  and parent, and is very experienced with all aspects of surrogacy involving Egg Donation.

One on One Consultations are Available with expert speakers. To book your expert speaker contact [email protected]

Dimitris Kavakas is an international business development consultant with long experience in the fertility travel sector. Currently owns his consultancy firm, Redia Ltd, based in London, with which he specifically focuses on the fertility travel sector. He runs the ivftravel.com portal which offers unique services to fertility patients, including refund guarantee packages and instalment payment financing so as to better support them in traveling abroad for treatment. Apart from his medical travel expertise, Dimitris  completed his doctoral research in the University of Leeds. He is also a graduate of the Executive MBA from the International Hellenic University.

To book a Consultation with Dimitri contact [email protected]

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.

Complimentary One on One Consultations is included in your webinar ticket. To book please email: [email protected]

Tamari is an experienced international fertility manager,  with a long history working in local and international health care industry, a Medical degree and a Master’s degree in Public Health and Health Policy. What she enjoys most  is the variety of roles and the type of environments she is exposed to. Being involved in the fertility sector allows Tamari to work with different teams on new projects/programs, work in different cultural environments, be exposed to various systems, and manage her time and efforts against very specific deliverables, thus being able to gain insight into managing projects from different angles.  Her specific interest is in the inter-dependencies of global and national practices, in how policies are written  based on different regional contexts and translated into real medical solution to ensure better health outcomes.

Complimentary One on One Consultations are available. To book please email [email protected]

Olga is an Intended Parent Partner at World Center of Baby – a full-service surrogacy agency based in Kyiv, Ukraine dedicated to creating new life while ensuring the interests and safety of the intended parents and surrogates in the field of reproductive technology. Coming from a background in education, Olga became attracted to creating something precious and valuable within the reproductive technologies sector. Olga is actively involved in fertility exhibitions and worldwide seminars in order to share her knowledge and experience with potential parents, partners and fertility professionals.”

Complimentary One on One Consultations are available. To book please email Olga:  [email protected]

Roman established FAR AND WIDE MIGRATION in 2006, inspired not only by his years of experience as a volunteer in the Australian migration advice sector, but also his own personal experience migrating to Australia. With a strong professional background in client service, he has instilled a company philosophy of empathy, honesty and excellence. Roman has valuable contacts in DFAT & Home Affairs and has man years experience assisting in citizenship and passports processes for Australians using international surrogacy as a means to build family.

Kate Pippia is the Director of Identilab, a Brisbane-based laboratory specialising in DNA testing for parentage and kinship. Kate has 14 years experience as a human identification specialist, including 9 years as a forensic DNA analyst. She and her team are highly experienced in providing evidence of claimed family relationships, both locally and abroad. Kate has a special interest in surrogacy cases and understands the emotions experienced by intended parents, having been on that journey herself. Identilab is proud to be the preferred provider of DNA testing for Families Through Surrogacy and considers it a privilege to be able to assist with this part of the process.

To book a consultation with Kate contact [email protected]

Igor has lived and studied in the UK for over 12 years, studying business management and later was awarded a degree from one of the best culinary academies in the world. He pursued his passion for the culinary world for over 8 years, channeling his efforts in making people smile everyday with his gastronomical creations. Bloxham School – Cambridge Centre for Sixth Form Studies – Royal Holloway University of London – Le Cordon Bleu London

As his best friend came out to him a year ago, he since then became very passionate about LGBT+ advocacy and helping to de-stigmatize same-sex parenting. An opportunity unexpectedly appeared before him during the COVID-19 pandemic when he was looking for a new project and this was surrogacy. Without hesitation Igor knew this was his opportunity to make a difference and help the LGBT+ community with the joy of starting a family through surrogacy.

His team has been working very hard in order to expand our company internationally so we could guide all intended parents through the surrogacy journey regardless of their marital status and sexual identity while making it secure and accessible to everyone.

Igor is the very first point of contact when Intended Parents from the LGBT+ community get in touch with World Center of Baby. He aims to guide each intended parent through this incredible journey while providing his assistance during the surrogacy process by tackling each case as unique and worthy of all the attention. He is readily available to speak to all intended parents, whether they are still researching their options or have already embarked on their journey.

Complimentary One on One Consultations is included in your webinar ticket. To book please email: [email protected]

Stephen & his partner Andrew each have Australian/UK Citizesnhip. They engaged in surrogacy in Texas, USA with Simple Surrogacy. Their first attempt resulted in a miscarriage at 9 weeks but their second embryo transfer resulted in the birth of boy/girl twins Reilly & Phoenix on 1 Sept 2017.

Dr Said Daneshmand from San Diego Fertility Center USA assisted with the IVF  portion of their journey. Stephen will share the ups and downs of their journey and his tips for engaging in the US.

Craig and his partner Luis are a Melbourne couple who engaged with Pacific Fertility LA to create embryos for their US surrogacy journey. Their boy Elio was born on 17 October 2020 in Maryland USA. They will discuss their journey and navigating the travel and citizenship paperwork in the Covid era.

Lika & her husband are proud parents to their daughter Nia, created with the help of surrogacy in Georgia. Lika struggled with infertility for 8 years before connecting with a Georgian surrogate who conceived on their first round of IVF using Lika and her husband’s embryos.  The couple are hoping to begin their second Georgian surrogacy journey in January using their two remaining embryos to give Nia a sibling. Lika wants to tell all parents going through this hard time to never give up!
Lika will be speaking at the International Donor & Surrogacy Webinar 22 November about their experience and what to expect for others considering this pathway.

Julian and his French wife Sophie live in Brisbane and engaged in surrogacy in Ukraine in 2019. Their daughter was born in Kiev in late May 2020 amidst the Covid-19 lockdown. With no air access to Ukraine, Sophie dashed to her home city of Paris to be closer to the her surrogate. As France refused to help her with travel permission to enter Ukraine, her husband Julian instead gained permission to enter Ukraine via Belarus. At the last minute Sophie was smugggled into the country, just in time for the birth. Their story captured the attention of media in both France and Australia. Julian will discuss the experience of travel during Covid lockdown and the current state of surrogacy in Ukraine.

Costa is a gay Dad via surrogacy in Canada. They worked with Babies Come True to assist them on their journey and Create Fertility Centre Canada for the IVF Portion of their journey.  The attached image is a picture of Costa and his partner Ghaith holding hands with their surrogate Stephanie at the hospital during contractions.  Costa will share about the relationships of support in surrogacy at the upcoming event.

Marina is a Ukraine surrogate who has carried a boy for a Brazilian infertile couple. She will discuss her motivations for helping as a surrogate, her needs during the journey and the relationship surrogates expect from Intended parents.

Jill is a surrogate with Simple Surrogacy Texas USA and has carried twins for an international couple.  Jill will share about surrogate motivations and perspectives at the upcoming event.

Lilac and Jeff are parents based in Chicago USA and created their family via World Centre of  Baby Ukraine.  Lilac and Jeff completed their first journey over the summer last year and are now beginning a second journey to complete their family.  Lilac and Jeff will share about there experience at the event.