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Dear colleagues, The German Society of Midwifery Science (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hebammenwissenschaft e.V. - DGHWi) invites you to participate in, and attend, the *4th International Conference on February 16, 2018 (10:30 am - 5:00 pm) focussing on 'The academic midwife – practice and science'.* The _*call for abstracts*_ for presentations and poster presentations _ends on__*August 31, 2017*_. For filing an abstract please use the form available on the DGHWi website: _https://www.dghwi.de/index.php/4th-international-conference_ The 4th International Conference provides a framework for professional exchange and *networking of midwives in the European community*. Therefore, we welcome contributions on research projects, educational programmes and their evaluation, as well as practice/model projects within the realm of midwifery. We are most interested in your contributions as in Germany, where since 2008 only a few universities of applied sciences offered Bachelor degree programmes, midwifery education will be offered nationally on an academic level (only), starting in 2020. The conference's*keynote speaker *is Professor Cecily Begley from Ireland, who will share her many years of experience with bachelor and master degree study programmes, nationally and overseas. She holds the Chair of Nursing and Midwifery in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. _Please note_: The conference will be conducted in English and German. All oral presentations will be *simultaneously translated from German into English and from English into German*. _Presentations and poster presentations may be held in English or German_. The conference venue is the Katholische Hochschule Mainz (Catholic University of Applied Sciences Mainz) in D-55122 Mainz (Germany), which is close to the city of Frankfurt/Main and Frankfurt airport. Any person needing assistance (e.g. to figure out your bearings) during her/his stay in Germany will be assisted by a buddy. For more information please refer to the attached flyer. For any kind of questions, feel free to contact Maren Ohlde or Sonja Lindic of the organisation team per email: [log in to unmask] Please forward this invitation to midwives, midwifery researchers and educators of your country's universities and colleges, or other persons who might be interested. We look forward to welcoming you! Kind regards, /Gertrud Ayerle/ for the Board of the German Society of Midwifery Science --