
Medela continually collaborates with leading experts to provide healthcare professinals like you with a range of materials to help you support mums and babies in all aspects of lactation.
Medela University offers free online courses on breastfeeding and lactation for healthcare professionals. Many of our courses are accredited and you will receive a course certificate upon completion.

The Second European edition of Medela´s Breastfeeding & Lactation Symposium Series 2025, taking place on the 13 and 14 November, 2025 and hosted as a hybrid event with live-streaming from Lisbon, Portugal. This event is part of the Medela 17th Global Breastfeeding and Lactation Symposium Series focused on advancing lactation science to improve care.
The Symposium features a world-class two-day scientific agenda for healthcare professionals keen to learn about the latest scientific evidence in the field of human milk and lactation and to exchange best practices and strategies to improve the way perinatal teams work together to ensure quality of lactation care and infant feeding in Europe.
This webinar series provides healthcare professionals with information and research results on breastfeeding, breast milk, safety and health of pregnant women, nursing mothers and their babies.

Back to basics: Understanding how breast anatomy and milk flow dynamics are impacted by shield design through ultrasound imaging
Speaker: Prof. Donna Geddes, DMU, PostGrad Dip. (Sci), PhD,

Aligning with the WHO Code: Strengthening Medela’s Commitment to Breastfeeding
Speakers: Thomas Golücke, CEO, Angela Lang DNP, RN, IBCLC Global Director of Medical Affairs and Clinical Education, Nania Schärer-Hernández, PhD Global Senior Head of Medical Affairs and Clinical Education, Natacha Jalu, Head of Medical Affairs Europe

WHEN SCIENCE CREATES MAGIC: Introducing the New Pumping Innovation by Medela
Guest speaker: Nicolé Kettenus-Schwarz, Amanda Ruggeri, Natacha Jalu, Danielle Prime, André Schlienger and Sonja Kessler

Pump in Style Enhancements
Speakers: Kelley Evans, Danielle Prime, Angela Lang, Michelle Zenner

Advancing the Science and Accessibility of Human Milk for a World Without NEC
Guest speaker: Jennifer Canvasser and Lars Bode


Hot Topics in Human Milk Banking with Summer Kelly, MS, RN, IBCLC


Optimizing milk removal: Understanding pumping curves and suction rhythms with Dr. Danielle Prime

Optimizing Mother’s Own Milk Provision in the First Two Weeks and Its Economic Benefits in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with Dr. Tricia Johnson and Dr. Leslie Parker


Update on virus transmission through human milk and regulation of Donor Human Milk in Europe


Using a Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Lens to Impact QI Disparities in the NICU with Rose Horton


"My Pumping Pathway”: Standardizing a Personalized Approach to Pumping for Practice and Research


Optimal Growth and Nutrition in the NICU Using Mother's (Parent's) Own Milk


Achieving Secretory Activation: Coming to Full Milk Volume


Informed Decision Making for Human Milk


More human milk in the Neonatal Unit – yes, but how?


Time to First Expression | Improving Lactation Outcomes: Early Strategies for Pre-term Mothers


Consensus Statement/Early Effective Initiation for Mothers with Risk Factors


Taking ownership: Strategies to bring evidence into clinical practice with Prof Matthias Keller


Operational models of milk banking


Breast shield sizing: Translating the evidence


Colostrum Mastery: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Practice


Is hands-free in-bra pumping effective?


Breastfeeding promotion, protection, and support: Why we do it and why it’s so hard to do


Transitioning vulnerable infants to breastfeeding prior to discharge


Black women do breastfeed beyond a year: Listening to their stories

Back to basics: Understanding how breast anatomy and milk flow dynamics are impacted by shield design through ultrasound imaging
Speaker: Prof. Donna Geddes, DMU, PostGrad Dip. (Sci), PhD,

Aligning with the WHO Code: Strengthening Medela’s Commitment to Breastfeeding
Speakers: Thomas Golücke, CEO, Angela Lang DNP, RN, IBCLC Global Director of Medical Affairs and Clinical Education, Nania Schärer-Hernández, PhD Global Senior Head of Medical Affairs and Clinical Education, Natacha Jalu, Head of Medical Affairs Europe

WHEN SCIENCE CREATES MAGIC: Introducing the New Pumping Innovation by Medela
Guest speaker: Nicolé Kettenus-Schwarz, Amanda Ruggeri, Natacha Jalu, Danielle Prime, André Schlienger and Sonja Kessler

Pump in Style Enhancements
Speakers: Kelley Evans, Danielle Prime, Angela Lang, Michelle Zenner

Advancing the Science and Accessibility of Human Milk for a World Without NEC
Guest speaker: Jennifer Canvasser and Lars Bode


Hot Topics in Human Milk Banking with Summer Kelly, MS, RN, IBCLC


Optimizing milk removal: Understanding pumping curves and suction rhythms with Dr. Danielle Prime

Optimizing Mother’s Own Milk Provision in the First Two Weeks and Its Economic Benefits in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with Dr. Tricia Johnson and Dr. Leslie Parker


Update on virus transmission through human milk and regulation of Donor Human Milk in Europe


Using a Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Lens to Impact QI Disparities in the NICU with Rose Horton


"My Pumping Pathway”: Standardizing a Personalized Approach to Pumping for Practice and Research


Optimal Growth and Nutrition in the NICU Using Mother's (Parent's) Own Milk


Achieving Secretory Activation: Coming to Full Milk Volume


Informed Decision Making for Human Milk


More human milk in the Neonatal Unit – yes, but how?


Time to First Expression | Improving Lactation Outcomes: Early Strategies for Pre-term Mothers


Consensus Statement/Early Effective Initiation for Mothers with Risk Factors


Taking ownership: Strategies to bring evidence into clinical practice with Prof Matthias Keller


Operational models of milk banking


Breast shield sizing: Translating the evidence


Colostrum Mastery: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Practice


Is hands-free in-bra pumping effective?


Breastfeeding promotion, protection, and support: Why we do it and why it’s so hard to do


Transitioning vulnerable infants to breastfeeding prior to discharge


Black women do breastfeed beyond a year: Listening to their stories

We invite you to explore Medela University where you will find online courses for healthcare professionals on breastfeeding & lactation. We also offer a number of free webinars.
As the healthcare choice for more than six million hospitals and homes across the globe, Medela provides leading research-based breast milk feeding and baby products, healthcare solutions for hospitals, and clinical education – to building better health outcomes and nurturing health for generations.
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