The curtain is rising on GOU 2026... make sure you're in the room where it happens! Tickets are selling fast!

This year we return to the Park Hyatt Melbourne from Thursday 19 to Saturday 21 November, with a program brimming with fresh topics rarely covered at GOU. Our 2026 theme is “GOU goes to Broadway”, and we think the line-up truly dazzles. We hope you can join us 🎭

GOU has a different vibe to most meetings: light-hearted, never stuffy, with outrageously good food - plus a carefully curated selection of practice-changing, cutting-edge talks from international legends of obstetrics.

Don’t miss out on GOU 2026. Visit our website (and see below) for all the details you need - including the full program, brilliant speakers and venue information.

View the full program and all conference details (including venue accommodation link) at:
https://mercyperinatal.com/event/gou2026

Here are some program highlights so far (with more to be announced soon!):

22-23 Weeks as the New Threshold for Viability
Caesar Scar Niche
Special Session on Cerebral Palsy
A Focus on Birth
- Delayed pushing
- Cephalo-caudal stretching
- Avoid the endometrium to reduce accreta risk - is the evidence for all these things strong?
- Vaginal/rectus sheath haematomas, Ogilvy’s, episiotomy wound breakdowns, and other complications
Should we be precisely timing steroids?
The Legend of Cholestasis is coming… to tell us about Cholestasis! (hear from Prof Catherine Williamson, UK about this!)
Anxiety and Depression in Pregnancy
Caring for Pregnant Women with Obesity
Preconception Care
Making Sense of the Investigations we offer after Fetal Loss
Timing of Birth for Fetal Growth Restriction, and Results from Truffle 2 trial (Prof Christoph Lees, UK)
Journal Club on the Run: The Hottest Papers from 2026

Contact the host of Global Obstetrics Update (GOU) 2026