Men Having Babies & GagaTai present:
Parenting Options for Asian Gay Men

Taipei, October 2-3, 2020

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Registration

Speakers

Program

Consultations

Expanded two-day "how-to" parenting program

Parent, surrogate and egg donor testimonies

25 Gay Parenting Services Exhibitors

Twenty-four "meet the sponsor" breakout sessions

Panel on insurance and budgeting

On-site consultations available with clinics and agencies

Medical, psychological, and legal experts

Unbiased information & resources focused on surrogacy solutions

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The 2nd annual MHB Asia returns with even more surrogacy parenting options in the USA and the debut of the Advocacy & Research Forum!

Men Having Babies (MHB) is an international non-profit organization that has helped thousands of gay men worldwide become biological parents. On October 2-3, 2020, in collaboration with local LGBT organization, MHB will return to Taipei to offer a comprehensive conference about parenting options for prospective Asian gay parents.

In addition to advice about parenting options, we offer in partnership with other organizations the Advocacy & Research Forum, to discuss the social, ethical, legal and empirical aspects of surrogacy and LGBT parenting.

More than 20 providers and community organizations will offer information on parenting options in the USA. In-depth programs will offer insights from the latest studies about contemporary gestational surrogacy in the United States, and specialty panels on insurance, budgeting, legal, medical and psychological aspects of surrogacy.

The program is based on a format MHB developed over the last 15 years in NY, Chicago, San Francisco, Barcelona, Brussels and Tel Aviv. Proceeds from sponsorship and exhibiting fees will benefit the Gay Parenting Assistance Program.

Note: while the event is organized by gay parenting organizations, non-gay prospective surrogacy parents are welcome and will no doubt highly benefit from it as well.

When...

October 2, 2020: 8:00 AM - 7:30 PM, October 3: 8:00 AM - 1:30 PM.

Where...

The conference will take place at W Hotel Taipei,
10 Zhongxiao East Road Sec. 5, Xinyi District, Taipei.

Registration...

The early bird advance cost is US$25 per person (instead of US$35 the door) for prospective parents, and includes meals and receptions.

We strongly encourage advance registration - our events often sell out. It will also speed up your sign-in on the day of the event and allow us to send you program updates.

Online registration will end at 12:00pm on October 1. A limited number of tickets will be available for walk-in attendees on October 2.

Hotel information

Attendees can benefit from special group rates for hotel accommodations at the W Hotel.

Translation

The conference will be in English and Chinese, with simultaneous translation to both languages

Agenda in brief

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Friday, October 2:

8:00 - 8:30am: Registration
8:30 - 9:30am: Planning your parenting journey - major legal, medical and financial considerations
9:30 - 10:00am: Legal Panel
10:00 - 10:45am: Expert panel: Budgeting and insurance (Sponsored by ART Risk)
10:45 - 11:00am: Q&A session: The Gay Parenting Assistance Program (GPAP)
11:00 - 11:15am: Coffee break
11:15am - 12:45pm: Expert panel: Medical aspects of surrogacy (Sponsored by Pacific Fertility Center of Los Angeles)
12:45 - 1:30pm: Lunch (courtesy of San Diego Fertility Center).
1:30 - 2:00pm: Picking providers, budgeting and financial assistance (GPAP)
2:00 - 3:00pm: Personal stories - hear from several surrogates and parents (Sponsored by HRC Fertility)
3:00 - 3:30pm: Coffee break (courtesy of Center for Surrogate Parenting)
3:30 - 6:00pm: Advocacy and Research Forum MHB 2020: LGBT Parenting in Taiwan: Facing social stigma and discrimination

6:00pm: Parents / Intended Parents’ Happy Hour (Sponsored by HRC Fertility)

Saturday, October 3:

8:00 - 8:45am: Registration
8:45 - 9:00am: Welcome and orientation
9:00 - 11:00am: Breakout sessions - learn more about participating surrogacy providers
9:25am - 1:30pm: Gay parenting resource fair (tables of surrogacy agencies, clinics, lawyers and community organizations).
11:00 - 11:30am: Lunch (courtesy of Pacific Fertility Center of Los Angeles)
11:30am - 1:30pm: Drop-in interactive video consultations with exhibitors

PLATINUM SPONSORS

San Diego Fertility Center

San Diego Fertility Center physicians: Dr. Susanna Park, Dr. Michael Kettel, Dr. Sandy Chuan, Dr. Brooke Friedman, and Dr. Said Daneshmand. San Diego Fertility Center is one of the most highly respected and well-established fertility centers worldwide, serving a diverse patient population with compassion, respect and confidentiality. With more than 70 years of collective experience diagnosing and treating infertility, San Diego Fertility Center is proud to offer the LGBT community solutions in achieving parenthood through egg donation, surrogacy, IVF and Intrauterine Inseminations. SDFC consistently maintains some of the highest live birth rates for Egg Donor IVF worldwide! SDFC experiences clinical pregnancy rates of 70%-80%. Additionally, San Diego Fertility Center partners with national and international surrogate agencies to help Intended Parents successfully build their families. Unlike other egg donor agencies, San Diego Fertility Center's in-house Egg Donor Program is supervised by nationally recognized fertility specialists. Egg Donor IVF recipients have the option of selecting an in-house candidate or utilizing an agency egg donor. The opportunity for "known donation" and "future contact" is also possible. SDFC has a Success Guarantee financial program which offers hope, confidence and peace of mind that you have chosen the right team to build your family!

* This description was provided by the service provider.

Center for Surrogate Parenting

Ovation® Fertility and its partner company, the Center for Surrogate Parenting, proudly serve the international LGBTQ community as a comprehensive provider of fertility services that help create families. Men and women who are ready to start or expand their families choose Ovation for affordable frozen donor eggs, as well as surrogacy services and access to the top fertility specialists in the United States. Ovation’s US-based network of reproductive endocrinologists and scientific thought leaders are dedicated to inclusive fertility care. For everyone we are honored to serve, Ovation’s primary focus is reducing the cost of having a family through more efficient and effective fertility care. Ovation’s IVF and genetics laboratories, along with affiliated physician practices, work collaboratively to raise the bar for IVF treatment, with state-of-the-art, evidence-based fertility services that give all hopeful parents the best chance for a successful pregnancy. For people pursuing IVF, Ovation can also provide advanced preconception carrier screening; preimplantation genetic testing; and secure storage for frozen eggs, embryos, and sperm. Learn more about how Ovation helps grow LGBTQ families at www.OvationFertility.com.