FASD Ireland - Our second national conference on 14th and 15th May 2026 - FASD & Justice

Over two full days, we welcomed speakers from across the globe, including experts travelling from as far as Seattle.


Attendees joined us from across Ireland, the UK, Jersey, La Réunion and beyond. The theme of the conference was FASD & Justice, and the programme featured an Experts by Experience panel alongside a dedicated research panel.


Across both days, participants also took part in insightful and impactful breakout sessions, delivered by our guest speakers as well as invited practitioners working directly in the field.

Speaker presentations

We would like to thank all of the Speakers for presenting on the day, we are very grateful to have the support of each of them. You can download their presentations by click on their profile photos and download to your device.

Break Out Sessions

With contributions from members of our team and Advisory Board, alongside professionals we were delighted to collaborate with for the first time, we were able to offer a wide range of engaging breakout sessions. We extend our sincere thanks to everyone who generously gave their time and expertise to deliver these sessions. Presentation slides are available to download by clicking on each speaker’s profile photo and saving them to your device.

Two Professors collide! Professor Julian Davies and Professor Farhana Sharif

Tristan Casson-Rennie (CEO FASD Ireland) at a happy moment.

Chair for both days - Scott Casson-Rennie

Jacob shares his experience of living with FASD

Chair of Advisory Board Kate FitzHerbert welcomes everyone

Professor Julian Davies (King Julian) delivers his keynote presentation

Dr Etain Quigley and Tara Gallagher deliver their keynote presentation

Joy McGlynn delivers her keynote presentation

Panel discussion: Research into FASD and Justice panel

FASD Ireland team with SAF France team

Shane Dowd and Tara Jordan - Breakout session

Dr David Junior Gilbert delivers his keynote speech

Ger Brophy (TUSLA) delivers his keynote presentation

Deputy Donna McGettigan (SF) opens Day 2 of our Conference

Deputy Donna McGettigan (SF) opens Day 2 of our Conference

Dr Cathal McAuliffe delivers his keynote presentation

Our Founders Scott & Tris at the end of Day 2!

Our small but amazing team who brought Conference 2026 to you!

Other downloads from the day

As part of our story, we plan to have a page specifically for each conference/major event we have, and to remind us of each of them the programme, contributor biographies and master presentation for the day are below should you also want to keep them. Just click on the image to download the PDF file of each.

Conference Programme

Contributor Biographies

Master presentations