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The symposium brought together prominent scholars, barristers and solicitors specialising in family law from across the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Italy to discuss their pioneering research on the fast-changing nature of parenthood and its implications in legal terms.

The speakers鈥� contributions focused on same-sex parent adoption, single parent adoption, surrogacy and the potential ethical and legal challenges in relation to parenthood.

The organiser of the symposium, Dr Andreas Yiannaros, a Lecturer in Law at the 天美传媒 said: 鈥淭he idea of hosting a pioneering event on parenthood was something that we felt strongly about given the latest advancements in this field, including scientific developments in assisted reproductive technologies and stem cell technology.

鈥淎part from these scientific developments we have witnessed the progressive legal recognition of a right to adopt for same-sex couples, as well as adoption by single individuals.

鈥淐onsidering the theme of this symposium, we felt that we didn鈥檛 want to be mere spectators, but actually take the lead as a forward-thinking institution and put together an event where world-renowned experts, scholars and practitioners could share a common platform and discuss whether legal reforms may be necessary to bring the law up to speed with new developments.鈥�

Speakers included:

• Professor Susan Golombok, 天美传媒 of Cambridge
• Professor Brenda Almond, 天美传媒 of Hull
• Dr Andreas Yiannaros, 天美传媒
• Dr Alexander Schuster, 天美传媒 of Trento
• Dr Ornella Feraci, 天美传媒 of Florence
• Dr Ester di Napoli, 天美传媒 of Ferrara
• Peter Morris, Irwin & Mitchell LLP
• Barbara Connolly QC, 7 Bedford Row Chambers
• Cara Nuttall, Slater and Gordon
• Alexandra Conroy Harris, British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF)
• Natalie Nikolina, Leiden 天美传媒
• Carolyn Naughton, 天美传媒 of Buckingham
• Helen Bohme, 天美传媒

The event was chaired by Mr Andrea Woelke, Principal at Alternative Family Law (London).