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ICFP 2022 Highlights: Our Favorite Presentations, Learnings, and Moments of Fun!


Held in Pattaya City, Thailand on November 14-17, the 2022 International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) boasted a comprehensive program consisting of 1,500 scientific presentations, 11 pre-conference events, and four site visits jam-packed into a short four-and-a-half day whirlwind. Sessions covered a full range of topics from Contraceptive Technology to Male Engagement to Climate Change, and much more.

With so many concurrent sessions and events and so little time, it was understandably impossible for ICFP conference delegates – whether attending in person or virtually – to fully take in all of the knowledge and resources shared throughout the week. To help reduce feelings of information overload, we asked our Knowledge SUCCESS staff in attendance at ICFP (Irene Alenga, Joy Hayley Munthali, Catherine Packer, Gayo Pasion, Ruwaida Salem, Anne Ballard Sara, Aissatou Thioye, and Sophie Weiner) to share their favorite presentations, key learnings, and fun moments from this year’s conference.

ICFP 2022 RECAP

Click on the staff photos below to explore our top moments.

HIGHLIGHT REEL: SPOTLIGHT ON KNOWLEDGE SUCCESS

Four people sitting in chairs on a stage. Photo credit: Anne Ballard Sara/CCP
Pitch finalist Strong Enough Girls’ Empowerment Initiative presents on their winning knowledge innovation on the ICFP Live stage. Photo credit: Anne Ballard Sara/CCP
A woman wearing a mask is giving a presentation to a man. Photo credit: Sophie Weiner/CCP
During an ICFP poster session, Megan Christofield (Jhpiego) talks to delegates about FP insight, a Knowledge SUCCESS knowledge innovation for family planning and reproductive health professionals to share and curate collections of tools and resources. Photo credit: Sophie Weiner/CCP
A group of people sitting at a table. Photo credit: Sophie Weiner/CCP
ICFP Participants discuss French-language tools and resources during a Knowledge Café session, co-organized by Knowledge SUCCESS and USAID, and facilitated by the OPCU, as part of the IBP Program Implementation track. Photo credit: Sophie Weiner/CCP
Launching the 2022 digital edition of the Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers
Ellen Starbird, Director of USAID's Office of PRH, helps launch the 2022 digital edition of the Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers. Photo credit: Sophie Weiner/CCP
Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs reception ICFP 2022
Colleagues re-connect at a reception for Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs staff.
ICFP Knowledge Café round table Most Significant Change
Participants discuss the “Most Significant Change” approach at a Knowledge Café roundtable led by Knowledge SUCCESS during the IBP Program Implementation pre-conference event. Photo credit: Grace Gayoso (“Gayo”).
Sophie Weiner

Program Officer II, Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

Sophie Weiner is a Knowledge Management and Communications Program Officer II at the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs where she is dedicated to developing print and digital content, coordinating project events, and strengthening capacity for storytelling in Francophone Africa. Her interests include family planning/reproductive health, social and behavior change, and the intersection between population, health, and the environment. Sophie holds a B.A. in French/International Relations from Bucknell University, an M.A. in French from New York University, and a master’s degree in Literary Translation from the Sorbonne Nouvelle.