Speaking Engagements
Wendy Kramer speaks around the world presenting research and lecturing on the issues, needs, and rights of donor-conceived people and their families.
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
2025: COUNSELING DONOR FAMILY MEMBERS, the 33rd World Congress on Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility (COGI). Rome, Italy.
Previous Speaking Engagements
October: Lecture at Colorado University Law School, Bioethics and the Law class
July: All Together: The Family Science Insights Podcast
Donor Conception Chronicles: Open Dialogues and Ethical Choices in Creating Families. (Link to come in September).
"Wendy and Ryan - I was deeply moved by the interview today, as I am overall by your family story and the story of the Donor Sibling Registry. Your warmth, thoughtfulness, intelligence, and courageous pioneering spirits shine through at every level and are so inspirational! To put it simply you both exude love for each other and for the world, especially those you are helping through the Donor Sibling Registry and that is an extraordinary model for all of us. As I mentioned, I am particularly inspired by your refusal to accept limiting narratives, instead choosing to chart your own course and light the way for others to do so. I feel tremendously privileged to have had the opportunity to interview you and I so appreciate your generosity not just in giving us your time but also in the open-hearted ways you shared your experiences and perspectives. Our community was greatly enriched by hearing from you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart! all the best, Laura "
April: Untangling Our Roots (UTOR) conference, Denver, CO
Wendy: Panel “Trail Blazers”.
Ryan: "Male Perspectives on Adoption, Assisted Reproduction, and NPEs".
December: Online workshop for the Spanish community in Barcelona, Spain
Receiving Donated Eggs or Sperm: What Am I Facing?
A 15-minute video with Spanish subtitles coming soon!
December: RESOLVE Pursuing Egg Donation Support Group
October: Family Twist Podcast
Join us as we welcome Wendy Kramer, the visionary co-founder of the Donor Sibling Registry. Wendy shares her poignant journey into the world of donor conception, offering unique insights into a realm many of us know little about. Her story is not just about creating a family but also about the complexities and unexpected challenges that come with donor conception.
https://familytwistpodcast. com/episodes/wendy-kramer-and- the-donor-sibling-registry- part-1/
https://familytwistpodcast. com/episodes/wendy-kramer-and- the-donor-sibling-registry- part-2/
September: Adoption Network Cleveland
Donor Conception and Adoption: The importance of knowing about one's ancestry, family medical history, and close genetic relatives with Wendy Kramer
Podcast Interview
Join us as we delve into the world of gamete donation and its impact on families and individuals. In this episode, we have the privilege of speaking with Wendy Kramer, the founder of Donor Sibling Registry (DSR), a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting donor-conceived individuals and their families. Wendy shares her insights on the emotional and practical aspects of gamete donation and the transformative power of connection. Discover the mission of DSR, the challenges faced by the industry, and the importance of transparency and ethical practices. This conversation sheds light on the journey of donor-conceived individuals and the need for a more inclusive and compassionate approach to gamete donation.
June: Sperm Donation World
Podcast Interview
June: Boulder County Pride
The DSR had a booth.
June: The European Fertility Society
May: Growing Generations
In-house training
April: Motherhood Reimagined
February: Conceptions Reproductive Associates
On-site meeting
January: British Fertility Society Annual Meeting
Counseling Donor Family Members
December: Sirius Radio
Two interviews
SiriusXM radio interviews with the Perri Peltz Show and the Karen Hunter Show.
Here's a link to the full Perri Peltz episode. It will take you directly to the episode on the SiriusXM Ap. You'll need a SiriusXM subscription to listen.
November: The American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy Annual Meeting
Counseling Donor Families, a 1-hour presentation at the the Systemic Family Therapy Conference.
October: Fertility Cafe Podcast
Episode 66 of Fertility Cafe is out, now! Listen on Apple or Spotify to hear Wendy Kramer and founder of Family Inceptions Eloise Drane, discuss anonymity in the fertility world.
October: American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Annual Meeting
Our Egg Donor Research, A MIXED-METHODS EVALUATION OF EGG DONORS’ PHYSICAL, PSYCHOSOCIAL, AND DISCLOSURE EXPERIENCES POST-DONATION, was presented by our partners from the University of Illinois at Chicago Dept. of Population Health Nursing Science/ Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology. This was selected as the NPG (the Nurses' Professional Group of ASRM) Prize Paper Winner!
September: Colorado Counseling Association's Fall Conference
One-hour lecture: Counseling Donor Families
September: The Jewish Fertility Foundation
August: Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association
Counseling Donor Families Half-Day Workshop
July: Jewish Fertility Foundation
Podcast
July: ESHRE Lecture
The European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE): New Study of 529 Donor-Conceived Adults
Does how and when a donor-conceived person (DCP) learns about their conception significantly affect their experiences and choices, including whether they’d consider using a donor or donating their own gametes?
June: Boulder County Pride
The DSR had a booth.
June: Webinar: Sociedad Argentina de Psicología en Reproducción Humana Asistida, Argentina
A conference for psychologists-in-training in assisted reproduction. Webinar: Counseling Donor Family Members
May: Infertility Unfiltered
Virtual meeting.
May: The Disclosure Experiences of Egg Donors Across the Lifespan. Research Abstract.
Presented at American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) Conference.
March: Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS) Conference.
The Psychosocial and Physical Experiences of Egg Donors Across the Lifespan. Student Research Poster.
March: University of Colorado Law School
Guest lecturer: Bioethics and the Law class.
January: British Fertility Society Annual Conference
Our 2021 study of 529 donor-conceived adults was presented at the British Fertility Society/Society for Reproduction and Fertility meeting in Liverpool.
October: American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Annual Scientific Congress
Panel: Open-Identity Sperm Donation: What Are the Children Saying? an interactive session. Our presentation: The Ambiguity of Open Gamete Donation. Here is the complete White Paper.
Poster: The age and by whom a donor-conceived person receives information significantly affects their experience
Poster: Where are the donors: do donor-conceived people become donors themselves”?
February: University of Colorado Advanced Reproductive Medicine IVF Clinic
January: The British Fertility Society Annual Conference (online this year)
The Donor-Conceived Adult: Implications Within Family, Medical, and Mental Healthcare Systems
January: ASRC's Adoption Wellness, Advocacy, Knowledge and Experience (AWAKE) Influencer Forum
Ryan and Wendy Kramer participated on the panel.
September: University of Colorado Law School
September: LGBT Network
LGBT Family Building: Donor Conception
Virtual Workshop
August: Global Bioethics Initiative, Manhattan Bioethics Summer School
Virtual Event
The Donor Conceived Adult: Implications Within Family, Medical and Mental Healthcare Systems
January: Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine
Denver, CO
“Disclosures and Discussions” panel. A workshop run every year for families who have used a 3rd party for reproduction.
November: 6th International Conference on Gynecology and Obstetrics
Paris, France
Theme: Focus on Next Generation and to Improve Obstetrics and Gynecology Care
November: 27th World Congress on Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology & Infertility (COGI)
Paris, France
Research on 2,013 Donor Offspring
July: The European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE)
Vienna, Austria
Poster Presentation on Donor Offspring Research
June: RESOLVE Walk of Hope
Englewood, CO
Booth
June: Midwest Reproductive Symposium International (MRSi)
Chicago, IL
Invited speaker: DNA=Donors Not Anonymous
May: Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE)
Hong Kong, China
2 talks: One on donor-conceived people and one on DNA testing/anonymity (DNA=Donors Not Anonymous)
January: Colorado University School of Law
Boulder, CO
Guest Lecturer: Bioethics & the Law Class
January: British Fertility Society
Birmingham, UK
November: Conference of The Foundation for Reproductive Medicine
NYC, NY
October: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
NYC, NY
October: Philadelphia Family Pride Family Matters Conference
Philadelphia, PA
October: ASRM Meeting
Poster by our partners from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Attachment in Donor Conception: Curiosity, Search, and Contact
September: Conceptions Reproductive Associates of Colorado
CO
August: Boulder Bookstore
Boulder, CO
June: RESOLVE Walk of Hope
Englewood, CO
March: 26th European Congress of the European Board & College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Paris, France
February: University of San Diego School of Law, Center for Health Law Policy & Bioethics
San Diego, CA
Guest Lecture
January: British Fertility Society
Liverpool, UK
Talk: "Infertility and Donor Conception: Pregnancy is Just the Beginning!"
October: American Bar Association
Beaver Creek, CO
September: Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine
Lone Tree, CO
June: RESOLVE Walk of Hope
Engelwood, CO
May: The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Laboratory for the Research of Medical Law and Bioethics, the Bar Association of Thessaloniki, and the Medical Association of Thessaloniki International Conference
Thessaloniki, Greece
February: The European Meeting Days of the French Society of Gynecology
Paris, France
December: NY Genome Center
NYC, NY
"Are you your genome?" A panel discussion about the human side of genetics: exploring the connections between identity, heritage, and genetic information.
November: 20th anniversary of CONCEBIR/Bi-annual meeting of the American Network (Red TRAscender)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
September: HQA Fertility Fair
Colorado Springs, CO
May: BIT’s 4th International Congress of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (ICGO-2016)
Barcelona, Spain
Oral presentation: "The Donor Sibling Registry (DSR) — A Global Registry for Donor Families"
April: 37th Annual American Adoption Congress International Conference
Denver, CO
"Trailblazing Change: Moving Mountains Together in Adoption"
March: 17th World Congress of Gynecological Endocrinology
Florence, Italy
Poster: For the Infertile Couple: 5 Things You Need to Know and Oral Presentation: The Case for Comprehensive Genetic Testing of Gamete Donors
November: Reproductive Rights, New Reproductive Technologies, and the European Fertility Market
Santander, Spain
The DSR presented two talks
October: 11th World Congress of the European Society of Gynecology (ESG)
Prague, Czech Republic
Two oral presentations: "Infertility and creating donor-conceived children: Pregnancy is just the beginning, not the end of the journey" and "Connecting with offspring: sperm donor attitudes"
October: ASRM Meeting
Baltimore, MD
Two presentations: "Adolescents Conceived Through Donor Insemination: An In-Depth Qualitative Study of the Experiences of Contacting and Meeting Donor Siblings" and "Integrating Donor Conception into Identity: Parent-Child Relationships and Identity Development in Donor Conceived Adolescents." Jenna Slutsky, MA Center for Attachment Research, The New School for Social Research; Dr. Vasanti Jadva, Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge; Dr. Tabitha Freeman; Sherina Persaud, MA; Wendy Kramer, The Donor Sibling Registry; Dr. Miriam Steele; Dr. Howard Steele; and Professor Susan Golombok.
September: Skype interview with master's students in Bioethics and Science Policy at Duke University
Durham, NC
September: 22nd World Congress on Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology & Infertility (COGI)
Budapest, Hungary
Oral presentation: "Infertility and Donor Conception: Pregnancy is just the beginning!"
April: Stanford University Law School
Stanford, CA
Guest lecture sponsored by Law Students for Reproductive Justice
March: 16th World Congress on Human Reproduction
Berlin, Germany
Two papers: "Sperm donors who are open to contact with their offspring" (poster) and "The Donor Sibling Registry — a global registry for donor families" (oral presentation)
November: Merck's Conference: The 2nd Red TRAscender Congress
Mexico City, Mexico
With the Latin American Parents Infertility Organization
October: The First European Workshop of the Italian Association of Gynecological Endocrinology and the 7th Albert Netter Days of the European Society of Gynecology
Capri, Italy
Abstract: "After Pregnancy: What are the needs, rights, and issues of Donor-Conceived People?"
June: Skype workshop with a GLBTQ parents group in Boston after they watched the Family Equality Council webinar
May: Embryo Adoption Awareness Center
Webinar: "The Donor Sibling Registry: Helping People Discover Their Roots"
March: 2014 Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Reproductive Society
Palm Springs, CA
March: Family Equality Council Webinar
The Donor Sibling Registry: Educating, connecting and supporting donor families
January: Boulder Bookstore
Boulder, CO
Book signing for Finding our Families: A First-of-Its-Kind Book for Donor-Conceived People and Their Families
August: American Sociological Association Annual Meeting
Paper presentation: "Donor Conceived Offspring Conceive of the Donor and Donor Siblings in Lesbian-Parent and Heterosexual-Parent Families." Presented by co-authors R. Hertz and M. Nelson.
July: Television Critics Association (TCA) Press Tour
Los Angeles, CA
Our upcoming MTV News & Docs docu-drama series, Generation Cryo, was one of the fall shows premiered at this event.
June: 2-day workshop
Montreal, Canada
“Donor Conception: Lessons for Clinicians, Families, Policy Makers, and Researchers” (Wendy's handout)
June: 1-day workshop
University of Minnesota, MN
“Revamping the Law & Policy of Reproductive Technologies: Children First?”
September: Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE) Conference
Osaka, Japan
Lunchtime talk by Ryan and Wendy: The Donor Sibling Registry (DSR) — A Global Registry for Donor Families
July: European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) Conference
Istanbul, Turkey
April: American Adoption Congress
Denver, CO
March: Pacific Sociological Association Conference
San Diego, CA
"Sperm Donor-Conceived Children Speak out about Donor Conception." Patricia K. Jennings (CSU East Bay) and Wendy Kramer (Donor Sibling Registry). Presented by Pat Jennings.
March: CU Law School
Boulder, CO
Guest Lecture sponsored by the Law Students for Reproductive Justice and the Health Law Society
December: 14th World Conference on Human Reproduction
Melbourne, Australia
Plenary Speaker, Merck Serono Symposia and Donor Linking Symposium
October: Single Mothers by Choice 30th Anniversary Gala
NYC, NY
April 2011 and August 2012: Embryo Adoption Awareness Center
Webinars
April: 2nd International Congress on Controversies in Cryopreservation of Stem Cells (CRYO Conference)
Valencia, Spain
Reproductive Cells, Tissue & Organs: Two abstracts presented: The Case for Comprehensive Medical and Genetic Testing of Gamete Donors, presented in the session "Ethics and Social Consequences of Electively Deferring Motherhood through Oocyte Cryopreservation" and Semen donors who are open to contact with their offspring (poster)
January: Fertility 2011
Dublin, Ireland
British Fertility Society, et al. Two abstracts: "Anonymity, disclosure, and contact with donors: How experiences of donor-conceived offspring vary by family type" and "Semen donors who are open to contact with their offspring"
November: National Council on Family Relations
Minneapolis, MN
October: ASRM Conference
Denver, CO
Two abstracts: "Anonymity, disclosure, and contact with donors: How experiences of donor-conceived offspring vary by family type" and "Semen donors who are open to contact with their offspring"
July: Genetics and Society Meeting
Tarrytown, NY
April: Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE) Conference
Bangkok, Thailand
Two presentations: "A Survey of 164 Sperm Donor"s and "The Case for Comprehensive Medical and Genetic Testing of Gamete Donors"
March: University of Denver
Denver, CO
Sturm College of Law, Motherhood Conference
February: L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center
Los Angeles, CA
January: Fertility 2010, British Fertility Society
Bristol, UK
The Case for Comprehensive Medical and Genetic Testing of Gamete Donors
June: European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) Conference
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
US oocyte donors: a retrospective study of medical and psychosocial issues
January: Fertility 2009, British Fertility Society
Edinburgh, Scotland
US oocyte donors: a retrospective study of medical and psychosocial issues
October: Infertility Network
Toronto, Canada
Ethics and Gamete Donation
March: DePaul University College of Law
Chicago, IL
March: Association of Health Care Journalists
Los Angeles, CA
July: Association of Managers of Gynecology & Obstetrics
Denver, CO
October: Infertility Network Symposium on Donor Conception
Toronto, Canada
DSR / Cambridge University Collaboration Presentations
October 2008: Fertility Society of Australia (FSA) Meeting, Brisbane, Australia
June 2008: ESHRE Meeting, Barcelona, Spain
October 2007: American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Meeting, Washington, DC