Modern
Motherhood.
For the first time, there's an international summit built specifically for solo mothers by choice, with researchers who have spent decades studying this family form, and clinicians who understand what it means to navigate fertility, pregnancy, and parenting without a partner in the room. This community is ready to bring the science, advocacy and lived experience into one place. The SMBC Summit 2026 is that event.
Four days, plus VIP Day. Online and on demand, so it works wherever you are and whatever your schedule looks like. Sessions on parenting, self-advocacy, women's health and fertility, and the research that speaks directly to solo-mother families.
See registration options Read our story & why this summit exists →International Solo Mothers By Choice Day, celebrating this global community.
"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day I can hear her breathing."
— Arundhati Roy
Meet some of our speakers
Researchers, clinicians, and advocates, together in one place for the first time.
Raising thriving families, based on intention not convention.
The research on solo-mother families is consistent, and it's overwhelmingly positive. This summit brings the people doing that research, and the people living it, into the same room for the first time.