The International Stillbirth Alliance Conference 2017 (ISA) was for the first time held in Ireland at the University College Cork (UCC) from 22nd to 24th September 2017. Over 380 delegates from all over the world participated in this conference aiming at challenging healthcare professionals to constantly strive for excellence in stillbirth awareness, research and bereavement care. The multidisciplinary organising committee for ISA 2017 consisting of members from the Pregnancy Loss Research Group based within the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, UCC and Cork University Maternity Hospital has been working alongside their partners, including Féileacáin (Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Association of Ireland), the National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre and the INFANT Centre at UCC to host ISA 2017 and bring this conference to Ireland.