Scientific Program
Pre-Congress Workshops
08:45 - 09:00 | Welcome Remarks | Mina Alikani (US) |
Session 1 |
Opening Lecture CHAIR: Mina Alikani |
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09:00 - 09:45 | Recasting Life in an Age of Radical Biotechnology | Jamie Metzl (US) |
09:45 - 10:15 | Coffee Break | |
10:15 - 11:00 | Satellite Symposium 1 | |
Session 2 |
Keynote Lectures 1 & 2 CHAIR: Alison Campbell |
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11:00 - 11:30 | The future of human embryo culture | David Gardner (Aus) |
11:30 - 12:00 | "Uncovering the early stages of life" with new imaging techniques | Nicolas Plachta (US) |
12:00 - 12:15 | Q & A | |
12:15 - 13:15 | Lunch | |
13:15 - 14:15 | Satellite Symposium 2 | |
Session 3 |
Gamete and Embryo Selection CHAIRS: Sharon Mortimer, Jacques Cohen |
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14:15 - 14:40 | The 'good' egg | Laura Rienzi (Italy) |
14:40 - 15:05 | The 'good' embryo | Tom Bamford (UK) |
15:05 - 15:30 | The 'good' sperm | Mónica Marques (Portugal) |
15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee Break | |
Session 4 |
RBMO SESSION CHAIR: Juan Garcia-Velasco |
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16:00- 16:15 | RBMO RGE Prize Paper Winner Presentation | Nuno Costa-Borges |
RBMO RGE Prize Paper Runner | Francesca Farlie | |
16:15 - 16:25 | RBMO RGE Prize Paper Runner up Presentation | Begum Mathyk |
16:25 - 16:35 | 2024 CFAS Prize Paper | Ola Davis (Canada) |
16:35 - 18:00 |
SELECTED FREE COMMUNICATIONS CHAIRS: Başak Balaban, Juan Garcia-Velasco |
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16:35 - 16:50 | Clinical validation and experiences of the microfluidics sperm preparation device ZyMot™ | Emma Adolfsson |
16:50 - 17:05 | Using simulation to optimize IVF lab resources and meet physiological time constraints | Aida Kaffel |
17:05 - 17:20 | The use of direct swim-up technique in the IVF lab: a less invasive and more efficient sperm preparation method. A randomized prospective study of an alternative to the gold-standard techniques | Rebeca Bravo Martin |
17:20 - 17:35 | A cytogenetic comparison of a trophectoderm biopsy on day 5 and the corresponding in vitro extended cultured embryo on day 8 | Effrosyni Chavli |
17:35 - 17:50 | The effect of different pipette types and pipetting techniques on oil volumes in culture dishes | Kristina Schildauer |
17:50 - 18:00 | Testicular sperm processing in HIV positive men: assessing viral contamination and reproductive outcomes | Ileana Mateizel |
18:00 - 18:30 | General Assembly | Mina Alikani (US) Alison Campbell (UK) |
18:30 - 19:30 | Welcome Reception |
Session 5 |
Keynote Lecture 3 CHAIR: Alison Campbell |
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09:00 - 09:30 | Take a walk on the wild side: Preserving endangered species | Tullis Matson (UK) |
Session 5 continued |
Cryopreservation CHAIR: Alison Campbell |
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09:30 - 09:55 | Oocyte vitrifcation outcomes: What impacts them? | Maria Jose de Los Santos (Spain) |
09:55 - 10:15 | Coffee Break | |
10:15 - 11:15 |
SELECTED FREE COMMUNICATIONS CHAIRS: Christophe Blockeel, Maria Jose de Los Santos |
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10:15 - 10:27 | The effects of vitrification on the ultrastructure of human embryos at 4, 10 and 24 hours post warming | Konstantina Pappa |
10:27 - 10:39 | Beyond traditional ICSI: assessing the promise of piezo-assisted ICSI | Daria Davydova |
10:39 - 10:51 | Rescue of embryos identified as chaotic by Next Generation Sequencing-based (NGS-based) preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A). Is re-biopsy and re-testing a valid option? | Yosu Franco Iriarte |
10:51 - 11:03 | Three-dimensional assessment of the inner cell mass is more effective at predicting implantation and live birth than Gardner grading | Rufus Morgan |
11:03 - 11:15 | Bringing the IVF laboratory into the digital age | Andrew Thomson |
Session 6 |
Keynote Lecture 4 CHAIR: Jamie Metzl |
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11:15 - 11:45 | The Next Big Thing in IVF | Jacques Cohen (US) |
Session 6 continued | Automation | |
11:45 - 12:15 | The internet of things in the IVF laboratory | Giles Palmer (UK) |
12:15 - 13:30 | Lunch | |
13:30 - 14:15 | Satellite Symposium 3 | |
Session 7 |
Laboratory Management CHAIR: Xavier Pollet-Villard |
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14:15 - 14:30 | Leadership in the IVF laboratory | Dean Morbeck (NZ) |
14:30 - 14:45 | How to embrace change | Sharon Mortimer (Canada) |
14:45 - 15:00 | How clinical decisions affect laboratory KPIs | David Mortimer (Canada) |
15:00 - 15:15 | Excelling at Excellence: Quality and Compliance in Andrology | Unika Alexander (US) |
15:15 - 15:40 | Q & A | |
Session 8 |
Laboratory Sustainability CHAIR: Giles Palmer |
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15:40 - 16:00 | Sustainability in the IVF lab: What, when, why, and how! | Francesca Farlie (UK) |
16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee Break | |
Session 9 |
Preimplantation Genetics & Emerging Technologies CHAIR: Nathan Treff |
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16:30 - 16:50 | PGT-A: efficacious or not? | Mireia Sandalinas (Spain) |
16:50 - 17:10 | The enigma of euploid embryo loss | Danilo Cimadomo (Italy) |
17:10 - 17:30 | Ready or Not: Somatic and Synthetic Embryology | Peter Rugg-Gun (UK) |
17:30 - 18:00 | Q & A |
Session 10 |
Regulating ART CHAIRS: Alison Campbell, Hasan Burjaq |
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10:00 - 10:20 | Add on' and on and on… | Tim Child (UK) |
10:20 - 11:00 | PANEL / AUDIENCE DISCUSSION | |
11:00 - 11:15 | Coffee Break | |
Session 11 |
Final Session: Global challenges for reproductive scientists CHAIRS: Mina Alikani, Alison Campbell |
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11:15 - 12:15 | Film Premier: Global voices in Embryology | |
12:15 - 12:40 | PANEL / AUDIENCE DISCUSSION | |
12:40 - 13:00 | Closing Remarks | Mina Alikani (US) Alison Campbell (UK) |