26.04 - 29.04.2012
Scientific program
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Thursday, April 26th
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Pre-Congress Workshops
for details please visit the website
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Workshop 1: Course on Vitrification Hands-on Workshop
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Workshop 2: Trophectoderm Biopsy with practical demonstrations
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Workshop 3: Dynamic Embryo Analysis Workshop
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14:00-17:00
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Registration
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Friday, April 27th
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07:30-08:30
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Registration
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08.30-08.35
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Welcome
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Basak Balaban
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08.35-08.45
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Memorial Lynette Scott
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Basak Balaban
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08:45-09:25
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Key note lecture
The promise of embryonic stem cells
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Anna Veiga
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09:25-12:00
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Main topic I: Role of the clinical embryologist
Chair: Basak Balaban + Anna Veiga
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09:25-09:45
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The 21st century Embryologist - technician or scientist?
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Alan Thornhill
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09:45-10:15
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COFFEE
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10:15-11:30
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Is there a need for an international standardization of the “Embryologist”?
Round table presentation and discussion:
ACE–UK - Rachel Cutting
ASEBIR - Manuel Ardoy
NILS - Sirpa Mäkinen
Alpha - Thomas Ebner
ESHRE - Anna Veiga / Kersti Lundin
ACE USA - Peter Nagy
AAB USA - Barry Behr
Australia - David Gardner
Canada - David Mortimer
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Kersti Lundin
(moderator)
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11:30-11:45
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CFAS Winning abstract
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F. Ashkar
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11:45-12:00
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ACE UK Winning abstract
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S. Sargeant
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12:00-13:00
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LUNCH
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13:00-14:00
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Grant for Fertility Innovation:
Developing innovative technologies to become best in class in take home baby rate
Chair: Diego Ezcurra
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Rapid inexpensive DNA fragmentation analysis of sperm & cumulus cells
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Dagan Wells
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Selection of embryos by 3D modelling to evaluate cell to cell contact between blastomeres
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Goedele Paternot
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Lipidomics: A new Non-Invasive Diagnostic Method of Human Endometrial Receptivity
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Carlos Simon
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14:00-16:30
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Main topic II: Non-invasive selection of gametes and embryos - New techniques and strategies
Chair: Peter Nagy and Daniel Brison |
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Subsession A: Spermatozoa
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14:00-14:30
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Hyularonic Acid binding: the science and the practice
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Gabor Huszar
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14:30-15:00
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IMSI: impact on clinical outcomes
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Pierre Vanderzwalmen
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Subsession B: Oocytes and Embryos
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15:00-15:30
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Biomarkers of human oocyte developmental competence
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Markus Montag
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15:30-16:00
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Polar bodies: back to the future?
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Dagan Wells
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16:00:16:30
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Can proteomics and/or metabolomics help shape the future of human ART?
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David Gardner
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16:30-17:00
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COFFEE
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17:00-18:00
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Free communications
Chair: Aidita James + Rachel Cutting
Selected from abstract submissions: 4x15 min
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20:00
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Opening ceremony
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Alan Thornhill
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Saturday - April 28th
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08:00-09:30
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Main topic III: Time-lapse: The final frontier?
Chair: Thorir Hardarson + Ana Cobo
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08:00-08:30
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Cytoplasmic movements of newly fertilised eggs are predictive of development to term
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Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz
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08:30-09:00
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Analysis of embryo cleavage: developing algorithms using a human model
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Barry Behr
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09:00-09:30
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Morphokinetic analysis of human embryos: an update
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Marcos Meseguer
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09:30-10:00
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COFFEE
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10:00-11:00
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Main topic IV: Success in IVF
Chair: Peter Fancsovits + Allan Pacey
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10:00-10:30
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Defining success in the IVF laboratory: the devil is in the details
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David Mortimer
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10:30-11:00
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The role of the Clinician in improving ART success
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Georg Griesinger
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11:00-12:00
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Main topic V: Ethics and Law Update
Chair: Alan Thornhill + Virginia Bolton
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11:00-11:30
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Offering treatments without an evidence-base: safety or service?
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Francoise Shenfield
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11:30-12:00
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Staying on the right side of the law - What you need to know
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James Lawford Davies
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12:00-13:00
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LUNCH
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13:00 -14:00
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SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM sponsored by Origio
The effect of GM-CSF in human reproduction Speakers: Prof. Dr. Ole Bjarne Christiansen Dr. Søren Ziebe |
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14:00-16:00
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Main topic VI: Scanning the IVF horizon
Chair: Alpesh Doshi + Julius Hreinsson
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14:00-14:30
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In vitro maturation: Is it ready for mainstream?
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Johan Smitz
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14:30-15:00
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Is there a future for aneuploidy screening?
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Alan Handyside
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15:00-15:30
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The challenge of vitrifying oocytes
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Ana Cobo & Peter Nagy
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15:30-16:00
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16:00-16:30
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COFFEE
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16:30-17:30
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Free communications
Chair: Aidita James + Alan Handyside
Selected from abstract submissions: 4 x 15 min.
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17:30-18:30
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Alpha General Assembly
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20:00
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Gala Dinner
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Sunday - April 29th
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08:00-10:00
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Main topic VII: Can we make IVF safer?
Chair: Lisa Cowan + Ursula Eichenlaub - Ritter
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08:00-08:30
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Periconceptional environment and fetal programming
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Adam Watkins
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08:30-09:00
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Natural cycle and minimal stimulation: cost versus benefit
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Bart Fauser
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09:00-09:30
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Should we only be performing frozen embryo transfers?
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Anja Pinborg
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09:30-10:00
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Risks in IVF: what should we tell couples?
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Arne Sunde
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10:00-10:30
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COFFEE
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10:30-12:00
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Main topic VIII: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in IVF.
Chair: David Mortimer
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10:30-12:00
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What makes a difference in the IVF lab? KISS your KPIs (Keep It Simple Stupid!)
6 – 10 recognized Clinical Embryologists to give a brief response on a list of 15-25 practical questions including:
(i) incubators - how many, type, door openings, reduced oxygen, etc. (ii) staff numbers and mix (iii) cleaning and air quality (iv) lab design and much, much more…….
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Kersti Lundin
Arne Sunde
Peter Nagy
Barry Behr
Pierre Vanderzwalmen
Markus Montag
Basak Balaban
Thomas Ebner
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12:00-12:40
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Keynote lecture:
"Back to the Future: a very condensed history of IVF and a glance at the future"
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Jacques Cohen
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12:40-13:00
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Closing remarks
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Alan Thornhill
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