SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

Friday, April 30, 2010

09.00–09.45

Keynote Lecture-1

Chairpersons: Başak Balaban, Peter Fancsovits

The evolution of cryopreservation
Maureen Wood

Session I

Embryo Cryopreservation 1

09.45-10.15

Selecting a method and embryo for successful cryopreservation

David H. Edgar

Session II    

Embryo Cryopreservation  2
Chairpersons: Daniel Brison, Agnes Bali Papp

10.50-11.20

Optimizing FET success: A critical assessment of assisted hatching, lysed cell removal and clinical aspects of frozen-thawed embryo transfer

Peter Nagy

11.25-11.55

Safety of embryo cryopreservation: Outcomes and long term follow-up

Etienne Van Den Abbeel

12.45-13.45

Satellite Symposia (IBSA)

Effect of Alternative FSH Regimens on Oocyte and Embryo Quality

Chairpersons: Başak Balaban , Janos Urbancsek

12.50-13.10 

Effect of recombinant vs. human-derived FSH on oocyte/embryo quality and embryo development

Peter Fancsovits

13.10-13.35 

Alternative stimulation regimens based on FSH glycosylation pattern: impact on oocyte and embryo quality

Helmy Selman

Session III

Sperm Cryopreservation

Chairpersons: Aidita James, Szilard Bodo

13.45-14.15

Outcomes, safety and effectiveness for cryopreservation of ejaculated, testicular and epididymal sperm

Greta Verheyen

14.20-14.50

Cryopreservation of sperm for oncology patients. Pre + post treatment quality, utilization and success

Herman Tournaye

14.55-15.25

Molecular assessment of cryopreserved sperm: FISH, fragmentation, methylation and more….. 

Juan G. Alvarez

Session IV

Free Communications

Chairpersons: Daniel Brison, Balazs Balyi

16.00-16.15

FC-1 Herrero Leyre

In vitro maturation, apoptotic gene expression and incidence of numerical chromosomal abnormalities following cryotop vitrification of sheep cumulus-oocyte complexes

Bita Ebrahimi , Mojtaba Rezazadeh Valojerdi , Poopak Eftekhari Yazdi , Hossein Baharvand

16.15-16.30

FC-2 Susanne Cawood

Vitrified vs. slow-frozen blastocysts: a clinical audit for 706 embryos

Suzanne Cawood , Alpesh Doshi , Sarah Gotts

16.30-16.45

FC-3 Ervin Macas

Successful vitrification of human single pronuclear oocytes following polar body biopsy

Macas Ervin

16.45-17.00

FC-4 Susanne Cawood

Does assisted hatching improve the clinical outcome in vitrified-warmed embryo cycles?

Suzanne Cawood , Alpesh Doshi , Sarah Gotts , Paul Serhal

17.00-17.15

FC-5 Ervin Macas

Polar body biopsy for curschmann-steinert disease and successful pregnancy following embryo vitrification

Macas Ervin

17.15-17.30 

CFAS Exchange Lecture - Sergey Moskovtsev

Comparison of sperm nuclear decondensation protocols using unbiased sampling and digital image morphometry

Sergey I. Moskovtsev1*, Naazish Alladin1, Marianne Rogers2 and J. Brendan M. Mullen1

Saturday, May 1st , 2010

07.45–08.45

Workshop (KITAZATO-DIBIMED)

Cryotop Safety Vitrification For Oocytes and All Stage Of Embryos

Speaker: Dr. Ana Cobo (IVI Valencia)

08.45–09.30

Keynote Lecture-2
Chairpersons: Lynette Scott, Csaba Pribenszky

Cryopreservation for wildlife conservation: Lessons for human IVF 

David Whittingham

Session V

Oocyte Cryopreservation

09.30–10.00

When and how to cryopreserve oocytes? Analysis of oocyte physiology and molecular markers to improve cryopreservation methods

Laura Rienzi

10.05–10.35 

Optimising clinical protocols for successful oocyte cryopreservation

Andrea Borini

Session VI

Oocyte Cryopreservation 2
Chairpersons: Lisa Cowan, Gabriella Faludi

11.10-11.40  

Cryopreservation of oocytes for social or medical reasons: Is there a difference?

Gillian Lockwood

11.45-12.15

Safety of oocyte cryopreservation: Lessons from donor banking

Peter Nagy

12.50- 13.50

Satellite Symposia      

Session VII

Cryopreservation of Ovarian Tissue

Chairpersons: Laura Rienzi, Janos Urbancsek

13.50-14.20

Collection, processing and storage of ovarian tissue: Clinical indications and best practice

Ozgür Oktem

14.25-14.55

Recent developments: Ovarian tissue transplantation versus in-vitro maturation of immature oocytes

Evelyn Telfer

Session VIII

Regulation, Law and Ethics of Cryopreservation

Chairpersons: Alan Thornhill, Kalman Szucs

15.30–16.00

Regulatory aspects of cryopreservation around the world: Global village or dystopia?
David Mortimer

16.05-16.35

Whose embryo is it anyway? Death, disposition and other dilemmas

J. Lawford-Davies

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Session IX

How Do I Know When It’s Working? - Training and Quality Management Aspects of Cryopreservation

Chairpersons: Peter Nagy, Andras Dinnyes

09.00-09.30

Optimizing cryopreservation - What’s critical, what’s not?

Lynette Scott

09.35-10.05

Keeping cool in the IVF laboratory:  KPIs for cryopreservation

David Mortimer

11.30-12.15 

Keynote lecture 3 (Closing lecture)
Chairpersons: Başak Balaban, Peter Fancsovits

The future of cryopreservation in assisted reproduction

Alan Handyside