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| THURSDAY, November 7, 2019 – Pre Congress Courses | ||||
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| 13:30-18:30 | Fertility Preservation Hands-on Workshop Chair: Dror Meirow, Israel |
14:00-18:30 | Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT): Latest insights Chair: Avner Hershlag, USA |
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| 13:30-13:55 | Cryopreservation of ovarian tissue and its role among other FP procedures Dror Meirow, Israel |
14:00-14:10 | Welcome and opening remarks Avner Hershlag, USA |
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| 13:55-14:20 | How to handle ovarian tissue preparation for cryopreservation and immature oocyte collection during procedure Daniela Nogueira, France |
14:10-14:40 | Genetics for the non-geneticist Yuval Yaron, Israel |
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| 14:20-14:45 | Transplantation of ovarian tissue Dror Meirow, Israel |
14:40-15:10 | PGT-A shifting technology David Chrimes, USA |
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| 14:45-15:10 | Safety- Searching for cancer cells in ovarian tissue Hila Raanani, Israel |
15:10-15:40 | Evidence-based approach to PGT-A (to include Mosaicism) Susan Maxwell, USA |
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| 15:10-15:30 | Coffee Break | 15:40-16:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:30-18:30 | Hands-On | 16:00-16:30 | PGT-M for single gene mutations Avner Hershlag, USA |
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| Clinical dilemmas Patient cases for Fertility Preservation Hila Raanani, Dror Meirow |
Laboratory, surgical Daniela Nogueira, Itay Spector, Dror Meirow |
16:30-17:00 | Ethical and Legal Issues with PGT Joyce Harper, UK |
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| 17:00-17:30 | Where is PGT going next? : a look to the future Alan Handyside, UK |
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| 17:30-18:30 | Q&A and Panel Discussion | |||
| 18:30 | Welcome Reception | |||
| FRIDAY, November 8, 2019 | |
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| 08:30-10:00 | Session 1: Female gametogenesis Chairs: Milton Leong, Hong Kong; Zeev Shoham, Israel; David Albertini, USA |
| 08:30-09:00 | Towards clinical application of pronuclear transfer to prevent mitochondrial DNA disease Choudhary Meenakshi, UK |
| 09:00-09:30 | Manipulation of follicle activation and its effect on ovarian reserve – using AMH Zeev Shoham, Israel & Sherman Silber, USA |
| 09:30-10:00 | Developing Technology Platforms for female gametogenesis Evelyn Telfer, UK |
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee, poster viewing and visit the exhibition |
| 10:30-13:30 | Session 2: Fertility preservation Chairs: Ana Cobo, Spain; Dror Meirow, Israel |
| 10:30-11:00 | New insight to oocyte freezing Ana Cobo, Spain |
| 11:00-11:30 | Microfluidics and ART- the big potential of tiny volumes Helen Picton, UK |
| 11:30-12:00 | Freeze dry and automated cryopreservation technology Amir Arav, Israel |
| 12:00-12:30 | Stem cells in the treatment of human infertility Sherman Silber, USA |
| 12:30-13:00 | Freezing of ovarian tissue beyond fertility preservation in cancer patients Claus Yding Andersen, Denmark |
| 13:00-13:30 | Lunch, poster viewing and visit the exhibition |
| 13:30-14:00 | The Incredible Journey of Robert Edwards: Scientist and Sphinx Roger Gosden, USA |
| 14:00-16:00 | Session 3: Implantation-Uterine Receptivity: Clinical and Experimental Findings Chairs: Roy Homburg, UK;Helen Picton, UK |
| 14:00-14:30 | Signal of the endometrium ready for implantation: genetic clinical diagnosis Xavier Santamaría, Spain |
| 14:30-15:00 | Chronic endometritis, endometriosis and the Microbiota’s role in implantation Dominique de Ziegler, France |
| 15:00-15:30 | Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy: egg and embryos under observation Denny Sakkas, USA |
| 15:30-16:00 | Clinical and molecular view of the endometrium and the process of implantation: A better understanding Rong Li, China |
| 16:00-16:30 | Coffee Break & Poster Viewing |
| 16:30-18:00 | Session 4: The IVF babies – Review the outcome Chairs: Evelyn Telfer, UK; Ariel Weissman, Israel |
| 16:30-17:00 | Should we be alarmed that designer babies walk among us? Gerald Schatten, USA |
| 17:00-17:30 | The health of children conceived by ART: The chicken or the egg? Anja Pinborg, Denmark |
| 17:30-18:00 | The targeted treatment for patients with low ovarian reserve Raphael Ron-El, Israel |
| SATURDAY, November 9, 2019 | |
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| 08:30-10:30 | Session 5: The rise and fall of the ovary: from its organogenesis to disorders Chairs: Pasqualino Loi, Italy; David Albertini, USA |
| 08:30-09:00 | New Insights into the Establishment of the Ovarian Reserve Humphrey Yao, USA |
| 09:00-09:30 | Engineering a bioprosthetic ovary Monica Laronda, USA |
| 09:30-10:00 | The key for future fertility treatment: Direct production of gametes through Haploydization of totipotent somatic nuclei Pasqualino Loi, Italy |
| 10:00-10:30 | Estrogen, receptors actions, fertility and ovarian function Kenneth Korach, USA |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee, poster viewing and visit the exhibition |
| 11:00-13:00 | Session 6: Between Cutting Edge and Grey Zone Controversies Chairs: Seang Lin Tan, Canada; Samir Hamamah, France |
| 11:00-11:30 | Best results for PCOS in IVF: What is the evidence? The importance of AMH levels. Agonist or antagonist? FSH or FSH + LH? Should metformin be given on a routine basis? Agonist or hCG trigger? Should we use the ‘freeze-all” protocol? When to use IVM? Roy Homburg, UK |
| 11:30-12:00 | Do an endometrioma per se affect ovarian reserve? Does it affect ovarian reserve?, IVF results? Does cystectomy improve IVF results? Surgery or drug therapy should come first? What about fertility preservation? Johnny Younis, IL |
| 12:00-12:30 | Fertility and intramural fibroids: what is the evidence? Ariel Weissman, IL |
| 12:30-13:00 | hCG vs GnRH-agonist for final maturation of the oocyte? Rate of OHSS with each drug, Can GnRH-agonist replace hCG in regard to oocyte maturation ? Is pregnancy rate different with each stimulation ? Is time of oocyte collection the same in regards to each drug? Robert Fischer, Germany |
| 13:00-13:45 | Lunch, poster viewing and visit the exhibition |
| 13:45-15:45 | Session 7: Ovarian aging and AMH Chair: Robert Fischer, Germany |
| 13:45-14:15 | Ovarian aging, evolutionary perspective David Albertini, USA |
| 14:15-14:45 | AMH for whom? Antonio La Marca, Italy |
| 14:45-15:15 | AFC/AMH and ovarian reserve: are they competitors or complementary? Samir Hamamah, France |
| 15:15-15:45 | Racial difference in ART success? Milton Leong, Hong Kong |
| 15:45-16:00 | Coffee, poster viewing and visit the exhibition |
| 16:00-17:30 | Joint session with the CoGEN congress Session 8: Debate: Only evidence based treatments should be offered in ART Moderator: Darren Griffin, UK |
| 16:00-16:45 | FOR: Joyce Harper, UK |
| 16:45-17:30 | AGAINST: Charles Kingsland, UK |
| 17:30-17:40 | Closing remarks |