Scientific Program
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Friday, April 8, 2022
Starting at 1pm CEST (Paris), 7pm HKT (Hong Kong)
Welcome – Zeev Shoham, Israel, Milton Leong, Hong Kong | |
Session 1: Giants in Reproductive Medicine | |
In memory of Robert Edwards, UK Roger Gosden, USA |
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In memory of Howard Jones, USA Alan DeCherney, USA |
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Honoring Alan Trounson, Australia Luca Gianaroli, Italy |
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Past, Present, and Future: Exciting Moments in My Career Alan Trounson, Australia |
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Special award and lecture | |
The American College of Embryology (EMBCOL) awarded Denny Sakkas, Ph.D. – The Embryologist Of The Year David Gardner, Australia |
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The IVF Lab and Embryologist of the Future Denny Sakkas, USA |
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Session 2: Improving IVF outcomes | |
AI to optimize IVF outcome: Where are we today? Ilan Tur-Kaspa, USA Supported by an unrestricted grant from IBSA |
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Embryo morphogenetic score: is this the future? Giovanni Coticchio, Italy |
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Poor ovarian response: Clinical practice and treatment options Juan Antonio Garcia Velasco, Spain |
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Session 3: New initiative: MedFemTech This new initiative will highlight the new directory of promising start-ups that bring together pharmaceutical companies, the medical industry, investors and start-ups addressing female health. Introduction: Yesha Sivan Israel |
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Pre-conception | |
Ovaterra: Preparing the Body for Pregnancy: The First Evidence-Based Intelligent Fertility Marketplace Jodi Neuhauser, USA |
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Home monitoring | |
IMMA health: Home monitoring: Transvaginal ultrasound in women’s hands Nadia Prisant, Israel |
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Hertility Health- the use of prediction algorithms for reproductive and gynecological health in an at-home test Helen O’Neill, UK |
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Béa Fertility: Affordable at-home treatment – reintroducing Intracervical insemination Sandy Christiansen, UK |
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Infertility workflow | |
MIM Solutions: EMBRYOAID: Intelligent image data analysis system in infertility diagnostics MIM Solutions: FOLLISCAN: Intelligent algorithms supporting the doctor in the ultrasound diagnosis of a woman’s ovarian reserve Ula Sankowska, Poland |
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Ferty U: Service for ovarian response prediction in IVF infertility treatment Ksenya Tikhaeva, Russia |
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FertilAI: AI and Big Data-based platform for automating protocol management in the IVF clinic Rohi Hourvitz, Israel |
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Improving stimulation | |
OptIVF: A software package for predicting optimal drug dosage customized for each patient for IVF cycles, marketed by Stochastic Research Technologies LLC., USA. Urmila Diwekar, USA |
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Session 4: Evolving role of genetic tests in reproductive medicine Supported by an unrestricted grant from Thermo Fisher Scientific |
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Evolving role of genetic tests in reproductive medicine Nair Ritu, India |
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Association between oral and fecal microbiota and the reproductive tract microbiome Luis A. Alcaraz, Spain |
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Session 5: COVID-19 and its mRNA vaccine: effects on ovarian function and ART outcome Moderator: Ariel Weissman, Israel |
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The effect of SARS-Cov-2 mRNA vaccination on ovarian reserve Eran Horowitz, Israel |
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COVID-19 and fertility: what have we learned? Anat Hershko-Klement, Israel |
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COVID-19 and IVF outcome Raoul Orvieto, Israel |
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Session 6: Fertility Preservation | |
AMH and Fertility Preservation Mary Morris, USA |
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Fertility preservation in young non-iatrogenic POI patients Dror Meirow, Israel |
Saturday, April 9, 2022
Starting at 10am CEST (Paris), 4pm HKT (Hong Kong)
Session 7: ART as a Family Planning Method Moderators: Ricardo Loret de Mola, USA and Sergio Papier, Argentina Supported by an unrestricted grant from ALMER |
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Elective Oocyte Cryopreservation Marcelo Barrionuevo, USA |
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Elective preimplantation genetic studies Nathan Treff, USA |
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Session 8: New initiative: MedFemTech This new initiative will highlight the new directory of promising start-ups that bring together pharmaceutical companies, the medical industry, investors and start-ups addressing female health. Introduction: Yesha Sivan, Israel |
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Choosing the best oocyte | |
Future Fertility: A novel, non-invasive oocyte scoring system using AI applied to 2D images Jullin Fjeldstad, Canada |
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AIVF: AI for ART – a proven reality. Daniel Seidman, Israel |
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Choosing the best embryo | |
Amplexa Genetics: Non-invasive PGT-A and NGS for optimizing IVF treatments Tamanna Mohammadi, Denmark |
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Fairtility: The need for transparent AI in the IVF lab Cristina Hickman, UK |
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Improving implantation | |
Maia Fertility : Breakthrough solution for human infertility: improving embryo implantation by enzymatic remodeling of the endometrium Irit Sagi, Israel |
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Fertigo Medical: Pinpoint the IVF window of opportunity Tsafrir Kolatt, Israel |
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Choosing the best sperm for fertilization | |
QART Medical: Quantitative, Morphometric Sperm Cell Selection in ICSI Mattan Levi, Israel |
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Baibys: Artificial Intelligence system for autonomous sperm selection before ICSI Nino Guy Cassuto, France |
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Improving lab workflow | |
Fertilis Pty: Making life in the IVF laboratory simpler, safer, and better for embryologists and their patients Jeremy Thompson, Australia |
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IVF 2.0 Ltd: Augmented Intelligence in the IVF lab: Selection is no longer a beauty contest Alejandro Chavez-Badiola, Mexico |
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Session 9: Luteal Phase Progesterone | |
The importance of serum Progesterone levels in LPS and the use of rescue protocol with vaginal +s.c. Elena Labarta, Spain Supported by an unrestricted grant from IBSA |
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Late follicular phase progesterone elevation. Is it really important? Nikolaos Polyzos, Spain |
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Session 10: Basic research of the ovarian environment | |
Mechanism of Primordial Follicle Recruitment: the truth about “ovarian rejuvenation” Sherman Silber, USA |
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Beyond the gamete: the aging ovarian microenvironment Francesca Duncan, USA |
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Ovarian stem cells: Mesenchymal stromal cells as supportive to germline stem cells Evelyn Telfer, UK |
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How new research in embryo biology mandates a revaluation of chromosomal testing in IVF and earl pregnancy Norbert Gleicher, USA |
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Response by Nathan Treff, USA | |
Session 11: implantation and supportive of pregnancy with progesterone | |
Ultrasound Based Endometrial Receptivity Scoring Improves In Vitro Fertilization Pregnancy Rates Hannah Pierson, Canada |
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Recurrent implantation failure: Is it the embryo or the endometrium? Jason Franasiak, USA |
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Progesterone – Is it a spoilsport or a Game changer in ART Ameet Patki, India |
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Session 12: The Uterus | |
Uterine developmental abnormalities: The role of environment and endocrine disruptors Hugh Taylor, USA |
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The role of 3D ultrasound in the diagnosis of uterine congenital malformations Brunella Zizolfi, Italy |
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Session 13 : Latest innovation in the diagnosis and treatment of PCOS | |
Managing of high responders in 2022 Panagiotis Drakopoulos, Greece |
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New insights into the management of PCOS Seang Lin Tan, Canada |
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Why two PCOS phenotypes make much more sense than four Norbert Gleicher, USA |
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Session 14: The CHOSE project | |
Successful IVM in Humans Using Hayashi Principles in Mouse Sherman Silber, USA |
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Making Oocytes & Ovarian Tissue From Stem Cells in a Mouse Model Katsuhiko Hayashi, Japan |
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Generation of Germ Cells In Humans From Skin Biopsies Amander Clark, USA |
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Stem Cell Therapies for Infertility Kyle Orwig, USA |
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Closing remarks |