DETAILED PROGRAM

 

10.30 – 10.45 Opening Cermony

10.45 – 12.00
SESSION 1: Reproductive medicine meets… Andrology

Chair: Dinka Baldani and Piotr Sokol
– Male fertility under the microscope: why sperm DNA fragmentation matters – Jackson Kirkman-Brown
–  Sexual health and reproductive outcomes. Time to rethink the connection – Ege Can Şerefoğlu
– Who benefits from hormonal therapy in male infertility: targeted use based on clinical profiles – Sandro Esteves 
– Discussion

12.00 – 13.00
SESSION 2: Clinic meets the lab: When eggs are few…

Chair: Panagiotis Drakopoulos and Gemma Arroyo
– Which path to take in the lab – IVF or ICSI? – Denny Sakkas 
– Stick with one or chase two stimulation cycles?  – Alberto Vaiarelli

13.00 – 14.00 LUNCH BREAK

14.00 – 15.15
SESSION 3: Reproductive medicine meets… Immunology

Chair: Paola Viganò and Marta Devesa
– Can we hack the immune system to boost implantation? – Antonios Makrigiannakis
– When implantation fails can HLA and KIR testing help? – Diana Alecsandru
– Exploring endometrial microbiome. Does it hold the secret to implantation success? – Carlos Simón
– Discussion

15.15 – 16.15
SESSION 4: Clinic meets the lab: When eggs don’t fertilize….

Chair: Borut Kovacic and Manuel Álvarez
– Go gentle with ovarian stimulation – Pedro Melo
– Activate them artificially! – Thomas Ebner

16.15 – 16.45 COFFEE BREAK

16.45 – 17.45
Industry-Sponsored Session
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17.45 – 18.15
SESSION 5: Reproductive medicine meets… The FUTURE

Chair: Nikolaos Polyzos
– Long live the oocyte – Elvan Boke

18.15-19.30 WELCOME RECEPTION (Exhibition Area)

09.00 – 10.15
SESSION 6: Reproductive medicine meets… Genetics

Chair: Stéphane Viville and Gabriela Palacios
–Endo Inherited. Tracing the genetic threads of endometriosis – Paola Viganò 
– Is mitochondrial genome different in newborns from ART? – Claudia Spits
– Discussion

10.15 – 11.15
Industry-Sponsored Session

11.15 – 11.45 COFFEE BREAK

11.45 – 13.00
SESSION 7: Reproductive medicine meets… Fetal medicine

Chair: Katy De Paco and Pilar Prats
– From Lab to Life: congenital malformations in ART Children – Anja Pinborg
– Fetal growth in ART pregnancies – Alexandros Sotiriadis
– ART Pregnancies under pressure. The preeclampsia challenge – Nikolaos Polyzos
– Discussion

13.00 – 14.30
Fundación Dexeus award & Keynote Lecture
Kypros Nicolaides 

14.30 – 15.30 LUNCH BREAK

15.30 – 16.30
SESSION 8: Clinic meets the lab: Low oocyte maturation rate…

Chair: Juan José Espinós and Valeria Donno
– Dual trigger is the answer – Raoul Orvieto
– Rescue in vitro maturation is the answer – Başak Balaban

16.30 – 17.00 COFFEE BREAK

17.00 – 18.00
SESSION 9: Reproductive medicine meets… The FUTURE

Chair: Montserrat Boada
– Watching Life Begin...

Live imaging of early embryo development – Nicolas Plachta  
Live imaging of embryo implantation – Samuel Ojosnegros

09.00 – 10.30
SESSION 10: Reproductive medicine meets… Surgery

Chair: Anis Feki and Pere Barri S.
– Beat adenomyosis, boost ART outcomes – Attilio Di Spiezio
– Intramural fibroids & ART: Remove, control, or carry on? – Antonio La Marca 
– Partial septum & arcuate uterus: fix it or forget it? – Grigoris Grimbizis
– Cutting-edge or unnecessary? Robotic surgery before ART – Gaby Moawad
– Discussion

10.30 – 11.45
SESSION 11: Reproductive medicine meets… Technology & environment

Chair: Michael Chapman and Mónica Parriego
– Smart embryos: How AI decodes developmental chromosomal and implantation competence – Marcos Meseguer
– Environmental chemicals. Is human fertility under attack? – Pauliina Damdimopoulou
–Diet and Lifestyle. Can everyday choices shape fertility outcomes? – Joyce Harper 
– Discussion

11.45 – 12.15 COFFEE BREAK

12.15 – 13.15
SESSION 12: Clinic meets the lab: Recurrent pregnancy loss

Chair: Karen Sermon and Pedro N. Barri
– Cell-Free DNA testing in pregnancy loss. Can it provide the answers we need? – Henriette Svarre Nielsen
– Embryo factors in RPL: What PGT-A can and cannot tell us– Mina Popovic 

13.15 – 13.45
SESSION 13: Reproductive medicine meets… The FUTURE

Chair:Nikolaos Polyzos
– Goodbye ovarian stimulation…. Welcome IVM – Tuong Ho

13.45 – 14.00 Closing remarks