Scientific Program
| DAY 1 – Thursday 16.11.23 |
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| 13:45-14:00 | Introduction Carlos Simon, Spain and Zeev Shoham, Israel |
| 14:00-15:45 | Session 1: Telemedicine, self-testing and ai in ovarian stimulation Chairs: Luca Gianarolli, Italy & Xavier Santamaria, Spain |
| 14:00-14:30 | Telemedicine, self-testing and AI in ovarian stimulation. What is coming? Views from the visionaire Bart Fauser, The Netherlands |
| 14:30-15:00 | Non invasive hormonal assessment; urine, saliva and more! Denny Sakkas, USA |
| 15:00-15:30 | Telemedicine technology. Views from the patient Jake Anderson-Bialis, USA |
| 15:30-15:45 | Utilizing artificial intelligence for optimal trigger date recommendation in IVF Piotr Wygocki, Poland |
| 15:45-16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00-18:00 | Session 2: The reproductive microbiome Chairs: Milton Leong, Hong Kong & Felipe Vilella, Spain |
| 16:00-16:30 | Vaginal microbiome and its impact in reproduction Jacques Ravel, USA |
| 16:30-17:00 | Endometrial microbiome is associated with reproductive outcome in IVF Inmaculada Moreno, Spain |
| 17:00-17:30 | After discovering the gut-brain axis, is there a gut-reproductive axis? Daniel Ramon, Spain |
| 18:00-19:00 | Welcome Reception |
| DAY 2 – Friday 17.11.23 | |
| 08:30-11:00 | Session 3: Genetics Chairs: Laura Rienzi, Italy & Hugo Vankelecom, Belgium |
| 08:30-09:00 | Genomic preconceptional medicine. Views from the expert Antonio Capalbo, Italy |
| 09:00-09:30 | Non-invasive genetic assessment technologies. Views from the embryo geneticist Carmen Rubio, Spain |
| 09:30-10:00 | What will CRISPR-Cas bring to our field? Dagan Wells, UK |
| 10:00-11:00 | Oral presentation session Chairs: Bart Fauser, The Netherlands & Carlos Simon, Spain |
| 10:00-10:07 | Altered taxonomic and functional bacterial networks in the endometrium of women with reproductive failure Bruno Toson, Spain |
| 10:07-10:14 | Selection algorithms: A comprehensive analysis of morphokinetic parameters and algorithmic fairness Teodora Popa, UK |
| 10:14-10:21 | Deciphering the endometrial host-microbiome interactions associated with reproductive health Marta Gonzalez-Monfort, Spain |
| 10:21-10:28 | In vitro modeling of the human embryo implantation niche Matteo Molè, USA |
| 10:28-10:35 | Pilot study to determine the influence of L. rhamnosus BPL205, L. plantarum BPL207 and L. crispatus BPL209 in inflammation biomarkers (study PROSALVAG) Eva González, Spain |
| 10:35-10:42 | Role of homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) in reproductive medicine Gregor Weiss, Austria |
| 10:42-11:00 | Discussion |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30-13:00 | Session 4: Single-cell technologies Chairs: Dagan Wells, UK & Carmen Rubio, Spain |
| 11:30-12:00 | What is it and how it may help us? Felipe Vilella, Spain |
| 12:00-12:30 | Endometriosis and adenomyosis – variations on a theme? Linda Giudice, USA |
| 12:30-13:00 | Organoid models from healthy and diseased endometrium as innovative tools to study reproductive biology Hugo Vankelecom, Belgium |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:00 | Session 5: Regenerative medicine. Treating with cells, what cannot be treated with drugs Chairs: Inmaculada Moreno, Spain & Ariel Weissman, Israel |
| 14:00-14:30 | Stem cell and testicular tissue transplantation. Views from the expert Kyle Orwig, USA |
| 14:30-15:00 | Advance cell therapy for Asherman syndrome. Views from the expert Xavier Santamaria, Spain |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30-17:00 | Session 6: MedFemTech Chairs: Carlos Simon, Spain & Zeev Shoham, Israel |
| 15:30-16:00 | MedFemTech start-ups Helen O’Neil, UK |
| 16:00-16:30 | Pharma Kelle Moley, Denmark |
| 16:30-17:00 | Investment funds. What are you looking for other than ROI? Ana Bernardo-Gancedo, UK |
| DAY 3 – Saturday 18.11.23 |
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| 09:00-11:00 | Session 7: Innovative devices, microfluidics and robotics Chairs: Helen O’Neil, UK & Antonio Capalbo, Italy |
| 09:00-09:30 | Innovating devices, microfluidics, and robotics in andrology Craig Niederberger, USA |
| 09:30-10:00 | Out-of-the-box thinking for embryo manipulation. The lab-in-a-box Luca Gianarolli, Italy |
| 10:00-10:30 | New embryo transfer techniques: Don’t throw away your embryos into a black box Carlos Simon, Spain |
| 11:00-12:00 | Coffee Break |
| 12:00-14:00 | Session 8: Automation & artificial intelligence Chairs: Carlos Simon, Spain & Zeev Shoham, Israel |
| 12:00-12:30 | Automation in IVF Laura Rienzi, Italy |
| 12:30-13:00 | AI in IVF Charles Bormann, USA |
| 13:00-13:30 | Artificial intelligence (AI) in reproduction – “The clinician perspective” Ariel Hourvitz, Israel |
| 13:30-14:00 | The future of embryo culture. Views from the visionaire David Gardner, Australia |
| 14:00 | Closing Remarks Carlos Simon, Spain and Zeev Shoham, Israel |