European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

13.00 – 14.00

Registration and welcome coffee and lunch

14.00 – 14.05

Opening – Mariette Goddijn (The Netherlands)

Session 1: Evidence in recurrent miscarriage

Chair: Niek Exalto (The Netherlands)

14.05 – 14.30

Does RM constitute two or three miscarriages? – William Kutteh (USA)

14.30 – 14.55

Anticoagulant treatment – new insights – S. Middeldorp (The Netherlands)

14.55 – 15.20

The evidence of tender loving care for recurrent miscarriage – Anna Musters (The Netherlands) - TBC

15.30 – 16.00

Coffee break

Session 2: Evidence in organising early pregnancy care
Chair: Siobhan Quenby (United Kingdom)

16.00 – 16.25

Is an early pregnancy unit worth the cost? – Roy Farquharson (United Kingdom)

16.25 – 16.50

Pregnancy of unknown location – solving the puzzle – Davor Jurkovic (United Kingdom)

16.50 – 17.10

Early pregnancy care: the patient perspective – Ruth Bender Atik (United Kingdom)

Session 3: Young scientist session
Chair: Siobhan Quenby (United Kingdom)

17.10 – 18.10

4 x 10 minutes lecture and 5 minutes discussion
Selection from submitted abstracts (*)

Friday, 30 November 2012

Session 4: Evidence in ectopic pregnancy
Chair: Petra J. Hajenius (The Netherlands)

09.00 – 09.25

First results of the ESEP study: remove the tube or not? – Femke Mol (The Netherlands)

09.25 – 09.50

Progesterone measurement for the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy – Ioannis Gallos (United Kingdom)

09.50 – 10.15

Interstitial pregnancy: an ongoing diagnostic challenge – Willem M. Ankum (The Netherlands)

10.30 – 11.00

Coffee break

Session 5: From oocyte to live birth
Chair: Ole Bjarne Christiansen (Denmark)

11.00 – 11.25

Genetics of early pregnancy starting with the oocyte: late breaking early pregnancy news – Anna Pia Ferrareti (Italy)

11.30 – 12.00

Consortium studies: collaboration results in evidence – Ben Willem Mol (The Netherlands)

Chair: Fulco van der Veen (The Netherlands)

12.00 – 12.30

Debate / forum what is a perfect RCT, weaknesses, how to improve
recruitment – Siobhan Quenby (United Kingdom), Ole Bjarne Christiansen (Denmark) and Ben Willem Mol (The Netherlands)

12.30 – 13.30

Lunch break

Session 6: Meet the expert (Round Table sessions)

All participants will follow three round table sessions (three different topics) and visit the Early Pregnancy Unit, AMC. Amsterdam.

Topics of “Round Table Sessions”:
- Challenges in tubal and non tubal EP cases – Experts: Willem Ankum (The Netherlands), Fulco Van der Veen (The Netherlands) and Davor Jurkovic (United Kingdom)
- Challenges in RM cases – Experts: Roy Farquharson (United Kingdom), Ole Bjarne Christiansen (Denmark), Fréderique van Dunné (The Netherlands), Niek Exalto (The Netherlands) and Siobhan Quenby (United Kingdom)
- Improving recruitment for RCT’s – Experts: Ben Willem Mol (The Netherlands), Arri Coomarasamy (United Kingdom) and Mariette Goddijn (The Netherlands)
- On-site visit of the Amsterdam Early Pregnancy Unit - Femke Mol (The Netherlands), Petra J. Hajenius (The Netherlands) and Norah van Mello (The Netherlands)

Chair: Willem M. Ankum (The Netherlands)

13.30 – 14.15

Round table session part 1 (4 groups)

14.15 – 15.30

Round table session part 2 (4 groups)

15.30 – 16.00

Coffee break

16.00 – 16.45

Round table session part 3 (4 groups)

16.45 – 17.30

Round table session part 4 (4 groups)

Session 7: Closing lecture

17.30 – 18.00

(Inter)national challenges in collaboration of early pregnancy research – Arri Coomarasamy (United Kingdom)

18.00

Closure – Mariette Goddijn (The Netherlands)