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Monday 06 July 2026
08:30 - 09:30
Invited session 01: Keynote session
Monday 06 July 2026
08:30 - 09:30: Invited session 01: Keynote session:
08:30 - 09:00
HR Keynote lecture: Forty years of Human Reproduction: building evidence, challenging practice, raising standards
Chris Barratt, United Kingdom
Kirstine Kirkegaard, Denmark
09:00 - 09:30
Theory of evolution of human infertility
Hans Ivar Hanevik, Norway
09:30 - 10:00
Coffee break
09:30 - 10:00: Coffee break:
10:00 - 11:30
6 Parallel selected oral communication sessions
10:00 - 11:30: 6 Parallel selected oral communication sessions:
10:00 - 11:30
Poster discussion session
10:00 - 11:30: Poster discussion session:
11:45 - 12:45
Invited session 02: Unlocking the secrets of the zona pellucida
11:45 - 12:45: Invited session 02: Unlocking the secrets of the zona pellucida:
11:45 - 12:05
Unraveling the egg coat architecture and how ZP2 cleavage ensures the polyspermy block
12:15 - 12:35
Decoding the zona pellucida: unimagined features revealed by protein-targeting reverse genetics
11:45 - 12:45
Invited session 03: Data reporting session
11:45 - 12:45: Invited session 03: Data reporting session:
Data from the ESHRE PGT Consortium - year 2024
Eftychia Dimitriadou, Belgium
11:45 - 12:45
Invited session 04: ASRM exchange session: Impact of health optimisation on reproductive outcomes
11:45 - 12:45: Invited session 04: ASRM exchange session: Impact of health optimisation on reproductive outcomes:
Robert E. Brannigan, U.S.A.
11:50 - 12:05
Lifestyle, metabolism, and male reproduction: an integrated approach to optimising male fertility
Robert E. Brannigan, U.S.A.
12:05 - 12:20
Gametes and embryos - biological archives, reflecting patients’ lifestyles
12:20 - 12:35
Lifestyle factors affecting female fertility: what can be improved?
11:45 - 12:45
Invited session 05: Mimicking the human embryonic- endometrial dialogue In vitro
11:45 - 12:45: Invited session 05: Mimicking the human embryonic- endometrial dialogue In vitro:
11:45 - 12:05
Modelling the embryo
Joshua Mark Brickman, Denmark
12:15 - 12:35
Modelling the endometrium
11:45 - 12:45
Invited session 06: Live journal club: Four decades of breakthroughs in human reproduction
11:45 - 12:45: Invited session 06: Live journal club: Four decades of breakthroughs in human reproduction:
11:47 - 11:52
ESHRE JC intro 40 years of human reproduction
Kirstine Kirkegaard, Denmark
Paper presentations and expert opinions
11:52 - 11:57
1980’s - Embryo metabolism article
11:57 - 12:01
Expert discussion
Roger Sturmey, United Kingdom
12:01 - 12:06
1990’s - ICSI in clinical outcomes article
Dimitrios-Rafail Kalaitzopoulos, Switzerland
12:06 - 12:10
Expert discussion
Chris Barratt, United Kingdom
12:10 - 12:15
2000’s - Fertility preservation ovarian tissue article
12:15 - 12:19
Expert discussion
Christiani Amorim, Belgium
12:19 - 12:24
2010’s Number of oocytes to maximize CLBR article
12:24 - 12:28
Expert discussion
12:28 - 12:33
2020’s ovarian aging and oxidative damage article
12:33 - 12:37
Expert discussion
12:37 - 12:42
Closing & takeaways - Experts and EIC
12:42 - 12:45
Final thanks
11:45 - 12:45
Poster discussion session
11:45 - 12:45: Poster discussion session:
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch break
13:00 - 14:00: Lunch break:
14:00 - 15:00
Invited session 07: Debate: Back to basics or back to the future?
14:00 - 15:00: Invited session 07: Debate: Back to basics or back to the future?:
14:00 - 14:15
Back to basics: is polar body-based PGT-A still relevant?
Michael Feichtinger, Austria
14:15 - 14:30
Back to the future: the promise of whole genome sequencing in human embryos
Michael Feichtinger, Austria
14:00 - 15:00
Invited session 08: Updated POI guideline symposium: advances and practical aspects
14:00 - 15:00: Invited session 08: Updated POI guideline symposium: advances and practical aspects:
Chairperson to be announced
Chairperson to be announced
14:00 - 14:20
Diagnosis and fertility aspects of POI
Richard Anderson, United Kingdom
14:30 - 14:50
Genetics of POI: a leap for diagnosis and personalized medicine in new guidelines
Micheline Misrahi, France
14:00 - 15:00
Invited session 09: FSANZ exchange session
14:00 - 15:00: Invited session 09: FSANZ exchange session:
14:00 - 14:20
Embryos can self-correct: ejection of abnormally cleaving cells is associated with higher live birth rates
14:00 - 15:00
Selected oral communication session
14:00 - 15:00: Selected oral communication session:
14:00 - 15:00
Invited session 10: IRHEC session: International Reproductive Health Education Collaboration (IRHEC) – An update
14:00 - 15:00: Invited session 10: IRHEC session: International Reproductive Health Education Collaboration (IRHEC) – An update:
14:00 - 14:20
IRHEC update
Maria Ekstrand Ragnar, Sweden
14:30 - 14:50
Community awareness of pregnancy preparation and preconception health
Danielle Schoenaker, United Kingdom
14:00 - 15:00
Poster discussion session
14:00 - 15:00: Poster discussion session:
15:15 - 16:30
6 Parallel selected oral communication sessions
15:15 - 16:30: 6 Parallel selected oral communication sessions:
15:15 - 16:30
Poster discussion session
15:15 - 16:30: Poster discussion session:
16:30 - 17:00
Coffee break
16:30 - 17:00: Coffee break:
17:00 - 18:00
Invited session 11: Modelling of endometriosis and endometrial disorders
17:00 - 18:00: Invited session 11: Modelling of endometriosis and endometrial disorders:
17:00 - 17:20
Complex in vitro 3D modelling of endometriosis and endometrial disorders
Christopher Hill, United Kingdom
17:30 - 17:50
Advances in bioengineering research in endometrial disorders
Irene Cervelló Alcaraz, Spain
17:00 - 18:00
Invited session 12: Semen analysis: a revisit
17:00 - 18:00: Invited session 12: Semen analysis: a revisit:
17:00 - 17:20
Semen analysis: how does it help in predicting and managing infertility?
Nicolás Garrido Puchalt, Spain
17:30 - 17:50
Human sperm function testing - useful or useless
Chris Barratt, United Kingdom
17:00 - 18:00
Invited session 13: Changes in uterine function after cesarean delivery
17:00 - 18:00: Invited session 13: Changes in uterine function after cesarean delivery:
17:00 - 17:20
Repairing isthmocele in infertile patients
17:30 - 17:50
Uterine inflammatory characteristics following CS
17:00 - 18:00
Selected oral communication
17:00 - 18:00: Selected oral communication:
17:00 - 18:00
Invited session 14: Guidelines session: Setting the standard: from carrier screening to the IVF laboratory
17:00 - 18:00: Invited session 14: Guidelines session: Setting the standard: from carrier screening to the IVF laboratory:
17:00 - 17:20
Good practice recommendations on ECS: who, when and how?
17:30 - 17:50
Update of the recommendations for good practice in the IVF lab: what has changed?
Ioannis Sfontouris, Greece
17:00 - 18:00
Poster discussion session
17:00 - 18:00: Poster discussion session: