ESHRE 2026 - Main programme


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Monday 06 July 2026

08:30 - 09:30
Invited session 01: Keynote session
08:30 - 09:00
HR Keynote lecture
Speaker to be announced
09:00 - 09:30
Theory of evolution of human infertility
Hans Ivar Hanevik, Norway

09:30 - 10:00
Coffee break

10:00 - 11:30
6 Parallel selected oral communication sessions

10:00 - 11:30
Poster discussion session

11:45 - 13:00
Industry sponsored symposium

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
Luca Jovine, Sweden
12:15 - 12:35
Decoding the zona pellucida: unimagined features revealed by protein-targeting reverse genetics
Michele Boiani, Germany

11:45 - 12:45
Invited session 03: Data reporting session

11:45 - 12:45
Invited session 04: Exchange session

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
Samuel Ojosnegros, Spain

11:45 - 12:45
Invited session 06: Live journal club

11:45 - 12:45
Poster discussion session

13:00 - 14:00
Lunch break

14:00 - 15:15
Industry sponsored symposium

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
Antonio Capalbo, Italy
14:30 - 14:35
Rebuttal
Michael Feichtinger, Austria
14:35 - 14:40
Rebuttal
Antonio Capalbo, Italy

14:00 - 15:00
Invited session 08: Updated POI guideline symposium: advances and practical aspects
14:00 - 14:20
Diagnosis and fertility aspects of POI
Richard Anderson, United Kingdom
14:30 - 14:50
To Genetic diagnosis of POI and diminished ovarian reserve. Correlation with infertility
Micheline Misrahi, France

14:00 - 15:00
Invited session 09: Exchange session

14:00 - 15:00
Selected oral communication session

14:00 - 15:00
Invited session 10: Exchange session

14:00 - 15:00
Poster discussion session

15:15 - 16:30
6 Parallel selected oral communication sessions

15:15 - 16:30
Poster discussion session

16:30 - 17:00
Coffee break

17:00 - 18:15
Industry sponsored symposium

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 - 17:20
Semen analysis: how does it help in predicting and managing infertility?
Speaker to be announced
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 - 17:20
Repairing isthmocele in infertile patients
Olivier Donnez, France
17:30 - 17:50
Uterine inflammatory characteristics following CS
Aya Mohr Sasson, Israel

17:00 - 18:00
Selected oral communication

17:00 - 18:00
Invited session 14: Guidelines session

17:00 - 18:00
Poster discussion session