ESHRE 2026 - Main programme


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Wednesday 08 July 2026

08:30 - 09:30
Invited session 30: Debate: Microbiome in implantation and early pregnancy: vaginal vs endometrial analysis
08:30 - 08:45
Vaginal microbiome analysis is more informative
Katharina Spath, Italy
08:45 - 09:00
Endometrial microbiome analysis is more informative
Inmaculada Moreno, Spain
09:00 - 09:05
Rebuttal
Katharina Spath, Italy
09:05 - 09:10
Rebuttal
Inmaculada Moreno, Spain

08:30 - 09:30
Invited session 31: In vitro maturation (IVM)
08:30 - 08:50
How to set up an efficient IVM program
Tuong Ho, Vietnam
09:00 - 09:20
Managing ''difficult'' patients with assistance of IVM
Michel De Vos, Belgium

08:30 - 09:30
Invited session 32: Exchange session

08:30 - 09:30
Invited session 33: Guidelines session

08:30 - 09:30
Invited session 34: IRHEC session

08:30 - 09:30
Poster discussion session

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 - 12:45
Invited session 35: Advancing safety and quality standards in SoHOs
11:45 - 12:05
The new EDQM guide: strengthening safety and quality in MAR
Thomas Ebner, Austria
12:15 - 12:35
ECDC Guidelines: preventing donor-derived transmission of communicable diseases in MAR
Jenny Mohseni Skoglund, Sweden

11:45 - 12:45
Invited session 36: The origin of the human germline
11:45 - 12:05
The origin of the germline in mammals
João Pedro Alves Lopes, Sweden
12:15 - 12:35
In vitro models to track human germline origin
Speaker to be announced

11:45 - 12:45
Invited session 37: Fertility preservation in transgender persons
11:45 - 12:05
Options for fertility preservation in persons assigned female at birth
Chloe De Roo, Belgium
12:15 - 12:35
Options for fertility preservation in persons assigned male at birth
Florian Schneider, Germany

11:45 - 12:45
Invited session 38: The perilous bridge between oocyte and embryo life
11:45 - 12:05
When sisters are not close enough: loss of chromatid cohesion and oocyte aneuploidy
Adele Marston, United Kingdom
12:15 - 12:35
Age-dependent DNA repair capacity in human oocytes
Melina Schuh, Germany

11:45 - 12:45
Poster discussion session

13:00 - 14:00
Lunch break

14:00 - 15:15
6 Parallel selected oral communication sessions

15:30 - 16:30
Closing reception