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ESHRE 2026 - Main programme


Please take the time zone differences into account! Times are shown in CE(S)T – Central European (Summer) Time.

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Wednesday 08 July 2026

08:30 - 09:30
Invited session 30: In vitro maturation (IVM)
08:30 - 08:50
How to set up an efficient IVM program
Tuong Ho, Vietnam
08:50 - 09:00
Discussion
09:00 - 09:20
Managing ''difficult'' patients with assistance of IVM
Michel De Vos, Belgium
09:20 - 09:30
Discussion
08:30 - 09:30
Invited session 31: 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
09:10 - 09:30
Discussion
08:30 - 09:30
Invited session 32: COCHRANE Exchange session
Chairs
Chairperson to be announced
Chairperson to be announced
08:30 - 08:55
30 years of Cochrane  
Cindy M. Farquhar, New Zealand
08:55 - 09:00
Discussion
09:00 - 09:25
Putting evidence in the hands of patients
Sarah Lensen, Australia
09:25 - 09:30
Discussion
08:30 - 09:30
Invited session 33: Policy session: Do we need an international limit on the number of offspring per gamete donor?
Chairperson to be announced
Chairperson to be announced
08:30 - 08:40
Presentation of the ESHRE position paper
Speaker to be announced
08:40 - 09:30
Panel discussion
Panel discussion
Carlos Calhaz-Jorge, Portugal
Panel discussion
Maciej Śmiechowski, Poland
Panel discussion
Ties van der Meer, The Netherlands
Panel discussion
Nick van Gelder, Belgium
Panel discussion
Ole Schou, Denmark
08:30 - 09:30
Invited session 34: ALMER Exchange session: Reproductive aging
Chair
Chairperson to be announced
08:30 - 08:50
Reproductive aging in women: current challenges
Pasquale Patrizio, U.S.A.
08:50 - 09:00
Discussion
09:00 - 09:20
Reproductive aging in men: new findings
Jorge Hallak, Brazil
09:20 - 09:30
Discussion
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
12:05 - 12:15
Discussion
12:15 - 12:35
ECDC Guidelines: preventing donor-derived transmission of communicable diseases in MAR
Jenny Mohseni Skoglund, Sweden
12:35 - 12:45
Discussion
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
12:05 - 12:15
Discussion
12:15 - 12:35
In vitro models to track human post-implantation development
Jitesh Neupane, United Kingdom
12:35 - 12:45
Discussion
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
12:05 - 12:15
Discussion
12:15 - 12:35
Options for fertility preservation in persons assigned male at birth
Florian Schneider, Germany
12:35 - 12:45
Discussion
11:45 - 12:45
Invited Session 38: HFEA session: Past, present, and future: Regulating a changing fertility sector
Chairs
Chairperson to be announced
12:15 - 12:30
Future
Speaker to be announced
11:45 - 12:45
Invited session 39: 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
12:05 - 12:15
Discussion
12:15 - 12:35
Actin- and myosin-dependent mechanisms of chromosome segregation in mammalian oocytes
Melina Schuh, Germany
12:35 - 12:45
Discussion
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