Programme

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Wednesday 16 December 2020

09:00 - 09:05
Introduction
Kirsten Louise Tryde Macklon, Denmark
09:05 - 10:30
Session 1: Elective fertility preservation. Do women want it?
Chairs
Kirsten Louise Tryde Macklon, Denmark
Virginie Rozée, France
09:05 - 09:25
Reproductive intentions and experiences of women who freeze eggs
Michel De Vos, Belgium
09:25 - 09:45
Current status of elective egg freezing in the UK
Zeynep Gurtin, United Kingdom
09:45 - 10:05
How to stimulate women for social egg freezing. is there an ideal protocol?
Michaël Grynberg, France
10:05 - 10:30
Q&A
10:30 - 10:40
Coffee Break
10:40 - 12:10
Session 2: Freezing and thawing oocytes
Chairs
Virginie Rozée, France
Kirsten Louise Tryde Macklon, Denmark
10:40 - 11:00
Oocyte vitrification – how best to Cryopreserve?
Laura Francesca Rienzi, Italy
11:00 - 11:20
Oocyte vitrification - how many eggs do you need?
Javier Domingo Del Pozo, Spain
11:20 - 11:40
Is social freezing cost-effective?
Zion Ben Rafael, Israel
11:40 - 12:10
Q&A
12:10 - 13:00
Lunch Break
13:00 - 14:30
Session 3: The ethics in postponing parenthood
Chairs
Françoise Shenfield, United Kingdom
Michael von Wolff, Switzerland
13:00 - 13:20
Maternal and neonatal risks in late pregnancies
Marian Knight, United Kingdom
13:20 - 13:40
Freezing eggs through employment. Emancipation or exploitation?
Guido Pennings, Belgium
13:40 - 14:00
Could/should men freeze their sperm for age-related fertility decline?
Herman Tournaye, Belgium
14:00 - 14:30
Q&A
14:30 - 14:40
Coffee Break
14:40 - 16:15
Session 4: Solving the problems of declining birth rates in the developed world
Chairs
Michael von Wolff, Switzerland
Françoise Shenfield, United Kingdom
14:40 - 15:00
Should society encourage women to freeze their eggs?
Françoise Shenfield, United Kingdom
15:00 - 15:20
Fertility education and awareness: Is it the solution?
Jacky Boivin, United Kingdom
15:20 - 15:40
Is perception of own fertility and partner’s fertility overrated in the general population of women and men of fertile age?
Lone Schmidt, Denmark
15:40 - 16:10
Q&A
16:10 - 16:15
Closing remarks
Virginie Rozée, France