Scientific Program
Our Board of Directors has meticulously developed a scientific program featuring thought-provoking sessions, engaging Q&A opportunities, and a focus on the latest industry trends to drive innovation.
May 29th
Keynote Lecture - Omics Research in Low Earth Orbit: A Foundational Milestone Toward IVF In Space
Segment 1- Innovation in Reproductive Medicine (IVF)
Segment 2- Best Practices in the IVF Lab
Segment 3 - AI and Automation
May 30th
Segment 4 - Reproductive Genetics
Segment 5 - Counseling and Ethics
Segment 6 - Clinical Fertility
Thursday, May 28th
06:00 -9:00 pm
Welcome Evening Reception
Happy Hour/Cocktails
- Marina Terrace
Friday, May 29th
07:30 – 8:30
Continental Breakfast
08:30 – 08:40
Welcome
Nabil Arrach
08:40 – 09:10
Keynote (30 mins) – Eliah Overbey
Omics Research in Low Earth Orbit: A Foundational Milestone toward IVF in Space
Segment 1 – Innovation in Reproductive Medicine (IVF)
09:10 – 09:15
Intro-Moderator:
Alison Campbell & Alex Quaas
09:15 – 09:35
Autologous Exosomes in IVF
Bradford Kolb
09:35 – 09:55
IVF Laboratory Automation: Recent advances and the path toward fully intelligent labs
Jacques Cohen
09:55 – 10:15
Innovation in Reproductive genetics
Svetlana Madjunkova
10:15 – 10:35
Roundtable discussion Moderators: Q&A
10:35 – 11:05
Coffee and Snacks break (30 min)
Friday, May 29th continued
Segment 2 – Best Practices in the IVF Lab
11:05 – 11:10
Intro-Moderators:
Carol Curchoe & Oleksii Barash
11:10 – 11:30
Excellence by Design: How top IVF labs achieve success
Carlos Guerrero
11:30 – 11:50
IVF Lab Management: case studies
Sheela Ali
11:50 – 12:10
Global widespread of “Fast and Furious” (one step warming) of Oocytes/Blastocysts: Findings from a SurveyMonkey?
Juergen Liebermann
12:10 – 12:30
Roundtable discussion: Q&A
12:30 – 13:35
Lunch and Round tables (65 mins)
Round-table sessions (60 mins)
ROUNDTABLE 1
12:30 – 13:35
Rountable 1 – How to be an offsite lab director – Carol Lynn Curchoe
ROUNDTABLE 2
12:30 – 13:35
Roundtable 2 – Leadership and Standardization in the IVF lab – Sheela Ali
ROUNDTABLE 3
12:30 – 13:35
Roundtable 3 – Extracting Knowledge from Data – Oleksii Barash
ROUNDTABLE 4
12:30 – 13:35
Roundtable 4 – How to counsel patients about recurrent implantation failure – Richard Paulson
ROUNDTABLE 5
12:30 – 13:35
Roundtable 5 – Synergies between PGT-A and time-lapse – Alison Campbell
ROUNDTABLE 6
12:30 – 13:35
Roundtable 6 – Fertility and Nutrition: Evidence-based use of supplements – Judy Simon
ROUNDTABLE 7
12:30 – 13:35
Roundtable 7
ROUNDTABLE 8
12:30 – 13:35
Roundtable 8 – ART Legal hot topics and cases – Erin O’Kane Allen esq.
ROUNDTABLE 9
12:30 – 13:35
Roundtable 9 – Raising the bar: Moving beyond traditional genetic screening in sperm donation – Gili Band
ROUNDTABLE 10
12:30 – 13:35
Roundtable 10 – Evolving embryo culture media: composition, supplements, and quality considerations – Kevin Flynn and Lynda McGinnis
ROUNDTABLE 11
12:30 – 13:35
Roundtable 11 –
ROUNDTABLE 12
12:30 – 13:35
Roundtable 12 – AI in embryo assesment: A practical perspective from the IVF lab – Does it truly add value – Carlos Guerrero
ROUNDTABLE 13
12:30 – 13:35
Roundtable 13 – New strategies to warm traditional vitrified oocytes succesfully faster than the traditional warming protocol of 10 minutes – Juergen Liebermann
ROUNDTABLE 14
12:30 – 13:35
Roundtable 14 – Insights on PGT-P – Darren Griffin
ROUNDTABLE 15
12:30 – 13:35
Roundtable 15 – Insights on Progenesis Overview – Fernanda Pacheco
Segment 3 – AI and Automation
13:35 – 13:40
Intro-Moderators:
Carlos Guerrero & Sheela Ali
13:40 – 14:00
AI and laboratory automation in embryology
Alison Campbell
14:00 – 14:20
An AI-driven platform integrating genomics, metabolomics, and time-lapse imaging for precision embryo selection and personalized patient treatment
Nabil Arrach
14:20 – 14:40
Novel Ideas for Unsolved Problems in IVF
Carol Lynn Curchoe
14:40 – 15:00
Building the next generation IVF lab – Infrastructure, analytics, AI, and QMS
Oleksii Barash
15:00 – 15:20
Roundtable discussion Moderators: Q&A
15:20 – 15:30
Intro-to Workshops
Fernanda Pacheco, MD
15:30 – 17:00
Workshops
Friday, May 29th continued
17:00
End of day remarks/Get ready for the boat
Thomas Gebauer
17:00 – 18:30
Break/personal time
18:30 – 19:00
Boarding for boat cruise
19:00 – 22:00
Boat Party – Dinner
Saturday, May 30th
07:30 – 08:30
Continental breakfast
Segment 4 - Reproductive Genetics
08:30 – 08:35
Intro-Moderators:
Nabil Arrach & Svetlana Madjunkova
08:35 – 08:55
Will non-invasive approaches ever be good enough to detect aneuploidy?
Darren Griffin
08:55 – 09:15
The current status and future of PGT
Santiago Munne
09:15 – 09:35
Vetting the science behind whole-genome embryo screening for polygenic traits
Diego Marin
09:35 – 09:55
Roundtable discussion Moderators: Q&A
Segment 5 - Counseling and Ethics
09:55 – 10:00
Intro-Moderators:
Juergen Libermann & Alison Campbell
10:00 – 10:20
Assessing the Embryo genome: clinical and ethical considerations
Rawan Awwad
10:20 – 10:40
Risk Management in the IVF Lab
Steven Katz
10:40 – 11:00
Best Practices in Cryomanagement
Kimball Pomeroy
11:00 – 11:20
Roundtable discussion Moderators: Q&A
11:20 – 11:50
Coffe/Snack Break (30 Mins)
Segment 6 - Fertility and Wellness
11:50 – 11:55
Intro Moderators:
Fernanda Pacheco & Bradford Kolb
11:55 – 12:15
How PGT-A Impacts IVF outcome
Richard Paulson
12:15 – 12:35
Natural cycle frozen embryo transfer
Alex Quaas
12:35 – 12:55
The importance of nutrition for couples trying to conceive
Judy Simon
12:55 – 13:05
Closing remarks/farewell/save the date
Nabil Arrach