08.45 EXCEMED opening
R. Fischer (Germany)
08.55 Scientific Organisers’ welcome and introduction
N. Macklon (UK) and P.Z. Nagy (USA)
Real-time session survey
09.05 L1: Why don’t all embryos implant? The limits of human implantation
N. Macklon (UK)
09.30 L2: Key biological processes in human implantation What can go wrong?
J. Aplin (UK)
09.55 L3: Understanding endometrial ‘omics’
S. Altmäe (Estonia)
Revisiting real-time session survey
10.20 Q&A: let’s talk
Messages: let’s recap
10.40 Coffee break
11.00 L4: Immunological modulation and regulation of endometrial receptivity
N. Lédée (France)
11.25 L5: What is the role for immunological testing and therapies in ART?
S. Quenby (UK)
11.50 L6: Intra-uterine therapies
N. Gleicher (USA)
Revisiting real-time session survey
12.15 Q&A: let’s talk
Messages: let’s recap
12.35 Lunch
Real-time session survey
13.35 L7: Intra-uterine abnormalities: seek and treat?
H.M. Fatemi (Belgium)
14.00 L8: Endometrial scratching: how might it work?
J. Aplin (UK)
Revisiting real-time session survey
14.25 Q&A: let’s talk
Messages: let’s recap
Debate on whether endometrial scratching should be offered to women undergoing ART
Moderator: S. Quenby (UK)
Real time debate survey
14.50 D1: The case for endometrial scratching
N. Raine-Fenning (UK)
15.05 D2: The case against endometrial scratching
Y. Kalhaf (UK)
Questions from the moderator
Audience poll: for or against
Debaters’ concluding remarks
Revisiting real-time debate survey
15.50 Coffee break
Real-time session survey
16.10 L9: Influence of COS protocols on the endometrium and implantation
N. Macklon (UK)
16.35 Q&A: let’s talk
Messages: let’s recap
Revisiting real-time session survey
Debate on cycle segmentation by freezing all embryos and transferring in the natural cycle is the future
Moderator: R. Fischer (Germany)
Real time debate survey
17.00 D3: The case for routine cycle segmentation
P. Devroey (Belgium)
17.15 D4: The case against routine cycle segmentation
S. Ziebe (Denmark)
Questions from the moderator
Audience poll: for or against
Debaters’ concluding remarks
Revisiting real-time debate survey
18.00 End of the day
Real-time session survey
09.00 L10: Non-invasive tools for embryo selection: technological advances
P.Z. Nagy (USA)
09.25 L11: Current and emerging technologies for genetic embryo screening
A. Capalbo (Italy)
09.50 L12: Is there a role of Assisted Hatching in the era of blastocyst culture and vitrification?
B. Balaban (Turkey)
Revisiting real-time session survey
10.15 Q&A: let’s talk
Messages: let’s recap
10.35 Coffee break
Real-time session survey
10.55 L13: Recurrent implantation failure: definition, aetiology, diagnosis and prognosis
N. Raine-Fenning (UK)
11.20 L14: Management of RIF: what can the clinician do?
Y. Cheong (UK)
11.45 L15: Management of RIF: what can the embryologist do?
D. Sakkas (USA)
12.10 L16: Recurrent implantation failure and recurrent miscarriage: Should we be treating them the same?
S. Quenby (UK)
12.35 L17: Coping with a lack of evidence in the age of evidence based medicine
J.L.H. Evers (The Netherlands)
Revisiting real-time session survey
13.00 Q&A: let’s talk
Messages: let’s recap
13.20 Scientific organisers' closing remarks
13.30 End of the conference and closing lunch