Pre-Congress Course of Serono Symposia International Foundation

Pre-Congress Course of Serono Symposia International Foundation:
"Individualized controlled ovarian stimulation and objective gametes and embryo selection"
for the 56th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Reproductive Medicine

Date:

December 7 (Wed), 2011

Venue:

502, 5th Floor, Pacifico Yokohama

Scientific Organizer:

Yasunori Yoshimura
Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medicine, Keio University

Scientific program:

Preliminary Program is available here (860KB).

07:50 Registration
08:20 SSIF welcome
R. Fischer, Germany

Session I  Biomarkers of gametes and embryo quality: from basic research to practice
Chairpersons: H. Mizunuma, Japan; E. Seli, USA

08:30 Mitochondria and ooplasmic donation
T. Takeuchi, Japan
08:50 The future is now: oocyte plasmic exchange for aged oocytes
A. Tanaka, Japan
09:10 Metabolic biomarkers of preimplantation embryo
H. Leese, UK
09:30 Preimplantation-specific genes
M. Ko, USA
09:50 Discussion
10:10 Coffee break

Session II  Screening methodologies in infertility treatment
Chairpersons: O. Ishihara, Japan; Y. Taketani, Japan

10:30 Ovarian response prediction: from patient's history to genetics
N. Macklon, UK
11:00 Oocytes quality: reliable markers in clinical practice
D. Albertini, USA
11:30 Oocyte and embryo selection based on oxygen consumption
H. Abe, Japan
12:00 Embryo selection: from genetics to the omics
E. Seli, USA
12:30 Discussion
13:00 Lunch

Session III  Panel discussion on: tailoring the treatment approach to improve outcomes
Chairpersons: R. Fischer, Germany; M. Irahara, Japan

14:00 Poor response: strategies for management
A. Fukuda, Japan
14:20 Individualized ovarian stimulation
J.A. Garcia-Velasco, Spain
14:40 Personalizing ART procedure based on AMH in Japan
Y. Asada, Japan
15:00 Ovarian stimulation in cancer survivors
N. Suzuki, Japan
15:20 Discussion
15:45 Closing remarks
Y. Yoshimura, Japan
15:50 End of meeting and coffee

Registration:

The symposium registration fee: 10,000JPY
Credit Card (VISA/MasterCard/Diners/AMEX/JCB) and Bank Transfer will be acceptable.
This fee includes:
• All sessions
• Symposium coffee breaks and lunches
• Symposium materials
• Certificate of attendance
* Young physicians (up to 35 years of age), residents, trainees are welcome to join the course for free.

Deadline of Online Pre-Registration: November 25 (Fri), 2011 November 4, 2011
*Pre-Registration Deadline has been extended to November 25 (Fri).

Click here to register now!

Accreditation

Serono Symposia International Foundation (www.seronosymposia.org) has submitted this program "Individualized controlled ovarian stimulation and objective gametes and embryo selection" (Yokohama, Japan- 7 December, 2011) for accreditation by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME), the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (JSOG) and the Japan Society for Reproductive Medicine (JSRM).

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