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Reproduction Congress - ASPIRE 2010, Bangkok

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PRE-CONGRESS COURSES

09 April 2010, Friday

PCC-1: From Laboratory to Ovarian Stimulation: Is there room for improvement?
PCC-2: Asia Pacific Fertility Expert Meeting (AFEM) Workshop: Towards a Patient-Centered Approach

PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

09 April 2010, Friday

TIME HALL A HALL B HALL C
18:00 Opening Ceremony
Inaugural Address
H. E. Abhisit Vijajiva, Prime Minister of Thailand*

18:15

 

18:25

 

Opening Lecture
The future development and trend of ART
 Prof. Pramuan Virutamasen (Thailand)

Keynote Lecture I
Toward understanding obstetrical outcome in ART
 Prof. William Gibbons (USA)

18:45 Keynote Lecture II
OMICS and ART
Prof. David Gardner (Australia)
19:15 Welcome Reception

*To be confirmed

10 April 2010, Saturday

TIME HALL A HALL B HALL C
07:00 Registration
08:00 - 08:30

Plenary Session 1
Chair: Prof. Bruno Lunenfeld

Plight of the Poor Responders
Prof. William Gibbons (USA)

08:30 - 10:00

PS01 : Optimizing Stimulation Protocols
Chair: P C Ho
Co-chair: Dr. Supacha Charnvises

Anti Müllerian hormone in reproduction
Prof. Seok Hyun Kim (Korea)
Comparison of Agonist and Antagonist Regimes in a Large Clinical ART Program
Prof. Peter Illingworth (Australia)
Ovarian stimulation protocol: The best is yet to come
Prof. P C Ho (Hong Kong)


OR01: ART, Basic Research & Stem Cell Research
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00

PS02 : PGD: Heart Beat or Heart Break?
Chair: Dr. Colin Lee
Co-chair: Assoc. Prof. Kamthorn Pruksananonda

PGD : The status today
Dr. Colin Lee (Malaysia)
Epigenetics in reproduction
Prof. Takafumi Utsunomiya (Japan)
Single cell for the diagnosis of Thalassemia
Dr. Teraporn Vutyavanich (Thailand)


 

 

OR02: ART, Clinical I
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 - 14:30

PS03 : New Technologies
Chair: Prof. Yoshiharu Morimoto
Co-chair: Assoc. Prof. Teraporn Vutyavanich

Endometriosis: are we meeting the challenges?
Prof. Louise Hull (Australia)
Culture condition for IVM
Prof.  Robert Gilchrist  (Australia)
Effect of the cooling speed on oocyte and embryo vitrification
Prof. Tae Ki Yoon (Korea)

14:30 - 16:00

PS04 : New Frontiers in Reproductive Medicine
Chair: Prof. Somboon Kunathikom
Co-chair: Dr. Maryam Kabir-Salmani

Time-lapse cinematography of dynamic changes occurring during in vitro development of human embryos
Prof. Yasuyuki Mio (Japan)
Molecular basis of follicular growth and oocyte maturation-use of farm animals for biology and biomedical science
Prof. Eimei Sato (Japan)
Epigenetics of endometriosis
Dr. Guo Sun-Wei (China)

 

 

OR03: Endocrinology, Clinical  & Laboratory
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 - 18:00

PL02: Best and simplified ART: Asia Pacific experience
Chair:  Prof. William Gibbons
Co-chair: Prof. Robert Norman

Changes in IVF practice and accreditation in Australia/New Zealand
Prof. Robert Norman (Australia)
New paradigm for ART applying Integrated Medicine
Prof. Yoshiharu Morimoto (Japan)
Tailor-Made: A Key to the Best Outcome
Prof. Pramuan Virutamasen (Thailand)

 

11 April 2010, Sunday

TIME HALL A HALL B HALL C
07:00 - 08:00 Registration
08:00 - 08:30 Plenary Session 3 
Ovarian stimulation since 50 years: Is there a risk for cancer?
Prof. Bruno Lunenfeld (Israel)
08:30 - 10:00

PS05: Stem Cells and iPS
Chair: Prof S Y Moon
Co-chair: Assoc. Prof. Teraporn Vutyavanich

Feeder-free establishment, Expansion and Directed Differentiation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Prof. Hossein Baharvand (Iran)
Clinical application of human stem cell
Prof. Kwang Yul Cha (Korea)
Therapeutic Use of Human Embryonic Stem Cells (hES) & Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (h-IPS): Animal Models
Dr. Apichart Oranratnachai (Thailand)

 

OR04: Reproductive Genetics
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:30 PS06: PCOS
Genetics of PCOS
Prof. Young Min Choi (Korea)
Metabolic Syndrome in PCOS
Dr. Sawaek Weerakiet (Thailand)
PCOS: New Concepts and Management
Prof. Jie Qiao (China)

OR05: ART, Clinical II

Chair: Dr. Supakdee Julavijitphong

11:30 - 12:30 PM Industry-sponsored Symposium (by Cook Medical):
Maximising the implantation potential of an embryo
• How to culture and select the best embryo for transfer
Mr. Jason Spittle 
• Embryo Transfer Technique    
Assoc. Prof. Teraporn Vutyavanich
• Endometrial Preparation    
Dr. Qiao Jie
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 - 14:30 Industry-sponsored Symposium (by Besins Healthcare):
Progesterone: Facts and  Artifacts in Reproduction
Prof. Gian Carlo Di Renzo (Italy)
Moderator:  Assoc. Prof. Teraporn Vutyavanich (Thailand)
OR06: ART, Laboratory
14:30 - 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00-16:00

PS07: Oocytes/Embryo Assessment
Chair: Prof. Bruno Lunenfeld
Co-chair: Assoc. Prof. Orawan Kiriwat

Premature Ovarian Failure - An Update
Prof.  Bunpei Ishizuka (Japan)
Fertility preservation for patients with cancer prior to cancer treatment
Prof. AM Dhamarajan (Australia)

OR07: Ethics, Psychology & Counseling & Others
16:00 - 17:00

PS08 : IVF Medical Tourism: Opportunities and Threats
Chair: Dr. Tongtis Tongyai
Co-chair:  Dr. Wiboon  Kamolpornwijit      

Implications of medical tourism in ART
Dr. Tongtis Tongyai (Thailand)
IVF Tourism in India: a boon or a threat?
Dr. Jaideep Malhotra (India)



OR08: ART, Clinical III
Chair:  TBI
Co-chair: Dr. Matchuporn Sukprasert

 

17:00 - 17:30 Plenary Session 3
What is the place of Stem Cells 
Prof. Shin-Yong Moon (Korea)
16:30 - 16:45 Closing Ceremony