Nordic Fertility Society

Program

Wednesday 2 January

16.00 Registration
Evening Town Hall Opening Ceremony & Welcome Reception

Thursday 3 January

8.30 Welcome
Plenary session - Demographics
The demographics in Europe - living more and reproducing less: J. Rychtarikova
Assessing the demographic and economic impact of ART: J. Grant
What is baby-friendly policy?: L. Schmidt
10.30 Coffee / Exhibition / Posters
11.00 Plenary session - Fertility and ageing
Female reproductive ageing: E. te Velde
Male reproductive ageing: A. M. Nybo Andersen
Characteristics of embryos from older women: S. Ziebe
12.30 Lunch
13.30 Parallel Sessions
Cryopreservation:

What can be expected of cryopreserved embryos: C. Hydén-Granskog
Slow cooling versus vitrification: T. Hardarsson
Does cryopreservation affect pregnancy outcome? G. Ertzeid
Sexology:
"Hur ha lyst at ha lyst?": H. Cewers
15.00 Plenary session - Fertility preservation
Results of ovarian tissue cryopreservation: C. Yding Andersen
In vitro maturation of primordial follicles: J. Hreinsson
Cryopreservation of testicular tissue: V. Keros
16.00 Coffee / Posters / Exhibition
16.30 Plenary Session -Ethics
Is ethics different in the Nordic countries?: B. Hoffmann
Procreative liberty or collective responsibility: T. Tännsjö
Evening Rock the night away at Rockefeller


Friday January 4

8.30 Plenary session - New Concepts in Family Building
Against the order of nature?: P. Bøckmann
Against the order of human nature?: F. MacCallum
Ethical analysis of difficult cases: G. Pennings
Children after egg donation – a follow-up study: V. Søderstrøm Anttila
10.30 Coffee / Exhibition / Posters
11.00 Parallel sessions
Culture conditions:
Culture medium and embryo metabolism: K. Bertheussen
Culturing under various oxygen concentrations: J. Menezes
Endometriosis:
AIH in endometriosis: P-O. Karlström
IVF in minimal endometriosis: Tom Tanbo
IVF in severe endometriosis: S. Heinonen
Research planning:
How to read a scientific paper: T. Rustøen
Study design: A. Pinborg
Evidence based medicine: A. Strandell
Invasive techniques:
What methods and procedures are at hand?: Ø. Magnus
Why should hydrosalpinges be removed? A. Lindhard
Removal of endometriosis: H. K. Opøien
Removal of fibroids: P. Härkki
12.00 Lunch
13.30 Social and sport activities
16.30 Plenary session - Free communications
18.00 Public session - Designing a baby?
Is it possible to design a baby?: A. Sunde
Evening Gala Dinner


Saturday January 5

8.30 Plenary session - IVF offspring
Epigenetics in ART: K. Aittomäki
Congenital malformations in ART children: J. L. Zhu
Long-term follow- up of ART children: K-G. Nygren
Are PESA/TESA safe procedures: T. Holthe
10.30 Coffee / Exhibition / Posters
11.00 General Assembly
12.00 Plenary session - Nordic Results
ART in Nordic countries 2005 and 2006: K. Erb
ART in Nordic countries – trends over time: A. Nyboe Andersen
PGD: E. Blennow
13.00 Prize winning ceremony
13.10 Closing of the meeting


Program is subject to changes