Preparing Next-Gen ART Units for Success – Managing Risks in everyday practice of ART

Date:30 May – 31st May, Cairo, Egypt

EFRE and Embryolab Academy are delighted to present:

“Preparing Next-Gen ART Units for Success – Managing Risks in everyday practice of ART”

30 th May – 31 st May, Cairo, Egypt

The landscape of Assisted Reproduction has witnessed a surge in scientific and technological advancements, bringing modern ART Units in a new era: The era of Next Generation ART Units. This transformation is marked by new challenges:

• A rising influx of patients with diverse indications.
• The integration of multiple scientific disciplines into the field of assisted reproduction for diagnostic and treatment purposes.
• The introduction of new diagnostic and treatment options in our daily practices.
• Daily high-stakes decision-making on a case-by-case basis.
• A growing workforce, necessitating efficient teamwork and team spirit in a very dynamic environment.
• The demand for transparent patient communication at every stage of treatment.
• The integration of cutting-edge technologies and AI into both laboratory and clinical domains.

Welcome to the New ERA of ART and Next-Generation ART Units!

During this enlightening 3-day conference, we will delve into key themes:

1. Ensuring Safety: How do we establish and uphold best practices
2. Optimizing Performance: Achieving excellence in every procedure and for every indication.
3. Monitoring Progress: Employing effective tools and methods for performance tracking.
4. Critical Success Factors: What are the essential elements for a successful next gen ART unit?

For this joint conference, internationally known speakers will join their knowledge and expertise and will:

• Present the latest data to support tailored and evidence-based decision making.
• Engage in open discussions and interactive sessions with participants.
• Share invaluable insights from their experiences.
• Address potential challenges and explore proactive strategies and tools.

Target Audience: This event is tailored for Reproductive Specialists, Endocrinologists, Clinical Embryologists, Fertility Clinic Managers, Lab Directors, Lab Managers, Andrologists, Quality Managers, Reproductive Technologists, and Risk Managers.

Join us as we embark on a journey to unlock excellence in the ever-evolving realm of Assisted Reproduction and shape the future of Next-Generation ART Unit

The Scientific Program

DAY 1 (Thursday, 30 May 2024)

09.30 – 10.00 Introduction (Eman Elgindy, Salah Rasheed, Ashraf Abo Ali)
10.00 – 10.20 DNA Fragmentation (Prof Hassan Maghraby)
10.20 – 10.40 Revolutionizing Ovarian Stimulation in ART: Challenging the Norm (Antonio La Marca)
10.40 – 11.00 Uterus on a Chip: A Peak into the Future of Research and Patient Care (Moustafa Borahay)
11.00 – 11.20 The ICMART World Registry: Regional and Global Trends in ART (Sike Dyer)
11.20 – 11.40 Role of Pre-Implantation Genetic Testing: Take-home Messages from US Data (Valerie Baker)
11.40 – 11.50 A Big Data Aproach to ART In Egypt: Lessons Learned From More Than 1000,000 Cycles (Eman Elgindy)
11.50 – 12.10 Enjoy your Coffee Break while networking with your colleagues and friends

4^th Session
12.10 – 13.40 Time to Embryo Transfer
Moderators: Achilleas Papatheodorou, Agzail El-Hadad, Ashraf Hany, Abdel Rahman, Eman ElGindy, Ahmed Youssef

12.10 – 12.30 Before-During and After- Optimizing, Standardizing and Monitoring Embryo Transfer: The Embryologist’s perspective. (Alessandra Alteri)
During this lecture, the available Professional Guidelines for training and monitoring will be presented together with best practices for difficult Embryo Transfers and scenarios from the Embryologist’s perspective.

12.30 – 12.50 Before -During and After- Optimizing, Standardizing and Monitoring Embryo Transfer: The Clinician’s perspective. (Nikos Christoforidis)
During this lecture, the available Professional Guidelines for training and monitoring will be presented together with best practices for difficult Embryo transfers and scenarios from the Clinician’s perspective.

12.50 – 13.10 Embryo Transfer: Complications and Adverse Events. (Ahmed Youssef)
The lecture aims to present the rare and difficult cases and the steps we need to take before, during and after embryo transfer.

13.10 – 13:40 Round Table Discussions on:

• Doing the Embryotransfer: useful tips for daily practice
• Dealing with expected difficult Embryotransfer.
• Managing the unexpected difficult Embryotransfer
• Uncommon clinical cases and management of Embryotransfer

13.40 – 14.10 Enjoy your High Tea Break while networking with your colleagues and friends

8^th Session
14.10 -16.00 Surgical procedures in the Next Gen ART units
Moderators: Nikos Christoforidis, Tamer Hanafy, Soad El-Metraih, Mohamed Samadisy, Hisham Saleh

14.10 – 14.30 Oocyte pick-up complications: the common, the uncommon and the serious. A presentation on prevention, diagnosis and management of OPU-related complications. (Hisham Saleh)
The lecture aims to present the expected and rare cases and the steps we need

14.30 – 14.50 Optimizing, Standardizing and Monitoring Egg Retrieval: The Clinician’s perspective. (Arianna D’Angelo)
During this lecture, the available Professional Guidelines for training and monitoring will be presented together with best practices for difficult egg retrievals and scenarios from the Clinician’s perspective.

14.50 – 15.10 Optimizing, Standardizing and Monitoring Egg Retrieval: The Clinical Embryologist’s perspective. (Valerio Pisaturo)
During this lecture, the available Professional Guidelines for training and monitoring will be presented together with best practices for difficult egg retrievals and scenarios from the Embryologist’s perspective.

15.10 – 16.00 Round Table: Discussion on OPU-related risks and complications: Share your clinical experience with colleagues and learn from field experts.

13^th Session
16.00 – 16.10 El Esraa Symposium

14^th Session
16.10 – 16.25 Integra Symposium

16:25-16:40 Enjoy your Coffee Break while networking with your colleagues and friends

16^th Session 
16.40 – 18.40 The Hormonal treatment

Moderators: Mona bin Salah, Noha Ibrahim Ahmida, Salah Rasheed

16.40 – 17.00 Hormonal treatment: short-term side-effects to long-term associations (Salah Rasheed)
This presentation will address the drug-related complications in ART practice from controlled ovarian stimulation to luteal phase support and both short term and long-term complications and associations with patholog

17.00 – 17.20 Ovarian Stimulation Protocols: hitting the unexpected (Ahmed Nasr)
This presentation will expand on the cases of premature ovulation, high rates of immature oocytes retrieved and the empty follicle syndrome, their prevention and management.

17.20 – 17.40 Ovarian Stimulation Protocols: Quantity, Quality and Cost (Panagiotis Drakopoulos)
Egg Quality and Implantation potential with our current ovarian stimulation practices and unexpected responses and scenarios will be presented

17.40 – 18.40 Round table discussion on troubleshooting the unexpected ovarian response:

20^th Session
18.40 – 18.50 Sanofi Symposium

18.50 – 19.05 Enjoy your Coffee Break while networking with your colleagues and friends

23^rd Session
19.05 – 20.40 Cryopreservation: Fertility Preservation and Elective Freeze Practices the 2 Game Changers!
Moderators: Panagiotis Drakopoulos, Habib Medassi, Ahmed Youssef, Mahmoud ElShafai, Tarek ElHousseiny

19.05 – 19.25 Is elective freeze-all the end of personalised medical treatment in ovarian stimulation? (Eman El-Gindy)
The presentation will address the pros and cons of an elective freeze-all strategy, including prolonged time to pregnancy and psychological impact to patients.

19.25 – 19.45 Oocyte cryopreservation: information, indications and expectations (Mara Simopoulou)
This presentation will focus on the rising application of oocyte cryopreservation, mainly in the context of counseling for fertility preservation, the public awareness and patients’ expectations vs reality.

19.45 – 20.05 Modern Cryo- Strategies and the New Cryo-Risks (Alexia Chatziparasidou)
During this lecture cryobiology-related risks, quality assurance in cryobiology lab, as well as the logistics of the ever increasing needs for cryostorage will be presented.

20.05 – 20.40 Risks & opportunities. Expectations & limitation sin the Next Gen Cryolabs

20:40 Dinner

Day 2 (Friday, May 31, 2024)

28^th Session
09.00 -11.00 Add-ons in Next Gen ART units
Moderators: Ashraf Abo Ali, Mahmoud ElShafai, Milad Ghawagi, Mohamed Fawzy, Mohamed Meslhy Farrag

09.00 – 09.20 PGT-A: Promises and limitations (Mahmoud El-Shafai)
This lecture will be highlighting the limitations of a widely adopted technique in ART practice and communicating effectively to patients. The studies of biopsy-related short and long- term effects on embryos, as well as factors that account for a wide variation of performance amongst IVF units.

09.20 – 09.40 Artificial Intelligence in ART practice: setting up the right pace (Achilleas Papatheodorou)
This presentation will focus on the current challenges lying ahead before a wide application of AI-based systems is introduced in everyday practice.

09.40 – 10.00 Uterine Microbiome: how accurate are we at present in diagnosing and treating uterine dysbiosis? (Inmaculada Moreno-online)
This presentation will address the challenges in diagnosis of the uterine microbiota and will focus on limitations of NGS- based examination of the uterine microbiome

10.00 – 10.20 The increasing list of Laboratory Add-Ons and the management of patients’ expectations (Dimitra Nikiforaki)
The lecture will focus on the laboratory approaches known as add-ons their limitations, accessibility to the patients and consultation practices

10:20 – 11:00 Round Table: Add-on in ART: Let the discussions begin!

11.00 – 11.15 Enjoy your Coffee Break while networking with your colleagues and friends

33^rd Session
11.15 – 12:45 Pre-conceptional Investigation & Care
Moderators: Alexia Chatziparasidou, Mervat Seikh El-Arab, Mohamed Momtaz, Omar Abdel-Aziz

11.15 – 11.45 Pre-conceptional Care: The Woman (Barbara Lawrenz)
The lecture will present the current knowledge and practices for preconception care & lifestyle adjustments. The expected benefit on the egg factor and overall prognosis.

11.45 – 12.15 Pre-conceptional Care: The Man (Allan Pacey)
The lecture will present the current knowledge and practices for preconception care & lifestyle adjustments. The expected benefit on the sperm factor and overall prognosis.

12:15-12:45 Round Table Open discussion about how to best prepare patients before treatment and optimize their prognosis

12.45 – 14.00 Friday Prayers and High Tea Break

Additional Information: EFRE

Embryolab Academy is a non-for-profit foundation focused on education, training and research in assisted reproduction and its mission is to create a global network for ART specialists who wish to advance their Embryolab Academy is proud to present this innovative virtual conference where participants will have the unique opportunity to learn, from well-known experts, about the fundamental aspects of safe operation in a modern ART lab and further sharpen their skills on how to safeguard ART practices and ensure high performance.

Embryolab Academy remains committed into its founding values:

• excellence in everything we do
• commitment to safe ART practices and patient centered care
• development through continuous learning, teaching and experience sharing

and promises a unique learning and training experience.

On behalf of Embryolab Academy