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Plenary Session 1
08:30-10:30 Basic understanding of vitrification
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Merck Serono
Panel: A. Arav, Israel, S. Leibo, USA, M. Meseguer, Spain, P. Nagy, USA
08:30-08:55 Biosafety of vitrification – the issue of contamination using an open system
G. Vajta, Australia
08:55-09:20 Rationale of cryopreservation by Very High Cooling and Warming Rates
S. Leibo, USA
09:20-09:45 Chilling injury and vitrification of oocyte
A. Arav, Israel
09:45-10:10 Vitrification of bovine and equine embryos- practical considerations
G. Seidel, USA
10:10-10:30 Basic physics of small voume vitrification
U. Demirci, USA
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
Plenary Session 2
11:00-13:00 Basic understanding of vitrification
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Merck Serono
Panel: M. José de los Santos, Spain, M. Kuwayama, Japan, G. Seidel, USA,
G. Vajta, Australia
11:00-12:00 Debate: Cryopreservation of oocytes – slow freezing vs. vitrification
L. Parmegiani, Italy
P. Nagy, USA
12:00-13:00 Debate: Clinical application – what are the limits?
A. Cobo, Spain
N. Noyes, USA
13:00-14:00 Lunch break
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Parallel Session 3(I)
14:00-15:30 What can go wrong in Cryopreservation
Chairpersons: J. Hasler, USA,
14:00-14:30 Errors that can occur when
applying cryopreservation
technology in the real world,
and how to minimize these
errors
J. Hasler, USA
14:30-15:00 What can go wrong during
vitrification
S. Ledda, Italy
15:00-15:30 Cellular damage during
cryopreservation
J. Van Blerkom, USA
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Parallel Session 3(II)
14:00-16:00 Freezing of embryonic & adult stem cells – various techniques
Chairpersons: M. Leong, Hong Kong, TBA
14:00-14:30 Cryopreservation of human
embryonic stem cells
TBA
14:30-15:00 Large animals models in
regenerative medicine: the
need and the limits
F. Gandolfi, Italy
15:00-15:30 Tumorigenicity of pluripotent
stem cells
TBA
15:30-16:00 Cryopreservation of adult stem
cells
R. Devireddy, USA
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15:30-16:00 Coffee break 16:00-16:30 Coffee break
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Parallel Session 4(I)
16:00-18:00 Sperm freezing in primates
Chairpersons: I. Katkov, USA, TBA
16:00-16:30 Cryopreservation of
spermatozoon in rhesus and
cynomogus monkey
TBA
16:30-17:00 Intracellular ice formation in
spermatozoa?
G. J. Morris, UK
17:00-17:30 Freeze dried sperm
TBA
17:30-18:00 Low- and high-temperature
vitrification of sperm as
emerging alternatives in
preservation of genetic
resources
I. Katkov, USA
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Parallel Session 4(II)
16:30-18:10 Cord Blood Banking,
Biology, Transplantation and tissue regeneration
Chairpersons: G. Sanz, Spain,
A. Nagler, Israel
16:30-16:50 Cord Blood Banking – public
vs.private network
E. Baudoux, Belgium
16:50-17:10 Cord Blood cryobiology: liquid
nitrogen & cryoprotectant: for
how long can a CBU be
preserved
S. Querol, Spain
17:10-17:30 Cord Blood Transplantation: Do
we know the best option for
alternative donor transplant:
MUD vs. CB vs. Haplo?
G. Sanz, Spain
17:30-17:50 Cord Blood Transplantations:
Strategies to facilitate
engraftment, do we know the
best one?
M. Fernandez, Spain
17:50-18:10 Cord Blood tissue regeneration
potential: Mesenchymal stem
cells (MSCs) heart, vascular,
neurology. Does it exist at all?
A. Nagler, Israel |
Saturday, May 29th, 2010
Plenary Session 5
08:30-10:30 Stem cell – preservation of future medicine
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from IBSA / Angelini
Chairpersons: C. Simon, Spain, S. Slavin, Israel
08:30-09:00 Future use of normal stem cells and cancer stem cells in health and disease
S. Slavin, Israel
09:00-09:30 Adult stem cells vs. embryonic stem cells
C. Simon, Spain
09:30-10:00 Somatic cells into stem cells. Reprogramming!
S. Schlatt, Germany
10:00-10:30 Preclinical and clinical trials of stem cells therapy
TBA
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
Plenary Session 6
11:00-13:00 Stem cell – preservation of future medicine
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from IBSA / Angelini
Chairpersons: A. Nagler, Israel, TBA
11:00-11:30 Pluripotent stem cells in medical research
TBA
11:30-12:00 The ethics of manufacturing gametes in the lab
TBA
12:00-12:30 The use of cord blood stem cells for tissue therapeutics
A. Nagler, Israel
12:30-13:00 The use of cord blood for Regenerative Medicine
TBA
13:00-14:00 Lunch break
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Parallel Session 7(I)
14:00-15:30 Animal embryo freezing
Chairpersons: T. Hildebrandt, Germany,
P. Loi, Italy
14:00-14:20 Domestic animal embryo
freezing
TBA
14:20-14:40 Freeze dried cells for nuclear
transfer
P. Loi, Italy
14:40-15:00 Animal cloning from frozen
dead body
TBA
15:00 – 15:20 Embryo freezing in wild
animals
T. Hildebrandt, Germany
15:20-15:30 Discussion
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Parallel Session 7(II)
14:00-15:30 Fertility, tissue and organ preservation
Chairpersons: M. Leong, Hong Kong,
P. Patrizio, USA,
Z. Shoham, Israel
14:00-14:30 What to freeze: Whole ovary,
cortex or other?
P. Patrizio, USA
14:30-15:00 Duration of function of fresh
and frozen ovary transplants
TBA
15:00-15:30 Where to transplant:
Heterotopic or orthotopic
sites?
TBA
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15:30-16:00 Coffee break
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Parallel Session 8(I)
16:00-18:00 Embryo freezing
Chairpersons: J. Domingo, Spain,
Liebermann, USA,
P. Nagy, USA
16:00-16:30 What is the best stage for
freezing? From 2PN to
blastocyst
J. Liebermann, USA
16:30-17:00 Neonatal outcome from vitrified
cleavage stage to embryos
G.A. Rama Raju, India
17:00-17:30 Vitrification of blastocysts: It
is the way to go!
P. Vanderzwalmen, Belgium
17:30-18:00 Embryo freezing: A key to
elective single embryo
transfer (eSET)
F. Mancini, Spain
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Parallel Session 8(II)
16:00-17:00 Free Communications
Chairperson: J. Hasler, USA,
J. Van Blerkom, USA
16:00-16:15 Membrane phase behavior and
water transport during freezing
of mammalian cells studied by
FT-IR spectroscopy
W. Wolkers, Germany
16:15-16:30 More cryopreservation from
fresh IVF/ICSI treatments with
early cleavage leads to overall
higher pregnancy rates
TBA
16:30-16:45 In vitro maturation and
vitrification of immature
oocytes combined with ovarian
tissue cryopreservation: A new
strategy of fertility preservation
G. Fasano, Belgium
16:45-17:00 Freeze drying of stem cells
D. Nathan, Israel
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Sunday, May 30th, 2010
Plenary Session 9
08:30-10:00 Cryo- bank
Chairpersons: G. Lockwood, UK, G. Stacey, UK
08:30-09:00 Medical and social aspects of cryopreservation of oocytes for fertility
preservation
G. Lockwood, UK
09:00-09:30 Legislation of cryopreservation of gametes, tissue and regulation of
transportation between countries
TBA
09:30-10:00 Bio-banking of human embryonic stem cell lines: Technical and regulatory
Challenges
G. Stacey, UK
10:00-10:30 Coffee break
Plenary Session 10
10:30-12:00 Is it possible to restore sperm from cryopreserved tissue or should we
always get a fresh one?
Chairpersons: A. Pellicer, Spain, Z. Shoham, Israel
10:30-11:00 Advantages of using cryopreserved TESE against freshly obtained tissue
M. Gil-Salom, Spain
11:00-11:30 Multipotent adult germ line stem cells: New therapeutic hope?
TBA
11:30-12:00 Clinical evaluation of the harmful effects of sperm freezing and its current
indications
N. Garrido, Spain
12:00- 12:30 Closing session |
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