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| Session 1 |
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| 09:00-11:00 |
New Approaches in Cryopreservation: Vitrification |
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| Chairpersons |
A. Arav, Israel; G. Vajta, Australia |
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| 09:00-09:30 |
Controlled stress to improve cryotolerance C. Pribenszky, Hungary |
| 09:30-10:00 |
Mechanisms and Practical Applications of Kinetic (High-Speed) Vitrification I. Katkov, USA |
| 10:00-10:30 |
Small drop Vitrification U. Dimirici, USA |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Q&A |
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| 11:00-11:30 |
Coffee Break |
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| Session 2 |
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| 11:30-13:00 |
Vitrification |
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| Chairpersons |
A. Dinnyes, Hungary; S. Leibo, USA |
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| 11:30-12:00 |
Vitrification approaches: Should we agree to disagree? G. Vajta, Australia |
| 12:00-12:30 |
Vitrification of pluripotent stem cells and their derivatives A. Dinnyes, Hungary |
| 12:30-13:00 |
The optimal Vitrification A. Arav, Israel |
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| 13:00-14:00 |
Lunch Break |
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| Session 3 |
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| 14:00-16:00 |
Cryo Banking |
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| Chairpersons |
P. Loi, Italy; P. Patrizio, USA |
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| 14:00-14:30 |
Embryos banking S. Leibo, USA |
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| 14:30-15:00 |
Oocytes banking A. Cobo, Spain |
| 15:00-15:30 |
Sperm banking J. Saragusty,Germany
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| 15:30-16:00 |
Q&A |
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| 16:00-16:30 |
Coffee Break |
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| Session 4 |
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| 16:30-18:00 |
Ethics and Social Consequences of Electively Deferring Motherhood through Oocyte Cryopreservation |
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| Chairpersons |
S. Mashiach, Israel; Z. Shoham, Israel; G. Vajta, Australia |
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| 16:30-17:00 |
Social egg freezing - What are the limits? N. Noyes, USA |
| 17:00-17:30 |
The consequences of encouraging the delay of motherhood for social reasons are entirely positive G. Lockwood, UK |
| 17:30-18:00 |
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SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2011 Auditorium 3 |
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| Session 5 |
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| 09:00-10:40 |
Stem Cells |
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| Chairperson |
I. Katkov, USA |
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| 09:00-09:25 |
Guidance for banking and supply of human embryonic stem cell lines for research purposes C. Simón, Spain |
| 09:25:09:45 |
Freezing human pluripotent stem cells in fully dissociated (suspensions) and adherent (test plates) states I. Katkov, USA
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| 09:45-10:05 |
Advances in and novel approaches to cryopreservation of encapsulated stem cells and neurospheres R. Malpique, Portugal |
| 10:05-10:30 |
Perspectives of stem cell derived gametes K. Nayernia, Germany |
| 10:30-10:40 |
Q&A |
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10:40-11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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| Session 6 |
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| 11:00-13:00 |
Fertility preservation: New strategies |
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| Chairpersons |
J. Donnez, Belgium; A. Pellicer, Spain |
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| 11:00-11:30 |
Outcome of cortical graftings |
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J. Donnez, Belguim |
| 11:30-12:00 |
Experience of in vitro perfusion to evaluate cryopreserved ovine and human ovaries M. Brännström, Sweden |
| 12:00-12:30 |
In vitro folliculogenesis P. Patrizio, USA
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| 12:30-13:00 |
The forefront of clinical ovarian tissue vitrification
N. Kagawa, Japan |
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| 13:00-14:00 |
Lunch Break |
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| Session 7 |
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| 14:00-15:30 |
Oocyte Vitrification |
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| Chairpersons |
A. Cobo, Spain; N. Noyes, USA |
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| 14:00-14:20 |
Vitrification of IVM Oocytes W.Y. Son, Canada |
| 14:20-14:40 |
Freeze Drying Oocytes P. Loi, Italy
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| 14:40-15:00 |
Clinical application of oocyte vitrification for infertile patients L. Rienzi, Italy |
| 15:00-15:15 |
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| 15:15-15:30 |
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| 15:30-16:00 |
Coffee Break |
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| Session 8 |
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| 16:00-18:00 |
Vitrification of Embryos: From Research to clinical Application |
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| Chairpersons |
A. Arav, Israel; J. Liebermann, USA |
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| 16:00-16:30 |
Time lapse analysis of mice zygotes exposed to cryoprotectant solutions: an approach to observe and understand the behavior of cells during a vitrification process B. Wirleitner, Austria |
| 16:30-17:00 |
Vitrification of cleavage stage embryos: From clinical application to healthy live births G. A. Rama Raju, India |
| 17:00-17:30 |
Does opening of Zona Pellucida prior to Trophectoderm biopsy have adverse effects for successful vitrification of blastocysts? B. Wirleitner, Austria |
| 17:30-18:00 |
Data on more than 4000 transferred vitrified human blastocysts: Successful switch from an open to a closed system J. Liebermann, USA |
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