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Saturday 25 February 2017

07:30 - 08:00
Welcome coffee

08:00 - 10:00
Chairmen
Chairmen
Roy G Farquharson, United Kingdom
Sue Gitlin, U.S.A.

08:00 - 08:30
CUTTING EDGE
08:00 - 08:30
Human germline gene editing - how and why?
Robin Lovell-Badge, United Kingdom

08:30 - 09:30
DEBATE 5: Preimplantation Genetic Screening for Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
08:30 - 09:00
Pro
William H. Kutteh, U.S.A.
09:00 - 09:30
Con
Mariette Goddijn, The Netherlands

09:30 - 10:00
PLENARY LECTURE 5
09:30 - 10:00
Automation in the IVF Laboratory – what works and what hasn’t
Jeremy G. Thompson, Australia

10:00 - 10:20
Coffee break

10:20 - 12:30
Chairmen
Chairmen
Juha S. Tapanainen, Finland
Christos Coutifaris, U.S.A.

10:20 - 11:00
BACK-TO-BACK 4: Ethical and Legal Issues in Third-Party Reproduction
10:20 - 10:40
Patient requests for transfer of genetically anomalous embryos: ethical and legal considerations for the provider
Leslie Francis, U.S.A.
10:40 - 11:00
Surrogacy - patients’ perspective, policies, ethics, legal framework
Virginie Rozée, France

11:00 - 12:00
DEBATE 6: Does the use of routine ultrasound in embryo transfer improve pregnancy or live birth rates?
11:00 - 11:30
Yes
Candido Tomas, Finland
11:30 - 12:00
No
Owen Davis, U.S.A.

12:00 - 12:30
PLENARY LECTURE 6
12:00 - 12:30
GnRH agonist trigger and the new concept of Luteal Coasting
Human Mousavi Fatemi, United Arab Emirates

12:30 - 13:00
Light lunch

13:00 - 14:00
Chairmen
Chairmen
Kersti Lundin, Sweden
Richard J. Paulson, U.S.A.

13:00 - 14:00
BACK-TO-BACK 5: Education and Training in ART - current and future practices and challenges
13:00 - 13:30
ESHRE perspective
Anis Feki, Switzerland
13:30 - 14:00
ASRM perspective
Catherine Racowsky, U.S.A.