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Programme

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Thursday 23 October 2025

12:15 - 13:15
Registration and Welcome Lunch

13:15 - 13:30
Introduction
Mónica Marques, Portugal
Isabelle Demeestere, Belgium

13:30 - 14:30
Session 1: Vitrification Essentials
Chairs
Amy Barrie, United Kingdom
13:30 - 13:50
Fundamental cryobiology for clinical embryologists
George Liperis, Australia
13:50 - 14:00
Discussion
14:00 - 14:20
Slow freezing vs vitrification: choosing the right cryopreservation method
Gemma Arroyo Cardona, Spain
14:20 - 14:30
Discussion

14:30 - 15:30
Session 2: In the Kingdom of Frozen: Impact of vitrification and best practices for success
Chairs
Chair invited, but not confirmed
Aurélie Rives-Feraille, France
14:30 - 14:50
Embryos on ice: Genetic and Epigenetic effects of vitrification 
Enrica Bianchi, Italy
14:50 - 15:00
Discussion
15:00 - 15:20
Tips and tricks for efficient vitrification (AH with FET, biopsied blastocysts, collapse etc) 
Speaker to be announced
15:20 - 15:30
Discussion

15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break

16:00 - 17:00
Session 3: Preservation breakthroughs: Vitrification of gametes
Chairs
George Liperis, Australia
Mónica Marques, Portugal
16:00 - 16:20
Oocyte vitrification updates   
Ana Cobo, Spain
16:20 - 16:30
Discussion
16:30 - 16:50
Vitrification of sperm: to whom it may concern? 
Llanos Medrano, Spain
16:50 - 17:00
Discussion