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Thursday 23 October 2025
12:15 - 13:15
Registration and Welcome Lunch
Thursday 23 October 2025
12:15 - 13:15: Registration and Welcome Lunch:
13:15 - 13:30
Introduction
13:15 - 13:30: Introduction:
Isabelle Demeestere, Belgium
13:30 - 14:30
Session 1: Vitrification Essentials
13:30 - 14:30: Session 1: Vitrification Essentials:
Amy Barrie, United Kingdom
13:30 - 13:50
Fundamental cryobiology for clinical embryologists
George Liperis, Australia
14:00 - 14:20
Slow freezing vs vitrification: choosing the right cryopreservation method
Gemma Arroyo Cardona, Spain
14:30 - 15:30
Session 2: In the Kingdom of Frozen: Impact of vitrification and best practices for success
14:30 - 15:30: Session 2: In the Kingdom of Frozen: Impact of vitrification and best practices for success:
Chair invited, but not confirmed
Aurélie Rives-Feraille, France
14:30 - 14:50
Embryos on ice: Genetic and Epigenetic effects of vitrification
15:00 - 15:20
Tips and tricks for efficient vitrification (AH with FET, biopsied blastocysts, collapse etc)
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break
15:30 - 16:00: Coffee break:
16:00 - 17:00
Session 3: Preservation breakthroughs: Vitrification of gametes
16:00 - 17:00: Session 3: Preservation breakthroughs: Vitrification of gametes:
George Liperis, Australia
16:00 - 16:20
Oocyte vitrification updates
16:30 - 16:50
Vitrification of sperm: to whom it may concern?