| Session 23: Progress in ovarian stimulation for IVF | 
        
            |   | François Vialard (France) 
 | The genetics of ovarian capacity | 
        
            |   | Sesh Kamal Sunkara (United Kingdom) 
 | Diagnosis, treatment and significance of poor ovarian response | 
        
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            | Session 24: Oocyte activation | 
        
            |   | Thomas Ebner (Austria) 
 | Induced oocyte activation in the lab – principles and practice | 
        
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            | Session 26: Paramedical invited session | 
        
            |   | Valerie L. Peddie (United Kingdom) 
 | Qualitative nursing research in fertility and reproduction: Methods and findings | 
        
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            | Session 27: Embryonic biomarkers - Are we getting nearer? | 
        
            |   | Aikaterini Chatzimeletiou (Greece) 
 | The metabolic profile of the human embryo as revealed by screening for >100 metabolites by HILIC-MS/MS and its association with development and chromosomal abnormalities | 
        
            |   | Antonio Capalbo (Italy) 
 | Secreted miRNAs can be profiled with high accuracy and reproducibility from blastocyst spent culture media: a new potential biomarker for non-invasive embryo selection | 
        
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            | Session 29: Novel techniques in andrology | 
        
            |   | Sarah Martins da Silva (United Kingdom) 
 | Can a patch fix it - electrophysiological studies of sperm and potential impact on clinical practice | 
        
            |   | Maria De Los Llanos Medrano (Spain) 
 | A modified protocol of sperm vitrification shows less cryodamge and enhanced sperm viability than classical slow freezing techniques | 
        
            |   | Laura Romany (Spain) 
 | Sperm selection using MACS technology does not improve live-birth delivery rates when ICSI was performed in ovum donation. Prospective and randomized trial in unselected males. | 
        
            |   | Michael Hartman (Canada) 
 | In vitro fertilization versus in vitro fertilization-intracytoplasmic sperm injection in patients who previously failed intrauterine insemination | 
        
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            | Session 30: Basic science endometriosis | 
        
            |   | Martin Götte (Germany) 
 | microRNA miR-142-3p regulates endometriotic cell invasiveness by targeting integrin-related molecular pathways | 
        
            |   | Sachiko Matsuzaki (France) 
 | Aberrant activation of the Akt–S6K1 signal pathway in a fibrotic microenvironment in deep endometriosis | 
        
            |   | Nicola Tempest (United Kingdom) 
 | Endometrial telomerase activity is limited to human epithelial cells, plays a fundamental role in glandular formation and might have therapeutic implications in endometrial proliferative diseases | 
        
            |   | Dana Chuderland (Israel) 
 | PEDF based therapy for angiogenesis-related reproductive disorders | 
        
            |   | Yesim Bayoglu Tekin (Turkey) 
 | Comparison of the anti-inflammatory effect of resveratrol and leuprolide acetate in an experimental endometriosis model | 
        
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            | Session 31: Clinical trials in ovarian stimulation | 
        
            |   | Julia Bosdou (Greece) 
 | Does extending the time interval between human chorionic gonadotrophin administration and oocyte pick-up by two hours affect oocyte retrieval rate - a randomized clinical trial | 
        
            |   | Birgit Alsbjerg (Denmark) 
 | Endocrine effects of rhCG or rLH supplementation to rFSH stimulation in a GnRHa long down-regulation protocol - a randomized controlled study | 
        
            |   | Ali Abbara (United Kingdom) 
 | Kisspeptin – a novel physiological trigger for oocyte maturation in IVF treatment | 
        
            |   | Efstratios Kolibianakis (Greece) 
 | Corifollitropin-alfa compared to daily rFSH in poor responders undergoing ICSI: a randomized clinical trial | 
        
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            | Session 32: Patients' needs and wishes: Where to draw the line? | 
        
            |   | Kristien Hens (The Netherlands) 
 | In vitro screening and selection of embryos by whole-genome sequencing and analysis - assessment of its usefulness and ethical implications | 
        
            |   | Heidi Mertes (Belgium) 
 | Maybe we shouldn’t give infertile patients what they want, but what they need | 
        
            |   | Inez Raes (Belgium) 
 | Donor conception disclosure: directive or non-directive counselling | 
        
            |   | Monica Singh (India) 
 | A prospective randomized controlled study (RCT) depicting favourable IVF-ICSI outcomes following anti-tubercular treatment in cases with positive PCR test for endometrial non tuberculous mycobateria | 
        
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            | Session 33: European and Global ART Monitoring | 
        
            |   | Markus S. Kupka (Germany) 
 | Assisted reproductive technology in Europe, 2011: results generated from European registers by ESHRE. Preliminary results | 
        
            |   | Fernando Zegers (Chile) 
 | How the Latin American ART Registry transitioned from summary to individualized data | 
        
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            | Session 34: Long-term health in Turner syndrome women | 
        
            |   | Viveca Söderström - Anttila, M.D., Ph.D. (Finland) 
 | Pregnancy outcome after oocyte donation in women with Turner syndrome – what are the risks? | 
        
            |   | Claus H. Gravholt (Denmark) 
 | Optimizing health care for adult women with Turner syndrome | 
        
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            | Session 35: The voice of donor sperm recipients | 
        
            |   | Maria Salomon (Denmark) 
 | Solo mothers and women with a partner seeking donor insemination – attitudes towards motherhood and socio-demographic characteristics - a national study from public Danish fertility clinics | 
        
            |   | Sara Somers (Belgium) 
 | Family decision making: a qualitative study in lesbian couples after donor conception | 
        
            |   | Hanna Van Parys (Belgium) 
 | How do lesbian parents and their children experience family communication about the donor conception - a multi-perspective qualitative study | 
 
            |   | An Ravelingien (Belgium) 
 | Handing over control: lesbian couples’ views on and experiences with limited input in sperm donor selection | 
        
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            | Session 36: Advances in genetic testing | 
        
            |   | Pascal Borry (Belgium) 
 | Direct to consumer genetic testing | 
        
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            | Session 37: Assisted reproduction and human rights (Joint session ESHRE SIG Ethics and Law and FIGO's Ethics Committee) | 
        
            |   | Bernard M. Dickens (Canada) 
 | Access to assisted reproduction as a human right | 
        
            |   | Guido Pennings (Belgium) 
 | Cross-border reproductive care and global justice | 
        
            |   | Gamal I. Serour (Egypt) 
 | Reproductive ethics: human rights or religious authority | 
        
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            | Session 38: Invited patient session - Social infertility (e.g. gamete freezing for social reasons; delayed pregnancy; age factor) | 
        
            |   | Rita Vassena (Spain) 
 | Social egg freezing- the clinician point of view: information, indications and expectations | 
        
            |   | Vanya Savova (Bulgaria) 
 | The conflict between psychology and medicine - Social freezing motivation and consequences | 
        
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            | Session 39: Paramedical invited session | 
        
            |   | Helen J. Kendrew (United Kingdom) 
 | The pivotal role of the nurse in a fertility clinic | 
            |   | Helga Sol Olafsdottir (Iceland) 
 | "The de jure stateless children": The dilemma of cross-border surrogacy | 
        
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            | Session 40: Time-lapse imaging - Which embryo gets the Oscar? | 
        
        
        
            |   | Nicolas Le Fleuter (France) 
 | External validation of meseguer's prediction model according to embryo transfer policy (cleavage stage or blastocyst) | 
        
        
        
            |   | Amy Barrie (United Kingdom) 
 | An examination of the ability of six published, time-lapse imaging embryo selection algorithms to predict implantation when applied to the same cohort of implanted embryos | 
        
        
        
            |   | Matthew VerMilyea (U.S.A.) 
 | Computer-automated time-lapse analysis test results correlate to clinical pregnancy and embryo implantation: a prospective, blinded, multi-center study | 
        
        
        
            |   | Susan Montgomery (United Kingdom) 
 | The relationship between early cleavage morphokinetic time points is more predictive of implantation and live birth than single time points alone | 
        
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            | Session 41: Improving ART outcome | 
        
        
        
            |   | Sabine Roesner (Germany) 
 | Predictive value of serum and follicular fluid levels of 25-OH vitamin D, osteopontin and sclerostin on the outcome of assisted reproductive treatment | 
        
        
        
            |   | Sarah Johnson (United Kingdom) 
 | Urine hormones in relation to ultrasound observed ovulation and serum hormones in cycles from women with reportedly normal menstrual cycles | 
        
        
        
            |   | Isabella Cobuzzi (Italy) 
 | Arcuate uterus: is a normal or septate uterus | 
        
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            | Session 42: Sperm DNA integrity | 
        
        
        
            |   | Andrei Zanko (U.S.A.) 
 | Revisiting DNA integrity in function of sperm motility | 
        
        
        
            |   | Tyler Cozzubbo (U.S.A.) 
 | Seminal plasma round cell as an indicator of spermatogenic integrity | 
        
        
        
            |   | Louisa Johanesen (U.S.A.) 
 | Topographic mapping of sperm DNA fragmentation within the male genital tract | 
        
        
        
            |   | Queenie V. Neri (U.S.A.) 
 | The quest for the less than ideal spermatozoon — does it generate good quality embryos | 
        
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            | Session 43: Safety issues for mother and child | 
        
        
        
            |   | Helene Letur - Köenirsch (France) 
 | Pregnancies issued from egg donation are associated to a higher risk of hypertensive pathologies then control ART pregnancies. Results of a large comparative cohort study | 
        
        
        
            |   | Laurentiu Craciunas (United Kingdom) 
 | Cervical mucus removal prior to embryo transfer in women undergoing IVF/ICSI: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials | 
        
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            | Session 44: Underlying mechanisms of early pregnancy pathology | 
        
        
        
            |   | Jean Calleja-Agius (Malta) 
 | Inflammatory cytokines in the placenta and maternal circulation of chromosomally abnormal first trimester miscarriages | 
        
        
        
            |   | Saeed Zarei (Iran) 
 | Relation between cytokine gene polymorphisms and concentration of autoantibodies and CD markers in Iranian recurrent miscarriage patients | 
        
        
        
            |   | Merel Van den Berg (The Netherlands) 
 | An early pregnancy assessment unit improves quality of care and reduces health care costs | 
        
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            | Session 45: Epigenetics in gamete competence and implantation | 
        
        
        
            |   | Triin Viltrop (Estonia) 
 | Imprinting landscape of human placenta as discovered by whole transcriptome RNA-sequencing and exome variant data analysis | 
        
        
        
            |   | Thomas Haaf (Germany) 
 | DNA methylation analysis of in vitro matured human oocytes retrieved from small antral follicles | 
        
        
        
            |   | Julia Rehnitz (Germany) 
 | Variable expression of the major POI/POF candidate gene FMR1 in human granulosa cells under epigenetic control: genetic marker for human ovarian reserve? | 
        
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            | Session 46: Clinical endocrinology (1) | 
        
        
        
            |   | West Sammeli (Finland) 
 | Polycystic ovary syndrome and its symptoms increase the risk of pregnancy complications: population-based cohort study | 
        
        
        
            |   | Baidyanath Chakravarty (India) 
 | Hyperhomocysteinemia rather than hyperinsulinemia - the major determinant for long-term thrombophilic manifestations of polycystic ovary syndrome | 
        
        
        
            |   | Meike Mutsaerts (The Netherlands) 
 | The effectiveness of a structured lifestyle program in overweight and obese subfertile women. Preliminary data from a randomised controlled trial (LIFEstyle study) | 
        
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            | Session 47: Basic physiology in embryology | 
        
        
        
            |   | Jingjie Li (China) 
 | A modified human growth differentiation factor 9 is potently active in a porcine ivm model with inherent low oocyte developmental competence | 
        
        
        
            |   | Sander Kleijkers (The Netherlands) 
 | Differences in gene expression in human preimplantation embryos cultured in two different IVF culture media | 
        
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            | Session 48: Implantation failure and the endometrium | 
        
        
        
            |   | Neelam Potdar (United Kingdom) 
 | Network meta-analysis of interventions used to improve clinical pregnancy rate in women with implantation failure | 
        
        
        
            |   | Randhir Singh (India) 
 | Intra-uterine administration of human chorionic gonadotrophin (hcg) before embryo transfer in recurrent implantation failure (RIF) patients improves implantation and pregnancy rates in IVF-ICSI cycles | 
        
        
        
            |   | Bindu Mehta (India) 
 | Serum VEGF level on day of embryo transfer is indicative of a vascularized receptive endometrium and is a non-invasive implantation marker in ongoing IVF cycles | 
        
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            | Session 49: Nurses' perspective in patient care and quality of life | 
        
        
        
            |   | Diana Guerra Diaz (Spain) 
 | Spanish patient's desires and attitudes about single or multiple embryo transfer | 
        
        
        
            |   | Rebecca Nataloni (Spain) 
 | Is the quality of life in poor ovarian responders (POR) worse than normal responders? a prospective study using fertiqol | 
        
        
        
            |   | Christina Bergh (Sweden) 
 | Quality of care in an IVF programme: differences and similarities between genders | 
        
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            | Session 50: The psychology of fertility preservation and gamete donation | 
        
        
        
            |   | Camille Lallemant (United Kingdom) 
 | Oocyte freezing for social indications: an internet based survey of knowledge, attitudes and intentions among women in Denmark and the United Kingdom |