Main Scientific Program

Keynote Session I
Prof. Howard & Georgeanna Jones Memorial Keynote Oration: Maternal and Child Health after ART
  • Beyond IVF: Long-term mother and child health outcomes following ART - Dr. Anja Bisgaard Pinborg
Keynote Session II
Prof. John D. Biggers Memorial Session: Improving access to Fertility Treatment

Keynote Lecture:
Improving access to Fertility Treatment and IVF in LMICs: Dr. Sudarsan Ghosh Dastidar / Dr. Biswanath Ghosh Dastidar

Keynote Lecture:
Time to introduce innovative assisted reproduction methods to implement affordable and successful infertility services in resource-poor countries: Dr. Willem Ombelet

Plenary Sessions

Plenary Session I
Prof Robert G. Edwards Memorial Session: Updates on the building blocks of In-vitro life: The Sperm and the Egg

Plenary Lecture:
The quality of human eggs and pre-IVF incubation - Dr. Ri-Cheng Chian

Plenary Lecture:
Gamete activation to improve outcomes in ART - Dr. Thomas Ebner

Plenary Lecture:
Sperm selection for ICSI based on morphology, motility and DNA-fragmentation - Dr. Mattan Levi

Plenary Session II
Prof. Subhash Mukhopadhyay Memorial Session: State of the ART in managing the PCOS patient.

Plenary Lecture:
New treatments of obesity (semaglutide and tirzepatide) and their impact on fertility - Dr. Enrico Carmina

Plenary Lecture:
Optimising ovarian stimulation in PCOS - Dr. Biswanath Ghosh Dastidar

Special Guest Lecture Sessions

Special Guest Lectures Session I
Optimising Implantation following embryo transfer: Endometrial Preparation and Luteal phase support

Guest Lecture:
Optimizing frozen embryo transfer - Dr. Anja Bisgaard Pinborg

Guest Lecture:
Individualised luteal phase support - Dr. Ameet Patki

Special Guest Lectures Session II
Difficult scenarios in IVF

Guest Lecture:
IVF in the patient over 40 - Dr. Kuldeep Jain

Guest Lecture:
Repeated IVF failure: how to navigate - Dr. Hrishikesh Pai

Invited Sessions

Invited Sessions I
Fertility Preservation

Invited Lecture:
Fertility preservation strategies in gynecological cancers - Dr. Ying Zhang
Recent Advances in Female Fertility Preservation: navigating new frontiers - Dr. Mausumi Das

Invited Sessions II
Evaluation of Embryo and endometrium

Invited Lecture:
From oocyte to blastocyst- advanced imaging, time-lapse & Artificial intelligence to select the best embryos - Dr. Mattan Levi

Invited Lecture:
Be aware of the Empty Uterus: Dealing with the microbiome of the uterine cavity and the role of hysteroscopy in infertility - Dr. Bruno van Herendael

Invited Sessions III
Research and ethics in reproductive medicine, genetics, and stem cell biology

Invited Lecture:
Role of Genetics and Genomics in Precision Fertility Management: an ethical perspective - Dr. Birendranath Banerjee

Invited Lecture:
In-vitro gametogenesis: Technical and ethical perspectives - Dr. Maharshi Krishna Deb

Ask the Experts

Business Roundtable

Ask the Experts Roundtable: Reproductive Cross-talk Interactive Session I
How to establish an IVF center and run a successful IVF Business?

  • Moderator: Dr. Rohit Gutgutia
  • Experts:
  • Dr. Hrishikesh Pai
  • Dr. Ameet Patki
  • Dr. Kuldeep Jain
  • Dr. Gautam Khastgir
  • Dr. Bani Mitra
Research Roundtable

Ask the Experts Roundtable: Reproductive Cross-talk Interactive Session II
How to conduct high quality research in reproductive medicine and clinical embryology and publish high impact papers?

  • Moderator: Dr. Kamal Ojha / Dr. Biswanath Ghosh Dastidar
  • Experts:
  • Dr. Thomas Ebner
  • Dr. Mattan Levi
  • Dr. Ri-Cheng Chian
  • Dr. Enrico Carmina
  • Dr. Anja Bisgaard Pinborg
  • Dr. Willem Ombelet

Panels

Panel Discussion I

Troubleshooting difficult scenarios in the IVF Laboratory

  • Moderators: Dr. Krishna Chaitanya Mantravadi / Dr. Sarabpreet Singh
  • Experts:
  • Dr. Thomas Ebner
  • Dr. Ri-Cheng Chian
  • Dr. Mattan Levi
  • Panelists:
  • Dr. Ratna Chattopadhyay
  • Dr. Keshav Malhotra
  • Dr. Nishad Chimote
  • Dr. Varsha Samson Roy
  • Dr. Gaurav Majumdar
Panel Discussion II

Troubleshooting difficult scenarios during ovarian stimulation

  • Moderators: Dr. Sudip Basu / Dr. Kamal Ojha
  • Experts:
  • Dr. Siddhartha Chatterjee
  • Dr. Abha Majumdar
  • Dr. Neena Malhotra
  • Panelists:
  • Dr. Jayeeta Samanta
  • Dr. Sanjay Makwana
  • Dr. Sanjoy Mukherjee
  • Dr. Sunita Sharma
  • Dr. S. M. Rahman
  • Dr. Mausumi Das
Panel Discussion III

Troubleshooting difficult scenarios in ART practice following updated Indian ART-Surrogacy laws

  • Moderators: Dr. Randhir Singh / Dr. Monica Singh
  • Experts:
  • Dr. Chaitali Dutta Roy
  • Dr. Parag Nandi
  • Panelists:
  • Dr. Suparna Banerjee
  • Dr. Kaushiki Ray Sarkar
  • Dr. Manisha Vajpeyee
  • Dr. Shiuli Mukharjee
  • Dr. Saroj Agarwal
  • Dr. Aindri Sanyal

Free Paper Session

1st PRIZE: RS. 10,000

Quiz

1st PRIZE: RS. 40,000

Quiz Masters - Dr. Sudip Basu / Dr. Chaitali Datta Ray