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Enhance your ASPIRE 2026 Congress experience by adding a Pre Congress Course during the registration process.
To register for a Pre-Congress Course, you are required to register for the Main Congress.
- Pre-Congress Course 1: Personalizing Embryology for Every Biological Profile
- Pre-Congress Course 2: Fertility: Fact or Fiction? Navigating the New Science and the Hype
- Pre-Congress Course 3: Reproductive Surgery
- Pre-Congress Course 4: Research & Publication
Date: Thursday, 7 May 2026
Time: 0900 - 1720
This course focuses on practical and evidence-based approaches to tailoring laboratory strategies for patients with different biological and clinical profiles.
Through expert lectures, debates, panel discussions and focused commercial demonstrations, the programme will explore how laboratory workflows, add ons and emerging technologies can be applied responsibly to optimise outcomes for every oocyte, embryo and sperm in daily clinical practice.
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Programme outline |
Speaker |
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0900 - 0905 |
Introduction by Workshop Chairperson |
Keshav Malhotra (Agra) |
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Session 1: When Quantity Challenges Quality |
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0905 - 0935 |
Debate: Quantity Matters More Than Quality |
For: |
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0935 - 0955 |
What Imaging Reveals About Oocyte Competence |
Kenji Ezoe (Tokyo) |
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0955 - 1015 |
CAPA-IVM in Practice: Stepwise Workflow and Clinical Integration for PCOS Oocytes |
Krishna Mantravadi (Hyderabad) |
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1015 - 1025 |
Q&A Discussion |
All Faculty |
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1025 - 1045 |
Commercial Demonstration - Imaging |
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1045 - 1100 |
Coffee Break |
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Session 2: Maximising Every Oocyte |
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1100 - 1140 |
Panel Discussion: Do Add-ons Add Up? Evaluating Laboratory Interventions for DOR Patients |
All Faculty |
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1140 - 1200 |
Maximising Every Fertilised Egg: Laboratory Strategies for Autologous IVF Success |
Ryan Rose (Melbourne) |
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1200 - 1220 |
When Standard ICSI Isn’t Enough |
Sweelian Liow (Singapore) |
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1220 - 1230 |
Q&A Discussion |
All Faculty |
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1230 - 1250 |
Commercial Demonstration - PIEZO & Artificial Oocyte Activation (AOA) |
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1250 - 1350 |
Lunch |
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Session 3: When Good Embryos Don’t Implant |
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1350 - 1410 |
Laboratory Factors in Implantation Failure |
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1410 - 1430 |
AI in Embryo Selection: Promise or Premature? |
Mi Kyung Chung (Seoul) |
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1430 - 1450 |
Embryo Culture Add-ons: ZP Manipulation, Assisted Hatching, Co-culture, etc. |
Arthur Chang (San Antonio) |
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1450 - 1500 |
Q&A Discussion |
All Faculty |
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1500 - 1520 |
Commercial Demonstration - Artificial Intelligence (EmbryoScope+ with iDAScore v2.0) |
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1520 - 1535 |
Coffee Break |
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Session 4: When Every Sperm Counts |
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1535 - 1605 |
Debate: Testicular Sperm Is Preferable to Ejaculate Sperm in ICSI for High Sperm DFI |
For: Krishna Mantravadi (Hyderabad) |
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1605 - 1625 |
Handling and Processing Testicular Sperm |
Krishna Mantravadi (Hyderabad) |
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1625 - 1635 |
Q&A Discussion |
All Faculty |
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1635 - 1655 |
Commercial Demonstration - Demonstration of Single and Double strand DNA fragmentation kits |
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1655 - 1715 |
Commercial Demonstration - Zymot Microfluidics Sperm Preparation |
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1715 - 1720 |
Closing Remarks |
Sweelian Liow (Singapore) & Kenji Ezoe (Tokyo) |
Date: Thursday, 7 May 2026
Time: 0900 - 1240
This course explores how emerging areas of reproductive science, including the microbiome, exposome, and epigenetics, intersect with the growing influence of lifestyle trends, supplements, detox practices, and fertility advice shared on social media. The course aims to equip nurses with clear, evidence-based frameworks to confidently address patient questions, distinguish between proven science, promising but unproven concepts, and speculation, and strengthen their ability to critically assess and question the information they encounter.
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Programme outline |
Speaker |
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0900 - 0905 |
Welcome and Introduction |
Rebecca Moore (Brisbane) |
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SESSION 1 – The Science of the Moment |
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0905 - 0925 |
The Fertility Microbiome: The Signals are True |
Mei-Jou Chen (Taipei) |
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0925 - 0945 |
The Fertility Microbiome: The Signals are Noise |
David MacIntyre (Adelaide) |
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0945 - 1005 |
Epigenetics & Intergenerational Health: Emerging but Evolving |
Sweelian Liow (Singapore) |
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1005 - 1015 |
Q&A Discussion |
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1015 - 1020 |
Coffee-Break |
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SESSION 2 – The Life Laboratory |
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1020 - 1040 |
Nutrition, Supplements & Nutraceuticals: |
Jessica Spencer (Atlanta) |
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1040 - 1100 |
Stress, Sleep, Exercise & Mind/Body Interventions: What Evidence Actually Exists? |
Margaret Joyce A. Cristi-Limson (Quezon City) |
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1100 - 1120 |
Plastics, Pollutants, Detoxing & “Clean Living”: Sorting Science from Pseudoscience |
Nusrat Mahmud (Dhaka) |
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1120 - 1130 |
Q&A Discussion |
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SESSION 3 – Science Meets Social Media |
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1130 - 1150 |
Misinformation & Misinterpreting Data in Fertility Care |
Madhuri Patil (Bangalore) |
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1150 - 1210 |
Communicating Uncertainty with Patients |
Sonja Goedeke (Auckland) |
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1210 - 1240 |
Panel Discussion: “What Do We Do When Patients Arrive with Social Media Fertility Advice?” |
Madhuri Patil (Bangalore), Nusrat Mahmud (Dhaka), Jared Robins (Washington) |
Date: Thursday, 7 May 2026
Time: 0900 - 1240
This course provides a comprehensive and practice focused update on contemporary laparoscopic and hysteroscopic techniques in fertility preserving surgery.
Through live surgical demonstrations, case based surgical video presentations, focused lectures and structured discussions, participants will gain practical insights into the surgical management of endometriosis, adenomyosis, tubal disease, intrauterine pathology and retained products of conception. The programme also offers a dedicated hands-on training session for selected participants to strengthen procedural skills and clinical decision making in reproductive surgery.
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Programme outline |
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0900 - 0905 |
Welcome and Introduction |
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0905 - 0915 |
Introduction of live demonstrations |
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Live Surgery Demostration and Case Based Surgical Video Presentation |
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0915 - 1300 |
Center 1: Laparoscopic Surgery |
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Center 2: Hysteroscopic Surgery |
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Surgical Video Presentations: During the break of the live demonstration, recorded surgical video presentations will be shared, for example hysteroscopic adhesiolysis with PRP injection and SVF ovarian injection, which represent newer techniques. |
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1045 - 1100 |
Coffee Break (ongoing) |
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Q&A and Discussion |
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1300 - 1400 |
Lunch |
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1400 - 1420 |
Laparoscopic Ablative Techniques |
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1420 - 1440 |
When Should We Perform Surgery for RPOC? |
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1440 - 1520 |
DEBATE: Women with Ovarian Endometrioma Should be Operated Early Rather than Later to Preserve Ovarian Function |
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1520 - 1530 |
Coffee Break |
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Hands-on Training on Hysteroscopic Techniques (Limited Seats) |
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1530 - 1730 |
Diagnostic Hysteroscopy |
*Kindly note that the Hands-on Training on Hysteroscopic Techniques is limited to 20 participants. To register for the hands-on training, an additional fee of USD 100 on top of the Pre-Congress registration fee is required.
Date: Thursday, 7 May 2026
Time: 0900 - 1215
Reproductive medicine and biology have become central to global health strategies, evolving from areas driven mainly by clinical needs into important laboratory and basic science pillars that address long term social and population health challenges. In recent years, research methodologies and publication opportunities in reproductive medicine and biology have advanced significantly, supported by major scientific and technological breakthroughs.
This course will highlight the latest developments in research and publication, presented by leading researchers in the field. It will focus on study design, research methodologies, data analysis, and effective reporting to support high quality scientific publications.
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Programme outline |
Speaker |
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0900 - 0905 |
Welcome and Introduction |
Ronald Wang (Hong Kong) |
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0905 - 0930 |
IVF Laboratory, Embryology |
Ryan Rose (Melbourne) |
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0930 - 0955 |
Basic Research |
Yang Yu (Beijing) |
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0955 - 1020 |
Omic study |
Ronald Wang (Hong Kong) |
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1020 - 1030 |
Coffee Break |
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1030 - 1055 |
Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) |
Zi-Jiang Chen (Jinan) |
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1055 - 1120 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) |
Ben Mol (Melbourne) |
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1120 - 1145 |
Meta-Analysis |
Robert Norman (Adelaide) |
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1145 - 1210 |
Narrative Review |
Padma Rekha Jirge (Mumbai) |
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1210 - 1215 |
Closing |
Ronald Wang (Hong Kong) |
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