Provisional Scientific Program
Inaugural Program
14th January 2011,
Venue - Main Auditorium, Science City, Kolkata.
4:00 –4:10 pm:Opening Song
4:10-4:15 pm:Requesting Dignitaries to come on the stage
4:15-4:25 pm:Felicitation of Dignitaries
4:25-4:40 pm:Presidents address of Introduction about ISMAAR- Geeta Nargund, President ISMAAR
4:40-5:00 pm: Welcome address- – Sudarsan Ghosh Dastidar, Congress President
5:00-5:15 pm :Address- Dinesh Trivedi, Hon’ble Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India.
5:15-5:30 pm:Chief Guest’s Address- Ghulam Nabi Azad, Hon’ble Union minister of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India.
5:30-5:45 pm:Inaugural Address and inauguration (Lamp lighting) - Mamata Banerjee, Hon’ble Union minister of Railways, Govt. of India.
5:45-6:10 pm:Tea Break
6:10-6:40 pm:Opening Address: in celebration of the award of Nobel Prize in Medicine, 2010 to Robert Edwards, Congratulations Bob! “IVF: Past, present and future”- Alan DeCherney
6:40-6:45 pm:Vote of Thanks- Sovan Chatterjee, Hon’ble Mayor, Kolkata Municipal Carporation
6:45-7:30 pm :cultural program
7.30pm onwards:welcome dinner
Final Scientific Program
15th January
9:00 am- 9:50 am:
HALL A: Plenary Lecture session
(Chair- Rene Frydman, Geeta Narund)
PL 1- Prof. Zeilmaker memorial Keynote Address- “Fine-tuning ovarian stimulation in ART: current status and emerging options”- Bart Fauser
PL 2- Dr. Subhash Mukherjee Memorial Lecture- Sudarsan Ghosh Dastidar
9:50-10:10 am : Coffee break
10:10-10:50 am :
HALL A - “Which Patient? Prognosis and Planning”
(Chair- Korula George, Debdutto Ghosh)
- The good responder- H D Pai
- Evidence based management of poor responder-Hassan sallam
HALL B- Special Symposium- “Cross-Border reproductive care: opportunities and ethical/legal issues”
(Chair- Kamla Selvaraj, Pranab Dasgupta)
- Cross border surrogacy: global challenge and perspectives - Sheryl Vanderpoel
- Cross border surrogacy: Free market economy and the rights/exploitation of the surrogate mother – An Indian perspective- Gautam Allahbadia
10:50 am- 12:10 pm:
HALL A - “Which stimulation?”
(Chair-Bart Fauser, Nandita Palshetkar)
- Why go mild? Conventional vs Mild stimulation- Rene Frydman
- Natural/Clomiphene Cycle IVF: The Japanese Experience- Osamu Kato
- Modified natural cycle IVF- Geeta Nargund
- LH in ovarian stimulation in ART- Rama Raju
HALL B - “Which oocyte?”
(Chair- R K Sharma, S K Goswami)
- Paracrine communication between oocytes and granulosa cells”- Suneeta Mittal
- Meiotic spindle position; a comparison of in vivo and in vitro matured human oocytes.- Mette Munk
- Cryopreservation of oocytes for egg sharing program- J Y Liu
- Oocyte Retrieval and Cryopreservation for Unmarried Female Cancer Patients- Fumihito Aono
12:10-1:30pm:
HALL A - “Emerging technology in the IVF lab- I: In-Vitro Maturation of oocytes (IVM)”
(Chair- Svend Lindenberg)
- Priming with FSH for IVM treatment - Svend Lindenberg
- IVM treatment for infertile women with PCOS – B L Ye
- Laboratory aspect of IVM treatment - S Junk
- Natural cycle IVF/M- R C Chian
HALL B - “Which sperm?”
(Chair- R K Sharma, Meena Chimote)
- Different sperm processing technique for IUI program- Mette Munk
- Selecting the best sperm for ICSI (IMSI)- Physiological ICSI ?- Lars Johansson
- Cryopreservation of testicular sperm and testicular tissue- R K Sharma
1:30-2:15 pm- Lunch
2:15 pm- 3:15 pm
HALL A - “Which Embryo?”
(Chair- Stephen Junk, Nimish Shelat)
- Metabolomics and eSET- Arne Sunde
- Elective Embryo cohort cryo-preservation and transfer in artificially prepared cycle- Bruce Shapiro
- PGD in repeated implantation failure- Shailaja saxena
Free communications:
Oral presentation: Ovulation Induction , HALL B
Poster Session: Poster area
(Chair- Geeta Nargund, Gouri Devi)
3:15 pm- 4:15 pm
HALL A- “Which Endometrium?”
(Chair- Gautam Allahbadia, Digonto Deka)
- Endometriosis is a curable disease- Alan DeCherney
- Molecular mechanisms of embryo-endometrial cross-talk- Gita Radhakrishnan
- Impact of COS on endometrial receptivity- Mangla Telang
HALL B - Panel Discussion- ART: Troubleshooting areas.
(Moderator- Abha Majumdar, Nimish Shelat)
S K Goswami Kaberi Banerjee Korula George Monu Patanayak
Nandita Palshetkar Bani Mitra R D Pai Sudha Prasad
4:15-4:40- Coffee break
4:40-5:10- HALL A-
Expert Panel- Day’s Sum-up (Pre-selected questions only)
Svend Lindenberg Gautam Allahbadia Suneeta Mittal
Alan DeCherney Mangala Telang Stephen Junk
5:10-6:10 pm- Debate Session: HALL A-
Concluding debate: “D3 vs Blastocyst”
Speakers:
D3- Lars Johansson, Sudha Prasad, U N Jindal
Blastocyst- Stephen Junk, H D Pai, Bruce Shapiro
Moderators- Arne Sunde, Alan DeCherney
16th January
9:00 am- 9:25am: HALL A- Plenary lecture session
(Chair- Jim Van Eyck, Hassan Sallam)
PL 1- Advanced Ultrasound and Feto-Maternal Health in the New Millennium - Stuart Campbell
9:30-10:50 am:
HALL A- “Emerging technology in the IVF lab- II: Vitrification and Fertility Preservation”
(Chair-Mette Munk, Rama Raju)
- Fertility preservation with oocyte vitrification and banking – R C Chian
- Damages following oocyte vitrification- Svend Lindenberg
- Embryo/ Blastocyst vitrification – Col. R K Sharma
- Fertility preservation with cryopreservation of ovarian grafts- R C Chian
HALL B- Govt. Sponsored Symposium: Feto-maternal health in ART
(Chair- Mangla Telang, Tarun Ghosh)
- Early risk identification and high risk pregnancy management - Jim Van Eyck
- Novel USG guided ethanol injection for ectopic pregnancy management- Hisao Osada
- Recurrent pregnancy loss in ART- Abha Majumdar
- OHSS in ART- risk identification, prevention and management principles- Bruce Shapiro
10:50-11:10- Coffee Break
11:10- 12:10 pm
HALL A- “Advanced Ultrasound in optimizing ART outcome”
(Chair- Prof. Stuart Campbell, Sudha Prasad)
- Advanced Ultrasound in Fertility Diagnosis and ART management- Geeta Nargund
- Holistic Assessment of reproductive function before ART by Trans-Vaginal Ultrasonography – M Chimote
- Ultrasound monitoring in managing ART multiple pregnancies- Jim Van Eyck
HALL B- Free communications: ART Laboratory
(Chair-R C Chian, Svend Lindenberg, Ranjit Roy)
12:10 - 1:10 pm
HALL A- “Role of Minimally invasive surgery before ART to improve outcome”
(Chair- Hisao Osada, P G Paul)
- Bipolar capsule drilling with PCOS ovaries via transvaginal endoscopy- Patrick Puttemans
- Laparoscopic management of ovarian endometrioma in patients for IVF treatment- Gouri Devi
- When to suspect an underlaying Adenomyosis at hysteroscopy- Patrick Puttemans
HALL B- “Infertility, ART and society: Perspectives from India and the World”
(Chair- Suneeta Mittal, Kiran Ambwani)
- New innovations, New procedures- Addressing the long term effect on Womens’ health Issues - Sheryl Vanderpoel
- Necessity of National Guidelines for standardizing ART healthcare in India- R S Sharma
- Social attitude to unfertile couple- where we stand? – Kaberi Banerjee
1:10-1:55pm- Lunch
1:55-3:15pm
HALL A- “Stem cells in Reproduction and regenerative medicine”
(Chair- Subeer Maumdar)
- In-Vitro derivation of primordial germ cells and gametes from ESC culture- Deepa Bhartiya
- Human pluripotent stem cell research for regenerative medicine and assisted reproduction technology-Sujoy Dhara
- Overcoming genetic defects in sperm prior to IVF/ICSI exploiting spermatogonial stem cells: Prospects and achievements- Subeer Majumdar
HALL B- “Low Cost ART for poor resource nations”
(Chair-Hikmeth Hasha, Santanu Acharya)
- Scope of IUI in infertility management- Willem Ombelet
- Natural cycle and soft protocol for ovulation induction in IVF to improve endometrial receptivity- Nimish Shelat
- Egg sharing – a low cost option for IVF in India – Kamla Selvaraj
- Factors associated with success of modified natural IVF cycle- Tomaz Tomazevik
3:15 pm-4:35 pm
HALL A- Special Symposium on PCOS
(Chair- Rene Frydman, Lakhbir Dhaliwal)
- Genotypes and Phenotypes in PCOS- Enrico Carmina
- Metabolic Syndrome in PCOS- Bart Fauser
- Optimizing ovarian stimulation for PCOS patients- an art or science?- B N Chakraborty
- Adolescent PCOS-Diagnostic and therapeutic principles- Enrico Carmina
HALL B- Free Communication: Andrology-ART
(Chair-Mette munk, James Elangbam, Lars Johansson)
Poster Session: Poster area
4:35 pm- 5:00 pm- Coffee break
5:00-5:30 pm-
HALL A
Experts panel- Day’s sum up (Pre-selected questions only)
Enrico Carmina Patrick Putteman R C Chian
Bruce Shapiro Geeta Nargund Stuart Campbell
5:30-6:30 pm:
HALL A
Debate session
Concluding debate: “GnRH agonist vs antagonist in Controlled Ovarian stimulation”
Speakers :-
AGONIST- Kamla Selvaraj, Santanu Acharya,
ANTAGONIST- Rene Frydman, Geeta Nargund, Hassan Sallam
Moderator- Bruce Shapiro
