Sunday, April 21, 2002

08.45 Welcome: E. Cittadini

Session I - Sperm and Testicular Tissue Cryopreservation

Chairs: P. Patrizio and D.A. Gook

09.00 Testicular function following chemio-radiotherapy
G. Colpi

09.30 Sperm cryopreservation
R. Schoysman

10.00 Coffee Break

10.30 Cryopreservation of epididymal sperm and testicular tissue
P. Patrizio

11.00 Isolation of germ cells from human testicular tissue for cryopreservation and autotransplantation
P. Patrizio

11.30 25 years of semen cryopreservation for cancer patients: The Manchester Experience
D. Brison

12:30 Round Table: Utilization rate of cryopreserved sperm from oncological patients: American, Belgian and Italian experience
A. Agarwal, P. Patrizio, R. Schoysman, G. Colpi, D. Brison

13.30 Lunch

Session II - Embryo and Oocyte Cryopreservation

Chairs: E. Porcu and R. Edwards

14.30 Pregnancies after human oocyte cryopreservation: our experience
E. Porcu

15.15 Effect of cryopreservation on the meiotic spindle of human oocytes
J. Mandelbaum

16.00 Coffee Break

16.30 Freezing of immature oocytes
K.Y. Cha

17.15 Is oocyte cryopreservation a valid alternative to embryo freezing?
M. Tucker

18.00 The best stage for embryo freezing
Y. Menezo

Monday, April 22, 2002

Session III - Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation

Chairs: Y. Menezo and O. Hovatta

09.00 Ovarian function following radiation and chemiotherapy for cancer
E. Cittadini

09.45 Freezing of human ovarian tissue
D.A. Gook

10.30 Coffee Break

11.00 Ovarian transplantation in humans: techniques and recent progress
K. Oktay

11:45 Ovarian tissue banking for cancer patients: Transmission of malignant cells and ovarian grafts
J.A. Radford

12.30 Poster Discussion

13.00 Lunch

Session IV - In Vitro and In Vivo Maturation Of Thawed Ovarian Tissue

Chairs: D.T. Baird and C. Flamigni

14.00 Cryopreservation and culture of human primordial and primary ovarian follicles
O. Hovatta

14.45 Long term ovarian function in sheep after ovariectomy and transplantation of autografts following cryopreservation
D.T. Baird

15.30 Coffee Break

16.00 In vitro culture of human ovarian tissue: effects of gonadotrophins and growth factors
K. Hardy

16.45 Development of antral follicles in human cryopreserved ovarian tissue following xenografting
D.A. Gook

17.30 Closing Remarks