FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3

08.00 Registration

08.30 Welcome to the participants
Paolo Emanuele Levi Setti, Italy

08.40 Serono Symposia International Foundation Welcome
Robert Fischer, Germany

08.45 Opening Lecture in memory of Giorgio Pardi: a multidisciplinary approach to the future of reproduction
Felice Petraglia, Italy

SESSION I
NEW INSIGHTS IN HUMAN GAMETES AND EMBRYOS EVALUATION
Chairmen: Giuseppe De Placido, Italy - Elisabetta Coccia, Italy

09.00 Morphological selection of gametes
Filippo Maria Ubaldi, Italy

09.20 Parthenogenetic activation as a model for embryo investigation
Alessio Paffoni, Italy

09.40 Embryonic regulation of human implantation
Carlos Simòn, Spain

10.00 Discussion

10.30 Coffee break

SESSION II
EMBRYO - MATERNAL ASPECTS OF IMPLANTATION
Chairmen: Antonio Lanzone, Italy - Francesco Fusi, Italy

11.00 Inflammatory reaction and implantation
Cecilia Garlanda, Italy

11.20 Biomarkers of endometrial receptivity
Carlo Bulletti, Italy

11.40 Embryo-endometrium dialogues: what changes in case of endometriosis
Dominique de Ziegler, Switzerland

12.00 Repeated implantation failure
Paolo Emanuele Levi Setti, Italy

12.20 Discussion

13.00 Lunch

SESSION III
ART AND PREGNANCY
Chairmen: Mauro Buscaglia, Italy - Guido Ragni, Italy

14.15 Pregnancy in infertile patients
Paul Devroey, Belgium

14.35 Chromosomal abnormalities in miscarriages after ART
Daniela Bettio, Italy

14.55 Is ART a risk factor for obstetrical complications and fetal anomalies?
Anna Maria Marconi, Italy

15.15 Health of Children born after ART
Alastaire G. Sutcliffe, UK

15.35 Discussion

16.00 Coffee Break

SESSION IV
FERTILITY PRESERVATION & ART IN OTHER THEN INFERTILE COUPLES
Chairmen: Umberto Omodei, Italy - Antonio Palagiano, Italy

16.20 Preservation and postponement of fertility
Pasquale Patrizio, USA

16.40 Ovocyte cryopreservation
Elena Albani, Italy

17.00 Diagnosis of genetic anomalies
Antonino Guglielmino, Italy

17.20 ART in sexually transmitted diseases
Enrico Ferrazzi, Italy

17.40 Discussion

18.15 End of the first day

SATURDAY,OCTOBER 4th

SESSION V
CANCER AND INFERTILITY
Chairmen: Giorgio Bolis, Italy - Roberto Tozzi, Italy

08.30 Infertility as a cancer risk factor
Irene Cetin, Italy

08.50 Cancer risk in male factor infertility
Luciano Negri, Italy

09.10 Infertility treatment and cancer
Glen L. Shattman, USA

09.30 Focus on breast and ovarian cancer
Andrea Borini, Italy

09.50 Discussion

10.30 Coffee break

SESSION VI
PREGNANCY IN HIGH RISK PATIENTS
Chairmen: Mauro Busacca, Italy - Paola Anserini, Italy

11.00 Pregnancy and heart diseases
Patrizia Presbitero, Italy

11.20 Ovulation induction and controlled ovarian hyperstimulation for assisted reproduction in patients with lupus erythematosus and antiphospholipid syndrome
José Bellver, Spain

11.40 Pregnancy and ART after cancer treatment
Timur Gurgan, Turkey

12.00 Discussion

12.30 Lunch

SESSION VII
STEM CELL AND ART TECHNOLOGIES
Chairmen: Luigi Fedele, Italy - Paul Devroey, Belgium

14.00 Gene Therapy and ICSI
José Navarro, Spain

14.20 From Somatic to Germinal Cells
Joshua Johnson, USA

14.40 Stem cell from adypocites
Marco Klinger, Italy

15.00 Ageing, stem cells and indefinitely prolonged lives
Jehoshua Dor, Israel

15.20 Discussion

15.50 Coffee break

Chairmen: Guglielmo Ragusa, Italy - Giuseppe D’Amato, Italy

16.10 Free Communications selected for Oral presentation and Poster Awards

17.00 Closing remarks
Paolo Emanuele Levi Setti, Italy

17.30 End of the Conference