Learning about
Scientific Program

FRIDAY APRIL 12, 2002

09.30 am Welcome remarks

CURRENT PRACTICE CF ICSI

Chairs: K. Diedrich - M. Camus

09.45 am Indications
Lars Hamberger

10.30 am Coffee break

11.00 am Azoospermia
Raphael Ron-EI

11.45 am Benefits of ICSI in non-male infertility
Hans Evers

12.30 pm Lunch

02.00 pm Embryo development
Jacques Cohen

02.45 pm Factors influencing success of ICSI procedure
Gianpiero Palermo

03.30 pm Coffee break

04.00 pm Round Table: "Limits or ICSI"
Chairman: Herman Tournaye

Poor ICSI fertilisation and embryonic development - Jacques Cohen

ICSI with immotile spermatozoa - Gianpiero Palermo

ICSI with round-headed spermatozoa - Lars Hamberger

ICSI with testicular spermatozoa and ICSI in Klinefelter patients - Rafael Ron-El

SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2002

ASSESSMENT OF RISKS RELATED TO ICSI

Chairs: P. Jouannet - S. Silber

08.30 pm Key-note Lecture: Fertility genes on the Y-chromosome
David Page

09.30 pm Chromosome abnormalities
José Egozcue

10.15 am Coffee break

10.45 am Use of immature sperm
David DeKretser

11.30 am Mitochondrial diseases
José Enriquez

12.30 pm Lunch

02.00 pm Genomic imprinting
Martine De Rijcke

02.45 pm Outcome or ICSI (prenatal and children)
Maryse Bonduelle

03.30 pm Coffee break

04.00 pm Round table: "Risks or ICSI"
Chairman: Basil Tarlatzis

Outcome of ICSI children

ICSI children versus IVF and spontaneous conceived children – German data - Klaus Diedrich

ICSI children versus IVF and spontaneous conceived children – Swedish data - Lars Hamberger

Multiple gestations in IVF and ICSI: Incidence, obstetrical complications, cost effect - John Collins

The problem of prematurity and low birth weight in IVF and ICSI children - Hans Evers

Classification systems for congenital malformations - Maryse Bonduelle

Yq deletions

Real incidence of Yq deletions - David de Kretser

Predictive value for sperm finding - Sherman Silber

Counselling of patients concerning PGD or sexing - Guido Pennings

Chromosomal aberrations in ICSI children

Prevalence of inherited and de-novo chromosomal aberrations - Inge Liebaers

Origin of de-novo chromosomal aberrations - Joep Geraedts

Counselling of patients concerning prenatal diagnosis? - Michel Camus

SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2002

OTHER APPLICATIONS OF ICSI

Chairs: B. Fauser - J. Collins

08.30 am Key-note Lecture: Human embryonic stem cells
Alan Trounson

09.30 am Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
Joep Geraedts

10.15 am Coffee break

10.45 am ICSI for the preservation of endangered species
Budhan S. Pukazhenthi

11.15 am Gene transfer
Gerald Schatten

12.15 pm Lunch

02.00 pm Round table: "PGD for HLA Matching"

Chairman: Yvon Englert

Which patients? - Rik Schots, Inge Liebaers

How - Hilde Van de Velde

Is it ethically appropriate? - Guido Pennings, Paul Schotsmans

04.30 pm Closing remarks