Keynote Lecture: Robert G. Edwards at 25
Introduction by John Slee

Exogenous gonadotropins and early studies in animals and women: the early years
Bruno Lunenfeld

Session I: In vitro fertilization and the reproductive system
Moderator: Klaus Diedrich

Ovarian monitoring and in vitro maturation
Seang Lin Tan

Aging and reproduction
Peter Brinsden

An old and a new look at human embryos
Jacques Cohen

Keynote Lecture: Robert G. Edwards at 50
Introduction by Mike Ashwood-Smith

Human IVF: lessons from mammalian embryology
Barry Bavister

Session II: Pre-implantation development
Moderator: Alan H. Handyside

Thoughts on embryo culture conditions
John Biggers

Egg timers: rge and erg
Martin Johnson

Polarity in early mammalian development
Richard Gardner

Reprogramming, imprinting and gene silencing
Azim Surani

Keynote Lecture: Robert G. Edwards at 75
Introduction by Simon Fishel

Genetic regulation of development
Carol Readhead

Session III: Manipulating reproduction
Moderator: Geraldine Harthshorne

Human embryonic stem cells – now and forever
Alan Trounson

Germ cell tissue cryoperservation and transplantation
Roger Gosden

Nuclear transplantation
Keith Campbell

Genetic and congenital anomalies after assisted reproduction
Lars Hamberger

Keynote Lecture: Robert G Edwards at 100
Introduction by Jacques Cohen

Assisted Reproduction in the centuries ahead
Lee Silver

Session IV: The road ahead
Moderator: Richard Gardner

Embryonal stem cell and the genetic of development
Virginia E. Papaioannou

Pre-implantation genetic: future prospects
Alan H. Handyside

Reproductive strategies for human survival
Giuseppe Benagiano

A retrospective: From Reproductive Immunology to Louise, to ESHRE and The Journals
Howard Jones and Jean Cohen

Closing Remarks
Robert G. Edwards