1.st Next Fertility International Joint Meetings

The Future of A.R.T.

April 07-08, 2022
Lugano (Switzerland)

Congress Center LAC - Lugano Arte e Cultura
(SSGG - 16 Credits)

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WHEN /

April 07-08, 2022

WHERE /

Congress Center LAC, Lugano Arte e Cultura

ABOUT THE EVENT /

1st International Hybrid Workshop: Hot Topics in Reproductive Biology

With the development of assisted reproductive technology (ART) about forty years ago, the treatment burden for male and unexplained infertility has fallen squarely on women. Balancing this burden requires revitalizing and investing in basic and clinical research on male infertility - to both improve treatment options and enable natural conception.

In recent years, we have seen a renaissance amongst the practitioners and researchers trying to understand myriads of problems leading to male infertility. The goal of organizing this webinar is to open a scientific dialogue to broaden our understanding of internal machinery and functions of male gametes and advances in treatment of many cases of male infertility which were untreatable in the past.

We hope that this educational initiative will contribute in a small way to the development of new therapies based on directly treating men for male infertility, which may enable less invasive treatments and even natural conception.

Reproductive Gynaecology Meeting

Infertility is a condition that concerns not only reproductive specialists but all gynecologists.

In recent years, reproductive medicine has undergone profound changes in the application and integration of the latest discoveries in the field of genetics.

The purpose of our congress is to know what innovations can be applied immediately in our clinical practice, and what the near future holds.
Participants should have answers to questions such as: are there new tests to safeguard the child's health? Are there new tests to improve spontaneous or PMA pregnancy rates? Are there new therapies or diagnostic tools in the management of infertility?

All these points will be evaluated with renowned speakers for the best clinical practice.

Workshop - The Andrologist in the IVF Center

In many IVF Centres, an adequate (or even any) andrological assessment of the male partner of infertile couples is seldom obtained, the assumption being that only the male gamete, and not the human subject, counts to achieve oocyte fertilisation and pregnancy, regardless of the man’s health condition. “The reproductive ability of couples with severe male factor infertility may be significantly impaired without an appropriate medical or surgical management of the severe spermatogenic dysfunction; on the other hand, couples are referred to donor sperm IUI or IVF when the male partner is azoospermic, without attempting to individuate the cause and the possible medical or surgical treatment of such a condition.

Such questionable way of managing infertile couple may expose the couples to increased risk of treatment failure; in addition, since male infertility has been proposed as an independent risk factor for poor health status and early mortality, if infertile men are evaluated early in life, there is an opportunity for health assessment, counselling, and disease prevention.

Clinical training in male infertility is most commonly part of andrology training; however some urologists or endocrinologists may have little experience in the counselling and management of infertile men. The purpose of the present Workshop is, thanks to the contribution of internationally renowned Experts in the field, to provide the audience with a comprehensive and evidence-based update on the diagnosis and treatment of male infertility.

EVENT

TIMETABLE and SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM /

Thursday, April 7th /

1st International Hybrid Workshop: Hot Topics in Reproductive Biology

President: Ashok Agarwal (Cleveland, USA)

08:30

Opening of Webinar and Introduction /

A. Agarwal (Cleveland)

Keynote lecture

08:40

Male Oxidative Stress Infertility (MOSI): A Hope for Patients with Idiopathic Male Infertility /

A. Agarwal (Cleveland)

First Session

Chairman: E. Vogiatzi (Maroussi/Athens)

09:15

Semen analysis does not predict male fertility: the need for sperm functional tests / M. Sabbaghian (Tehran)

09:30

Sperm chromatin integrity and its impact on embryo quality and ART outcome / E. Evgeni (Athens)

09:45

How to select healthy sperm for ICSI in samples with high DFI / N. Garrido (Valencia)

10:00

Question and Answer /

Moderator: R. Saleh (Sohag).

Co-Moderators: M. Gül (Konya), D. Durairajanayagam (Sungai Buloh)

Second Session

Chairman: L. Parmegiani (Bologna)