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Program Schedule of PGDIS 2021 Conference

Berlin, April 12-14, 2021

DAY 1- Monday 12th April


8:15-8:30 Opening and Welcome – D Cram & A Kuliev
8:30-9:00 Plenary lecture: Artificial Intelligence and biomarkers of developmentally competent
embryos – TBA

9:00-10:30 Session 1. Beyond aneuploidy - adjunct methods to assist identification of


developmentally competent euploid embryos – Chairmen: C Simon and D Cram
9:00-9:30 Transcriptomics: Mapping transcriptional profile and its correlation to embryo
developmental competence – RF Gallardo
9:30-10.00 Metabolomics: Potential biomarkers of developmentally competent embryos – S Munne
10:00-10:30 MtDNA: Revisiting its relevance for evaluation of embryo developmental competence - R
Scott

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-11:30 Plenary lecture: Origins and mechanisms of aneuploidy, sub-chromosomal variations


and mosaicism - U Eichenlaub- Ritter
11:30-13:00 Session 2. Identification and transfer of embryos with abnormal copy number
variation - Chairmen: S Munne and U Eichenlaub- Ritter
11:30-12:00 -Mosaicism in PGT-A and related PND Experience – FR Grati
12:00-12:30 Sub-chromosomal Variations- Clinical and Biological Significance- M Katz-Jaffe
12:30-13:00 Follow up of Embryos with Mosaicism and Segmental Aneuploidy – M Popovic

13:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK

14.00-14.30 Plenary Lecture: PGT-A as Standard IVF practice in US – R Scott


14:30-15.30 Session 3. Free communications (selected abstracts related to Clinical PGT-A) –
Chairmen: A Thornhill & T Gordon

15:30-16:00 Coffee Break

16:00-16:30 Plenary Lecture: CRISPR-based disease modification as possible extension of PGT- H


O’Neill
16:30-18:00 Session 4. Automation for improved IVF and PGT – Chairmen: G Harton & T
Strowitzki
16:30-17:00 Automated Embryo Biopsy Procedures - Yu Sun
17:00-17:30 Robotic introduction to NGS procedure – G Harton
17:30-18:00 Automated procedure for sampling Spend Culture Medium- S Munne

Day 2 – Tuesday 13th April


8.30-9.00 Summary of highlights of previous day and introduction to the second day – A Handyside
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9:00-10:30 Session 5. New approaches for universal PGT- Chairmen: D Leigh and A Handyside
9:00 - 9:30 Advantages and disadvantages of available technologies for comprehensive PGT - D Wells
9:30-10:00 Practical application of universal PGT - J Vermeesch
10:00-10:30 Third generation sequencing – D Leigh

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-13.00 Session 6. Free communications (selected abstracts related to session 5)-Chairmen: K


Xu & S Hamamah

13:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK

14.00-14.30 Plenary Lecture: Expanded Carrier Screening in PGT-M Uptake - JL Simpson


14:30-15:30 Session 7. Current Spectrum of PGT-M application:– Chairmen: S Rechitsky and JL
Simpson
14.30-15.00 PGT-M Indications: Classification, Accuracy and Clinical Outcome - S Rechitsky
15.00 -15.30 Pinpointing genes involved in severe infertility- S Kahraman

15.30 -16.00 Coffee Break

16:00-18:00 Session 8. Free communications related to session 7 – Chairmen: S Kahraman & M


Katz-Jaffe

Day 3, April 14
8:30-9:00 Summary of highlights of previous day and Introduction to the third day- JL Simpson

9.00-10:30 Session 9. Debate: Ethical and Legal Challenges for Modern PGT Advances –TBA
To be replaced

10:30- 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-12:20 Session 10. Progress in Non-invasive PGT and PND: Chairmen: L Gianaroli; C
Rubio
11:00-11:20 Potential of blastocoel fluid as an approach for NIPGT - L Gianaroli
11:20-11:40 Spent culture medium based NIPGT: how close for practical application- C Rubio
11:40-12:00 Progress in PGT without IVF - TBA
12:00-12:20 NIPT using isolated placental cells from cervical swabs - M Fraser
12:20-12:40 Late Breaking News -TBA
12:40-13:00 Closing Remarks - D Cram & A Kuliev

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