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1st NOW-fertility International Congress

‘Personalised IVF’

Online via Zoom
6 - 7 October 2023

Introduction

We are pleased to announce that the 1st NOW-fertility International Congress will be held virtually on 6th and 7th October 2023. The theme is ‘Personalised IVF’ and the scientific programme will cover the most relevant and controversial topics in the modern era of in-vitro fertilisation. 

Our Chief Medical Officer Dr Antoine Abu Musa, Chair of the Scientific Committee, has put together a stimulating and interesting programme to include one suite of presentations from a representative of each of our worldwide partner centres, and three scientific sessions on individualised treatments in IVF, controversies in reproductive medicine and future of IVF. We count on the contribution of a panel of renowned international speakers and chairpersons. The Congress has been granted 6.0 European CME credits (ECMEC®s) by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®).

EACCME

The Congress is free to attend and we welcome registrations from all fertility professionals working within the specialty.

Scientific Programme

Friday, 6 October 2023​
Session I: Experience, case studies & research
18.00 – 21.00 CET
Capsule
The partnership between NOW-fertility and the very best fertility clinics around the world aims to provide patients with state-of-the-art treatment. The teams from different centres will present their experience, case studies and research.
Moderators
Antoine Abu Musa | Amr Mamoon | Nicolas Darazi
18.00 – 18:05
Welcome
Luciano Nardo
18:05 – 18:20
Hygeia (Greece)
Evangelos Makrakis
18:20 – 18:35
Polyclinique Les Jasmins (Tunisia)
Riadh Ben Temime
18:35 – 18:50
Centrum IVF Center (Turkey)
Emre Pabuccu
18:50 – 19:05
Artvimed (Poland)
Bartosz Chrostowski
19:05 – 19:20
Eugin (Spain)
Alexandra Izquierdo
19:20 – 19:35
HealthPlus (KSA)
Fawaz Edris
19:35 – 19:50
Centro HERA (Italy)
Sandrine Chamayou
19:50 – 20:05
Egyptian IVF Center (Egypt)
Mona Abul Ghar
20:05 – 20:20
London Women’s Clinic (UK)
Mimi Arian Schad
20:20 – 20:35
Pozitivf (USA)
Francisco Arredondo
20:35 – 20:50
Bourn Hall Fertility (UAE)
Diana Kayal
20:50 – 21:00
Q&A – Closing Remarks
Saturday, 7 October 2023​
Session I: Individualised treatments in IVF
09:00 – 10:40 CET
Capsule
Individualised care in IVF has resulted in safer treatments and improved pregnancy rates.
Moderators
Bartosz Chrostowski | Markus Nitzschke | Mohamed Aboulghar
09:00 – 09:20
Individualised stimulation of unexpected poor responders
George Nikolopoulos
Greece
09:20 – 09:40
Individualised luteal phase support in fresh and frozen embryo transfers
Gamal Serour
Egypt
09:40 – 10:00
Dual trigger – why and when?
Riadh Ben Temime
Tunisia
10:00 – 10:20
Progesterone suppression vs GnRH-antagonist to control stimulation
Alexandra Izquierdo
Spain
10:20 – 10:40
Discussion
Session II: Controversies in reproductive medicine
11:30 – 13:10 CET
Capsule
Some treatment options in IVF remain a matter of much debate and lack of consensus.
Moderators
Evangelos Makrakis | Antonino Guglielmino | Francisco Arredondo
11:30 – 11:50
Ovarian rejuvenation: hype or hope?
Fawaz Edris
KSA
11:50 – 12:10
When and why PGT-A use in IVF?
Sandrine Chamayou
Italy
12:10 – 12:30
Fertility preservation and onco-fertility updates
Diana Kayal
UAE
12:30 – 12:50
Should we treat adenomyosis before IVF?
Emre Pabuccu
Turkey
12:50 – 13:10
Discussion
Session III: Future of IVF
14.30 – 16.00 CET
Capsule
A new era in IVF treatment is unfolding based on telehealth, self-monitoring and AI.
Moderators
Antoine Abu Musa | Ioannis Gryparis | Diana Kayal
14:30 – 14:50
AI in the IVF lab
Bartosz Chrostowski
Poland
14:50 – 15:10
Is standard semen analysis enough to diagnose male factor infertility?
Francisco Arredondo
USA
15:10 – 15.30
Telehealth and remote monitoring in IVF
Luciano Nardo
Switzerland
15:30 – 15.45
Discussion
15.45 – 16.00
Closing remarks
Antoine Abu Musa
Lebanon

Scientific Committee

Antoine Abu Musa
Antoine Abu Musa (Chair)
- Chief Medical Officer, NOW-fertility, Switzerland
Nicolas Darazi
Nicolas Darazi
- Medical Director Middle East Region, NOW-fertility, Switzerland
Ioannis Gryparis
Ioannis Gryparis
- Medical Director South Europe, NOW-fertility, Switzerland
Riadh Ben Temim
Riadh Ben Temime
- Medical Director North Africa, NOW-fertility, Switzerland

Faculty

Amr Mamoon – Egyptian IVF Center, Egypt
Luciano Nardo – NOW-fertility, Switzerland
Bartosz Chrostowski – Artvimed, Poland
Markus Nitzschke – NOW-fertility, Switzerland
Mohamed Aboulghar – Egyptian IVF Center, Egypt
George Nikolopoulos – Hygeia, Greece
Gamal Serour – Egyptian IVF Center, Egypt
Alexandra Izquierdo – Eugin, Spain

Evangelos Makrakis – Hygeia, Greece
Antonino Guglielmino – Centro Hera, Italy
Francisco Arredondo – Pozitivf, USA
Fawaz Edris – HealthPlus, KSA
Sandrine Chamayou – Centro Hera, Italy
Diana Kayal – Bourn Hall, UAE
Emre Pabuccu – Centrum IVF Center, Turkey

Please note: To register for our Congress, you will require a valid Zoom account. You can sign up to Zoom for free by clicking here.

General Information

The Congress has been granted 6.0 European CME credits (ECMEC®s) by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®).

Certificates of Attendance will be issued on submission of a completed evaluation form after the event. Participants must attend all sessions to be eligible for the Certificate of Attendance.

Organising Secretariat

Supported by

Merck

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