ASPIRE’s outstanding 2026 Congress in Beijing accelerated its growing status on the world stage of fertility health and assisted reproductive technology.
Around 3,300 delegates attended the Beijing Congress with many of the 60 countries represented attending ASPIRE’s premier annual event for the first time.
Renowned for its academic and research institutions, Beijing is a hub for science, technology and international collaboration. China is the biggest provider of assisted reproductive technology services in the world and for Beijing, a city of 22 million people, it was the 20th anniversary of the first ASPIRE Congress in 2006.
President, Dr Haroon Latif, said ASPIRE was building a new era of cross border collaboration and networking to widen membership and influence.
“Our region accounts for over two-thirds of the world's IVF cycles and ASPIRE continues to play a critical role in advancing clinical standards, education, and research in reproductive medicine across the Asia Pacific.”
Dr Latif said the success of the Beijing meeting augurs well for ASPIRE’s 2027 Congress in Yokohama, Japan next May.
“Thousands of specialists in assisted reproduction from across the world came to the Congress in Beijing to address fertility health challenges that impact on the Asia Pacific region and beyond,” he added.
“Throughout its relatively short history, assisted reproductive technology has faced many challenges, but it has overcome each of them to support those striving for parenthood.”
Dr Latif said ASPIRE had grown to become one of the world’s biggest and most influential societies in assisted reproduction and it has created dynamic education and awareness programs with communication technologies reaching participants across the globe.
“ASPIRE has established close links with other international bodies including the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the International Federation of Fertility Societies and the Global Andrology Forum,” he explained.
“We are working collaboratively to achieve our objectives including raising awareness and understanding of infertility and to address vital issues of equitable and affordable access to care.
“I look forward to working closely with our dynamic ASPIRE community and the exceptional Board that guides it. With our shared commitment, collective wisdom, and deep expertise, I am confident that we can shape a future for ASPIRE that is impactful, inclusive and truly transformative for reproductive health across the region.”
