ASPIRE will be running a series of webinars starting from October 2020.
Registration now open for Webinars:
– “Impact of COVID-19 in an ART Laboratory” live forum session – Register by Friday, 27 November 2020.
– “The Thin Endometrium” live forum session – Register by Friday, 4 December 2020.
(Kindly note that programme and details subject to change, updates will be available on this page)
| Webinar Title | Topics & Speakers | Pre-Recorded Lectures will be released on | Live Forum Session on |
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| Add-ons in the ART Lab: Part 1
Forum session concluded. |
Breaking News: Is ICSI an Add-on?
Speaker: Dr. Ho Manh Tuong (Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam) Sperm Selection Techniques
Speaker: Dr. George Liperis (Sydney, Australia) *Session moderated by Associate Professor Louise Hull (Adelaide, Australia)
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Sat, 10 Oct 2020 | Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2020 Time: 10am (GMT+8) |
| Add-ons in the ART Lab: Part 2
Forum session concluded. |
Oocyte Activation – To Do or Not?
Speaker: Professor Atsushi Tanaka (Fukuoka, Japan) Piezo: Better or Not? (Covering latest evidences and Pros and Cons of Piezo)
Speaker: Dr. Deirdre Zander-Fox (Melbourne, Australia) Assisted Hatching: What is the Evidence in 2020? *Session will be moderated by Professor Budi Wiweko (Jakarta, Indonesia)
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Sat, 17 Oct 2020 | Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2020 Time: 10am (GMT+8) |
| Conversation with Experts: Laboratory Factors that Impact Embryo Culture Outcomes
Forum session concluded. |
Dry vs Humidified Incubator: Maintain Stable Temperature, pH and Osmolality
Speaker: Professor Yasuyuki Mio (Yonago, Japan) Day 5-7 Blastocyst Culture and Vitrification: How to make More and Better Blastocysts?
Speaker: Dr. Keshav Malhotra (Agra, India) A Successful PGT Program: Key factors from Embryo Biopsy to Outcome Interpretation
Speaker: Dr. Alpesh Doshi (London, United Kingdom) KPIs in the ART Labs: Select Meaningful Indicators and Set Actionable Targets
Speaker: Dr Haroon Latif (Lahore, Pakistan) *Session will be moderated by Professor Arthur Chang (San Antonio, USA)
This webinar is supported with an unrestricted education grant from FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific
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This webinar will be held as a live session.
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2020 |
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| PGT-A: Part 1
Forum session concluded. |
Are Aneuploidy Rates Affected by ART Practice?
Speaker: Dr. Santiago Munné (Madrid, Spain) Using PGT-A Wisely – When and How?
Speaker: Professor Yanwen Xu (Guangzhou, China) *Session will be moderated by Professor Atsushi Tanaka (Fukuoka, Japan)
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Sat, 31 Oct 2020 | Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2020 Time: 3pm (GMT+8) |
| PGT-A: Part 2
Forum session concluded. |
Pitfalls in PGT-M
Speaker: Professor Junhao Yan (Shandong, China) Transfer of Mosaic embryos – ESHRE Framework
Speaker: Dr Francesca Spinella (Rome, Italy) *Session will be moderated by Dr Ivan Sini (Jakarta, Indonesia)
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Sat, 7 Nov 2020 | Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2020 Time: 3pm (GMT+8) |
| Non-Invasive PGT-A: Part 3
Forum session concluded. |
Non-Invasive PGT- Scientific Approach
Speaker: Dr. Antonio Capalbo (Rome, Italy) Non-Invasive PGT-A: What Does it Offer the Patients?
Speaker: Prof. Carlos Simón (Valencia, Spain) DNA Amplification in Non-Invasive PGT
Speaker: Dr. Sijia Lu (Shanghai, China) *Session will be moderated by Professor Chii-Ruey Tzeng (Taipei, Taiwan)
This webinar is supported with an unrestricted education grant from Abbott
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Sat, 14 Nov 2020 | Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2020 Time: 3pm (GMT+8) |
| Impact of COVID-19 in an ART Laboratory
*Registration now open for Live Forum Session! |
Impact of COVID-19 on Reproductive System
Speaker: Dr. Virgilio Novero (Manila, Philippines) SARS-COV-2 in Gametes and Embryos – Best Practices to Reduce Risk in the IVF Laboratory
Speaker: Dr. Kimball O. Pomeroy (Phoenix, USA) *Session will be moderated by Professor Chi Ling (Stamford, USA) and Professor Arthur Chang (San Antonio, USA)
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Sat, 21 Nov 2020 | Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2020 Time: 10am (GMT+8) |
| The Thin Endometrium
*Registration now open for Live Forum Session! |
How Thin is too Thin and When?
Speaker: Associate Professor Louise Hull (Adelaide, Australia) Causes and Pathogenesis
Speaker: Professor Gendie Lash (Guangzhou, China) Treatments – Surgical
Speaker: Professor Tin-Chiu Li (Hong Kong) Treatments – Hormones
Speaker: Dr Christos Venetis (Sydney, Australia) Treatments – Innovative
Speaker: Dr Madhuri Patil (Bangalore, India) Platelet Rich Plasma for the Thin Endometrium *Session will be moderated by Dr Virgilio Novero (Manila, Philippines)
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Sat, 28 Nov 2020 | Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2020 Time: 10am (GMT+8) |
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Keeping in mind the different locations our ASPIRE members are in and all of your busy schedules, ASPIRE have decided to released recorded lecture sessions to be accessed by our members at anywhere, anytime.
Take your time to watch these videos, to digest them and prepare your questions or cases! Recorded lecture sessions will be released on ASPIRE’s website and educational portal one week before the live forum session is scheduled. *Announcement will be made when recorded lectures are available. |
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Watched all the lecture presentations shared by our experts and you have questions? Here is where all your questions or cases will be discussed!
Join us for an hour in a live interactive forum session where our experts will address and discuss your questions and cases. *Registration required for live forum session. Details on registration for each of the respective webinars will be released by ASPIRE Secretariat via emailer and on this page |
Add-ons in the ART Lab: Part 1 – CONCLUDED
Pre-recorded lecture sessions: release on Saturday, 10 October 2020
Live forum session: Saturday, 17 October 2020 at 10am (GMT+8)
Session moderated by Associate Professor Louise Hull (Adelaide, Australia)
Agenda
- Breaking News: Is ICSI an Add-on?
Speaker: Dr. Ho Manh Tuong (Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam) - Sperm Selection Techniques
Speaker: Dr. George Liperis (Sydney, Australia)
Lecture and forum session recordings are available to watch here
Add-ons in the ART Lab: Part 2 – CONCLUDED
Pre-recorded lecture sessions: release on Sat, 17 October 2020
Live forum session: Sat, 24 October 2020 at 10am (GMT+8)
Session moderated by Professor Budi Wiweko (Jakarta, Indonesia)
Agenda
- Oocyte Activation – To Do or Not?
Speaker: Professor Atsushi Tanaka (Fukuoka, Japan) - Piezo: Better or Not? (latest evidences and pros and cons of Piezo)
Speaker: Associate Professor Deirdre Zander-Fox (Melbourne, Australia) - Assisted Hatching: What is the Evidence in 2020? (what happen since the last Cochrane review?)
Speaker: Dr. Haroon Latif (Lahore, Pakistan)
Lecture and forum session recordings are available to watch here.
Conversation with Experts: Laboratory Factors that Impact Embryo Culture Outcomes – CONCLUDED
A quick view on basic concept, followed by literature review or first-hand experience on what works and what don’t.
This webinar is supported with an unrestricted education grant from FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific
Live forum session: Sat, 31 October 2020 at 5pm (GMT+8)
Session moderated by Professor Arthur Chang (San Antonio, USA)
- Dry vs Humidified Incubator: Maintain Stable Temperature, pH and Osmolality
Speaker: Professor Yasuyuki Mio (Yonago, Japan) - Day 5-7 Blastocyst Culture and Vitrification: How to make More and Better Blastocysts?
Speaker: Dr. Keshav Malhotra (Agra, India) - A Successful PGT Program: Key factors from Embryo Biopsy to Outcome Interpretation
Speaker: Dr. Alpesh Doshi (London, United Kingdom) - KPIs in the ART Labs: Select Meaningful Indicators and Set Actionable Targets
Speaker: Dr. Haroon Latif (Lahore, Pakistan)
Webinar session recording is available to watch here
PGT-A: Part 1 – CONCLUDED
Pre-recorded lecture sessions: release on Sat, 31 October 2020
Live forum session: Sat, 7 November 2020 at 3pm (GMT+8)
Session moderated by Professor Atsushi Tanaka (Fukuoka, Japan)
Agenda
- Are Aneuploidy Rates Affected by ART Practice?
Speaker: Dr. Santiago Munné (Madrid, Spain) - Using PGT A Wisely – When and How?
Speaker: Professor Yanwen Xu (Guangzhou, China)
Webinar session recording is available to watch here
PGT-A: Part 2 – CONCLUDED
Pre-recorded lecture sessions: release on Sat, 7 November 2020
Live forum session: Sat, 14 November 2020 at 3pm (GMT+8)
Session moderated by Dr Ivan Sini (Jakarta, Indonesia)
Agenda
- Pitfalls in PGT-M
Speaker: Professor Junhao Yan (Shandong, China) - Transfer of Mosaic Embryos – ESHRE Framework
Speaker: Dr Francesca Spinella (Rome, Italy)
Webinar session recording is available to watch here
Non-Invasive PGT-A: Part 3 – CONCLUDED
This webinar is supported with an unrestricted education grant from Abbott.
Pre-recorded lecture sessions: release on Sat, 14 November 2020
Live forum session: Sat, 21 November 2020 at 3pm (GMT+8)
Session moderated by Professor Chii-Ruey Tzeng (Taipei, Taiwan)
Agenda
- Non-Invasive PGT- Scientific Approach
Speaker: Dr. Antonio Capalbo (Rome, Italy) - Non-Invasive PGT-A: What Does it Offer the Patients?
Speaker: Professor Carlos Simón (Valencia, Spain) - DNA Amplification in Non-Invasive PGT
(reading DNA profile in PGTA, techniques about sequencing)
Speaker: Dr. Sijia Lu (Shanghai, China)
Webinar session recording is available to watch here
Impact of COVID-19 in an ART Laboratory
Pre-recorded lecture sessions: Release on Sat, 21 November 2020
Live forum session: Sat, 28 November 2020 at 10am (GMT+8)
Session moderated by Professor Chi Ling (Stamford, USA) and Professor Arthur Chang (San Antonio, USA)
Agenda
- Impact of COVID-19 on Reproductive System
Speaker: Dr. Virgilio Novero (Manila, Philippines) - SARS-COV-2 in Gametes and Embryos – Best Practices to Reduce Risk in the IVF Laboratory
Speaker: Dr. Kimball O. Pomeroy (Phoenix, USA)
Registration for live forum session is open. Register by 27 November 2020.
| To register |  Scan QR Code |
or | Enter link https://bit.ly/37NPUN6 |
The Thin Endometrium
Pre-recorded lecture sessions: release on Sat, 28 November 2020
Live forum session: Sat, 5 December 2020 at 10am (GMT+8)
Session moderated by Dr Virgilio Novero (Manila, Philippines)
Agenda
- How Thin is too Thin and When?
Speaker: Associate Professor Louise Hull (Adelaide, Australia) - Causes and Pathogenesis
Speaker: Professor Gendie Lash (Guangzhou, China) - Treatments – Surgical
Speaker: Professor Tin-Chiu Li (Hong Kong) - Treatments – Hormones
Speaker: Dr Christos Venetis (Sydney, Australia) - Treatments – Innovative
Speaker: Dr Madhuri Patil (Bangalore, India) - Platelet Rich Plasma for the Thin Endometrium
Speaker: Dr Clare Boothroyd (Brisbane, Australia)
Registration for live forum session is open. Register by 4 December 2020.
| To register |  Scan QR Code |
or | Enter link https://bit.ly/2Gp45g2 |
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Dr. Kimball O. Pomeroy, PhD, HCLD
Alpesh is a consultant Clinical Embryologist and a co-founder of IVF London. He is also a co-founder and director of the Embryology and PGD Academy. Alpesh previously worked at the Centre for Reproductive and Genetic Health in the leading capacity as a Director of Embryology for 19 years and was pivotal in optimising the success rates. He was also an honorary consultant at the Reproductive Medicine Unit at UCLH NHS Trust. He holds a postgraduate degree in Human Reproductive Medicine and has qualified from the prestigious Imperial College School of Medicine.
I am an ESHRE certified Clinical and Research Embryologist practicing Clinical Embryology, combining genetic analysis and research in Human reproduction. My current position is that of Deputy Scientific Director at Westmead Fertility Centre and Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney. My research interest consists of the development of improved methods of assisted conception. During my studies and professional career, I have developed a range of clinical, research and teaching skills and have been invited to teach at workshops and present at a number of international conferences. My list of publications includes book chapters in routine quality control and control of variables in the IVF laboratory.
Scientific Director of Victoria Monash IVF and KL Fertility, Associate Professor Monash University, Associate Professor University of South Australia and Associate Professor University of Adelaide
Current Position:
Dr. Keshav Malhotra holds a masters degree in Clinical Embryology and is one of the few ESHRE certified Clinical Embryologists in INDIA. He is the Lab Director of Rainbow IVF and now the Director of Malhotra Embryology Training Academy. Dr. Malhotra is on the board of ISAR and ISPAT and has worked of Key projects pertaining to Embryology in the country like the Occupational Standard for Embryologists and the Embryology Consensus.
Dr. Virgilio M. Novero Jr. is the Head of the Center for Advanced Reproductive Medicine and Infertility (CARMI) in Metro Manila and was responsible for its operationalization in 2011. Today, Dr. Novero has transformed CARMI to be the most advanced local IVF center with state-of-the-art services as time-lapse videography, ovarian-tissue-cryopreservation, and pre-implantation genetic screening.
Dr. Munné gained his Ph.D. in Genetics from the University of Pittsburgh and joined Dr. Jacques Cohen at Cornell University Medical College (NY), where he developed the first Preimplantation Genetic Testing (PGT) method to detect chromosome abnormalities (1993), for which he received prizes in 1994 and 1995 by SART. Dr. Munné became the Director of PGT at The Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Science of Saint Barnabas in 1995 where he developed the first test to detect chromosome translocations (1996 SART prize), as well as demonstrating a significant decrease in spontaneous abortions after PGT (1998 SART prize). His team and collaborators were the first to suggest and demonstrate higher implantation rates, lower rates of spontaneous abortions as well as trisomic offspring after PGT.
Dr Xu Yanwen is the professor and director of the reproductive medical center of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University. She got the first successful PGD live birth in China 2000. Her main research interests are preimplantation genetic diagnosis, miRNA in human oocytes, and circadian clock regulation in female reproduction. Currently, she is the vice chairman of Society of Reproductive Medicine in Guangdong Province.
Scientific Coordinator, Eurofins Genoma Group, Molecular Genetics Laboratories, Rome-Milan, Italy
Scientific and Laboratory Director Igenomix Italy
Board Certified and Full Professor of Ob/Gyn at the University of Valencia, Spain; Senior Lecturer PT, BIDMC Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA, Adjunct Professor, Department of Ob/Gyn, Baylor College of Medicine, USA and Head of the Scientific Advisory Board of Igenomix.
Ivan Rizal Sini (MD, FRANZCOG, GDRM, MMIS, SpOG) is President Commissary of PT Bundamedik, CEO of Morula IVF Indonesia and Senior Clinician at Morula IVF in Jakarta. He is also a research staff at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Adelaide; a member of the Indonesian Medical Doctor Association (IDI), Indonesian Obstetrics and Gynaecologist Association (POGI), Indonesian Gynaecology Endoscopy Society (IGES), Royal Australian New Zealand College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (RANZCOG); and an international board member of the Indonesian Association of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF).
Dr. Lu founded Yikon Genomics together with Prof. X. Sunney Xie after he received his PhD in chemistry and chemical biology from Harvard University in 2012. Dr. Lu is the co-inventor of the MALBAC®technology. Since then, Dr. Lu has led the Yikon technical team in further developing the technology in the field of reproductive health. Dr. Lu is among the key investigators in the first MALBAC-PGD™ baby, and the first baby born with non-invasive chromosome screening (NICS™) of embryos prior to implantation. Dr. Lu’s work has been highlighted in high-profile journals such as Science, Nature, PNAS.
Associate Professor Louise Hull is the Discipline Head of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and leads the Endometriosis Group and Fertility and Conception Theme at the Robinson Institute, University of Adelaide. She undertakes research in basic science, digital technologies, and clinical translation in endometriosis, implantation disorders and miscarriage. She publishes widely, presents at international conferences, supervises PhD students and teaches reproductive medicine to medical students, registrars and reproductive medicine fellows. She has received numerous grants, fellowships and awards.
Gendie Lash is a Principle Investigator in the Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center. She graduated from the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand with a BSc (Hons) and PhD. Her research program focuses on development and remodeling of the uterine spiral arteries and how failures in these processes impact on women’s reproductive health.
Prof Li is Director of the Assisted Reproductive Technology Unit at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong. He previously held the position of Professor of Reproductive Medicine and Surgery at Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK.
Christos A. Venetis MD, MSc (Res), MSc (HCM), PhD, FRANZCOG, CSST ReproMed (EBCOG/ESHRE)
Dr. Madhuri Patil MD, DGO, FCPS, DFP, FICOG
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