Copenhagen 2005 Conference Agenda & Abstracts

Friday 17 June, 2005

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(Symposium brochure: please click here).

The iCSi symposium was held at the Radisson SAS Royal Hotel:

Radisson SAS  Royal Hotel
Hammerichsgade 1,
DK-1611 Copenhagen V, Denmark
Tel: +45-33-42-60-00
Fax: +45-33-42-61-00

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DAY 1

9.00  Welcome - Sandra Dill AM

9.10 Introducing LFUB - Denmark    Helle Ekeroth

Session One
Chair: Martina Lineham, NISIG

iCSi Around the World           
9.25 European Infertility Alliance -   Clare Brown
9.50 African Infertility Alliance - Rita Sembuya
10.00 American Infertility Alliance -  Bev Hanck
10.15 Asia Pacific Infertility Alliance - Yukari Semba

Session Two 
Chair: José van der Schoor-Knijenburg, Freya

11.00 Single Embryo Transfer: the Belgium project - Prof. dr. Petra De Sutter, Belgium
11.25 New scientific advances:  Ovarian Tissue Freezing - Dr Debra Gook, Australia
11.50 ESHRE Patient Leader Forum (EPLF) Update - Sandra Dill, Australia

Session Three  
Chair:  Pamela Madsen - American Fertility Association

13.30 Understanding Oocyte Donation - Dr Elizabeth Grill,  USA

13.55 - 14.55
Networking over coffee and dessert

14.20 Moderators' meeting

18.00 Cocktail reception

19.00 Dinner Speaker  Ms Chantal Seror-Ramogida, Follow Up France:
Kids' follow up, and now for something completely different!

Presentation of inaugural Patient Leader Award
 

DAY 2

Session Four     

9.00 Infertility treatment: the patient's perspective,   Beverly Hanck, IAAC Canada
9.20 Infertility Treatment and Health Economics,  Dr  Maria Granberg - Sweden 


Session Five: Successes and challenges in patient associations

9.45 Working Group A:  Successes - how achieved    
Moderators:   Geradine Fitzpatrick, NISIG, Geertrui de Cock, GRIDO
  
10.25 Working Group B:  Barriers/Challenges - how managed
Moderators:   Clare Brown, INUK, Bianca Mathieu, GRIDO    

Session Six:  Concrete action items to take home  

11.30 Working Group C     
Moderators:   Conrad Engler, Wunschkind, Beverly Hanck, IAAC   
 
12.25 Patient Association Management Tool Kit  - agreement on next draft
Moderator:  Joe Isaacs, RESOLVE
       
Session Seven: Information sharing and resources in ART and DI

Chair:  Petra Thorn, Wunschkind   
14.15 How can Information sharing in ART reduce stigmatisation and taboo
Petra Thorn, Germany
       
14.40 Family building by DI and changes in legislation and its impact on families
Olivia Montuschi & Walter Merricks, UK

15.05 Information sharing in Asian countries - current discussions and development
Dr.Yukari Semba & Kiyomi Shimizu, Japan

15.30 Sharing information with adults conceived as a  result of donor insemination
Prof. Ken Daniels, New Zealand
       
16.00 - 17.15 Round table