Disclosure about not having a conflict of interest
COI Dejan Ljiljak, COI Štimac Davor, COI Lara Marcijuš, COI Kristina Čavlović
The 8th Congress of the Croatian Society of Clinical Embryologists, Opatija, Croatia, 11/09/2023 – 13/09/2023 has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 6 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
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12th of September (Friday) SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM |
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LECTURER |
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08:50–09:00 |
Opening talk |
Dinka Pavičić Baldani (Croatia) Dejan Ljiljak (Croatia) |
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Special opening lecture 09:00-09:30 |
The World’s First IVF Baby: Louise Brown tells her story (short clip from movie „Joy“) |
Louise Brown (United Kingdom) |
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Moderators: Dejan Ljiljak (Croatia), Patrik Stanić (Croatia) |
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09:45-10:00 |
Advanced maternal age affects FET susceptibility to high oxygen environment |
Borut Kovačič (Slovenia) |
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10:00-10:15 |
Mitochondrial DNA mutation in human oocytes |
Thomas Ebner (Austria) |
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10:15-10:30 |
Management of low-quality blastocysts |
Catello Scarica (Italy) |
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10:30-10:45 |
Decoding embryo development: Patient and embryo factors shaping morphokinetics |
Andreu Quintana Vehi (Spain) |
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10:45-11:00 |
Discussion |
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11:00-11:30 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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Moderators: Borut Kovačič (Slovenia), Sanja Vujisić (Croatia) |
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11:30-11:45 |
Ultrafast warming of oocytes and embryos: Translational research meets clinical practice |
Mina Popović (Spain) |
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11:45-12:00 |
Embryo cryo protocols in 2025 |
Kelly Tilleman (Belgium) |
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12:00-12:15 |
Cryopreservation changes miRNA expression in spermatozoa |
Martin Štimpfel (Slovenia) |
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12:15-12:30 |
Epigenomic implication of embryo vitrification – what do we know? |
Marija Dundović (Croatia) |
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12:30-12:45 |
Frozen blastocyst: Day 5 vs day 6 survival and clinical outcomes |
Kristina Čavlović (Croatia) |
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12:45-13:00 |
Discussion |
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13:00-14:30 |
LUNCH BREAK |
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Moderators: Daria Hafner (Croatia), Tamara Tramišak (Croatia) |
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14:30-14:45 |
DET vs SET: more is less! |
Milica Krstivojević (Serbia) |
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14:45-15:00 |
Recurrent implantation failure (RIF) and recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) – a view from the IVF lab |
Davor Štimac (Croatia) |
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15:00-15:15 |
Evolution of non-invasive preimplantation genetic testing |
Lucija Božiković (Croatia) |
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15:15-15:30 |
ICSI for patients with non male factor infertility |
Neelke De Munck (Belgium) |
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15:30-15:45 |
Is microfluidic sperm separation the best option for daily routine? |
Branka Kovačević Obradović (Serbia) |
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15:45-16:00 |
Quality control in the IVF laboratory |
Andrijana Marković (Montenegro) |
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16:00-16:15 |
Mentorship programme: A better mentor, a better mentee |
Igor Matić (Croatia) |
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16:15-17:00 |
Discussion |
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17:00-18:00 |
New SoHO Regulation |
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17:00-17:15 |
Updates to new European legislation – short overview on new legislation (10min) |
Nina Gelo (Croatia) |
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17:15-17:30 |
Data transfer – to whom, when, why? – EU SoHo Platform/EuMAR/ National registries – to explain the differences between existing platforms and registries, as many confuse them – which data is sent where, which data is mandatory to send (e.g. national registries are mandatory, EU MAR is not but is recommended, and why) |
Kelly Tilleman (Belgium) |
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17:30-18:00 |
Round table Moderator – Nina Gelo (Croatia): Kelly Tilleman (Belgium), Vanja Vukić (Croatia), Milena Ivanković (Croatia) |
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Closing ceremony |
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Accommodation prices per day will include half-board service. (breakfast and dinner, tourist tax and VAT)
Accommodation for congress participants will be organized in several hotels in Opatija. A list of the hotel will be published on the website contres.hr.
Our most contemporary event space, Conference Park 25/7, is spread across three levels with nine meeting halls and the latest facilities. Designed with productivity and innovation in mind, our venue offers a dynamic space for business events, whatever your requirements.
On the Ground Floor, you’ll discover a business café with outdoor access and a layout that’s complementary to exhibitions and conferences in the main hall space. The First Floor features a spacious lobby, a help-yourself-coffee-station and a hall equipped with a stage – well-suited to business events and presentations. Meanwhile, our Second Floor space is conducive to exhibitions and launches, providing lobby space and a coffee bar.
Marginal gains: oocytes and blastocysts vitrification / Olga De Silva
TBA
(SPONSORED LECTURE by Vitrolife / FertiCAD)
Opatija is located 18 km northwest of the regional capital Rijeka, about 90 km from Trieste by rail and 82 km from Pula by road. The city is geographically on the Istrian peninsula, though not in Istria County. The tourist resort is situated on the Kvarner Gulf, part of the Adriatic coast, in a sheltered position at the foot of Učka mountain, with the Vojak peak reaching at a height of 1,401 m. As of 2021 consensus, the municipality had 10,661 inhabitants in total, of which 5,715 lived in the urban settlement.
The town is a popular summer and winter resort, with average high temperatures of 10 °C in winter, and 32 °C in summer. Opatija is surrounded by beautiful woods of bay laurel. The whole sea-coast to the north and south of Opatija is rocky and picturesque, and contains several smaller winter resorts.
