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8th Congress of the Croatian society of clinical embryologists

Dear colleagues and friends,

Every two years, the Croatian Society of Clinical Embryologists summarises new knowledge and trends in clinical embryology and human reproduction. One of our aims is to constantly review and talk about news in our field of interest. This year, we bring you great lecturers with new topics.

As you probably know, traditionally our congress is one part of a larger event in cooperation with the 14th Croatian Congress on Gynecologic Endocrinology, Human Reproduction, and Menopause (September 11–13, 2025, Opatija, same venue and two days more).

So, it is our great honour and privilege to invite you to our 7th Congress meeting!

Sincerely from us, and we hope to see you in Opatija!

On behalf of the Organisational committee, Dejan Ljiljak, President of the Society

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Committees

Organizational committee

Disclosure about not having a conflict of interest
COI Dejan Ljiljak, COI Štimac Davor, COI Lara Marcijuš, COI Kristina Čavlović

Program committee

EACCME

The 7th Congress of the Croatian Society of Clinical Embryologists, Opatija, Croatia, 15/09/2023 – 15/09/2023 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.
Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at www.ama-assn.org/education/earn-credit-participation-international-activities.

Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognised by the UEMS-EACCME® for ECMEC®s are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Scientific program

7th Congress of the Croatian Society of Clinical Embryologists Opatija, Croatia 2023.

Clinical Embriology Updates

September 15th

12th of September (Friday)

TIME

TITLE

LECTURER

08:50-09:00Opening talkDinka Pavičić Baldani
Dejan Ljiljak

Special opening lecture

09:00-09:30

TBA + short clip from movie „Joy“Louise Brown (GB)

PAUZA – Prijelaz u embriološku dvoranu (10min)

 Moderators: Dejan Ljiljak, Patrik Stanić

09:45-10:00

Advanced maternal age affects FET susceptibility to high oxygen environmentBorut Kovačič (SLO)

10:00-10:15

Mitochondrial DNA mutation in human oocytesThomas Ebner (AUT)

10:15-10:30

Management of low-quality blastocystsCatello Scarica (ITA)

10:30-10:45

Decoding embryo development: Patient and embryo factors shaping morphokinetics

Andreu Quintana Vehi (ES)

10:45-11:00

Discussion

11:00-11:30

COFFEE BREAK

 Moderators: Borut Kovačič, Sanja Vujisić

11:30-11:45

Ultrafast warming of oocytes and embryos: Translational research meets clinical practice

Mina Popović (ES)

11:45-12:00

Embryo cryo protocols in 2025Kelly Tilleman (B)

12:00-12:15

Cryopreservation changes miRNA expression in spermatozoaMartin Štimpfel (SLO)

12:15-12:30

Epigenomic implication of embryo vitrification – what do we know?Marija Dundović (CRO)

12:30-12:45

Frozen blastocyst: Day 5 vs day 6 survival and clinical outcomesKristina Čavlović (CRO)

12:45-13:00

Discussion

13:00-14:30

LUNCH BREAK

 Moderators: Daria Hafner, Tamara Tramišak

14:30-14:45

DET vs SET: more is less!Milica Krstivojević (SRB)

14:45-15:00

Recurrent implantation failure (RIF) and recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) – a view from the IVF labDavor Štimac (CRO)

15:00-15:15

Evolution of non-invasive preimplantation genetic testingLucija Božiković (CRO)

15:15-15:30

ICSI for patient with non male factor infertilityNeelke De Munck (B)

15:30-15:45

Is microfluidic sperm separation the best option for daily routine?Branka Kovačević Obradović (SRB)

15:45-16:00

Quality control in the IVF laboratoryAndrijana Marković (MN)

16:00-16:15

Mentorship programme: A better mentor, a better menteeIgor Matić (CRO)

16:15-17:00

Discussion

17:00-18:00

New SoHO Regulation

17:00-17:15

Updates to new European legislation – short overview on new legislation (10min)Nina Gelo (CRO)

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 (B)

17:30-18:00

Round table

moderator – Nina Gelo (CRO):

Kelly Tilleman (B), Vanja Vukić (CRO), Milena Ivanković (CRO)

18:00-18:30

Marginal gains: oocytes and blastocysts vitrification
Sponsor lecture by CooperSurgical
Olga De Silva (UKR)

18:30-18:45

Closing ceremony

Registration

REGISTER HERE

Register for Embryologists congress

15th September, 2023.
130€
  •  
1 day

Register for whole meeting

14-16 September, 2023.
300€
  • if you register before July 15, registration fee is 260€
3 days

Accommodation

Hotels, resorts & more

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.

VENUE

AMADRIA PARK

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.

Sponsors

SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM

18:15 – 18:30
New systems and products of Narishige and Evident manufacturers as part of IVF solutions / Marko Badovinac
(sponsored lecture by Labena) 

18:30 – 18:50
Gx media – A new level of protection for gametes and embryos / Bert Stewart
(sponsored lecture by Vitrolife/FertiCAD)

List of confirmed sponsors and supporters (in alphabetical order):

About opatija

a magnificent coastal town on the Adriatic Sea

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.

Contact

Official congress language is English