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Agenda - Conference of the Oncofertility Consortium

Agenda: Day 0 - Sunday, November 5, 2023

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Pre-Conference Hands-On Workshops on Ovarian & Testicular Tissue Cryopreservation at the Orwig lab, Magee-Womens Research Institute. Attendance capped at 16. Lunch will be provided

Agenda: Day 1 - Monday, November 6, 2023
7:00 - 8:00 AM

Registration, Continental Breakfast & Networking

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Breakout Sessions & Workshops

Time

Hall 1

Hall 2

Hall 3

Hall 4

8:00 – 10:00 AM

Male Oncofertility

Female Oncofertility

ECHO Training Workshop

Fellow Education Day-A

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Pediatric Initiative Network

Breakout Session 6

ECHO Training Workshop

Fellow Education Day-A

12:00 – 1:00 PM

Lunch Break

Lunch Break

Lunch Break

Lunch Break

1:00 – 3:00 PM

Practice

Startup + SOAR

Patient Navigation Workshop

Fellow Education Day-B

3:00 – 5:00 PM

Surgery

Non-Oncology Fertility Preservation

Patient Navigation Workshop

Fellow Education Day-B

6:00 - 8:00 PM
Reception/Dinner at The Assembly, 5051 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Agenda: Day 2 - Tuesday, November 7, 2023
8:00 – 8:15 AM
Welcome: Conference Chairs
- Molly Moravek (University of Michigan, USA)
- Julie Rios (University of Pittsburgh, USA)

8:15 – 9:00 AM

Keynote Speaker

Advances in Male Fertility Preservation
- Kyle Orwig (University of Pittsburgh, USA)

[TISSUE CRYOPRESERVATION MORNING SESSION - MODERATOR: Ariella Shikanov, PhD, University of Michigan]

9:00 – 10:00 AM

Ovarian Cancer Tissue Cryopreservation (OTC): Experiences from Around the World

Panelists:

- Rebecca Flyckt (University Hospitals, USA)
- Claus Yding Andersen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Debra Gook (Royal Women's Hospital, Australia)
- Sherman Silber (St. Luke's Hospital, USA)

10:00 – 10:30 AM

Reimplantation of Malignant Tissue

- Dror Meirow (Sheba Medical Center, Israel)

10:30 – 10:45 AM

Break, Poster Set-up


10:45 – 11:30 AM

Debate: Vitrification vs Slow Freeze

- Sherman Silber (St. Luke's Hospital, USA) (VIT)
- Debra Gook (Royal Women's Hospital, Australia) (SF)

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Tissue Cryopreservation for Patients with Differences in Sex Development

- Monica Laronda (Northwestern University, USA)

12:00 – 1:00 PM

Lunch/Networking, View Posters


[‘EXPERIMENTAL’ TREATMENTS AND TECHNIQUES AFTERNOON SESSION – Molly Moravek, MD, University of Michigan]

1:00 – 1:45 PM

Debate: GnRH Agonist for Ovarian Protection

- Matteo Lambertini (University of Genova, Italy) (Pro)
- Kenny Rodriguez-Wallberg (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden) (Con)

1:45 - 2:15 PM

Uterine Flipping

- Romina Pesce (Hospital Italiano de Bueno Aires, Argentina)

2:15 – 2:45 PM

In Vitro Maturation

- Claus Yding Andersen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

2:45 – 3:15 PM

Break/View Posters


3:15 – 3:45 PM
Uterine Transplant

- Rebecca Flyckt (University Hospitals, USA)

3:45 - 5:00 PM

Patient and Advocate Panel

Panelists:

- Megan Scherer (Care giver, Worth the Wait Charity)
- Mike Scherer (Cancer survivor, sperm cryo, father, Worth the Wait Charity)
- Danya Kaye (Cancer survivor, OTC, OTT, two children, Alliance for Fertility Preservation Contributor)

5:00 – 7:00 PM

Poster Session/Social at the Westin Pittsburgh
Agenda: Day 3 - Wednesday, November 8, 2023
7:30 – 8:00 AM
Continental Breakfast/Networking


[CLINICAL CONUNDRUMS MORNING SESSION – Leslie Appiah, MD, University of Colorado]

8:00 – 8:30 AM

Fertility Preservation In Low-Resource Settings

- Dana Kimelman (Hospital Britanico, Uruguay)

8:30 – 9:00 AM

Fertility preservation for Low/Medium Risk Youth

- Isabelle DeMesteere (University of Brussels, Belgium)

9:00 – 10:00 AM

Oral Abstract Presentations and Awards


10:00 – 10:15 AM

Break/View Posters


10:15 – 11:30 AM

Debate: Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation vs Oocyte Cryopreservation

- Mitch Rosen (UCSF Health, USA) (oocyte)
- Ana Cobo (IVI Valencia, Spain) (OTC)

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Ethical Dilemmas in Fertility Preservation

- Gwendolyn Quinn (NYU Langone Health, USA)
- Susan Vadaparampil (Moffitt Cancer Center, USA)

12:00 – 1:00 PM

Lunch/Networking



[FERTILITY PRESERVATION IN NON-ONCOLOGIC POPULATIONS AFTERNOON SESSION – Julie Rios, MD, University of Pittsburgh]

1:00 – 1:30 PM

Patients at Risk for Primary Ovarian Insufficiency

- Veronica Gomez-Lobo (NIH, USA)

1:30 - 2:00 PM

Klinefelter Syndrome

- James Kashanian (Weill Cornell Medicine, USA)

2:00 – 2:45 PM

Sickle Cell Disease

Panel:
- Leena Nahata (Ohio State University College of Medicine, USA) (male)
- Jacquie Maher (NIH, USA) (female)

2:45 – 3:30 PM

Transgender and Gender Diverse Patients

Molly Moravek (University of Michigan, USA)
Kenny Rodriguez-Wallberg (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden)

3:30 - 3:45 PM

Wrap-Up


3:45 PM

Meeting Adjourns