The Nordic IVF Laboratory Society hereby welcomes you to the 18th annual meeting in Oslo, Norway on the 7- 8th of September 2018

The meeting will take place at OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, Pilestredet, Oslo, in Oslo centre and about 30 minutes from the nearest Oslo airport Gardermoen.

Auditorium: Athene 1 and 2, Pilestredet 46

Scientific Program

Friday 7th of September

09.00 - 13.00   Company sponsored workshops in PGS, Vitrification & SCA/CASA

11:30 - 12:00   Registration

12:00 - 12:50   Lunch/Snacks

12:50 - 13:00   Welcome

13:00 -15:00   Session 1: New frontiers in Andrology

13:00 - 13:40   Managment of infertile men with non-obstructive azoospermia: clinical and IVF laboratory aspects.

   Sandro Esteves

13:40 - 14:20   Male infertility & life style factors.

   Trine B. Haugen

14:30 - 15:00   Coffee break and Exhibitions

15:00 – 16:20  Session 2: New frontiers in Embryology

15:00 - 15:40   Assisted Oocyte activation: indications, outcome and implications for assisted reproductive technology.

   Björn Heindryckx

15:45 - 16:20   A molecular approach to genetic and epigenetic gene regulation, from basic research to the clinic.

   Arne Klungland

16:20 - 17:30   Open interaction session in Exhibition hall.

   Happy hour

19:30     →      Dinner at Restaurant

Saturday 8th of September

09:00 - 13:00  Session 3: Future of reproductive technologies

09:00 – 09:30  Oocyte number and success in ART - "the ART calculator".

   Sandro Esteves

9:30 – 10:00    ERA & implantation.

   Niklas Simberg

10:00 - 10:15   Coffee break and Exhibitions.

10:15 – 10:45  Artificial intelligence and medicine.

   Morten Goodwin

10:45 – 11:15  Microbiome of the female reproductive tract

   Thor Haahr

11:15 - 12:00   General Assembly.

12:00 - 12:15   Closing.

Conference dinner will be held at Ekebergrestauranten on Friday

night (7th of September) at 19:30. If staying at the hotel, we will first meet in the hotel lobby around 19:00 and take the tram (Line18/19 to Ekebergparken) to the restaurant. More information will be provided at the conference if there are any changes.

Ekebergrestauranten: www.ekebergrestauranten.com                                             

Kongsveien 15, 0193 Oslo.