Pre Congress Sessions
| 15:00-16:30 | PRECONCEPTION GENETIC TESTING AND SOCIAL FREEZING |
| Capsule | Adoption of new technological capabilities is controversial. Should we screen all of our patients? Is it a first step towards eugenics? And who should bear the cost anyway? |
| 15:00-15:45 | Debate: Expanded genetic carrier screening: Should we propose it to everybody? For: Rita Vassena, Spain Against: Sjoerd Repping, Netherlands Discussion |
| Capsule | Freezing oocytes, no doubt has become very efficient, but there are many other considerations before suggesting to all young women to bank their oocytes |
| 15:45-16:30 | Debate: All women beyond 30 years of age should freeze their oocytes Yes: Nick S. Macklon, UK No: Yacoub Khalaf, UK Discussion |
| 16:30-18:00 | PRECONCEPTION CARE IN REPRODUCTION AND CHILD OUTCOMES |
| Capsule | COGI is joining national efforts to increase awareness, knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of physicians and intended parents to increase preconception health. Entering pregnancy in optimal parent’s health improves the chances to have a healthy offspring. |
| 16:30-17:00 | Preconception care, pregnancy and child outcomes Eric A.P. Steegers, Netherlands |
| 17:00-17:30 | How preconception care can impact fertility outcomes Nick S. Macklon, UK |
| Capsule | Human Microbiome, so called the “Second Genome” is the total of 10 folds more microbial cells than all human cells and affects more functions of life than would have ever been imagined. Information gathered by culture methods is limited, hence the use of high DNA sequencing to analyze bacteria that are otherwise not recognized by culture methods. It has been already shown that bacteria colonizes tissues like uterus, gametes, placenta etc. in high frequency and may affect life functions in many unimaginable ways |
| 17:30-18:00 | Human Microbiome and reproduction Amir Mor, Israel |