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Please click here to download a printable version of the latest announcement of the Program
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Saturday, 7 March
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POST-GRADUATE COURSE: Male infertility
Co-Chairs: Csilla Krausz (Italy), Rob McLachlan (Australia) |
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08.00-09.00
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Germ cell maturation to sperm in vitro: clinically feasible?
Colin Bishop (USA), Mario Sousa (Portugal), Makoto Nagano (Canada) |
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09.00-09.30
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New aspects in the clinical assessment of the infertile male
Lluis Bassas (Spain) |
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09.30-10.00
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Critical assessment of testis biopsy
Ewa Rajpert-de Meyts (Denmark) |
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10.00-11.00
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Current recommendations for genetic testing for male infertility
Manuela Simoni (Germany), Csilla Krausz (Italy), Rob McLachlan (Australia) |
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11.00-11.30
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What does semen analysis really tell you?
Trevor Cooper (Germany) |
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11.30-12.30
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Management of clinically significant male infertility: ART is the answer
Paul Turek (USA), Eberhard Nieschlag (Germany) |
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14.00-14.30
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How to retrieve sperm in azoospermia?
Valerie Vernaeve (Belgium) |
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14.30-15.00
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Non-obstructive azoospermia: who has sperm?
Peter Schlegel (USA) |
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15.00-16.00
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Varicocele repair cures male infertility
Timothy Hargreave (UK), Ana Puigvert (Spain) |
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16.30-17.00
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Opening ceremony
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17.00-18.00
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PLENARY LECTURE - Genes and infertility
David Page (USA) |
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18.00
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Welcome reception
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Sunday, 8 March
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08.00-09.15
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PLENARY LECTURE 2
Global andrology: impact of intervention including circumcision on HIV and STI * Sponsored by the World Health Organisation - Male circumcision and HIV prevention: the evidence and potential impact Timothy Farley (Switzerland) - Technical standards and training for rapid expansion of safe circumcision services Timothy Hargreave (UK) - Implementing a circumcision program in Zambia Kasonde Bowa (Zambia) |
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09.15-10.15
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Coffee break - Poster 1
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10.15-11.45
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SYMPOSIA
Symposium 1A - Basic. Sex differentiation - Germ cell fate and gonadal development Peter Koopman (Australia) - Hypospadias Tsutomu Ogata (Japan) - X and Y chromosomes and sexual differentiation of the brain Arthur Arnold (USA) Symposium 1B - Translational. Prostate disorders - From human stem cells to prostate tissues Gail Risbridger (Australia) - Epigenetics and prostate diseases Shuk-Mei Ho (USA) - Can 5 alpha reductase inhibitor prevent prostate cancer? Ian Thompson (USA) Symposium 1C - Clinical. Clinical azoospermia - Genetic polymorphisms and rearrangements Eitetsu Koh (Japan) - Somatic cell dysfunction and azoospermia Manuela Simoni (Germany) - Surgical remediable causes of azoospermia Peter Schlegel (USA) |
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11.45-12.45
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WORKSHOPS
Workshop 1 Surgical alternatives to IVF and sperm retrieval techniques: indications and outcomes Peter Schlegel (USA), Manual Gil-Salon (Spain) Workshop 2 WHO Laboratory manual for the examination and processing of human semen Trevor Cooper (Germany), Jose A. Castilla (Spain) * Sponsored by the World Health Organisation Workshop 3 Sperm integrity: DNA and protein Elisabetta Baldi (Italy), Rafael Oliva (Spain) |
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12.45-14.15
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SYMPOSIA
Symposium 2A - Basic. Spermatogenesis - Spermatogenic defects Moira O’Bryan (Australia) - Meiosis Jordi Benet (Spain) - Spermiogenesis Giovanna Berruti (Italy) Symposium 2B - Translational. New strategies in andrology - Bioinformatics Arul Chinnaiyan (USA) - Proteomics Rafael Oliva (Spain) - Tissue engineering in andrology Colin Bishop (USA) Symposium 2C - Clinical. Disorders of the hypothalamic pituitary axis - Genetics of idiopathic hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism Nelly Pitteloud (USA) - Hypogonadism in diabetes T. Hugh Jones (UK) - Alternative therapies of secondary hypogonadism Peter Liu (Australia) |
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14.15-15.15
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Coffee break - Poster 2
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15.15-16.45
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PLENARY LECTURE 3 - Aging
- European male aging study Frederick Wu (UK) - ISA-ISSAM-EAU-EAA b recommendations for testosterone treatment for late onset hypogonadism Eberhard Nieschlag (Germany), Ronald Swerdloff (USA), Wayne Hellstrom (USA), Ian Thompson (USA) |
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Monday, 9 March
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08.30-09.30
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PLENARY LECTURE 4 - Prostate cancer
* Sponsored by the American Society of Andrology - Pathogenesis of prostate cancer Arul M. Chinnaiyan (USA) - Novel approaches in prostate cancer treatment Martin Gleave (Canada) |
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09.30-10.30
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Coffee break - Poster 3
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10.30-12.00
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SYMPOSIA
Symposium 3A - Basic. Small RNAs in andrology - Pirna and gene silencing in spermatogenesis Toru Nakano (Japan) - Tissue specific RNAi as a tool to understand Rhox Homebox genes Myles Wilkinson (USA) - Micro RNA and evolution Bing Su (China) Symposium 3B - Translational. Infertility as a window into male health - Bicarbonate, pH and sperm capacitation and fertility Hsiao Chang Chan (Hong Kong) - Protamines and gamete fitness Douglas Carrell (USA) - Oxidative stress and spermatozoa health John Aitken (Australia) Symposium 3C - Clinical. Sexual dysfunction - Is erectile dysfunction a health gauge? Mario Maggi (Italy) - PDE5 failures- what to do? Antonio Martin Morales (Spain) - Beyond the PDE5 inhibitors? Wayne Hellstrom (USA) |
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12.00-13.00
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WORKSHOPS
Workshop 4 Monitoring for prostate diseases after androgen therapy Ian Thompson (USA) Workshop 2 WHO laboratory manual for examination and processing of human semen Trevor Cooper (Germany), Jose A. Castilla (Spain) Workshop 3 Sperm integrity: DNA and protein Elisabetta Baldi (Italy), Rafael Oliva (Spain) |
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13.00-14.30
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SYMPOSIA
Symposium 4A - Basic. Testis - Intratesticular mediators of androgen and FSH action Mohamed Benahmed (France) - Intercellular adhesions and junctions A. Wayne Vogl (Canada) - Germ cell transplantation as model to study spermatogenesis Stefan Schlatt (Germany) Symposium 4B - Translational. Testicular cancer - Regulation of testis descent John Hutson (Australia) - Developmental origins of testicular cancer Ewa Rajpert-De Meyts (Denmark) - Fertility after chemo- and radio-therapy Andrea Lenzi (Italy) Symposium 4C - Clinical. Androgens - Androgens and the metabolic syndrome Michael Zitzmann (Germany) - Androgens and the skeleton Eric Orwoll (USA) - Selective androgen receptor modulators James Dalton (USA) |
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14.30-15.30
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Coffee break - Poster 4 |
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15.30-17.00
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PLENARY LECTURE 5 Human genome instabilty and genetic variability and epigenetics - Epigenetics and ART Mario Sousa (Portugal) - Human genome instability, and genetic mutations and male infertility Yuri Dubrova (UK) |
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17.30-18.30
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ISA General Assembly |
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19.30
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Congress Dinner |
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Tuesday, 10 March
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8.30 - 10.00
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SYMPOSIA Symposium 5A - Basic. New strategies to male fertility control * Sponsored by the American Society of Andrology - Sperm volume regulation as a target Ching-Hei Yeung (Germany) - CRISPs (cysteine-rich secretory proteins) Deborah Cohen (Argentina) - Glycolytic enzymes as targets Deborah O’Brien (USA) Symposium 5B - Translational. Endocrine disruptors - Trans-generational male germline responses to environment Robert Waterland (USA) - Model systems for studying endocrine disruptors Paul Foster (USA) - Endocrine disruptors and human development Katharina Main (Denmark) Symposium 5C - Clinical. Debates on social aspects of andrology - Androgen abuse is widespread in young men Ronald Swerdloff (USA) Pro, Frederick Wu (UK) Con - Cultural awareness and competency in andrology is important Arthur Burnett (USA) Pro, Wayne Hellstrom (USA) Con |
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10.15-11.45
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SYMPOSIA Symposium 6 A - Basic. Stem cells in male reproduction - Dosage compensation in diploid and polyploid stem cells Joost Gribnau (Netherlands) - Germ cell formation from human embryonic stem cells Amander Clark (USA) - Spermatogonial stem cells Makoto Nagano (Canada) Symposium 6B - Translational. Male contraception * Sponsored by the World Health Organisation - Male hormonal contraception Maria Cristina Meriggiola (Italy) - Acceptability of male contraception Eberhard Nieschlag (Germany) - Public and private partnership in male contraception Regine Sitruk-Ware (USA) Symposium 6C - Clinical. New insights on sexual dysfunction - Premature ejaculation Marcel Waldinger (Netherlands) - Priapism Arthur Burnett (USA) - Penile implants Ignacio Moncada (Spain) |
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11.45-12.30
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Coffee break - Poster 4 |
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12.30-13.00
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Closing ceremony |