TIME |
SESSION |
SPEAKER |
8.30 |
Registration |
|
9.30 |
Opening Address |
Clare Brown, Chair
of National Infertility Day Organising Committee. |
9.45 |
Keynote
Lecture |
ICSI? What Have We Achieved 16 Years After The First
Birth? Andre Van Steirteghem,
Emeritus Professor, Honorary Consultant, Centre for
Reproductive Medicine, UZB, Brussels. |
10.15 |
Coffee Break |
& Exhibition |
10.45 |
Satellite Sessions |
|
12.00 |
The Robert Edwards Lecture Introduction |
Mike McNamee Bourn
Hall Clinic |
12.10 |
The Robert Edwards Lecture |
Professor Robert Edwards,
the Pioneer of IVF |
12.30 |
Lunch |
& Exhibition |
13.30 |
Satellite Sessions |
|
14.45 |
Coffee |
& Exhibition |
15.15 |
Plenary Lecture |
My Family and Other Small Animals, Mr
Charles Kingsland, MD, FRCOG, Liverpool Womens Hospital. |
15.45 |
Announcement |
Health Professional of the Year & Winner of the
I N UK Special Award |
16.00 |
Question & Answer Time |
Chair: Vivienne Parry
(Writer & Broadcaster), with
Dr Marilyn Glenville PHD (Nutritional Therapist),
Lisa Jardine (Chair of the HFEA),
Mark Henderson (Science Editor, The Times),
Dr Mark Hamilton (Consultant Gynaecologist, Aberdeen
Maternity Hospital & Chair British Fertility Society),
Dr Stephen Troup (Scientific
Director Hewit Centre for Reproductive Medicine Liverpool
Womens Hospital & Chair of Association of Clinical
Embryologists). |
16.45 |
Closing Address & Thanks |
NID Organising Committee |
Morning
Satellite Sessions
|
COMPLEMENTARY THERAPY |
Chair: Zita West,
The Zita West Clinic |
Fit for Fertility
- Healthy Mother & Father |
Dian Shepperson Mills,
The Endometriosis & Fertility Clinic |
Chinese Medicine
in Infertility |
Dr Lily, Acumedic |
The Art of
Complimentary Therapies |
Jani White Naturechild |
MALE INFERTILITY |
Chair: Dr Iwan Lewis-Jones,
Liverpool Womens Hospital |
Biopsies/Sperm
Retrieval |
Dr Gillian Lockwood,
Midland Fertility Services |
Environmental
Factors |
Professor Sheena Lewis,
Queen's University of Belfast |
Investigation
& Treatment |
Dr Simon Wood, Consultant
Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Countess of Chester
Hospital |
IS THIS THE WAY FORWARD? |
Chair: Dr Sue Avery
Birmingham Women's Healthcare Trust |
Single Embryo
Transfer, Exploring the Options |
Dr Steve Roberts,
Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics, Biostatistics
Group, University of Manchester |
Combining
Science and Empathy, the New Approach to Fertility Treatment |
Alan Thornhill,
PHD, HCLD, Scientific Director, The London Bridge Fertility,
Gynaecology & Genetics Centre |
Invitro
Maturation |
Dr Helen Picton,
Reader in Reproductiion and Early Development, Leeds
Institute of Genetics, Health and Therapeutics University
of Leeds and Scientific Director, Reproductive Medicine
Unit, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust. |
THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT OF INFERTIITY |
Chair: Helen Kendrew,
Clinical Nurse Manager, Bath Assisted Conception Unit |
Fertility
Coaching |
Anya Sizer, Powerchange |
Does the
Word "Counselling" scare you? |
Helen Allan and
Janet Owen |
"It's
Good to Talk" |
Laura Hughes, Personal
Experience |
FEMALE INFERTILITY |
Chair: Tim Child,
Senior Fellow/Hon. Consultant Nuffield Department of
Obsetetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford |
Polycystic
Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) & Infertility |
Professor Adam Balen,
Leeds General Infirmary |
Causes &
Diagnosis |
Mr Geoffrey H Trew,
Consultant in Reproductive Medicine & Surgery, Hammersmith
Hospital, London |
Monitoring
Ovarian Reserve |
Dr Luciano G Nardo,
Consultant Gynaecologist, Subspecialist in Reproductive
Medicine and Surgery, St Marys Hospital, Manchester. |
Afternoon
Satellite Sessions
|
REMOVING BARRIERS TO TREATMENT |
Chair: Helen Kendrew,
Clinical Nurse Manager, Bath Assisted Conception Unit |
Working with Primary Care Trusts to End
the Postcode Lottery |
Clare Brown, Chief
Exective Infertility Network UK & Chair National
Infertility Awareness Campaign. |
Treatment
Overseas - the Pros & Cons |
Kate Brian, Author
of "The Complete Guide to Female Fertility" |
The Effect
of Your Lifestyle on Your Fertility |
Bill Ledger, Professor
of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Sheffield |
ASSISTED REPRODUCTION TREATMENT |
Chair: Dr Mark Hamilton,
Aberdeen Maternity Hospital |
Anti Mullerian
Hormone (AMH) and Ovarian Stimulation Strategy |
Professor Richard
Flemming Glasgow Centre for Reproductive Medicine |
The Embryology
Lab |
Rachel Cutting,
ACU, The Jessop Wing, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS
Trust |
Optimising
the Outome in Fertility Treatment |
Mr Simon Thornton,
CARE Fertility |
DONOR ISSUES |
Chair: Sarah Norcross,
Director of Progress Educational Trust |
Recruiting
Donors |
Joanne Adams, Senior
Andrologist, Manchester Fertility Serives |
10 Years
of Egg Sharing in the UK |
Dr Kamal Ahuja PhD, Scientific & Managing Director,
London Women's
Clinic |
"Time
to Tell" |
Olivia Montuschi,
DC Network |
WHAT IF TREATMENT FAILS? |
Chair: Mr Michael Dooley,
The Poundbury Clinic, London & Dorset |
Surrogacy
- A Personal Story |
Carol O'Reilly,
Surrogacy UK |
Adoption |
Jonathan Pearce,
Adoption UK |
Just the Two
of Us - Involuntary Childlessness |
Caroline Gallup,
Personal Experience, Author Making Babies the Hard Way |
WHAT PATIENTS NEED |
Chair: Dr Scott Wilkes,
PhD, General Practitioner, Coquet Medical Group, Northumberland |
"Doctor.
I am not pregnant after 3 attempts, what is my chance
at the 4th attempt?" Answers from HFEA long term
data analysis. |
Sam
Abdalla, The Lister Hospital |
Achieving
Patient Friendly IVF in the UK: Psychology Makes a Difference |
Jacky
Boivin, Reader, Cardiff University |
New Directions
Toward Handling Infertility: How Religion & Spirituality
Help |
Robab
Latifnejad Roudsari, PhD Student in Reproductive
Health, Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, University
of Surrey. This presentation will be given by
Helen Allan, Reader, University of Surrey. |
