Day 1 – Monday, May 27th
14:00 – 16:00 – Registrations and Welcome at the Sleepwell Hostel in Brussels.
16:00 – 16:30 Opening session
Chairs: Alberto De La Iglesia, Emily Delgouffe & Juan Manuel Paturlanne
16:30 – 18:30 Plenary Session 1: Fertility preservation of prepubertal boys
Chairs: Juan Manuel Paturlanne & Emily Delgouffe
16:30 – 17:15 Plenary Lecture 1: Ellen Goossens
17:15 – 18:15 Selected oral presentations
17:15 – 17:30 Pauline Wanjiku Kibui
17:30 – 17:45 Jillis van Maaren
17:45 – 18:00 Samuel Silva
18:00 – 18:15 Katerina Papageorgiou
19:00 – Dinner in the hostel restaurant
Day 2 – Tuesday, May 28th
8:30 – 9:30 – Breakfast
9:30 – 10:15 Plenary Session 2: Single-cell RNA-seq application in male infertility
Chairs: Daniel Marcu & Avinash Gaikwad
09:30 – 10:15 Plenary Lecture 2: Nina Neuhaus
10:15 – 11:00 Plenary Session 3: Testicular 3D models
Chairs: Omar Ammar & Isidora Keselj
10:15 – 11:00 Plenary Lecture 3: Eoghan Cunnane
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 12:30 Poster session
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:15 Plenary Session 4: Environment & sperm quality
Chairs: Avinash Gaikwad & Andjela Kovacevic
13:30 – 14:15 Plenary Lecture 4: Herman Tournaye
14:15 – 15:15 Selected oral presentations
14:15 – 14:30 Martina Palazzoli
14:30 – 14:45 Nadia Edelsztein
14:45 – 15:00 David Penning
15:00 – 15:15 Marina Leiva
15:15 – 15:45 Coffee break
15:45 – 18:30 Plenary Session 5: SSC propagation and impact in epigenetics
Chairs: Isidora Keselj & Alberto De La Iglesia
15:45 – 16:30 Plenary Lecture 5: Callista Mulder
16:30 – 17:30 Scientific Speed dating
19:30 – Networking dinner at Aux Armes de Bruxelles
Day 3 – Wednesday, May 29th
08:30 – 09:30 Breakfast
09:30 – 11:00 Plenary Session 6: Drug screening for sperm enhancement
Chairs: Daniel Marcu & Omar Ammar
09:30 – 10:15 Plenary Lecture 6: Sarah Martins Da Silva
10:15 – 11:00 Selected oral presentations
10:15 – 10:30 Mar Domingo Lopez
10:30 – 10:45 Gina Esther Merges
10:45 – 11:00 Ondrej Sanovec
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00 Closing Session
Chairs: Emily Delgouffe & Juan Manuel Paturlanne
11:30 – 12:30 Optimize your sleep: The science behind good sleep – Aurore Roland
12:30 – 13:00 Closing ceremony and awards
13:00 – Packed lunch