Study Week 2026 Timetable
Creating Modern Families
| 15th September | ||
| Speaker | Time | Talk title |
| Carole Gilling-Smith | 08:50 – 09:00 | Welcome from the Chair |
| Video testimonials | 09:00 – 09:20 | Patient voices: Journeys through donation and surrogacy |
| Hayley King | 09:20 – 09:30 | Having a foot on both sides of the fence – perspectives of a donor conceived person who also used a donor |
| Carole Gilling-Smith | 09:30 – 10:00 | Donor sperm pathways: managing lesbian couples, solo mothers and other intended parents |
| Tim Bracewell-Milnes | 10:00 – 10:30 | Egg donation in practice: preparing and managing donors and recipients |
| Refreshments and exhibition | 10:30 – 11:00 | |
| Orestis Tsonis | 11:00 – 11:30 | Trans-inclusive fertility care: clinical strategies and insights |
| Carole Gilling-Smith | 11:30 – 12:00 | Surrogacy and co-parenting: navigating complex pathways |
| James Nicopoullos | 12:00 – 12:30 | Cross border reproductive care: managing risks, regulation and expectations |
| Lunch and exhibition | 12:30 – 13:30 | |
| James Lawford-Davies | 13:30 – 14:00 | Regulation and legal aspects in the use of donor gametes |
| Louisa Ghevaert | 14:00 – 14:30 | Legal aspects of surrogacy |
| Danya Harris | 14:30 – 15:00 | Opening the register – challenges and solutions |
| Refreshments and exhibition | 15:00 – 15:30 | |
| Caroline Spencer | 15:30 – 16:00 | The role of the counsellor in modern family creation |
| DCN & SUK joint session | 16:00 – 16:30 | Support beyond the clinic for those navigating donation and surrogacy |
| Vasanti Jadva | 16:30 – 17:00 | Modern parenting through the research lens: what we know about donor conceived and surrogacy families |
| Carole Gilling-Smith | Closing remarks | |
| Sponsor’s symposium | 17:00 | Ferring Symposium – Dr Carole Gilling-Smith: What drives better outcomes? Exploring new evidence behind gonadotropin choice |
Integrated Care and Communications
| 15th September | ||
| Speaker | Time | Talk title |
| Session 1: Foundations of Integrated Care in Reproductive Medicine | ||
| Srividya Seshadri and Anastasia Mania | 09:00 – 09:30 | The 7 Cs of communication Short quiz: Foundational concepts of communication skills |
| Session 2: Effective Communication Skills in the Fertility Clinic | ||
| Jacky Boivin | 09:30 – 09:45 | Expectation management in ART |
| Sofia Gameiro | 09:45 – 10:00 | Sharing bad news in fertility care |
| Candidate: Doctor, Nurse, Embryologist Patient actor: Rhiannon Cox, Dima Abdo and Anastasia Mania Examiner: Sofia Gameiro, Srividya Seshadri |
10:00 – 10:30 | Role-plays and feedback on delivering sensitive results – Clinical and Embryological scenarios |
| Refreshments & Exhibition | 10:30 – 11:00 | |
| Session 3: Psychological & Social Impacts of Infertility | ||
| Angela Pericleous-Smith | 11:00 – 11:30 | Integrating mental – health awareness: Supporting patients through anxiety, depression, relationship strain |
| Sofia Gameiro | 11:30 – 11:45 | Trauma-informed fertility care |
| Roxanne Keynejad | 11:45 – 12:00 | Identifying and responding to domestic abuse |
| Candidate: Embryologist, Doctor, Nurse Patient actor: Niyati Sodani, Dima Abdo, Xavi Vinals, Inderjeet Kaur, Rhiannon Cox Examiner: Angela Pericleous-Smith and Sofia Gameiro |
12:00 – 12:30 | Roleplays and feedback on Safeguarding, domestic abuse, and neurodiversity scenarios |
| Lunch | 12:30 – 13:30 | |
| Session 4: Cultural Competence & Diversity in Reproductive Medicine | ||
| Carole Gilling-Smith | 13:30 – 13:50 | Providing inclusive care to LGBTQ+, transgender, neurodiverse patients |
| Candidate: Embryologist, Doctor, Nurse Patient actor: Rhiannon Cox, Anastasia Mania and Dima Abdo Examiner: Srividya Seshadri and Carole Gilling-Smith |
13:50 – 14:15 | Role-plays and feedback on Cultural Competence and Diversity scenarios |
| Session 5: Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Reproductive Medicine | ||
| Maartje Winter | 14:15 – 14:25 | Dealing with aggression |
| Dima Abdo | 14:25 – 14:35 | Embryological adverse outcomes |
| Xulin Foo | 14:35 – 14:40 | Clinical adverse outcomes |
| Candidate: Embryologist, Doctor, Nurse Patient actor: Niyati Sodani, Dima Abdo, Inderjeet Kaur, Xulin Foo Examiner: Maartje Winter and Xavier Vinals |
14:40 – 15:00 | Roleplays and feedback on Interdisciplibary collaboration and managing adverse outcome scenarios |
| Refreshments & Exhibition | 15:00 – 15:30 | |
| Session 6: Advanced Communication: Conflicts & Difficult Conversations | ||
| Xavier Vinals Gonzalez | 15:30 – 15:45 | Advanced communication in delivering unexpected or disappointing news |
| Angela Pericleous-Smith | 15:45 – 16:00 | Fertility Care and stress: Practitioners and Outcomes |
| Candidate: Embryologist, Doctor, Nurse Patient actor: Xavi Vinals, Niyati Sodani, Xulin Foo Examiner: Angela Pericleous-Smith and Dima Abdo |
16:00 – 16:30 | Role-plays and feedback on Delivering challenging diagnoses and managing conflict-resolution |
| All delegates with organisers’ feedback | 16:30 – 17:00 | Final Project: Develop a concise clinic communication protocol for integrated ART care Final Quiz: Take the 10-question quiz to measure progress |
| Sponsor’s symposium | 17:00 | Ferring Symposium – Dr Carole Gilling-Smith: What drives better outcomes? Exploring new evidence behind gonadotropin choice |
Ultrasonography in Fertility
| 15th September | |||
| Speaker | Time | Talk title | |
| Dimitrios Mavrelos | 08:50 – 09:00 | Welcome from the Chair | |
| Cara Duguid | 09:00 – 09:45 | Image optimisation, ultrasound artefacts and safety | |
| Nazar Amso | 09:45 – 10:30 | Gynaecological ultrasound: Essential knowledge of normal pelvic anatomy, physiology and examination technique | |
| Refreshments and exhibition | 10:30 – 11:00 | ||
| Joseph Yazbek | 11:00 – 11:45 | Ovarian and adnexal pathology in women of reproductive age | |
| Sania Latif | 11:45 – 12:30 | Latest innovations – Uterine peristalsis | |
| Lunch and exhibition | 12:30 – 13:30 | ||
| Neera Balachandren | 13:30 – 14:15 | Antral follicle count and ovarian reserve | |
| Kuhan Rajah | 14:15 – 15:00 | The ultrasound assessment of fibroids and adenomyosis for fertility | |
| Refreshments and exhibition | 15:00 – 15:30 | ||
| Tom Holland | 15:30 – 16:15 | Ultrasound in endometriosis | |
| Ali Abbara | 16:15 – 17:00 | Follicle tracking: AI insights from a large data set | |
| Dimitrios Mavrelos | 17:00 | Close | |
| Sponsor’s symposium | 17:00 |
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| 16th September | |||
| Speaker | Time | Talk title | |
| Dimitrios Mavrelos | 08:50 – 09:00 | Welcome | |
| Lukasz Polanski | 09:00 – 09:45 | Ultrasound guided procedures in fertility treatments | |
| Shelley McGeeney | 09:45 – 10:30 | Follicle tracking | |
| Refreshments and exhibition | 10:30 – 11:00 | ||
| Kanna Jayaprakasan | 11:00 – 11:45 | 3D Ultrasound | |
| Gidon Lieberman | 11:45 – 12:30 | HyCoSy | |
| Lunch and exhibition | 12:30 – 13:30 | ||
| Dimitrios Mavrelos and Kanna Jayaprakasan | 13:30 – 14:15 | Ultrasound in complex cases | |
| Tejal Amin | 14:15 – 15:00 | Ultrasound diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy | |
| Refreshments and exhibition | 15:00 – 15:30 | ||
| Jessica Farren | 15:30 – 16:15 | Diagnosis of miscarriage | |
| Dimitrios Mavrelos | 16:15 – 16:45 | Congenital uterine anomalies and scar niches | |
| Dimitrios Mavrelos | 16:45 | Close | |
| Sponsor’s symposium | 17:00 |
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Challenges in managing a successful fertility service
| 16th September | |||
| Speaker | Time | Talk title | |
| Ippokratis Sarris and Clare Ettinghausen | 08:50 – 09:00 | Welcome | |
| James Nicopoullous | 09:00 – 09:30 | The role of the PR and how to be inspection ready | |
| Annabel Salisbury | 09:30 – 10:00 | Consent and the Law: understanding the basics and avoiding legal challenge | |
| Karen Birkett | 10:00 – 10:30 | How to make a quality management system work across your clinic | |
| Refreshments and exhibition | 10:30 – 11:00 | ||
| David Ogutu | 11:00 – 11:45 | Openness and transparency: Managing and learning from incidents | |
| Tom Bamber | 11:45 – 12:30 | Leadership roles: Leadership styles & workplace culture: leading a multidisciplinary Fertility team, challenges, conflicts & solutions | |
| Lunch and exhibition | 12:30 – 13:30 | ||
| Sharon Fensome-Rimmer | 13:30 – 14:00 | What the HFEA expect from clinics | |
| Angela Pericleous-Smith | 14:00 – 14:30 | How can a clinic deliver counselling services effectively | |
| Michelle Gilling-Ulph | 14:30 – 15:00 | How can clinics be inclusive to both patients and staff? | |
| Refreshments and exhibition | 15:00 – 15:30 | ||
| Anya Sizer | 15:30 – 16:00 | Maximising the patient experience | |
| Chris White | 16:00 – 16:30 | The UK Fertility Market and Commissioning | |
| Thanos Papathanasiou | 16:30 – 17:00 | How can clinics survive in a cost of living crisis | |
| Ippokratis Sarris | 17:00 | Closing remarks | |
| Sponsor’s symposium | 17:00 |
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Reproductive Genetics and genetic testing in ART
| 16th September | |||
| Speaker | Time | Talk title | |
| Anastasia Mania | 08:50 – 09:00 | Welcome | |
| Frances Flinter | 09:00 – 09:40 | An introduction to clinical genetics and patterns of inheritance | |
| Frances Flinter | 09:40 – 10:00 | How the HFEA regulates PGT | |
| Yacoub Khalaf | 10:00 – 10:30 | Reproductive options available to couples at risk | |
| Refreshments and exhibition | 10:30 – 11:00 | ||
| Muriel Holder | 11:00 – 11:30 | The current status of NIPT and prenatal diagnosis | |
| Colleen Lynch | 11:30 – 12:00 | An introduction to PGT and expanded carrier screening | |
| Karen Sage | 12:00 – 12:30 | PGT counselling and clinical pathway | |
| Lunch and exhibition | 12:30 – 13:30 | ||
| Anastasia Mania | 13:30 – 14:00 | Embryology of PGT and non-Invasive PGT | |
| Roy Pascal Naja | 14:00 – 14:30 | PGT diagnostic technologies | |
| Jara Ben Nagi | 14:30 – 15:00 | Clinical assessment/preparation of PGT-M/SR couples and factors that affect success and clinical results | |
| Refreshments and exhibition | 15:00 – 15:30 | ||
| Anastasia Mania | 15:30 – 16:00 | Clinical management of chromosomal mosaicism | |
| Tarek El-Toukhy | 16:00 – 16:30 | Training in PGT | |
| Cesar Diaz-Garcia | 16:30 – 17:00 | What is the Role of PGT-A in an evidence-based IVF practice? | |
| Anastasia Mania | 17:00 | Close | |
| Sponsor’s symposium | 17:00 |
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Fertility Preservation
| 17th September | |||
| Speaker | Time | Talk title | |
| Julia Kopeika | 08:50 – 09:00 | Welcome from the Chair | |
| Sandra Easdale | 09:00 – 09:45 | Teenage and young adults – A different perspective | |
| Vera Elders | 09:45 – 10:30 | The psychological care of young adults with cancer and the impact for fertility clinicians | |
| Refreshments and exhibition | 10:30 – 11:00 | ||
| Richard Anderson | 11:00 – 11:45 | The effect of cancer treatment on female fertility and an overview of female fertility preservation | |
| Julia Kopeika | 11:45 – 12:30 | Ovarian stimulation for fertility preservation and outcomes | |
| Lunch and exhibition | 12:30 – 13:30 | ||
| Benjamin Jones | 13:30 – 14:15 | Uterus transplantation in the UK | |
| Dima El-Sharkawi | 14:15 – 15:00 | Haematologist perspective: Update on modern treatments for Lymphomas in patients of reproductive age | |
| Refreshments and exhibition | 15:00 – 15:30 | ||
| 15:30 – 16:45 | Case Discussions | ||
| Julia Kopeika | 16:45 – 17:00 | Close | |
| Sponsor’s symposium | 17:00 |
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| 18th September | |||
| Speaker | Time | Talk title | |
| Julia Kopeika | 08:50 – 09:00 | Welcome from the Chair | |
| Majid Shabbir | 09:00 – 09:45 | Fertility preservation in male patients | |
| Allan Pacey | 09:45 – 10:30 | Fertility outcome in men after cancer treatment | |
| Refreshments and exhibition | 10:30 – 11:00 | ||
| Karolina Skorupskaite | 11:00 – 11:30 | Fertility preservation for endometriosis | |
| Helen Picton | 11:30 – 12:00 | Oocyte cryopreservation | |
| Louisa Ghevaert | 12:00 – 12:30 | Fertility Preservation Through a Legal Lens: Consent, Posthumous Use and Parenthood | |
| Lunch and exhibition | 12:30 – 13:30 | ||
| Ephia Yasmin | 13:30 – 14:00 | Surgical methods of fertility preservation | |
| Orestis Tsonis | 14:00 – 14:30 | Fertility preservation in transgender patients | |
| Julia Kopeika | 14:30 – 15:00 | Tissue cryopreservation in adult and children | |
| Refreshments and exhibition | 15:00 – 15:30 | ||
| Lynne Robinson | 15:30 – 16:00 | Late effects of cancer treatment: Subfertility, early menopause and the use of HRT | |
| Nana Akowuah-Addo | 16:00 – 16:30 | Oncology Nurse talk on TYA care | |
| Julia Kopeika | 16:30 | Close |
Reproductive Endocrinology
| 17th September | |||
| Speaker | Time | Talk title | |
| Mausumi Das | 08:50 – 09:00 | Welcome from the Chair | |
| Umasuthan Srirangalingam | 09:00 – 09:30 | Congenital adrenal hyperplasia and other hyperandrogenic states | |
| Haitham Hamoda | 09:30 – 09:50 | Update on diagnosing and managing the Menopause | |
| Melanie Davies | 09:50 – 10:10 | Turner’s Syndrome | |
| Melanie Davies | 10:10 – 10:30 | Management of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency | |
| Refreshments and exhibition | 10:30 – 11:00 | ||
| Stephen Franks | 11:00 – 11:30 | Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: aetiology, reproductive and metabolic implications | |
| Adam Balen | 11:30 – 12:00 | Ovulatory Disorders: Diagnosis and Management | |
| Waljit Dhillo | 12:00 – 12:30 | Neuroendocrinology of Reproduction and the role of kisspeptin | |
| Lunch and exhibition | 12:30 – 13:30 | ||
| Scott Nelson | 13:30 – 13:50 | The role of AMH in human reproduction | |
| Mausumi Das | 13:50 – 14:00 | AMH: a key factor in PCOS | |
| Ali Abbara | 14:00 – 14:30 | Prolactin in human reproduction and prolactin disorders | |
| Rebecca Scott | 14:30 – 15:00 | Thyroid disorders: diagnosis and management | |
| Refreshments and exhibition | 15:00 – 15:30 | ||
| Viki Male | 15:30 – 16:00 | Reproductive Immunology | |
| Pierre Bouloux | 16:00 – 16:30 | Hormone Therapy for Transgender Patients | |
| Richard Quinton | 16:30 – 17:00 | Male hypogonadism and Androgen Replacement Therapy | |
| Mausumi Das | 17.00 | Close | |
| Sponsor’s symposium | 17:00 |
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Embryo Transfer & IUI
| 17th September | |||
| Speaker | Time | Talk title | |
| Srividya Seshadri | 08:50 – 09:00 | Welcome from the Chair | |
| Guy Morris | 09:00 – 09:45 | Structure of cervix, uterus and tubes | |
| Davina Hulme | 09:45 – 10:30 | Current trends in embryo selection | |
| Refreshments and exhibition | 10:30 – 11:00 | ||
| Allan Pacey | 11:00 – 11:45 | Preparing the male and the sperm | |
| Elpiniki Chronopoulou | 11:45 – 12:30 | Clinical cycle preparation for IUI treatment | |
| Lunch and exhibition | 12:30 – 13:30 | ||
| Yadava Jeve | 13:30 – 14:15 | Embryo transfer techniques | |
| Wael Saab | 14:15 – 15:00 | Optimising success rates including add-ons | |
| Refreshments and exhibition | 15:00 – 15:30 | ||
| Maartje Winter | 15:30 – 15:45 | Consent and care: the senior fertility nurse as a patient advocate | |
| Yadava Jeve | 15:45 – 16:30 | Embryo transfer technique in difficult scenarios and uterine transplantation | |
| Jane Mutch | 16:30 – 17:00 | Nurse led IUI/ET service | |
| Srividya Seshadri | 17:00 | Close | |
| Sponsor’s symposium | 17:00 |
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| 18th September | |||
| Speaker | Time | Talk title | |
| Srividya Seshadri | 08:50 – 09:00 | Welcome | |
| Stuart Lavery | 09:00 – 09:45 | The future of fertility clinics | |
| David Ogutu | 09:45 – 10:30 | Controlled ovarian stimulation | |
| Refreshments and exhibition | 10:30 – 11:00 | ||
| Srividya Seshadri & David Ogutu | 11:00 – 12:00 | Group 1 – Simulated guided transfer | |
| Marta Jansa Perez & Annabel Rattos | 11:00 – 12:00 | Group 2 – Catheter loading at embryo transfer | |
| Lunch and exhibition | 12:00 – 13:00 | ||
| Marta Jansa Perez & Annabel Rattos | 13:00 – 14:00 | Group 1 – Catheter loading at embryo transfer | |
| Srividya Seshadri & David Ogutu | 13:00 – 14:00 | Group 2 – Simulated guided transfer | |
| Srividya Seshadri, David Ogutu, Marta Jansa Perez, Annabel Rattos | 14:00 – 14:30 | Q and A | |
| James Lawford-Davies | 14:30 – 15:00 | Medico-legal case discussion | |
| Refreshments and exhibition | 15:00 – 15:30 | ||
| Elpiniki Chronopoulou and Maartje Winter | 15:30 – 16:00 | Group 1: IUI technique with a simulator | |
| Srividya Seshadri and Julia Kopeika | 15:30 – 16:00 | Group 2: Transmyometrial embryo transfer technique | |
| Srividya Seshadri and Julia Kopeika | 16:00 – 16:30 | Group 1: Transmyometrial embryo transfer technique | |
| Elpiniki Chronopoulou and Maartje Winter | 16:00 – 16:30 | Group 2: IUI technique with a simulator | |
| Elpiniki Chronopoulou, Maartje Winter, Srividya Seshadri, Julia Kopeika | 16:30 – 17:00 | Q and A | |
| Srividya Seshadri | 17:00 | Close |
Male Fertility
| 18th September | ||
| Speaker | Time | Talk title |
| Asif Muneer | 08:50 – 09:00 | Welcome from the Chair |
| Kevin McEleny | 09:00 – 09:20 | Male history, examination and investigation |
| Bryan Woodward | 09:20 – 09:50 | Semen Analysis – From the laboratory to Interpretation |
| Hussain Alnajjar | 09:50 – 10:10 | Erectile and Ejaculatory Dysfunction in the Infertile Male |
| Suks Minhas | 10:10 – 10:30 | Male reproductive physiology and genetics |
| Refreshments and exhibition | 10:30 – 11:00 | |
| Patrick Gordon | 11:00 – 11:20Surgical management of Obstructive Azoospermia | |
| Maria Satchi | 11:20 – 11:40 | Male Reproductive Anatomy |
| Katherine Guest | 11:40 – 12:00 | What to look for on testicular examination |
| Testicular examination station | 12:00 – 12:30 | Testicular models – Examination Techniques |
| Lunch | 12:30 – 13:30 | |
| Arie Parnham | 13:30 – 13:50 | Male Reproductive Health and Testicular Cancer |
| Maria Satchi | 13:50 – 14:10 | Advanced Radiological Investigations and managing incidental testis masses |
| Asif Muneer | 14:10 – 14:40 | Surgical Sperm Retrieval Techniques and microTESE in Non-obstructive Azoospermia |
| Rowland Rees | 14:40 – 15:00 | Understanding Varicoceles in the Infertile Male |
| Refreshments and exhibition | 15:00 – 15:30 | |
| Pierre Bouloux | 15:30 – 15:50 | Pre-testicular – Use of gonadotrophins |
| Maria Satchi/Bryan Woodward/Patrick Gordon | 15:50 – 16:50 | The Fertility MDT – case discussions and controversies |
| Asif Muneer | 16:50 | Close |
