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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

Day 1 (24th Jan 2026)

TIME SESSION SPEAKER(S) MODERATOR / CHAIRPERSONS
08:30–08:40 Introduction Renu John
08:40–09:00 Culture media from manufacturing to dish: Impact of variations in handling on outcomes Vijay Kumar Chelur
09:00–09:20 Culture Under Pressure: The Genetic Cost of Suboptimal Lab Conditions Sanketh S Dhumal Fadi Choucair,
Sagar Chavan
09:20–09:40 Am I ready to treat patients? Personalized training and performance evaluation in IVF Rita Vassena
09:40–10:00 Futuristic Imaging in ART Renu John
10:00–10:10 Q & A
10:10–10:40 Inauguration Prof BS Murty,
Director, IIT Hyderabad
10:40–11:00 Coffee Break
11:00–11:30 Keynote: Laboratory KPIs: Rethinking Metrics and timings Jason Swain Renu John,
Alex C Varghese
11:30–12:00 Keynote: IVF in India at the crossroads: From boutique clinics to Bharat’s masses. Who will Deliver ? Neena Malhotra Suresh Kattera,
Sanketh S Dhumal
12:00–12:20 Can all biopsied embryos implant? A quality issue Fernando Bronet
Q & A
12:20–13:00 Cleavage stage and Blastocyst stage ETs in poor responders

Panel Discussion:
Nishad Chimote, Azif Khan, Jyothi Budi, Venu Gopal, Suresh Kattera, Neena Malhotra, Chinta Parimala, Pranay Ghosh
Experts:
Vijay Mangoli,
Fadi Choucair
Moderator:
Vasundhara Jagannathan,
Sandeep Karunakaran
13:00–14:00 Lunch
14:00–14:30 Debate: The house believes that ICSI is the standardised insemination technique Rita Vassena vs
Pranay Ghosh
Vijay Mangoli,
Vijay Kumar Chelur,
Srinivas MS
14:30–15:00 Industry sponsored lecture - Nexpring Health
The critical role of humidified incubation in the embryo environment
Fernando Bronet Sandeep Karunakaran,
Alex C Varghese
15:00–15:20 Gamete quality on Blastocyst Utilization Varsha S Roy Gaurav Majumdar,
Jyothi Budi
15:20–15:40 How maternal age shapes early human embryo development Kenji Ezoe
15:40–16:00 Automation in the IVF lab Jason Swain
16:00–16:10 Q & A
16:10–16:30 Coffee Break
16:30–16:50 Anatomy of Failure: IVF Product Toxicity, QC Gaps, and Recalls Fadi Choucair Charudutt Joshi,
Kenji Ezoe
16:50–17:10 Is there a better embryo culture media ? Fernando Bronet
17:10–17:30 From Bench to Blastocyst: Process Control Strategies for Reliable Embryo Culture Gaurav Majumdar
17:30–17:50 New Alpha ESHRE consensus on Embryo ranking Keshav Malhotra
17:50–18:10 A Critical Appraisal of Commercial Embryo Ranking AI Systems: Does the AUC truly reflect clinical aspiration? Krishna Chaitanya
18:10–18:20 Q & A
18:20–18:30 Concluding remarks of the Day