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	09:00 - 15:00    Live Surgery* Live transmission from the Heilig Hart Hospital
	15:00 - 16:30    Round Table Myomectomy and Reproduction - J. Ferro, R. Campo, S. Gordts
	16:30 - 18:00    Round Table Adenomyosis - P. Puttemans, Sy. Gordts, I. Brosens

(* limited availability of places)

 Workshops* on hysteroscopy & transvaginal laparoscopy,
on laparoscopic skills & virtual reality,
and on IVF laboratory techniques & lectures

With collaboration of national and international staff

  (* limited number of participants)

GRATIS UITNODIGING VOOR VLAAMSE HUISARTSEN

Locatie: Provinciehuis, Provincieplein 1, 3000 Leuven

Academic Session

09:00 – 09:30	Registration
09:20 – 09:30	Introduction
09:30 – 10:30	Is there still a place for non IVF treatment?
	Chairmen:	Ph. Koninckx & Sy. Gordts
	Proper diagnostic algorithm	P. Puttemans
	Place of IUI and pregnancy outcome	W. Ombelet
	Place of reproductive surgery	R. Campo
10:30 – 11:15	LIFE 20 years’ celebration lecture 1
	Chairman:	S. Gordts
	“Did I give the blueprint for a brave new world ?”	B. Edwards
11:15 - 11:45	Coffee break
	ART success - part 1
	Chairmen:	I. Brosens & P. Puttemans
11:45 - 12:10	ART success and uterine environment
	Is deep placentation determined by the mother or the foetus?	R. Pijnenborg
12:10 - 12:35	ART success and peritoneal environment
	Endometriosis and ART: to treat or not?	Ph. Koninckx
12:35 – 13:00	ART success and embryo quality
	PGD to be performed on all embryos?	L. Gianaroli
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 14:30	LIFE 20 years’ celebration lecture 2
	Development of gonadotrophins: a blessing?	B. Lunenfeld
	ART success - part 2
	Chairmen:	W. Ombelet & R. Campo
14:30 – 14:50	ART success and psychology
	Psyche and treatment failure	J. Norre
14:50 – 15:50	ART success and legislations
	Germany stays behind?	H. Verhoeven
	Reproduction and Catholic Schools of Medicine	I. Brosens
	Belgian legislation and pregnancy outcome	J. Gerris
	Italian experience: the inferno?	A. Ferraretti
15:50 – 16:20	LIFE 20 years’ celebration lecture 3
	HLA typing: experience and future	Y. Verlinsky
16:20 – 16:50	Coffee break
	ART future development
	Chairmen:	L. Gianaroli & H. Verhoeven
16:50 – 17:10	HLA typing: ethical considerations	Fr. Shenfield
17:10 – 17:40	The future of ART in Belgium: view of the politician	P. Van Krunkelsven
17:40 – 18:00	LIFE in 20 years	S. Gordts
18:00	Closure