Speakers
The 15th Biennial ALPHA Conference is proud to host a distinguished lineup of global experts at the forefront of reproductive science and medicine. Our speakers will share their experience and insights in reproductive health and Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) with the delegates, offering a deep dive into the latest clinical breakthroughs, emerging technologies and research.
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Mina Alikani
Executive Committee Member/President
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Alison Campbell
Executive Committee Member/ Vice President
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Laura Rienzi
Associate Professor, Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino, Italy
Friday 17 April
Embryology research: From discovery to delivery Basic and applied research
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Mina Popovic
Professor, Department of Reproductive Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
Friday 17 April
Discard or discover: Rethinking the fate of unused embryos -
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Dean Morbeck
Executive Committee Member, Alpha Scientists; Chief Scientific Officer, Genea Fertility, Australia
Friday 17 April
The evolution of culture media for IVF -
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Kelly Tilleman
Director, IVF Laboratory, University Hospital Ghent, Belgium
Friday 17 April
Redefining quality control in IVF -
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Julieta del Valle
Senior Scientist, Dawn Bio
Friday 17 April
Blastoids: Next-gen modelling platform of embryogenesis and implantation for drug discovery -
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Sujatha Ramakrishnan
President, ACE India
Friday 17 April
Perspectives from India -
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Dejan Ljiljak
President, Croatian Society of Clinical Embryologists
Friday 17 April
Perspectives from Croatia -
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Irene Cuevas-Sáiz
Executive Committee Member/Moderator
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Christophe Blockeel
Executive Committee Member, Alpha Scientists; Medical Director, Brussels IVF, Centre for Reproductive Medicine, University Hospital Brussels, Belgium
Saturday 18 April
Clinical case management explained -
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Georgios Lainas
Scientific Director, Eugonia IVF, Athens, Greece
Saturday 18 April
Embryo transfer: Evidence-based or empirical? -
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Eirini Bellou
Senior Applications Scientist, U-Ploid Biotechnologies, Oxford, UK
Saturday 18 April
Can we prevent meiotic aneuploidies in Oocytes? -
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Cerys Currie
Post Doc, University of Warwick, UK
Saturday 18 April
Can we prevent mitotic aneuploidies in embryos? -
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Giovanni Coticchio
Science and Research Manager, IVIRMA Global Research Alliance, IVIRMA ITALIA, Italy
Saturday 18 April
Strategies for optimising embryo utilisation -
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Xavier Pollet-Villard
Head Embryologist and Andrologist, Laboratory Director, Nataliance ART and Andrology Center MLab Group, Oréliance Health Hub, Saran, France
Saturday 18 April
Sperm selection techniques -
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Jackson Kirkman-Brown
Professor of Human Reproductive Science, University of Birmingham, UK
Saturday 18 April
Sperm quality: New diagnostics and therapies -
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Hartley George
Senior Aquarium Curator, Project Coral, Horniman Museum and Gardens, UK
Saturday 28 April
Coral reproduction and the development of predictable spawning protocols -
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Jayesh Shinde
Head of Embryology - QAQC, Indira IVF, India
Sunday 19 April
Environmental monitoring in IVF -
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Jason Swain
Chief Laboratory Officer & President of Laboratory Operations, CCRM Fertility, USA
Sunday 19 April
KPI monitoring and benchmarking -
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Tadashi Okimura
Chief Laboratory Director, Kato Ladies Clinic, Tokyo, Japan
Sunday 19 April
How to manage 18k IVF cycles per year at one site -
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Keshav Malhotra
Laboratory Director, Rainbow IVF, Agra, India
Sunday 19 April
Leading from the bench: Building high-quality IVF teams -
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Jacques Cohen
Founding Member, Alpha Scientists; Chief Scientific Officer, Conceivable Life Sciences, New York, USA
Sunday 19 April
Fear not: AI and automation in IVF
