Pre-Congress Course

Enhance your ASPIRE 2025 Congress experience by including a Pre-Congress Course during the registration process. These practical and interactive sessions provide participants a collaborative and immersive learning experience. Additionally, these course serve as an ideal environment for networking, allowing you to build connections while enhancing your knowledge and skills.

To register for a Pre-Congress Course, you are required to register for the Main Congress.

The ASPIRE 2025 Pre-Congress Workshop on Lab Interventions on Blastocyst, organized by the Embryology SIG, brings together global experts to explore cutting-edge techniques and advancements in blastocyst research and clinical applications. With a focus on the interplay of gamete quality, laboratory innovations, and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and advanced imaging, this comprehensive workshop provides a unique opportunity for embryologists, clinicians, and researchers to enhance their expertise. Attendees will gain insights into the latest developments in culture mediums, vitrification techniques, and non-invasive genetic assessments, alongside practical demonstrations and interactive discussions.

This course offers an in-depth exploration of the latest advancements in the field of endometrial health, with a specific focus on innovations in diagnosis and treatment strategies for conditions affecting fertility. Participants will gain insights into the mechanisms of decidualization and embryo implantation, as well as the complex interplay of uterine and embryonic factors in recurrent implantation failure (RIF). The course combines theoretical knowledge with practical discussions to enhance understanding and application of current treatments and future directions in endometrial health.

• Understand the mechanisms of decidualization and embryo implantation.
• Identify risk factors and causes of recurrent implantation failure (RIF).
• Explore the impact of organic and non-organic uterine lesions on fertility.
• Review advances in endometrial receptivity testing and preimplantation genetic testing.
• Examine emerging treatment strategies, including intrauterine PRP/G-CSF infusion and assisted hatching.

The evolving landscape of medically assisted reproduction (MAR) calls for improving the safety and efficacy of MAR. There is a need to individualise ART treatment especially controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) for patients. However, there are still knowledge gaps and a lack of consensus on many aspects of treatment. At the end of this workshop, participants should acquire a better understanding of the specific indications of different protocols for COS and add-on treatments during COS.
Participants will explore a range of topics, including pre-conception care to optimise fertility treatment, use of LH in IVF cycles, extremes in ovarian stimulation and challenges for ovarian stimulation in certain situations.

• Provide attendees with the knowledge by critically reviewing the existing literature and emerging concepts
• How to distinguish between fact and fiction of COS protocols
• Be updated on best practices for COS in ART
• Be updated on the controversial aspects of COS
• To know the evidence for us of adjuvants in COS

This course is designed for nurses working in the field of assisted reproductive technology (ART). It covers essential concepts in infertility, including emerging causes such as chronic endometritis, adenomyosis, and male infertility. The course will also explore seminal fluid analysis, sperm selection methods, DNA fragmentation, oocyte freezing, and ART stimulation protocols. Nurses will gain valuable insights into ART practices, including legislative updates and laboratory aspects, while engaging in discussions to enhance their understanding and patient care skills.

• Understand emerging causes of infertility relevant to nursing practice.
• Learn the role of seminal fluid analysis and sperm selection technologies in ART.
• Understand the impact of DNA fragmentation in sperm on fertility treatments.
• Gain knowledge of oocyte freezing techniques and ART stimulation protocols.
• Stay informed on legislative updates and laboratory practices related to ART.
• Enhance ability to support patients through ART procedures with updated knowledge.

This course equips healthcare professionals with the skills to deliver difficult news compassionately in fertility care. Participants will learn from the perspectives of doctors, nurses, embryologists, and counsellors, with a focus on effective communication and team collaboration. The course also highlights the challenges patients face and offers strategies for providing empathetic support during tough moments in ART.

• Understand the roles of healthcare professionals in delivering difficult news.
• Enhance communication skills for compassionate care.
• Develop strategies for team collaboration in patient support.
• Improve patient care through empathetic, team-based approaches.