IN COLLABORATION WITH PRESENTS ND THE 2 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES IN REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE em : Rememberin th pas , t buil th tur TH TH 6 -7 DEC, 2025, BISWA BANGLA CONVENTION CENTRE & IPGMER-SSKM HOSPITAL, KOLKATA Dr Enrico Carmina President, AEPCOS Society Endocrinologist and Prof of Endocrinology University of Palermo Dr Jacques Cohen CEO, Conceivable Life Sciences (AURA automated IVF Lab) Prof Emeritus of Computer Science, Brandeis University Dr Mattan Levi Director of IVF and Andrology Laboratories Meir Medical Center Dr Ri-Cheng Chian Director of Center for Reproductive Medicine Tongji University Dr Thomas Ebner Senior Clinical Embryologist Kepler University Dr Willem Ombelet Associate Professor at the Universities of Hasselt, Ghent and Antwerp Dr Bruno Van Herendael Ex-President, ISGE EM Professor Gynecologic Endoscopic Surgery University of Insubria Chief, Endoscopic Training Centre Antwerp (ETCA) Dr Kamal Ojha St George's Hospital, London Consultant Gynaecologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer Director, Concept Fertility Dr Anja Bisgaard Pinborg Specialist in Reproductive Medicine and Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Copenhagen Dr. Mausumi Das Consultant Gynaecologist Sub-specialist in Reproductive Medicine, Honorary Senior Lecturer Imperial College Web: www.icarm2025kolkata.com th Early Bird Deadline: 15 Oct. 2025 st Abstract Submission Deadline: 31 Oct. 2025 Scan to REGISTER Scan to SUBMIT ABSTRACT Dr Sudarsan Ghosh Dastidar Congress President Dr Biswanath Ghosh Dastidar Organising Secretary, Scientific Program Website: BROCHURE WITH SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM ICARM 2025 INTERNATIONAL FACULTY India's Pioneer IVF Institute GDIFR GD INSTITUTE FOR FERTILITY RESEARCH (GDIFR) CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN ART, IPGMER & SSKM HOSPITAL Bengal’s Premier Medical College & Research Institute 10 WBMC CME Points! 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Ramaraju Dr Sujata Kar Dr Neena Malhotra Dr Kuldeep Jain Dr Sanjay Makwana Dr Randhir Singh Dr Monica Singh Dr Sujatha Ramakrishnan Dr Sanket Pisat Dr Keshav Malhotra Dr Nishad Chimote Dr Rohan Pradip Palshetkar Dr Sarabpreet Singh Dr Krishna Chaitanya Mantravadi Dr Birendranath Banerjee Dr Ruma Satwik Dr Dhaval Baxi Dr Manisha Vajpeyee Dr Neeta Singh Dr. Nandita Pradip Palshetkar SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM th Day 1: 6 December 2025, Venue: IPGMER-SSKM Hospital (9am Onwards) High Tea by From Test Tube to Robotics: 50 Years of Assisted Reproduction Re-evaluated- Dr Jacques Cohen Inaugural Orations Congress Dinner with Live Music Welcome Reception th Day 1: 6 December 2025, Venue: Biswa Bangla Convention Centre (3pm Onwards) Inaugural Cultural Program by Avirup Sengupta and Troupe th Day 2: 7 December 2025, Venue: Biswa Bangla Convention Centre (9am Onwards) SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM Pre Congress Courses 1. Evaluation of infertility and treatment planning- Dr Sanjay Makwana 2. PCOS: update on pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment- Dr Enrico Carmina Course Chair: Dr Enrico Carmina , Course Convener: Dr Biswanath Ghosh Dastidar Course Chair: , Course Convener: Dr Ri Cheng Chian Dr Thomas Ebner Dr Ratna Chattopadhyay PCC 1: Reproductive endocrinology, infertility, and Clinical IVF (HALL A) 3. Managing the patient with endometriosis- Dr Biswanath Ghosh Dastidar 4. Ovarian stimulation for IUI and IVF- Dr Rohit Gutgutia 5. Managing the poor responder- Dr Gautam Khastgir 6. Luteal Phase Support- Dr Ruma Satwik 7. Recurrent Implantation failure- Dr Sujata Kar PCC 2: Clinical Embryology (HALL B) 1. Laboratory set-up and work-flow for IVF- Dr Sarabpreet Singh 2. Andrology protocols for IUI, IVF and ICSI- Dr G A Ramaraju 3. ICSI and embryo biopsy- Dr Krishna Chaitanya Mantravadi 4. Trouble-shooting in the ART Lab- Dr Ratna Chattopadhyay 5. Role of the centrosome in Fertility- Dr Mattan Levi 6. From zygote to blastocyst: why morphology still matters- Dr Thomas Ebner 7. Vitrification of gametes and embryos- Dr Ri-Cheng Chian Course Chair: Dr Bruno Van Herendael , Course Convener: Dr Sudip Basu, Dr Subhash Halder Fetal medicine Chair: Dr Kushagradhi Ghosh PCC 3: Fertility-enhancing minimally invasive gynecologic surgery (MIGS) (HALL C) PCC 4: Managing High-Risk ART pregnancies (HALL D) 1. Basics of Hysteroscopy for fertility work-up and treatment- Dr Bruno van Herendael 2. Basics of Laparoscopy for fertility work-up and treatment- Dr Sanket Pisat 3. Diagnostic and operative hysteroscopy to augment fertility- Dr Sudip Basu 4. Minimally invasive Myomectomy: hysteroscopic and laparoscopic approaches- Dr Abhinibesh Chatterjee 5. Fertility sparing Cystectomy before IVF: Tips to minimise ovarian damage- Dr Sanket Pisat 6. Minimally invasive isthmocele repair- Dr Dhaval Baxi 7. Laparoscopic evaluation and treatment of endometriosis before IVF- Dr Abhinibesh Chatterjee Faculty: Dr Mir Md Samsuzzoha, Dr Abinash Chandra Roy, Dr Biswajyoti Guha Dr Subhash Chandra Biswas, Dr Narayan Jana, Dr Gouri Sankar Kamilya Dr Sarbeswar Mondal, Dr Sambhunath Bandopadhyay, Dr Anuradha Ghosh Faculty: Dr Kanchan Mukherjee, Dr Tarun Kumar Roy Dr Debasmita Mandal, Dr Sumona Hoque, Dr Anish Mondal, Dr Ananya Basu, Dr Girija R. Varier Maternal medicine & obstetrics Chair: Dr Debdatta Ghosh, Moderator : Dr Poushali Sanyal (1 hour Lunch Break) Keynote Session I: Prof Howard & Georgeanna Jones Memorial Keynote Oration: Maternal and Child Health after ART Oration III: Beyond IVF: Long-term mother and child health outcomes following ART- Dr Anja Bisgaard Pinborg Keynote Session II: Prof John D. Biggers Memorial Session: Improving access to Fertility Treatment Keynote Lecture: Improving Access to fertility treatment and IVF in LMICs- Dr Sudarsan Ghosh Dastidar, Dr Biswanath Ghosh Dastidar Keynote Lecture: Time to introduce innovative assisted reproduction methods to implement affordable and successful infertility services in resource-poor countries- Dr Willem Ombelet Plenary Session I : Prof Robert G. Edwards Memorial Session: Updates on the building blocks of In-vitro life: The Sperm and the Egg Plenary Lecture: The quality of human eggs and pre-IVF incubation- Dr Ri-Cheng Chian Plenary Lecture: Gamete activation to improve outcomes in ART- Dr Thomas Ebner Plenary Lecture: Sperm selection for ICSI based on morphology, motility and DNA-fragmentation- Dr Mattan Levi Oration-II GDIFR-ICARM Prof Zeilmaker Memorial Oration Oration-I: Prof J.M. Bedford Memorial Oration and Inaugural Address History of Development of IVF in India & beyond - Dr Sudarsan Ghosh Dastidar Guest Lecture: Optimizing frozen embryo transfer- Dr Anja Bisgaard Pinborg Guest Lecture: IVF in the patient over 40- Dr Kuldeep Jain Guest Lecture: Repeated IVF failure: how to navigate- Dr Hrishikesh Pai Special Guest Lecture Session II: Difficult scenarios in IVF Guest Lecture: Individualised luteal phase support- Dr Ameet Patki Ask the Experts Roundtable: Reproductive Cross-talk Interactive Session I (Business Roundtable): How to establish an IVF center and run a successful IVF Business Ask the Experts Roundtable: Reproductive Cross-talk Interactive Sessions Moderator: Dr Rohit Gutgutia , Experts: Dr Hrishikesh Pai, Dr Ameet Patki, Dr Kuldeep Jain, Dr Gautam Khastgir, Dr Bani Kumar Mitra Ask the Experts Roundtable: Reproductive Cross-talk Interactive Session II (Research Roundtable): How to conduct high quality research in reproductive medicine and clinical embryology and publish high impact papers Moderators: Dr Kamal Ojha, Dr Biswanath Ghosh Dastidar , Experts: Dr Thomas Ebner, Dr Mattan Levi, Dr Ri-Cheng Chian, Dr Enrico Carmina, Dr Anja Bisgaard Pinborg, Dr Willem Ombelet Special Guest Lecture Session I: Optimising implantation following embryo transfer: Endometrial preparation and luteal phase support Invited Lecture: Fertility preservation strategies in gynecological cancers- Dr Nandita Pradip Palshetkar Invited Session I: Fertility Preservation Invited Session II: Evaluation of Embryo and Endometrium Invited Lecture: From oocyte to blastocyst- advanced imaging, time-lapse & artificial intelligence to select the best embryos- Dr Mattan Levi Invited Lecture: Be aware of the Empty Uterus: Dealing with the microbiome of the uterine cavity and the role of hysteroscopy in infertility- Dr Bruno Van Herendael Invited Session III: Research and ethics in reproductive medicine, genetics and stem cell biology Invited Lecture: Role of Genetics and Genomics in Precision Fertility Management: an ethical perspective- Dr Birendranath Banerjee Invited Lecture: In-vitro gametogenesis: Technical and ethical perspectives- Dr Maharshi Krishna Deb Panel Discussion I: Troubleshooting difficult scenarios in the IVF Laboratory Panel Discussion II: Troubleshooting difficult scenarios during ovarian stimulation Panel Discussion III: Troubleshooting difficult scenarios in ART practice following updated Indian ART-Surrogacy laws Plenary Session II: Prof Subhash Mukhopadhyay Memorial Session: State of the ART in Managing the PCOS patient Plenary Lecture: New treatments of obesity (semaglutide and tirzepatide) and their impact on fertility- Dr Enrico Carmina Plenary Lecture: Optimising ovarian stimulation in PCOS- Dr Biswanath Ghosh Dastidar Moderators: Dr Krishna Chaitanya Mantravadi, Dr Sarabpreet Singh Experts: Dr Thomas Ebner, Dr Ri-Cheng Chian, Dr Mattan Levi Panelists: Dr Ratna Chattopadhyay, Dr Keshav Malhotra, Dr Nishad Chimote, Dr Varsha Samson Roy, Dr Gaurav Majumdar Moderators: Dr Sudip Basu, Dr Kamal Ojha Experts: Dr Siddhartha Chatterjee, Dr Abha Majumdar, Dr Neena Malhotra Panelists: Dr Jayeeta Samanta, Dr Sanjay Makwana, Dr Sanjoy Mukherjee, Dr Sunita Sharma, Dr S M Rahman, Dr Mausumi Das Moderators: Dr Randhir Singh, Dr Monica Singh Experts: Dr Chaitali Datta Ray, Dr Parag Nandi Panelists: Dr Suparna Banerjee, Dr Kausiki Ray Sarkar, Dr Manisha Vajpeyee, Dr Shiuli Mukharjee, Dr Saroj Agarwal, Dr Aindri Sanyal Free Paper Session: 1ST PRIZE: RS. 10,000 Quiz 1ST PRIZE: RS. 40,000 (Quiz Masters: Dr Sudip Basu, Dr Chaitali Datta Ray ) Conference Secretariat Ghosh Dastidar Institute for Fertility Research (GDIFR) India's Pioneer IVF Institute 36 A/1 S.P. 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