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FRIDAY, 8 MARCH 2024
| STREAM A: AFRICAN FIRE 1 & 2 – HYBRID OPERATIVE HYSTEROSCOPY WORKSHOP Co-Chair: Dr Sagie Naidu & Dr Gerhard Hanekom Proctors: Dr KT Subrayan, Dr Yusuf Dasoo, Prof Igno Siebert, Dr Gerhard Hanekom, Dr Chris Venter, Dr Suren Ramphal Surgeon: Dr Kobus Coetsee Sponsored by Karl Storz , Medtronic and LoRuMir D |
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| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration | |
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Hands on Training Session 1: 10-12 Stations
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| 10:00 – 10:30 | Tea / Coffee Break | |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Hands on Training Session 2: 10-12 Stations
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| 12:00 – 12:30 | Lunch Break | |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Best practice/technique for office hysteroscopy | Prof Attilio Di Spiezio |
| 13:00 – 13:30 | Surgery 1 | |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Hysteroscopic fibroid surgery | Dr Johannes van Waart |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Surgery 2 | |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Intra-uterine morcellation | Dr Lawrence Gobetz |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Surgery 3 | |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Hysteroscopic management of congenital uterine anomaliesa | Dr Suren Ramphal |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Surgery 4 | |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Summary and closure | |
| STREAM B: AFRICAN FIRE 3 & 4 – GYNAECOLOGICAL / REPRODUCTIVE ULTRASOUND WORKSHOP Co-Chair: Prof Igno Siebert & Prof Jay Bagratee |
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| 12:00 – 12:30 | Registration | |
| 12:30 – 12:45 | 2D Image Quality Optimization in Gynaecological Ultrasound | Idriss Zahidi |
| 12:45 – 13:15 | Current consensus on fibroids and fertility | Dr Noluyolo Sigcu |
| 13:15 – 13:30 | Discussion | |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Optimisation of 3D ultrasound | Idriss Zahidi |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | What’s new in tubal evaluation | Dr Rajesh Mahabir |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Discussion | |
| 14:45 – 15:15 | Tea / Coffee Break | |
| 15:15 – 16:15 | Practical training | |
| 16:15 – 16:35 | Ultrasound diagnosis of adenomyosis | Dr Neelan Pillay |
| 16:35 – 17:35 | Practical training | |
| EVENING SOCIAL EVENT – EXHIBITION HALL | ||
| 17:30 – 20:30 | Congress Welcome Reception Sponsored by Investec |
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SATURDAY, 9 MARCH 2024
| STREAM A: AFRICAN FIRE 1 & 2 – CLINICAL PROGRAMME | ||
| Time | Presentation Title | Speaker |
| 07:30 – 08:30 | Arrival Coffee and Registration | |
| REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE FOR GENERALIST Co-Chairpersons: Dr Sagie Naidu & Dr Noluyolo Sigcu |
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| 08:20 – 08:30 | Opening and Welcome by SASREG President | Dr Jack Biko |
| 08.30 – 08.50 | Approaching unexplained infertility and the role of IUI | Dr Paul le Roux |
| 08.50 – 09.10 | Ovulation induction in practice – What should we be using and how? | Prof Zozo Nene |
| 09:10 – 09:30 | Man of the Moment: Making sense of the SA and the pitfalls of testosterone use | Dr Sagie Naidu |
| 09:30 – 09:50 | AMH, endometrioma, fertility and surgery – how do they meet? | Dr Gerhard Hanekom |
| 09:50 – 10:20 | PCOS as a multisystem condition across all ages | Prof Rob Norman |
| 10:30-11:00 | Tea / Coffee Break | |
| CONTROVERSIES IN REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE Co-Chairpersons: Prof Jay Bagratee & Prof Lawrence Chauke |
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| 11:00 – 11:20 | Head-to-Head: Natural vs programmed FET cycle | Dr Malika Patel |
| 11:20 – 11:50 | Frozen: The fetal and placental effects of frozen embryo transfer cycles | Prof Ismail Bhorat |
| 11:50 – 12:20 | Novel insights into Reproductive Immunology | Dr Tamara Mateu |
| 12:20 – 12:40 | POSEIDON: How can this change our practice? | Dr Danie Botha |
| 12:40 – 13:10 | Non-invasive testing for prioritising embryo transfer | Dr Luis Navarro |
| 13:10 – 13:30 | Lunch Break | |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Merck Lunch Symposium The importance of treatment individualisation Prof Human Fatemi |
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| REPRODUCTIVE SURGERY AND FERTILITY PRESERVATION Co-Chairpersons: Dr Chris Venter & Dr Langanani Mbodi Sponsored by BioRegen Biomedical (Changzhou) Co.,Ltd. / LoRuMir D Pty. Ltd |
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| 14:00 – 14:30 | Oncofertility: Lessons learnt | Prof Michael Grynberg |
| 14:30 – 14:50 | A niche around every corner: Dealing with the C/S scar defect | Dr Jaco Strydom |
| 14:50 – 15:10 | Paradigm Shift – Modern management of adenomyosis | Prof Thabo Matsaseng |
| 15:10 – 15:40 | Latest ESHRE Guidelines for fertility preservation in ovarian and cervical cancer | Prof Michael Grynberg |
| 15:40 – 16:00 | Tea / Coffee Break | |
| ANDROLOGY AND IVF Co-Chairpersons: Dr Jack Biko & Dr Christiaan Hoogendijk |
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| 16:00 – 16:20 | Azoospermia | Dr Marienus Trouw |
| 16:20 – 16:50 | Access to infertility care | Prof Willem Ombelet |
| 16:50 – 17:20 | Sperm DNA fragmentation: Should we test it, and can we change it? | Prof Jaime Gosálvez |
| 17:20 – 17:50 | Better than the rest: Embryo selection – timelapse and artificial intelligence | Jørgen Berntsen |
| 17:50 – 18:20 | SASREG AGM | |
| STREAM B: AFRICAN FIRE 4 – COUNSELING AND NURSING PROGRAMME | ||
| Time | Presentation Title | Speaker |
| 07:30 – 09:00 | Arrival Coffee and Registration | |
| SASREG COUNSELLING SESSION Co-Chairpersons: Mandy Rodrigues & Daksha Hargovan |
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| 09:00 – 09:20 | The role of healthy psychology in infertility as a disease | Lizanne van Waart |
| 09:20 – 09:40 | Emerging assisted reproductive markets in Southern Africa | Dr Tessa Moll |
| 09:40 – 10:00 | Comparing stigma, depression, anxiety, and infertility stress among patients seeking treatment at public and private hospitals | Dr Rizwana Roomaney |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Crafting a psychological evaluation report: Surrogate mothers | Prof Donrich Thaldar |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Tea / Coffee Break | |
| SASREG COUNSELLING SESSION Co-Chairpersons: Dr Rajesh Mahabir & Rianne Muller |
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| 11:00 – 11:20 | Gamete donor reports: Requirements and implications | Lynette Dean |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | Implications counselling: recipients and known donations | Daksha Hargovan |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Gender diversity, language, and infertility | Dr Sumayya Ebrahim |
| 12:00 – 12:45 | Support available in the journey from infertility to loss | Saskia Williams, IFAASA
Jerry and Karabo Zwane, Hannah you are not alone Michelle Groenewald, Empty Wombs |
| 12:40 – 13:30 | Lunch Break | |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Lunch Symposium | |
| SASREG NURSING SESSION Co-Chairpersons: Sr Samantha Maingard & Annelize Mans |
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| 14:00 – 14:15 | Fear/resistance to change: Digitization in nursing | Sr Hanlie Monnery |
| 14:15 – 14:35 | Discussion on various AI’s that can assist nursing tasks | Delfran App Fertility Solutions |
| 14:35 – 14:50 | Healthdocs | Dr Antonio Rodrigues |
| 14:50 – 15:20 | Utilizing current electronic devices more effectively | Eugene van der Merwe |
| 15:20 – 15:35 | Feedback on ESHRE nurses’ courses | Sr Violet Meissenheimer |
| 15:35 – 15:50 | SASREG Nurse survey discussion – preparing the way to an easy process | Sr Bea Cooper |
| 15:50 – 16:05 | Nurses SIG – discussing the way forward | Sr Hanlie Monnery |
| 16:05 – 16:20 | Tea / Coffee Break | |
| STREAM C: AFRICAN FIRE 3 – EMBRYOLOGY / LABOARTORY PROGRAMME | ||
| Time | Presentation Title | Speaker |
| 07:30 – 08:30 | Arrival Coffee and Registration | |
| EMERGING TOPICS IN THE IVF LAB Chairs: Sindiswa Masilela & Alexandra Sims |
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| 08:30 – 08:50 | Add-ons in The IVF Laboratory: What is known already | Prof Carin Huyser |
| 08:50 – 09:10 | Implementing new technologies into the IVF laboratory | Greg Tinney-Crook |
| 09:10 – 09:30 | Sperm DNA fragmentation | Nick Campion |
| 09:30 – 09:50 | Insights from South African preimplantation genetic testing data – a retrospective review | Kelly Loggenberg |
| 09:50 – 10:10 | Separating the chaff: Advances in sperm selection techniques | Aqeel Morris |
| 10:10 – 11:00 | Tea / Coffee Break | |
| UNIVERSITY OF KZN: HEALTH LAW AND ETHICS RESEARCH GROUP Co-Chairpersons: Lydia Els-Smit & Greg Tinney-Crook |
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| 11:00 – 11:20 | How to deal with abandoned reproductive material | Aliki Edgcumbe |
| 11:20 – 11:50 | Establish a dedicated ART statutory authority for South Africa | Nomfundo Mthembu |
| 11:50 – 12:10 | Access to ARTs by LGBTQ+ people | Roasia Hazarilall |
| 12:10 – 12:30 | Intended parents’ preferences when selecting gamete donors | Dominique Manias |
| 12:30 – 12:50 | Latest legal developments in reproductive law | Prof Donrich Thaldar |
| 12:50 – 13:30 | Lunch Break | |
| 13:15 – 14:00 | The Walking Egg “on wheels”: Roundtable discussion: Affordable IVF | Prof Willem Ombelet |
| RESEARCH IN THE AFRICAN FIELD OF REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE Chair: Prof Willem Ombelet, Gerhard Boshoff & Dr Lusanda Shimange-Matsose |
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| 14:00 – 14:10 | The Medtronic TruClear Ultra hysteroscopic tissue removal system is a safe and effective treatment for benign submucosal FIGO 1,2 and 3 lesions for women of childbearing age | Dr Lawrence Gobetz |
| 14:15 – 14:25 | Comparative Analysis of Laparoscopic Tubal Ligation and Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Decision-making, Outcomes, and Trends in Fertility Management – A Retrospective Cohort Study | Dr Jabulani Ernest Moloi |
| 14:30 – 14:40 | The reproductive counselling benefits Products of conception (POC) | Kelly Loggenberg |
| 14:45 – 14:55 | In vitro embryonic diapause: The predictive potential of seminal oxidative stress in human embryo development | Samantha Bhengu |
| 15:00 – 15:10 | A demographical analysis of patients in the public sector of South Africa over a six-year period: who returns for therapeutic ART procedures and who doesn’t? | Gerhard Boshoff |
| 15:15 – 15:25 | Morphology and morphokinetics features of blastocysts prior to and after thawing should be seen as a collective measure of embryo quality | Kaylin Brunsdon |
| 15:30 – 15:40 | Validating the survival of frozen-thawed bovine ovarian tissue after slow freezing, using three separate validation techniques | Kimola Kruger |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | Tea / Coffee Break | |
| EVENING SOCIAL EVENT – PREMIER HOTEL UMHLANGA | ||
| 19:30 – 23:00 | Congress Gala Dinner | |
SUNDAY, 10 MARCH 2024
| STREAM A: AFRICAN FIRE 1 & 2 – COMBINED PROGRAMME | ||
| Time | Presentation Title | Speaker |
| Co-Chairpersons: Prof Shisana Baloyi & Adele van der Walt | ||
| 08:00 – 08:30 | The importance of carrier screening in the reproductive journey | Keith Qassab |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Managing the negative result | Mandy Rodrigues |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Reproductive medicine and the law (including sex selection) | Prof Donrich Thaldar |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | SARA/ANARA Feedback | Dr Paversan Archary |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Tea / Coffee Break | |
| Co-Chairpersons: Dr Yusuf Dasoo & Dr Kobus Coetsee | ||
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Medico-legal pitfalls in reproductive medicine | Prof Graham Howarth |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | The role of donor agencies in South Africa | Donor Agency Panel |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Gender diversity | Prof Michael Pepper |
| 12:00 | Closure | |