08:00-10:00 WELCOME SESSION chaired by Zev Rosenwaks
- Inside the IVF Clinic Bottleneck: Structural Barriers to Better Outcomes The AI Inflection Point in Fertility: What Works, What Does Not, and What Is Missing
- Chair Welcome
Cristina Hickman - Clinical View
Carole Gilling-Smith - Embryology View
Nikica Zaninovic - Entrepreneurial View
David Sable - Data Specialist View
Cecilie Jakobsen - Panel led Discussion
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-11:40 SESSION 2: chaired by Cristina Hickman
AI: from Buzzword to Business Strategy
- Asian Perspective
Hyejun Lee - Latin American Perspective
Chris Rego - Indian Perspective
Vinesh Gadhia - Middle Eastern Perspective
Eduardo Gonzalez - Panel led Discussion
11:40-12:10 SESSION 3: chaired by Andrew Khair
Ferring Symposia
- The AI Roadmap for Fertility Clinics: From Hype to Value
Eduardo Hariton
Imran Akram
12:10-13:00 SESSION 4: chaired by Nikica Zaninovic
Debate: RCT is the best way to evaluate AI
- Audience Vote
- For
Ying Cheong - Against
Rabi Odia - Audience Questions
- For rebuttal
Ying Cheong - Against Rebuttal
Rabi Odia - Audience Vote
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:10 SESSION 5: chaired by Chloe He
AI: Healthcare implementation challenges
- Challenges of implementing an AI-First Fertility Clinic: Lessons from the Front Line from the UK
Cristina Hickman - From Idea to Impact: Designing Research That Survives Peer Review – The Academic challenges
Iman Hajirasouhila - Integration challenges in the real world IVF clinic
Jonas Malmsten - Cybersecurity in Fertility Clinics: Protecting the Most Sensitive Data in Healthcare
Chloe He - Panel led Discussion
15:10-15:40 Coffee break
15:40-17:10 SESSION 6: chaired by Halil Ruso
AI: Gamete Assessment
- Using AI-derived oocyte metrics and how they are influenced by other factors
Amanda Setti - Understanding how AI-derived oocyte metrics predict outcome
Daniela Braga - Egg Intelligence: Turning Oocyte Data into Actionable Decisions
Dan Nayot - Sperm Selection using AI and Robotic Technologies
Betty Meiri - Sperm Intelligence: Turning Sperm Data into Actionable Decisions
Halil Ruso - Sperm identified and selected using AI assistance resulted in improved outcome
Saeed Fathi - Panel led Discussion
17:30 Sunset welcome drinks – Meet at Hotel reception
08:15-09:40 SESSION 7: chaired by Semra Kahraman
AI: Embryo Assessment
- Consistency in Embryo Ranking
Jorgen Berntsen - Reducing cost to baby with AI embryo assessment
Semra Kahraman - The Global Adoption Gap in Time-Lapse IVF: What Is Really Limiting Uptake? What can AI implementation learn from this
Serdar Coskun - Cybersecurity in Fertility Clinics: Protecting the Most Sensitive Data in Healthcare
Toni di Berardino - Panel led Discussion
09:40-11:00 SESSION 8: chaired by Daria Iliev
Advanced Imaging and Bio-engineering
- Seeing the Unseen: Holotomography and the Future of Cell Imaging
Daria Iliev - Hyperspectral Imaging: Unlocking Biochemical Signals Without Touching the Embryo
Samuel Ojos Negros - FLIM based metabolic imaging of blastocysts to predict polidy
Liesl nel Themaat - 3D microscopy combined with AI
Paul Balondrade - AI use of natural language to describe embryo morphology
Florian Kromp - Panel led Discussion
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-13:00 SESSION 9: chaired by Dan Nayot
AI for clinicians
- Digital Genetics with PGT-P: Enhancing Genetic Assessment beyond PGT-A and PGT-M
Tobias Wolfram - AI assisted identification of poor responders who would benefit from dual stimulation
Ihor Pachiv - Smarter Clinics, Better Outcomes: Using AI to Optimise IVF Operations
Rohi Houvitz - Making Reproductive Surgery Smart
Aleksandra Goch - Measuring the Invisible: Data-Driven Monitoring of Stress in Fertility Care
Paulina Valpas - Advancing Gynaecological ultrasound through automation and AI assisted prediction system to predict reproductive pathologies
Helen o’Neill - Panel led Discussion
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:20 SESSION 10: chaired by Daniella Gilboa
AI: Embryo Assessment
- SAMA: automating the front office
Santiago Munne - Implementing an AI copilot with patient facing avatar
Sergei Gorlovetsky - Automating KPIs in the Lab: Using RFID to Turn Workflow into Intelligence
David Chrimes - From data to intelligence
Domantas Armonavicius - Panel led Discussion
15:20-16:40 SESSION 11: chaired by Gaurav Singhal
Robotics & Automation
- Conceivables: Validating automation with live births
Alejandro Chavez Badiola - Automating egg collections to improve outcome
Bars Mutlu - Cryostorage in the Age of Robotics: Automation, Traceability, and Risk Reduction
Cynthia Hudson - Structured Data and Agentic AI
Gaurav Singhal - Panel led Discussion
16:40-17:15 SESSION 12: chaired by Cristina Hickman
Closing Session
- From resistance to readiness: Helping Healthcare teams and patients mbrace AI for better care
Elizabeth Grill - AI in IVF: the missing piece of the regulatory puzzle
Christine Allen - AI, Fertility, and Society: AI as a sustainable tool to humanitarian healthcare
Kazem Nouri - Conference summary and close
Cristina Hickman
Nikica Zaninovic
Zev Rosenwaks
17:30 Beach Activities – Meet at Hotel reception
08:00-12:00 Consensus statement on the responsible integration of AI in fertility clinical practice