Pre-congress Courses at the IFFS World Congress 2025
Pre-Congress Courses on various subjects are organized prior to the Opening Ceremony on April 26, 2025.To join the courses, admission fee is required as:Half-day courses: 15,000 JPY/course
Full-day courses: 22,500 JPY/course (Lunch box included) N.B. For registration to the Pre-Congress Courses, registration to the congress is a prerequisite.
Attendance registration for PRE-CONGRESS will start from later February.
[HALF-DAY COURSES]
| Half day Course 1 9:00-12:00 |
The ART of Japanese-style MAR |
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| [Course description] This course addresses the current status and basic and advanced treatment strategies, including add-ons, of assisted reproductive technology in Japan. We will approach the clinical advantages and disadvantages as well as the appropriate use of technologies. [Target audience] Clinicians, Clinical Embryologists, laboratory practitioners[Expected learning outcomes] By the end of the course, participants will have the latest knowledge on:- Current status and characteristics of assisted reproductive technology in Japan - Detailed protocols and clinical outcomes for minimal ovarian stimulation - Basic and advanced strategies for advanced age patients - Methodology and clinical efficiency of various ICSI techniques - Clinical benefits and the appropriate use of time-lapse technology - Recent improvements in cryopreservation technique and frozen embryo transfer - Effects of endometrial preparations on pregnancy, maternal, and perinatal outcomes |
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| Half-day Course 2 9:00-12:00 |
Male Infertility |
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| Half-day Course 3 12:45-15:45 |
Genetics & Implantation |
| Recent genetic advances provide precise and accurate analysis of preimplantation embryos. This has resulted in unexpected clinical conclusions not previously expected. Lethal maternal mutations may preclude early embryo development and prevent implantation. Not all euploid embryos implant in a given IVF cycle, but in a subsequent cycle, transfer of another euploid embryo has high likelihood of implantation that can result in a liveborn infant. Expanded carrier screening has revealed lethal mutations that lead to clinical pregnancy loss, and cell-free genetic analysis of embryo culture media is revolutionizing care. Moreover, the endometrial microbial environment is increasingly gaining attention in affecting pregnancy establishment and outcomes. In this pre-congress course attendees will learn, from leaders in the field, about contributions of embryo and parental genetics and the endometrial microbial environment to implantation failure and pregnancy loss, as well as advances in non-invasive genetic analysis of embryo ploidy status. Participants will be able to set expectations for patients, understand diagnostic approaches, and personalize therapeutic protocols for enhancing pregnancy success. This course is for reproductive medicine physicians, embryologists, nurses, laboratory and clinical geneticists, genetic counselors, basic researchers, translational researchers, and trainees in these categories. | |
| Half-day Course 4 12:45-15:45 |
IVF LABORATORY |
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| Half-day Course 5 12:45-15:45 |
TBD (Vitrolife Group Sponsored) |
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| Half-day/Full-day Course 1 Morning Session: 9:00-12:00 Afternoon session: 12:45-15:45 |
Hysteroscopy for infertility (Covidien/Medtronic Sponsored) |
| This course will cover modern hysteroscopic surgery, which has been rapidly developing in recent years, and share the latest knowledge from the basics to applications. Topics will include the flexible video scope and rigid hysteroscope, which are often used for diagnostic purposes; the resectoscope, the standard device for submucosal myoma treatment; and the morcellator, a device lineup that has expanded in recent years. The PCC2 will be mainly led by experts from Japan, the host country of the IFFS, who has developed a training and certification system to promote awareness of office hysteroscopy. The lecture in the morning will also cover the training method for hysteroscopic surgeons. The afternoon hands-on course, which includes demonstrations of the latest models, is intended primarily for beginners. While the afternoon hands-on course can be taken as a full-day course with the morning lecture, the morning lecture can be taken as a half-day course.
Capacity: - Lecture only (Morning session from 9:00-12:00) 16 pax- Full-day with Hands-on (hands-on session from 12:45-15:45) 24 pax Those who take hands-on sessions are required to take a lecture in the morning. |
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| Half-day/Full-day Course 2 Morning Session: 9:00-12:00 Afternoon session: 12:45-15:45 |
Laparoscopy in 2025 (Johnson & Johnson Sponsored) |
| Laparoscopy in 2025! will share the latest findings from experts on laparoscopic surgery to achieve both improvement of fertility and cure of disease at a high level. Topics will include endometriotic cysts, deep endometriosis, uterine fibroids, hydrosalpinx and so on. Laparoscopic surgery for these conditions includes important points for reproductive surgeons to keep in mind, such as preserving ovarian reserve, avoiding surgical complications, and minimizing the risk of uterine rupture during pregnancy. Following the lecture in the morning, a hands-on training course will be held in the afternoon, which will include dry lab/box training using disease models. While the hands-on training course is mainly for beginners, the morning lectures are also targeted at intermediate and advanced students, and can be taken as a half-day course.
Capacity: - Lecture only (Morning session from 9:00-12:00) 100 pax- Full-day with Hands-on (hands-on session from 12:45-15:45) 24 pax Those who take hands-on sessions are required to take a lecture in the morning. |
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| Full-day Course 3 9:00-15:45 (45 min. lunch break) |
Fertility Preservation – Laboratory Perspectives |
| The course will consider practical aspects of gamete, embryo and ovarian/testicular tissue cryopreservation from the perspective of the laboratory scientist. Experienced practitioners will share their expertise in the technical challenges posed and consider how to overcome them to optimise outcomes. |