Dear honoured guests, colleagues and friends,
Step into a world of enchantment and exploration! The Organizing Committee cordially invites you to the Ovarian Club (Asia) 2024, an extraordinary event scheduled to take place on December 14-15, 2024, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Within this remarkable gathering, our theme, "Through the Looking Glass," invites you to embark on a journey of discovery into uncharted realms of knowledge and imagination. Just like Alice on her whimsical adventure, we encourage you to transcend the ordinary and uncover the hidden secrets that await.
Immerse yourself in a diverse program of thought-provoking discussions and visionary presentations. Explore the ever-evolving landscape of reproductive medicine, where ground-breaking discoveries and advancements shape the future of fertility and reproductive health. Prepare to be inspired by an exceptional line-up of esteemed speakers, each offering their unique perspectives and insights. Engage with topics that span intriguing controversies surrounding embryo transfer, advancements in egg freezing storage techniques, add-ons for IVF, and the promising future of ovarian research.
We extend our heartfelt gratitude for your unwavering support and eagerly anticipate your presence. Join us in Hong Kong as we embark on a journey through the looking glass, where realities merge with imagination and boundless possibilities await. Together, let us set sail on a voyage of discovery, where the extraordinary becomes the new norm.
Yours sincerely,
Milton LEONG On behalf of the Organizing Committee Ovarian Club (Asia) |
Jacqueline CHUNG President The Hong Kong Society for Reproductive Medicine |
Co-Chairmen
Milton LEONG
Hong Kong SAR
Gerald SCHATTEN
United States
Zeev SHOHAM
Israel
Sherman SILBER
United States
The Hong Kong Society for Reproductive Medicine
Council
President:
Jacqueline CHUNG
Honorary Secretary:
Raymond LI
Honorary Treasurer:
Carina CHAN
Council Members:
David CHAN
Judy CHOW
Shui Fan LAI
Emily LAM
Milton LEONG
Alice WONG
Jia ZHOU
14 December 2024, Saturday
08:30-09:00 | Registration | |
09:00-09:15 | Opening Ceremony (Dr. Milton Leong, Dr. Jacqueline Chung) | |
09:20-10:00 | Plenary Lecture |
Gerald SCHATTEN University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
10:00-11:00 | Session 1 | |
TBC | TBC | |
Frozen vs. Fresh Embryo Transfer: Who will Benefit? | ZiJiang CHEN Shandong University |
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Q&A | ||
11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break | |
11:30-12:50 | Session 2 Emerging Technologies in Embryo Selection | |
Timelapse - recent LANCET paper published | Priya BHIDE Queen Mary University of London |
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Quality of Blastocysts using 3D | Bo HUANG Tongji Hospital, Wuhan |
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Vacuoles as a Morphologic Sign of Blastocyst Quality and IVF Success | En-Hui CHENG Lee Women's Hospital, Taichung City |
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Q&A | ||
12:50-13:50 | Lunch Symposium | |
13:15-13:45 | Innovative VMS management (Sponsored by Astellas) |
Rodney BABER
The University of Sydney |
13:50-14:30 | Plenary Lecture- Development of cfDNA-based cancer detection technologies | Dennis LO The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
14:30-15:30 | Session 3 - Transformative Trajectories in Preimplantation Genetic Screening | |
Day 5 PGT/ miPGTa | Richard CHOY The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
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Day 3 PGT results should this replace Trophetoderm Biosy in Day 5 PGT | Sijia LU Yikon Genomics, Shanghai |
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TBC | TBC | |
Q&A | ||
15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break | |
16:00-17:20 | Session 4 - Reflections on In Vitro Maturation | |
IVM in ovarian tissue | Tuong M HO My Duc Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City |
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Regulation of human oocyte maturation in vitro: release the break and press the accelerator | Claus Yding ANDERSON University Hospital of Copenhagen |
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IVM in Oozyte quality | Johan SMITZ Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
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Q&A | ||
19:00-21:00 | Faculty Dinner (Ming Court) |
15 December 2024, Sunday
08:30-09:00 | Registration | |
09:00-09:40 | Plenary Lecture - How does pre-natal treatment affect post-natal diseases? |
Hefeng HUANG Zhejiang University, Hangzhou |
09:40-10:40 | Session 5 - Mirrors of Innovation: The Future of Ovarian Research |
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Ovarian Tissue Transplant for Menopausal women | Sherman SILBER Infertility Center of St. Louis |
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AI Modeling on Ovarian Reserve (OvaRePred) | Huiyu XU Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing |
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Pregnancy for Patient with Malignant Tumor | Qiong WANG Sun Yat-sen University |
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Q&A | ||
10:40-11:00 | Coffee Break | |
11:00-12:20 | Session 6 - The Frontiers of Oocyte Biology | |
Through the looking glass: Alice in AMH-land. Where does reality stop and fantasy take over? | William LEDGER University of Sydney |
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Assisted sperm fusion to replace eggs | Shota HATAKEYAMA Yanaihara Women's Clinic, Kamakura City |
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Mitochondrial DNA in Ovarian development and aging | XingGuo LIU Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
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12:00-12:20 | Q&A | |
12:20-13:00 | Plenary Lecture - The Use of Low Dose Growth Hormone in Managing Difficult IVF Patients | Chii-Ruey TZENG Taipei Fertility Center |
13:00-13:50 | Lunch Symposium | |
13:20-13:50 | Luteal phase support in fresh and frozen embryo transfer cycles – Singapore perspective (Sponsored by Abbott) |
Su-Ling YU Alpha IVF Centre & Alpha Women’s Specialists, Singapore |
13:50-14:30 | Plenary Lecture - The 40-year-old myth of embryo selection: Is pregnancy primarily endocrine or immune driven condition? | Norbert GLEICHER Center for Human Reproduction, New York |
14:30-15:30 | Session 7 - Nursing session | |
Psychosocial counselling for IVF couples | Tung Tess KWAN The University of Hong Kong |
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The vital role of nurses in providing emotional support for IVF patients | Wai Man CHEUNG Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong SAR |
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Does Artificial Intelligence have a role for IVF patients? | Kam Bik Crystal HUI Union Hospital, Hong Kong SAR |
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Q&A | ||
15:30-15:50 | Coffee Break | |
15:50-17:00 | Session 8 - The Looking-Glass House: Embryo Transfer revisited | |
What is the best way to prepare endometrium for FET? | Tuong M HO My Duc Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City |
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Ultrasound Virginal Directed Embryo Transfer | Lili HUANG Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou |
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Endometrial Injury to Increase Implantation Rate? | Zeev SHOHAM Kaplan Medical Center |
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Q&A | ||
17:00-17:15 | Closing Ceremony |
University Hospital of Copenhagen
The University of Sydney
Queen Mary University of London
Tongji Hospital, Wuhan
Shandong University
Lee Women's Hospital, Taichung City
Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong SAR
Center for Human Reproduction, New York
Yanaihara Women's Clinic, Kamakura City
My Duc Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou
Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou
The University of Hong Kong
University of Sydney
Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Yikon Genomics, Shanghai
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Kaplan Medical Center
Infertility Center of St. Louis
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Taipei Fertility Center
Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing
Alpha IVF Centre & Alpha Women’s Specialists, Singapore
Extend the abstract submission deadline to 31 October 2024
The Organizing Committee of Ovarian Club (Asia) Meeting 2024 welcomes you to submit abstracts for Poster Presentation at the Meeting. “Best Poster Awards” will be awarded to recognize outstanding works.
ABSTRACT CATEGORIES:
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
BEST POSTER AWARDS
In order to recognize outstanding works, the Scientific Programme Committee is pleased to offer Best Poster Awards. Applicants would need to register as participants and present their Poster at the Meeting. The results will be announced and the awards will be presented during the Closing Ceremony on 8 December 2024. All the presenters should attend the Closing Ceremony for the Award Presentation.
Individual Registration Group Registration
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Early Registration |
Regular Registration |
Full Delegates – Physicians and Scientists |
HK$3,200 (US$400) |
HK$4,200 (US$540) |
ASPIRE Member |
HK$2,000 (US$255) |
HK$2,500 (US$320) |
Local Delegates (Physicians and Scientists - China, Hong Kong and Macao) |
HK$1,600 (US$200) |
HK$2,300 (US$300) |
Allied Health |
HK$1,000 (US$125) |
HK$1,600 (US$200) |
Trainees and Students |
HK$1,000 (US$125) |
HK$1,600 (US$200) |
Industries |
HK$3,200 (US$400) |
HK$4,200 (US$540) |
Group Registration (≥10 people) for Allied Health/ Trainees and Students* |
HK$ 800 (US$100) |
* Please download the Group Registration Form and send the filled form through email to the Meeting Secretariat at info@ovarianclub-asia.org.
Method of Payment
Payment of registration fee (in Hong Kong Dollars) must be made by the following methods:
Letter of Invitation
On request, the Secretariat will send a letter of invitation by email to participant to attend the Meeting. This invitation is intended to facilitate the participant to apply leave or travel arrangement / and does not imply the provision of any financial or other support.
Cancellation Policy
Cancellation of your registration should be made in writing to the Secretariat via email at info@ovarianclub-asia.org
On or before 20 October 2024 | Refund with HK$300 administration fee and complimentary replacement. |
After 20 October 2024 (including no-show in the Meeting) |
No refund and administration fee of HK$300 for replacement. |
All refund will be processed after the Meeting.
Rules and Regulations
For enquiries, please contact
Ovarian Club (Asia) Meeting Secretariat
c/o International Conference Consultants Ltd.
Tel: (852) 2559 9973
Fax: (852) 2547 9528
Email: info@ovarianclub-asia.org
The organizer reserved a number of rooms at the following hotels which are within walking distance to the OCC 2024 Venue (Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre - HKCEC).
Please refer to the booking terms and cancellation policy of each hotel when you make reservation.
Hotels within walking distance to HKCEC
Renaissance Harbour View Hotel
(1 Harbour Road, Wanchai)
within the same complex of HKCEC
Room with daily breakfast for 1 person
from HK$1,650
Website
The Harbourview
(4 Harbour Road, Wanchai)
3-min walk to HKCEC
Room with daily breakfast for 1 person
from HK$979
Website
Passport and Visa
Visitors must hold a valid passport, endorsed where necessary for Hong Kong. Hong Kong has a liberal visa policy, allowing visa-free entry to nationals of more than 170 countries and territories. For country-specific visa information, please visit http://www.immd.gov.hk/eng/services/visas/visit-transit/visit-visa-entry-permit.html. For delegates from countries for which visas are required for entry to Hong Kong, please check with the Chinese Embassy or Consulate in your country.
Climate
Hong Kong has a sub-tropical climate with a very mild, relatively dry winter from December to February. The average high temperature is 21°C (70°F) and average low temperature is 15°C (59°F). There are fewer rainy days in December than in the rest of the year. Please visit Hong Kong Observatory website www.hko.gov.hk for weather forecast before deciding what to pack.
Health and safety
Over 90% of population received 1st & 2nd dose of vaccination while over 65% of population received 3rd dose of vaccination.
Currency
Hong Kong uses the Hong Kong Dollar. The Hong Kong dollar is pegged at 7.8 to the US dollar which offer a stable currency with minimal fluctuation in the exchange rate. All major credit cards are widely accepted in Hong Kong and can be used to obtain cash advances at banks and automatic teller machines (ATMs).
Electricity
The standard voltage in Hong Kong is 220 volts AC/50 cycles. The plug/ socket system in Hong Kong is a 3-rectangular-pin type.
Language
Chinese and English are the official languages. English is widely used within the Government and also by the legal, professional and business sectors.
Hong Kong International Airport
For the information of the Hong Kong International Airport, please visit their website at www.hongkongairport.com .
To and From the Airport
Airport Express
The Airport Express is the fastest way to get between the city and the airport. It takes passengers to and from the Hong Kong Station in about 24 minutes. Train services are provided daily between 05:54 and 00:48 and at 10-minute intervals. Train tickets can be purchased at the Airport Express Customer Service Centre located in the Arrivals Hall of the Hong Kong International Airport.
For details. Please visit http://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/services/airport_express_index_tourist.html.
Taxi
Taxis offer a flexible way to and from the airport. Arriving passengers can pick up a taxi at the Taxi Station outside the Arrivals Hall. Taxis in Hong Kong are colour-coded according to their operating areas. Urban taxis are red. The current rates are HKD29 on flag fall for the first 2 kilometres plus HKD2.1 every further 0.2 kilometre. The charge will be changed to HKD1.4 per 0.2 kilometre after the chargeable amount has reached HKD102.5. Additional charges for luggage and tolls apply.
Transportation
Hong Kong is so compact that getting around is quick and easy. An efficient public transport system – network of urban trains (Mass Transit Railway or MTR) and numerous routes of trams, buses, ferries and also taxi – enable visitors to explore Hong Kong conveniently and safely on their own. Tourist MTR 1-Day Pass is tailored for tourist travel around Hong Kong. Tourists can have any one day of unlimited rides on the MTR (except the Airport Express Line) within the ticket validity period. For details, please visit http://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/tickets/day_pass_tourist.html
An octopus card which will allow travel on all forms of public transport (including the Star Ferry and Trams) can be purchased at MTR Service Centre.
Time Zone
Local Hong Kong time is eight (8) hours ahead of Universal Time Coordinated (UTC +08).
Internet Access
Most hotels have internet access. You can also access the internet for free at many coffee shops, large shopping malls, major MTR stations and public libraries in town. For people bringing their laptops to Hong Kong, wireless broadband service is common at major shopping malls and coffee shops.
No Sales Tax or VAT
Businesses and individuals in Hong Kong enjoy one of the most tax-friendly systems in the world.
Discover Hong Kong
For the most updated tourist information, please visit the website of the Hong Kong Tourism Board at www.discoverhongkong.com.
For enquiries, please contact
Ovarian Club (Asia) Meeting Secretariat
c/o International Conference Consultants Ltd.
Tel: (852) 2559 9973
Fax: (852) 2547 9528
E-mail: info@ovarianclub-asia.org