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Saturday, May 30, 2026

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Welcome & Housekeeping
Session 1: Caring for the Creators
Chairs: Kate Watson and Simone Wrigley
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM Who cares for the creators?
Emma Whitney
9:25 AM - 9:50 AM Black Swans: Sentinel Indicators in the IVF Lab
Dr Denny Sakkas
9:50 AM - 10:15 AM Empowering the embryologist: A bench based approach to problem solving and continuous improvement
Dr Sharon Mortimer
10:15 AM - 10:50 AM
Life-hacks for Labbies | Panel Discussion
10:50 AM - 11:00 AM
Gold Sponsor Talk
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
Morning Tea - Day 1
Session Two: Epigenetics, Eggs, and Embryology
Chairs: Jeanette MacKenzie and Tracie King
11:20 AM - 11:45 AM Epigenetic changes to babies born from ART
Prof David Coman
11:45 AM - 12:10 PM Pregnancy complications - what influences placental architecture and function?
Dr Olivia Holland
12:10 PM - 12:35 PM TBC
Prof Hayden Homer
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM
Lunch - Day 1
Session Three: Experienced Scientist Abstracts
Chairs: Tim Rabbitt and Carolyn Menegazzo
1:35 PM - 2:20 PM
Speakers and abstract topics TBA
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM
Sponsor Talk 1
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Afternoon Tea - Day 1
Session Four: All Creatures Great and small
Chairs: Ruan De Bruin and Elina Roumain
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM Lessons from IVF in domestic and wild animals
Dr Andres Gambini
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM Microbial resistance and super bugs
Speaker TBA
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM The Aging Oocyte: When Does Intervention Still Work? Age-Dependent Effects of FGF2, LIF and IGF1 in Equine ICSI
Joanne Smith
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM Progress on the SIRT recommendations on adverse event reporting
Jayne Mullen and Jeanette Mackenzie
4:15 PM - 4:20 PM Close of Day One
Kate Watson
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM SIRT Evening Function
Soleil, Rydges South Bank
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Welcome & Housekeeping
Session 1: Caring for the Creators
Chairs: Kate Watson and Simone Wrigley
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM Who cares for the creators?
Emma Whitney
9:25 AM - 9:50 AM Black Swans: Sentinel Indicators in the IVF Lab
Dr Denny Sakkas
9:50 AM - 10:15 AM Empowering the embryologist: A bench based approach to problem solving and continuous improvement
Dr Sharon Mortimer
10:15 AM - 10:50 AM
Life-hacks for Labbies | Panel Discussion
10:50 AM - 11:00 AM
Gold Sponsor Talk
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
Morning Tea - Day 1
Session Two: Epigenetics, Eggs, and Embryology
Chairs: Jeanette MacKenzie and Tracie King
11:20 AM - 11:45 AM Epigenetic changes to babies born from ART
Prof David Coman
11:45 AM - 12:10 PM Pregnancy complications - what influences placental architecture and function?
Dr Olivia Holland
12:10 PM - 12:35 PM TBC
Prof Hayden Homer
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM
Lunch - Day 1
Session Three: Experienced Scientist Abstracts
Chairs: Tim Rabbitt and Carolyn Menegazzo
1:35 PM - 2:20 PM
Speakers and abstract topics TBA
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM
Sponsor Talk 1
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Afternoon Tea - Day 1
Session Four: All Creatures Great and small
Chairs: Ruan De Bruin and Elina Roumain
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM Lessons from IVF in domestic and wild animals
Dr Andres Gambini
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM Microbial resistance and super bugs
Speaker TBA
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM The Aging Oocyte: When Does Intervention Still Work? Age-Dependent Effects of FGF2, LIF and IGF1 in Equine ICSI
Joanne Smith
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM Progress on the SIRT recommendations on adverse event reporting
Jayne Mullen and Jeanette Mackenzie
4:15 PM - 4:20 PM Close of Day One
Kate Watson
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM SIRT Evening Function
Soleil, Rydges South Bank

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Welcome & Housekeeping
Session 1: Caring for the Creators
Chairs: Kate Watson and Simone Wrigley
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM Who cares for the creators?
Emma Whitney
9:25 AM - 9:50 AM Black Swans: Sentinel Indicators in the IVF Lab
Dr Denny Sakkas
9:50 AM - 10:15 AM Empowering the embryologist: A bench based approach to problem solving and continuous improvement
Dr Sharon Mortimer
10:15 AM - 10:50 AM
Life-hacks for Labbies | Panel Discussion
10:50 AM - 11:00 AM
Gold Sponsor Talk
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
Morning Tea - Day 1
Session Two: Epigenetics, Eggs, and Embryology
Chairs: Jeanette MacKenzie and Tracie King
11:20 AM - 11:45 AM Epigenetic changes to babies born from ART
Prof David Coman
11:45 AM - 12:10 PM Pregnancy complications - what influences placental architecture and function?
Dr Olivia Holland
12:10 PM - 12:35 PM TBC
Prof Hayden Homer
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM
Lunch - Day 1
Session Three: Experienced Scientist Abstracts
Chairs: Tim Rabbitt and Carolyn Menegazzo
1:35 PM - 2:20 PM
Speakers and abstract topics TBA
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM
Sponsor Talk 1
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Afternoon Tea - Day 1
Session Four: All Creatures Great and small
Chairs: Ruan De Bruin and Elina Roumain
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM Lessons from IVF in domestic and wild animals
Dr Andres Gambini
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM Microbial resistance and super bugs
Speaker TBA
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM The Aging Oocyte: When Does Intervention Still Work? Age-Dependent Effects of FGF2, LIF and IGF1 in Equine ICSI
Joanne Smith
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM Progress on the SIRT recommendations on adverse event reporting
Jayne Mullen and Jeanette Mackenzie
4:15 PM - 4:20 PM Close of Day One
Kate Watson
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM SIRT Evening Function
Soleil, Rydges South Bank

Sunday, May 31, 2026

9:00 AM - 9:20 AM Research Spotlight: Simulated microgravity alters sperm navigation, fertilisation and embryo development in mammals
Nicole McPherson
Session Five: How Regulation and Legislation is shifting Embryology
Chairs: Emma Ebinger and Claudia Passaro
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM The road ahead: changes to ART legislation in AU/NZ
Dr Petra Wale
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM A lawyer's view of IVF legislation and litigation: Case studies that shift practice
Sarah Jefford
10:00 AM - 10:10 AM
Sponsor Talk 2
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM
Morning Tea - Day 2
Session Six: Emerging Scientist Abstract Sessiion
Chairs: Azelle Hawdon and Lin Song
10:40 AM - 11:20 AM
Speakers and abstract topics TBA 2
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM
Sponsor Talk 3
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Lunch - Day 2
Session Seven: Life in the Ice Age
Chairs: Kate Watson and Jenna Fae
12:30 PM - 12:55 PM Back to basics: what is really happening to gametes and embryos during vitrification
Dr Tammie Roy
12:55 PM - 1:15 PM Frozen futures: patient egg-spectations and clinical realities of elective egg freezing
Dr Miriam Lee
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM Fast and re-stressed in the ice age: pushing the limits of blastocyst vitrification
A. Prof Yanhe Liu
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Afternoon Tea - Day 2
Session Eight: Giagnostics - What Lies Ahead
Chairs: Liz Hansen and Simone Wrigley
2:15 PM - 2:35 PM Biomarkers of testis function and sperm health
Dr Liza O’Donnell
2:35 PM - 2:55 PM PGT-P: clinical readiness vs. clinical reality
Nikki Kliskey
2:55 PM - 3:15 PM Ethical impacts of fertility testing and PGT
Chris Gyngell
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Presentation of Abstract Speaker Awards
3:30 PM - 3:35 PM Close of meeting address
from SIRT Chair Jayne Mullen
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM Research Spotlight: Simulated microgravity alters sperm navigation, fertilisation and embryo development in mammals
Nicole McPherson
Session Five: How Regulation and Legislation is shifting Embryology
Chairs: Emma Ebinger and Claudia Passaro
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM The road ahead: changes to ART legislation in AU/NZ
Dr Petra Wale
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM A lawyer's view of IVF legislation and litigation: Case studies that shift practice
Sarah Jefford
10:00 AM - 10:10 AM
Sponsor Talk 2
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM
Morning Tea - Day 2
Session Six: Emerging Scientist Abstract Sessiion
Chairs: Azelle Hawdon and Lin Song
10:40 AM - 11:20 AM
Speakers and abstract topics TBA 2
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM
Sponsor Talk 3
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Lunch - Day 2
Session Seven: Life in the Ice Age
Chairs: Kate Watson and Jenna Fae
12:30 PM - 12:55 PM Back to basics: what is really happening to gametes and embryos during vitrification
Dr Tammie Roy
12:55 PM - 1:15 PM Frozen futures: patient egg-spectations and clinical realities of elective egg freezing
Dr Miriam Lee
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM Fast and re-stressed in the ice age: pushing the limits of blastocyst vitrification
A. Prof Yanhe Liu
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Afternoon Tea - Day 2
Session Eight: Giagnostics - What Lies Ahead
Chairs: Liz Hansen and Simone Wrigley
2:15 PM - 2:35 PM Biomarkers of testis function and sperm health
Dr Liza O’Donnell
2:35 PM - 2:55 PM PGT-P: clinical readiness vs. clinical reality
Nikki Kliskey
2:55 PM - 3:15 PM Ethical impacts of fertility testing and PGT
Chris Gyngell
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Presentation of Abstract Speaker Awards
3:30 PM - 3:35 PM Close of meeting address
from SIRT Chair Jayne Mullen

9:00 AM - 9:20 AM Research Spotlight: Simulated microgravity alters sperm navigation, fertilisation and embryo development in mammals
Nicole McPherson
Session Five: How Regulation and Legislation is shifting Embryology
Chairs: Emma Ebinger and Claudia Passaro
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM The road ahead: changes to ART legislation in AU/NZ
Dr Petra Wale
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM A lawyer's view of IVF legislation and litigation: Case studies that shift practice
Sarah Jefford
10:00 AM - 10:10 AM
Sponsor Talk 2
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM
Morning Tea - Day 2
Session Six: Emerging Scientist Abstract Sessiion
Chairs: Azelle Hawdon and Lin Song
10:40 AM - 11:20 AM
Speakers and abstract topics TBA 2
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM
Sponsor Talk 3
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Lunch - Day 2
Session Seven: Life in the Ice Age
Chairs: Kate Watson and Jenna Fae
12:30 PM - 12:55 PM Back to basics: what is really happening to gametes and embryos during vitrification
Dr Tammie Roy
12:55 PM - 1:15 PM Frozen futures: patient egg-spectations and clinical realities of elective egg freezing
Dr Miriam Lee
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM Fast and re-stressed in the ice age: pushing the limits of blastocyst vitrification
A. Prof Yanhe Liu
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Afternoon Tea - Day 2
Session Eight: Giagnostics - What Lies Ahead
Chairs: Liz Hansen and Simone Wrigley
2:15 PM - 2:35 PM Biomarkers of testis function and sperm health
Dr Liza O’Donnell
2:35 PM - 2:55 PM PGT-P: clinical readiness vs. clinical reality
Nikki Kliskey
2:55 PM - 3:15 PM Ethical impacts of fertility testing and PGT
Chris Gyngell
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Presentation of Abstract Speaker Awards
3:30 PM - 3:35 PM Close of meeting address
from SIRT Chair Jayne Mullen

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