Friday, November 3, 2023
10:30-14:35 Central European Time (CET)
10:30-10:35 Welcome Note
Yuval Yaron, Israel
10:35-11:12 Sponsored symposium- Illumina
Prenatal Genomic Sequencing: improving diagnostic yield and aiding clinical utility
Mark Kilby, UK
11:12-12:45 Session 1: Advances in Prenatal Diagnosis
11:17-11:28 The diagnostic yield of prenatal exome sequencing in structurally normal fetuses
Hagit Daum, Israel
11:28-11:47 NGS Based newborn screening
David Bick, UK
11:47-12:14 Somatic Variant Mosaicism Causing Cortical Maldevelopment
Ritsuko Kimata Pooh, Japan
12:14-12:45 The use of Optical Genome Mapping in Prenatal Diagnosis
Brynn Levy, USA
12:45-14:35 Session 2: Non-Invasive Prenatal testing
12:45-13:17 TRIDENT2 results and conclusions
Erik Sistermans, The Netherlands
13:17-13:37 The use of cfDNA to screen for monogenic conditions in low risk populations
Neeta Vora, USA
13:37-14:11 Cell-Based Non-invasive Prenatal Testing – Is it still a Distant Star?
Ripudaman Singh, Denmark
Sponsored by Arcedi
14:11-14:35 NIPT for sex chromosome abnormalities global practices and ethical implication
Ida Vogel, Denmark
Saturday, November 4, 2023
10:30-14:45 Central European Time (CET)
10:30-11:15 Sponsored symposium- Revvity
From samples to outcomes, one Canadian laboratory’s experience with the Vanadis NIPT platform
Jean Gekas, Canada
The benefits and pitfalls of using PPV for NIPT clinical interpretation
Lawrence Prensky, USA
11:15-14:40 Session 3: Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT)
11:15-11:36 Ex Utero Embryogenesis: Naive Pluripotent Stem-cells-derived Embryoid Models (SEMs)
Yaqub Hanna, Israel
11:36-12:02 Whole genome PGT for transmitted and de novo mutations, using whole genome sequencing (PGT-WGS) with GenomeScreen®
Santiago Munne, Spain
12:02-12:43 Universal PGT by genome-wide SNP analysis and karyomapping
Alan Handyside, UK
12:43-13:14 How close are we to universal PGT
Tony Gordon, UK
13:14-13:50 Pathways leading to segmental aneuploidy
Joris Vermeesch, Belgium
13:50-14:17 Genetic Impacts on IVF Embryo Viability
Rajiv McCoy, USA
14:17-14:40 Eliminating pathogenic genes: Gene editing (CRISPR) vs. PGT-M
Avner Hershlag, USA
14:40-14:45 Congress summary and Highlights
Yuval Yaron, Israel