Program

9:00
REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST
A DECADE OF REPRO-COLLABORATION
9.30
Welcome by the moderator & ReproUnion Executive Board members
Bernadette Mannaerts, Senior Medical Research Director, RMMH, Ferring Pharmaceuticals
Stine Gry Kristensen, Senior researcher, Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Rigshospitalet
Jens Sønksen, Professor, Department of Urology, Gentofte & Herlev Hospital
9.45
ART is a tool and not the solution.. Let’s talk about “the desire to have children” and not only “how to get children”!
Søren Ziebe, Head of the fertility clinic at Rigshospitalet
10.00
What has been accomplished in infertility treatment
Margareta Kitlinski, Chief physician at Reproduktionsmedicinsk centrum, Malmö
10.15
Why research matters for infertility patients – meet Camilla from the ReproUnion film
Conversation with moderator, Tine Gøtzsche
10.20
When collaboration drives regional growth
Lars Gaardhøj, Chairman of the Capital Region of Denmark
Anna Mannfalk, Vice-Chair, Hälso- och sjukvårdsnämnden, Region Skåne
10.35
Panel session: From position to action
Anna Mannfalk, Lars Gaardhøj, Margareta Kitlinski and Søren Ziebe – chaired by Tine Gøtzsche
11:00
COFEE BREAK
 
 
MULTI-DISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION DRIVES INNOVATION IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
11.30
Fertility awareness and family formation
Eva Elmerstig, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, Malmö University
 11.45
The key to better understand (in)fertility: ReproUnion Biobank & Infertility Cohort
Niels Jørgensen, Consultant, Department of Growth & Reproduction, Rigshospitalet 
 12.00
Reproductive health and longevity: innovative solutions the ReproUnion way
Eva Hoffmann, Professor, Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen
 12.15
Ferring: Our Purpose & Commitment
Christina Lloyd, Senior Vice President, Reproductive Medicine & Maternal Health, Ferring Pharmaceuticals
 
12:30
LUNCH
 
 
ATTRACTING AND FOSTERING RESEARCH TALENTS
13.30 
Perspectives on EAU/ReproUnion scholarship collaboration
Juan Luis Vásquez, Board representative for European Association of Urology and Head of Urothelial Cancer, Department of Urology, Zealand University Hospital 
 13.45
LAUNCH of ReproUnion film about the next generation of reproductive researchers
 13.55
Panel interview with young reproductive researchers involved in ReproUnion:
Jennifer Gruhn, former ReproUnion postdoc and Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen
Angel Elenkov, former EAU/ReproUnion fellow and clinician, Reproduktionsmedicinsk centrum, Malmö
Jesper Friis Petersen, Chairman of ReproYoung, MD, Hvidovre Hospital and postdoctoral BRIDGE fellow, University of Copenhagen
 
A LOOK TO THE FUTURE
14.15 
Setting the scene for a ReproUnion beyond 2022
Aleksander Giwercman, Professor, Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University 
 14.25
Closing Remarks
Stine Gry Kristensen, Senior researcher, Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Rigshospitalet
Jens Sønksen, Professor, Department of Urology, Gentofte and Herlev Hospital
 
 
14:30-15:30
REFRESHMENTS AND NETWORKING