Preliminary Program Outline

27 – 29 August 2026
Harpa – Reykjavik

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Thursday 27 August
Arrow
09:00-17:00
NFS Hospitality Desk Open | Registration NFS 2026
09:00-12:00
Workshop in collaboration with NILS
12:00-13:00
Lunch in Exhibition area
13:00-14:15
Plenary session 1

Opening session
13:00 - 13:15 Welcome, NFS president Järvholm, Stina (SE) and
Chair of Local Organisation Committee Einarsson, Snorri (IS)

13:15 - 13:45 Speaker and title tbc (IS)

13:45 - 14:15 Touranye, Herman (BEL)
How is consanguinity perceived in infertility treatments across different cultures?

14:15-14:30
15 minute break
14:30-15:20
Plenary session 2

What Shapes Women’s Reproductive Health?
14:30 - 14:55 Pirtea, Paul (FRA)
AMH – facts, myths and evidence

14:55 - 15:20 Speaker and title tbc (IS)

15:20-15:50
Coffee break
15:50-16:40
Parallel session 1

Andrology
15:50 - 16:15 Jensen, Christian Fuglesang (DK) Optimizing azoospermia evaluation: Current clinical pathways and future directions

16:15 - 16:40 Klami, Rauni (FI)
mTESE results in University of Turku

Embryology
15:50 - 16:15 Ahlström, Aisling (SWE)
Istanbul consensus update

16:15 - 16:40 Speaker and title tbc

17:00-18:30
Get together at Harpan
Friday 28 August
Arrow
09:00-17:00
NFS Hospitality Desk Open | Registration NFS 2026
09:00-10:15
Parallel session 2

Psychological preparation for fertility treatment
09:00 - 09:25 Sylvest, Randi (DK)
Fertility Education

09:25 - 09:50 Savolainen-Peltonen, Hanna (FI) Digital care pathway for IVF patients

09:50 - 10:15 Tristen, Carolina (SWE)
Conveying information to the public

PGT-A in the USA and the Nordics
09:00 - 09:25 Hydén-Granskog, Christel (FI) PGT-A - The Nordic way

09:25 - 09:50 Bartolucci, Alison (USA)
PGT-A - the USA way

09:50 - 10:15 Panel discussion and Q&A

10:15-10:45
Coffee Break | Poster Promenade
10:45-12:00
Parallel session 3

Fertility awareness
10:45 - 11:10 Gaml-Sørensen, Anne (DK)
Male reproductive health by season of birth and vitamin D

11:10 - 11:35 Lee, Yunsung (NO)
Biological age and fertility

11:35 - 12:00 Stevanovic, Aleksej (NO)
The effect of smokeless tobacco on fertility

Oral communications
10:45 - 11:00, Talk 1, TBC
11:00 - 11:15, Talk 2, TBC
11:15 - 11:30, Talk 3, TBC
11:30 - 11:45, Talk 4, TBC
11:45 - 12:00, Talk 5, TBC

12:00-13:00
Lunch in exhibition area
13:00-13:50
Parallel session 4

Frozen embryo transfer
13:00 - 13:25 Soares, Sergio Natural Proliferative Phase FET
13:25 - 13:50 Pinborg, Anja (DK) Modified natural cycle FET

Disruptors of fertility
13:00 - 13:25 Toppari, Jorma (FI) Environment and male fertility
13:25 - 13:50 Kristensen, David Møbjerg (DK) Effects of paracetamol on early embryogenesis

13:50-14:05
15 minute break
14:05-15:20
Plenary session 3

New England Fertility Society – IVF in the USA in 2026
14:05 - 14:30 Bartolucci, Alison (USA) Title TBC
14:30 - 14:55 Davis, Darlene (USA) Title TBC
14:55 - 15:20 Neuber, Evelyn Title TBC

15:20-15:50
Coffee Break
15:50-16:30
Plenary session 4

15:50 - 16:30 Ali Khatibi (SWE)
AI in the IVF workplace

19:30-01:00
Conference dinner
Saturday 29 August
Arrow
09:00-12:45
NFS Hospitality Desk | Registration NFS 2026
09:00-10:00
Plennary Session 5

09:00 - 09:30 Lundin, Kersti (SWE)
Nordic results

9:30 - 10:00 Pinborg, Anja (DK)
Nordic cooperation and follow-up (CoNARTaS study)

10:00-10:30
Coffee Break
10:30-11:15
NFS general assembly
11:15-11:30
15 minute break
11:30-12:40
Plenary session 6

11:30 - 11:55 Knudsen, Jakob Schöllhammer (DK)
Donor conception and offspring limits

11:55 - 12:20 Frith, Lucy (UK)
International limits on the number of offspring per gamete donor

12:20 - 12:40 NFS president Järvholm, Stina (SE) and Chair of Local Organisation Committee Einarsson, Snorri (IS)
Closing ceremony