‘Preparing for Pregnancy’
Sunday 10 October 2010
Intercontinental Hotel
North Terrace
Adelaide, SA, Australia
8.00am Registration Opens
8.45am Welcome and Introduction
Professor Robert Norman
Session 1 – Periconception
8.55am How Genetics and environment interact at the start of life
Professor Caroline McMillan – University of South Australia
9.30am How does the environment affect human reproduction?
Dr Linda Giudice – University of California, San Francisco
10.10am Morning Tea
Session 2 – Nutrition
10.40am Environmental Factors in Sperm Health
Professor David Handelsman, University of NSW, ANZAC Institute
11.10am Optimising Embryonic Nutrition
Professor David Gardner, University of Melbourne
11.50pm Quality Management and a Healthy Start
Associate Professor Cecilia Sjoblom, Westmead Fertility Centre
12.20pm Lunch
Session 3 – Prevention
1.20pm Preconceptional Determinants of Pregnancy
Dr Jacky Boivin, University of Cardiff UK
1.55pm Effects of Female and Male Age
Dr Georg Griesinger University of Lubeck, Germany
2.30pm Protecting Gametes in Times of Danger
Dr Theresa Woodruff, University of Chicago, USA
3.10pm – Afternoon Tea
Session – 4
3.40pm Identifying and Preventing Genetic Issues
Associate Professor David Amor
4.10pm – Identifying and Preventing Medical Complications of Pregnancy
Professor Euan Wallace
4.40pm Organising a Periconception Program
Dr Anne Clark, Fertility First Sydney
5.10pm Close
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