The ReproUnion partnership looks forward to welcoming our project members and wider network to the closing conference of the 2019-2022 Interreg ÖKS programme period. The ReproUnion Summit will be held at Ferring’s new astonishing building in Copenhagen and it will be an exciting day with inspiring talks, discussions and networking!
Date: 2 September 2022, 9.00 – 15.30
Venue: Ferring Soundport, Amager Strandvej 405, 2770 Kastrup, Denmark
Organizers: The ReproUnion Partnership, facilitated by the project management unit
Registration: You can attend at no cost but you have to REGISTER
Program: The below program will be updated on an ongoing basis
Moderator: Tine Gøtzsche
| 9:00- 9:30 | Registration and breakfast |
| 9:30- 11:00 | A DECADE OF REPRO-COLLABORATION |
| 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 and Herlev Hospital |
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| 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 |
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| What has been accomplished in infertility treatment Margareta Kitlinski, Chief physician at Reproduktionsmedicinsk centrum, Malmö |
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| Why research matters for infertility patients – meet Camilla from the ReproUnion film Conversation with moderator, Tine Gøtzsche |
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| When collaboration drives regional growth Lars Gaardhøj, Chairman of the Capital Region of Denmark Anna Mannfalk, Vice-Chair, Hälso- och sjukvårdsnämnden, Region Skåne |
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| From position to action Panel session with Anna Mannfalk, Lars Gaardhøj, Margareta Kitlinski and Søren Ziebe Chaired by the moderator. |
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| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30-12:30 | MULTI-DISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION DRIVES INNOVATION IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH |
| Fertility awareness and family formation Eva Elmerstig, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, Malmö University |
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| The key to better understand (in)fertility: ReproUnion Biobank & Infertility Cohort Niels Jørgensen, Consultant, Department of Growth & Reproduction, Rigshospitalet |
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| Reproductive health and longevity: innovative solutions the ReproUnion way Eva Hoffmann, Professor, Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen |
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| Ferring: Our Purpose & Commitment Christina Lloyd, Senior Vice President, Reproductive Medicine & Maternal Health |
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| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-14:15 | ATTRACTING AND FOSTERING RESEARCH TALENTS |
| Perspectives on EAU/ReproUnion scholarship collaboration Juan Luis Vásquez, Board representative for European Association of Urology (EAU) and Head of Urothelial Cancer, Department of Urology, Zealand University Hospital |
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| LAUNCH of ReproUnion film about the next generation of reproductive researchers | |
| 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 at RMC, Malmö Berk Hazir, current EAU/ReproUnion fellow, Lund University |
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| 14:15-14:30 | A LOOK TO THE FUTURE |
| Setting the scene for a ReproUnion beyond 2022 Aleksander Giwercman, Professor, Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University |
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| Closing Remarks Stine Gry Kristensen, Senior researcher, Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Rigshospitalet & Jens Sønksen, Professor, Department of Urology, Gentofte and Herlev Hospital |
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| 14:30-15:30 | Networking with refreshments |