07:00 Registration desk open and welcome coffee

07:50 Introductory remarks, welcome (Cesare Galli, Thomas Züchner)

08:00 Introductory keynote lecture on: “in vivo, vs OPU/ICSI vs OPU/IVF where do we came from, where are we going to in the equine industry” (Edward Squires)

09:00 Exploring ethical opinions surrounding equine OPU (Niamh Lewis)

09:30 Embryo production in the lab (Giovanna Lazzari)

10:10 Coffee break

10:30 Cryopreservation and pre-implantation genetic testing of equine embryos (Katrien Smits)

11:30 Management of the recipient mare (Michaela Kölling)

12:00 Factors affecting recovery and pregnancy rates in Equine Embryo transfer program (Denis Necchi)

12:45 Regulations on equine germplasm shipments (James Crabtree)

13:15 Lunch break

14:00 Start of 4 parallel wet labs with changing groups every 60 minutes

WS1 postmortem oocyte recovery (Avantea)

WS2 Vitrifying and warming of equine embryos (Katrien Smits, Denis Necchi)

WS3 sperm selection (Matheus Felix)

WS4 slow freezing and thawing of embryos (Avantea team)

15:10 Same as above with swapped groups

16:20 Same as above with swapped groups

17:30 Same as above with swapped groups

18:40 End Closing remarks (Cesare Galli, Thomas Züchner)