Symposium Day 1
23 October 2025 (Thursday)
Session: 0830-1430
| TIME | PROGRAM | SPEAKER | MODERATOR | POSTER & EXHIBITION |
| 0800-0830 | Registration | |||
| 0830-0845 | Welcome Remarks by the Organising Chairs | Prof Dr Awi anak Idi & Prof Dr Sim Siong Fong |
Dr Abigail Rembui Anak Jerip | |
| 0845-0915 | Horizon Europe: Advancing Global Collaboration in Research and Innovation |
Dr Radu Ionescu |
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| 0915-0945 | Plenary 1: Challenges and Limitations in an IVF Center |
Dr Tham Seong Wai |
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| 0945-1015 | Plenary 2: Establishing IVF Centre of Excellence |
Dr Wong Pak Seng |
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| 1015-1030 | Refreshment / Tea Symposium: Gold Sponsor 1 | |||
| 1030-1100 | Plenary 3: Reshaping the Maternal-Embryonic Crosstalk Through Extracellular Vesicles |
Prof Islam M. Saadeldin |
Dr Abigail Rembui Anak Jerip | |
| 1100-1130 | Plenary 4: MySEV and EV Research in Malaysia |
Ts Dr Norhayati Liaqat Ali Khan |
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| 1130-1200 | Plenary 5: TBA |
Prof Dr Ahmad Hata bin Rasit |
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| 1200-1230 | Plenary 6: Improving Access to ART through Collaboration between Private and Public Sector |
Dr Haris Njoo Suharjono |
Dr Linah Nadarajah | |
| 1230-1300 | Plenary 7: Genetic Causes and Clinical Management of Male Infertility with Abnormal Sperm Parameters |
Dr Kannappan Palaniappan |
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| 1300-1400 | Lunch Symposium: Platinum Sponsor 1 | |||
Session: 1400-2200
| TIME | BREAKOUT ROOM 1 | BREAKOUT ROOM 2 | BREAKOUT ROOM 3 | POSTER & EXHIBITION |
| Moderator: Dr Natalie Neo Wen Ting |
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| 1400-1420 | Breakout 1.1: Robotic Surgery in Endometriosis Dr Angeline Wong |
Breakout 2.1: From Basic Science to Biomedical Applications of Extracellular Vesicles Prof Dr Hang Hubert Yin |
Breakout 3.1: Wildlife Reproductive Biotechnology Programme Donny Yawah |
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| 1420-1440 | Breakout 1.2: Congenital Mullerian Anomaly Dr Lee Poh Ching |
Breakout 2.2 Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) as Non-Invasive Markers: Potential, Challenges and the Way Forward Dr Lee Wai Leng |
Breakout 3.2 Investigating the Improvement of Bull In Vitro Fertility Through Seminal Plasma Extracellular Vesicles Dr Monika Nõmm |
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| 1440-1500 | Breakout 1.3: Oncofertility Experience in Malaysia Associate Professor Dr Mohd Faizal |
Breakout 2.3 Improving EVs biological performance via modulating their protein corona Prof Dr Khuloud Aljamal |
Breakout 3.3 Unlockign the Futures: The Potential of IVF and EMbryo Transfer in the Malaysian Cattle Industry Dr Zainal Zahari Zainuddin |
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| 1500-1520 | Breakout 1.4: Oncofertility Sharing Experience from Hong Kong Dr Karen Ng |
Breakout 2.4: Metabolomics Approach for Extracellular Vesciles Study: A Focus on Volatile Organic Compounds Dr Rosamaria Capuano |
Breakout 3.4: Harnessing the Potential of IVF and EVs for a One Health Approach to Veterinary Reproductive Medicine Dr Laura-Madalina Lixandru |
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| 1520-1540 | Afternoon Tea Break and Booth Visit | |||
| TIME | BREAKOUT ROOM 1 | BREAKOUT ROOM 2 | BREAKOUT ROOM 3 | |
| Moderator: Dr Shasheila Mohd Daud |
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| 1540 - 1600 | Breakout 1.5: A Closer Look at Male Infertiltity Dr Lim Yee Cherng |
Breakout 2.5: MSCs derived EVs: Novel Frontiers in Regeneration and Immunomodulation Prof Sujata Mohanty |
Breakout 3.5 Breakthrough in In Vitro Maturation (IVM) Using Immature Monkey Oocytes: The Latest Achievement from IIUM Frozen Zoo Prof Ts Dr Muhammad Lokman Md Isa |
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| 1600-1620 | Breakout 1.6: Early Pregnancy Complication and ART Dr Rafaie Amin |
Breakout 2.6: Extracellular Vesicles of Malaria Parasites Dr Carmenza Spadafora |
Breakout 3.6 Volatile Organic Profile from Bovine Embryos Prof Dr Sim Siong Fong |
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| 1620-1640 | Breakout 1.7: Experience Sharing in Managing Obesity Dr Yau May Yann |
Breakout 2.7 Deciphering the role of exosomes in brain metastasis patients pre and post radiotherapy treatment Dr Afsheen Arif |
Breakout 3.7 Artificial Insemination as a technology to improve calving rate among beef cattle in oil palm plantations in Sarawak Dr Sajem Jinim |
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| 1640-1700 | Breakout 1.8: Counselling Services on Pre, During and Post ART Treatment Mr C. T. Ong |
Breakout 2.8 It’s in the blood: EV miRNA biomarkers associated with neurodegenerative diseases Dr Lesley Cheng Sim, PhD |
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| 1700-1730 | Breakout 1.9: Beyond the Cell: Exploring EVs as Harbingers of Gynecologic Malignancies Prof Edmund Sim |
Breakout 2.9 Analyzing Exosomes: An Important Step Toward Exosome Engineering Prof Dr Boris Mizaikoff |
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| 1700-1730 | Tea Symposium: Gold Sponsor 2 | |||
| 1900-2200 | Conference Dinner + Opening Ceremony | |||
Symposium Day 2
24 October 2025 (Friday)
| TIME | BREAKOUT ROOM 2.1 | TIME | BREAKOUT ROOM 2.2 |
| 0800-0830 | V-NOTES - a new technique for fertility preserving surgery
Dr Tomonori Hada |
0800-1000 | Oral Presentations |
| 0830-0900 |
Microwave Ablation (MVA) and Fertility
Dato Dr Krishna Kumar |
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| 0900-0930 |
Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation for Childhood and Adolescent Cancer Patients
Prof Dr Seido Takae |
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| 0930-1000 |
Optimizing Fertility Outcomes: Case-Based Learning on Treatment and Genetic Screening (Session 1)
Dr Hoo Mei Lin |
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| 1000-1030 | Keynote Address
YB Dato Sri Hajjah Fatimah Abdullah |
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| 1030-1045 | Refreshment | ||
| 1045-1115 | Optimizing Fertility Outcomes: Case-Based Learning on Treatment and Genetic Screening (Session 2)
Dr Farah Leong Rahman |
1100-1300 | Oral Presentations |
| 1115-1135 | Practical Aspects in Transportation and Manipulation of Human Ovarian Tissue: From Surgery Room to Cryopreservation
Prof Dr Seido Takae |
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| 1135-1300 | Workshop: Hands-on training with bovine ovarian tissue freezing
Prof Dr Seido Takae |
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| 1300-1400 | Lunch Symposium: Platinum Sponsor 2 | ||
| 1400-1600 | Workshop: Hands-on training with bovine ovarian tissue freezing (continue)
Prof Dr Seido Takae |
1400-1600 | Oral Presentations |
| 1600-1630 | Refreshment / Tea Symposium: Gold Sponsor 4 | ||
| 1630-1700 | Closing Ceromony with Best Poster + Best Oral Presentation prize giving ceremony | ||
| End of Conference | |||
Intrauterine Insemination Seminar
Bovine Ovarian Tissue Freezing Hands-on Seminar Workshop
25 October 2025 (Saturday)
| TIME | PROGRAM | SPEAKER |
| 0800-0820 | Ethical Consideration & Patient Counselling in IUI | SN Lim Kim Li |
| 0820-0840 | IUI laboratory setup- necessary equipment and procedures | Khai Boon |
| 0840-0900 | Sperm preparation for IUI (Various methods) | Dzuriaty |
| 0900-0920 | Emerging microfluidic technologies for sperm sorting | Fiona Wei |
| 0920-0940 | Trouble shooting and Improving success rate in IUI | Dr Mardiana |
| 0940-1000 | Tea-break | |
| 1000-1020 | Practical Aspects in Transportation and Manipulation of Human Ovarian Tissue: From Surgery Room to Cryopreservation | Dr Lee Poh Ching |
| 1020-1040 | Risk of Malignant Cell Contamination - Minimal Residual Disease / Measurable residual disease | Associate Professor Dr Mohd Faizal |
| 1040-1400 | Workshop: Hands-on training with bovine ovarian tissue freezing | Dr Lee Poh Ching & Associate Professor Dr Mohd Faizal |
| 1400-1420 | Lunch Break | |
