2019 World Congress Keynote Speakers Announced by the International Federation of Fertility Societies

  MOUNT ROYAL, NJ - 09/27/2018 (PRESS RELEASE JET)

The International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS) and its 2019 World Congress Scientific Committee continue to release programme and event information related to its 23^rd IFFS World Congress, being held April 11-14, 2019 in Shanghai, China. Most recently, the organization announced its featured keynote speakers who will be attending and presenting at the Congress. Themed "Transforming the Frontiers of Human Reproduction," the Congress will highlight contributions from over 60 renowned international faculty-some of whom are listed below- focusing on issues within the fertility field.
 

“Our speakers are carefully selected to ensure that the Congress provides the most recent and cutting-edge education to practitioners globally,” said Richard Kennedy, IFFS President. “All of those presenting are well-known and respected within their field and offer the fertility community a unique opportunity to learn how their work and research is transforming human reproduction.”

Featured keynote speakers include:

• Mats Bräanström, MD, PhD of the University of Gothenburg, Sweden
• Hilary Critchley, MD of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland
• Hans Evers, MD, PhD of Maastricht University, The Netherlands
• Linda Giudice, MD, PhD of the University of California - San Francisco, United States
• Katsuhiko Hayashi, PhD of Kyushu University, Japan
• Dennis Lo, MD, PhD of Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
• Jie Qiao, MD, PhD of Peking University Third Hospital, China
• Lesley Regan, MD of Imperial College London, United Kingdom 
• Carlos Simon, MD, PhD of the University of Valencia, Spain

Last month, the Congress formally announced the publication of its 2019 World Congress Programme and Call for Abstracts, encouraging those within the field to submit their topics, research and abstracts for consideration.
 

The 2019 World Congress will examine research and development on local, regional and international levels. The World Congress is specially created for any person within the reproductive healthcare industry. The 2019 World Congress is expected to draw over 4,000 international delegates.
 

Visit the official IFFS website for regularly updated Congress information, including the Congress program, at iffs-reproduction.org. 

About the International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS)
Founded in 1951, the International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS) is a Non-State Actor (NSA) which promotes and develops educational initiatives in the ?eld of reproductive health, supporting the goals and objectives of the World Health Organization (WHO) as well as the renewed focus and prioritization WHO has given to infertility as a disease. IFFS Education Programmes are tailored to regional needs, based on extensive faculty research and communication with local Member Society representatives. The IFFS represents over 65 UN country speci?c fertility societies that in the aggregate encompass an estimated 60,000 physicians and reproduction medicine specialists worldwide including allied healthcare medical professionals. For more information on IFFS, its event and its membership, visit iffs-reproduction.org.