Preliminary Program
Detailed agenda coming soon!
Plenary Lectures
ASA Emil Steinberger Lecture / Keynote Address
- “Benefits and Risks of Testosterone Treatment of Hypogonadal Men”
Peter J. Snyder, USA
ASA Women in Andrology Lecture
- “Sperm Chromatin: A Blueprint of Development”
Sue Hammoud, USA
ASA Richard D. Amelar Lecture
- “ASA Through the Years: Challenges and Opportunities”
Donna Vogel, USA
ASA Past President’s Lecture
- “Functional Study of Testis-specific Genes In Vivo and In Vitro Through Genome Editing Approach”
Masahito Ikawa, Japan
ASA International Lecture
- “The Genetics of Testis Development, 35 Years on from SRY”
Andrew Sinclair, Australia
ASA Diversity Lecture
- “Understanding Male Reproductive Tract Development Though Chromosomal Imbalances”
Carolina Jorgez, USA
Plenary Lecture 1
- “Unlocking the Secrets of PDE5: Analyzing Two Decades of Clinical Trials with Inhibitors and New Insights from the Knock-Out Model”
Andrea Isidori, Italy
Plenary Lecture 2
- “Environmental Factors in Adverse Trends in Male Reproductive Health”
Anna-Maria Andersson, Denmark
Plenary Lecture 3
- “Genetics of Male Infertility: The 21st century”
Frank Tüttelmann, Germany
Plenary Lecture 4
- “Polygenic Risk Score in Testis Cancer: Are We Ready for Its Clinical Use?”
Katherine L. Nathanson, USA
Plenary Lecture 5
- “Pharmacological and Cell Therapy Approaches to Address Testosterone Deficiency”
Vassilios Papadopoulos, USA
Plenary Lecture 6
- “Building Bridges Between Wild Animal Species and Humans in Male Fertility Preservation”
Pierre Comizzoli, USA
Plenary Roundtable
- “ICSI – A Genetic Timebomb Revisited 2025”
Dorrie Lamb, USA
Gianpiero Palermo, USA
Csilla Krausz, Italy
Symposia
Symposium 1 – Changes in Spermatozoa During Their Post-testicular Journey
- “Cilia as Key Regulators of Male Reproductive Functions and Fertility”
Clémence Belleannée, Canada - “Dynamic Changes in the Sperm Flagellum During Fertilization”
Mariano G. Buffone, Argentina
Symposium 2 – Paternal Impact on Offspring Health
- “The Sperm Methylome and its Potential Impact on the Offspring”
Timothy Jenkins, USA
Symposium 3 – Genetics of Male Infertility: Going Beyond Etiology Diagnosis
- “TESE Prediction Based on Genetic Tests: How Far Are We?”
Antoni Riera Escamilla, USA - “Mutation Load in Infertile Men: A Putative Relationship Between Reproductive and Somatic Health”
Ki Aston, USA
Symposium 4 – Male Sex Differentiation and DSD: From Basic Science to Clinical Practice
Symposium 5 – ASA / NYRA-Trainee Directed Symposium
- “Male Reproductive Toxicity: Effects of Environmental Pollutants and the Role of Intestinal Microbiota”
Juliana Perobelli, Brazil - “A Geographical Approach to Study the Impact of Environmental Factors on Semen Quality”
Rita Rahban, Switzerland
Symposium 6 – Standardization Protocols in Andrology: Imaging and Androgen Measurements
- “Male Genital Tract Ultrasound Reference Ranges: Lessons from the EAA Multicenter Study”
Francesco Lotti, Italy - “Measurement, Reporting and Interpretation of Serum Testosterone in Men: Room for Improvement”
Dirk Vanderschueren, Belgium
Symposium 7 – In vitro Spermatogenesis & Fertility Preservation
- “Application Potential of Spermatogonial Transplantation”
Makoto Nagano, Canada - “Fertility Preservation from Birth to Adulthood”
Rod Mitchell, UK
Symposium 8 – Sexual Medicine and Surgical Andrology: Advances in Clinical Practice
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“Sexual Dysfunction and Infertility”
Helen Bernie, USA -
“Ejaculatory Disorders: An Overview”
Ege Can Serefoglu, Turkey
Symposium 9 – Best Abstracts
Symposium 10 – Basic and Clinical Aspects of Leydig Cell Biology Across the Lifespan
- “One Cell at a Time: Unlocking Fetal Testis Steroidogenesis”
Joan Jorgensen, USA - “Usefulness of Leydig Cell Biomarkers in the Clinic”
Jorma Toppari, Finland
Symposium 11 – Andrological Cancers Throughout the Lifetime: From Etiology to Pathogenesis
- “Germ Cell Cancer of the Testis: One Cell Type, Different Mechanisms”
Ewa Rajpert-De Meyts, Denmark - “Sex-steroid Hormones are Key Modulators of Prostate Cancer Cell Metabolism”
Etienne Audet-Walsh, Canada
Symposium 12 – Clinical Trials in Male Infertility and Contraception: The Two Sides of the Coin
- “FSH Treatment in Idiopathic Infertility – Evidence Enough?”
Hermann Behre, Germany - “Title to be confirmed”
Stephanie Page, USA
Symposium 13 – Immunology of the Testis and Its Response to External Threats
- “Infection of the Human Testis by Emerging Viruses: Innate Immune Responses, Viral Persistence and Impact on Male Reproductive Function”
Nathalie Dejucq-Rainsford, France - “Recent Developments on Immune Populations in the Testis”
Sudhanshu Bhushan, Germany