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

• “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