Industry Sessions
Industry sessions will be held over lunch on Thursday and Friday at the ICC Sydney. Attendees are invited to consume their lunch in the Exhibition before making their way back to the Pyrmont Theatre for the session.
Pre-registration is required to attend these sessions; this can be completed through the online registration form. Places are strictly limited and are offered on a first come, first served basis. We recommend booking early to ensure you don’t miss out.
Cost: Included for all full registrations. Additional tickets cannot be purchased for this session
Chair: , Fertility Plus, New Zealand
Presenters:
- , The University of New South Wales, Australia
- , The University of New South Wales, Australia
- Professor Juan Garcia Velasco, IVI Madrid, Spain
This symposium brings together leading experts to explore early detection, pain management, and fertility challenges related to endometriosis. Open to all Congress attendees, this symposium, chaired by Professor Neil Johnson, will cover key strategies to improve outcomes for women at every stage of their journey.
Sponsored by
Time: 1320-1420hrs
Location: Pyrmont Theatre, Level 2, International Convention Centre Sydney
Cost: Included for all full registrations. Additional tickets cannot be purchased for this session.
Chair: TBC
Presenters:
- Professor Jason Abbott, The University of New South Wales, Australia
- Dr Mauricio Abrao, Sao Paulo University and Hospital BP - A Beneficencia Portuguesa de São Paulo, Brazil
- Professor Sun-Wei Guo, Shanghai Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, China
- Dr Yuval Kaufman, Carmel Medical Center, Affiliated fo the Technion Institute of Technology, Israel
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Professor Neil Johnson
Neil is a New Zealand gynaecologist and REI subspecialist in a practice with Auckland Gynaecology Group and Repromed Auckland. He is also medical director at Flinders Fertility, Adelaide, South Australia. Neil is professor of O&G at Flinders University and adjunct professor at the University of Adelaide, serves on the board of ASPIRE, was inaugural chairperson of the ASPIRE endometriosis special interest group and is a past president of the World Endometriosis Society.
Professor Jason Abbott
Dr Jason Abbott Professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of New South Wales. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed publications, has supervised more than 40 students through higher research degrees and garnered more than $20million in research funding. He is the co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynaecology, is the chair of the National Endometriosis Clinical and Scientific Trials (NECST) Network, Australia and directs the GRACE research group and is a member of the Endometriosis advisory group to the Australian government.
Professor Rebecca Deans
Assoc. Prof. Rebecca Deans is an internationally recognised researcher in
the surgical management of benign gynaecology and endometriosis and has a
special interest in paediatric and adolescent gynaecology. Day to day, she
works as a gynaecologist at The Royal Hospital for Women, as Fertility
Specialist at the RHW Fertility Research Centre, is the only paediatric and
adolescent gynaecologist at the Sydney Children’s Hospital, and is an
Associate Professor at UNSW School of Women's & Children's Health.
Among Assoc. Prof. Deans’ many accomplishments are over 60 peer reviewed
publications in leading national and international publications, 5 book
chapters and over 20 research papers. Assoc. Prof. Deans is an experienced
and prize-winning university lecturer, convening courses in Paediatric and
Adolescent Gynaecology and is passionate about disseminating knowledge to
other medical practitioners and the wider community. She has also been
invited to present 14 times at national and international meetings.
Assoc. Prof. Deans has worked with international leaders to establish
protocols and is the lead researcher of a collaborative uterine transplant
project. In January 2023 Dr Deans and her team performed the first
Australian uterine transplant at the Royal Hospital for Women. This
culminated in a live birth on 15 December 2023. Two further uterus
transplants were performed in that year with another live birth to the
second transplant recipient on 29 March 2024. In 2023 Assoc. Prof. Deans was
awarded NSW Woman of Excellence for her work in women’s health.
Professor Juan Garcia Velasco
Biography to be received
The 16th World Congress on Endometriosis is proudly hosted by
and supported by
Acknowledgement of Country
The 16th Congress on Endometriosis acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the
lands
on which we will meet, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to
their Elders past, present and emerging.
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