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Scientific Program
Advanced Embryo Transfer Workshop
Overview
1
Days
4
Sessions
23
Lectures
A Masterclass for Experienced ET Veterinarians
Saturday, 17 October 2026
09:00
09:00
Improving Embryo Recovery Rates
Mailed-in and Live Questions from the Audience
Lectures
6 items
Management of the Competing Donor mare
Simple Clinical and Efficient Methods to Improve the Embryo Flushing Procedure
Optimizing your Embryo Collections Technique - Tips and Tricks learned from Colleagues around the Globe
Why Didn't I Recover an Embryo? - Analysis of Donor-Related Causes of Recovery Failure
Embryo Recovery on Consecutive Days to Obtain Small Embryos for Vitrification
How does one perform an embryo flush in Europe, North and South America? - Explained in 5 min or less
Panel Q&A
10:30
11:00
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee and thee served in the Foyer
Embryo Handling, Shipment, Cryopreservation and Evaluation
Mailed-in and Live Questions from the Audience
Lectures
5 items
What is the Ideal Temperature for Shipping Embryos: Does It Matter?
Embryo Grading of In Vivo Embryos: Is it Useful?
Embryo Pulsing: Repeated Expansion and Contraction of In Vivo and In Vitro Equine Blastocysts
Can AI Help with the Grading of In-Vivo Embryos?
Vitrification of In Vivo Produced Equine Embryos: Size Really Does Matter!
Panel Q&A
13:00
14:00
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch in the Foyer offered by IMV & NIFA Technologies
14:00
14:00
Embryo Transfer and Recipient Mare Management Beyond the Basics
Mailed-in and Live Questions from the Audience
Lectures
6 items
Estimation of the Age of the Early CL by Ultrasonography in Recipient Mare Management
How Important Is Recipient Synchrony? Revisiting the Concept of the "Perfect" Recipient Cycle
When can we start using the post-partum, lactating recipient mare?
Speakers to be announced
Return to Cyclicity and Fertility in Recipient Mares Following Early Pregnancy Loss
Embryo Transfer Technique Affects Pregnancy Rates in Recipient Mares
How does one perform an embryo transfer using the Wilsher forceps? - Explained in 5 min or less
Panel Q&A
15:30
16:00
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee and thee served in the Foyer
16:00
18:00
16:00 – 18:00
Transfer of ICSI Embryos
Mailed-in and Live Questions from the Audience
Lectures
6 items
The Uterine Environment Reduces the Pluripotency of the In Vitro Produced Embryo
Days after Ovulation and Number of Corpora Lutea in ICSI Recipient Mares, It Matters
Choosing the Ideal Recipient Mare in North America - Embryo Transfer in P&E-prepared Recipient Mares
How to Evaluate ICSI Recipient Mares before Transfer
Vitrified ICSI Embryos: Transport, Warming and Transfer
Speakers to be announced
Slow Frozen ICSI Embryos: A New Abreviated Thawing Procedure
Panel Q&A
The scientific program is provisional and subject to change depending on speaker availability and ongoing program development. ESER reserves the right to modify the schedule, topics, speakers, or session formats without prior notice. Such modifications do not constitute grounds for cancellation or refund. Updates will be communicated through the ESER 2026 website as they occur.
