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2018 ISPD Conference

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08:25 CEST

Opening Ceremony and Welcome Address Queen Elisabeth Hall

08:30 CEST

Plenary Presentation by Glenn Cohen: Law and Ethics at the Cutting Edge of Reproductive Medicine Queen Elisabeth Hall

09:00 CEST

Top Abstract: T-1 Which fetuses benefit most from exome sequencing? Results from the Prenatal Assessment of Genomes and Exomes (PAGE) study Queen Elisabeth Hall

09:15 CEST

Top Abstract: T-2 The impact of additional anomalies on head growth in fetuses with congenital heart defects Queen Elisabeth Hall

09:30 CEST

Top Abstract: T-3 Evaluating individual laboratory performance for cffDNA NIPT for aneuploidies: report of the first international external quality assessment Queen Elisabeth Hall

09:45 CEST

Top Abstract: T-4 Simultaneous detection of fetal chromosome aneuploidy and monogenic diseases by a novel noninvasive prenatal testing method: Targeted And Genome-wide simultaneous sequencing (TAGs-seq) Queen Elisabeth Hall

10:00 CEST

Plenary Presentation by Kypros Nicolaides: Past and future of prenatal diagnosis Queen Elisabeth Hall

09:30 CEST

Malcolm Ferguson-Smith Award: Germline mosaicism is a pitfall in PGD for X‐linked disorders. Single sperm typing detects very low frequency paternal gonadal mosaicism in a case of recurrent chondrodysplasia punctata... Queen Elisabeth Hall

09:45 CEST

Prenatal Diagnosis Journal Report Queen Elisabeth Hall

14:00 CEST

Best Early Career Investigator Finalist: E-1 The BElgian PREnatal MicroArray consortium: towards relating prenatally detected CNVs, prenatal phenotype and postnatal clinical data Queen Elisabeth Hall

14:15 CEST

Best Early Career Investigator Finalist: E-2 Improving uptake of perinatal autopsy: Lessons learned from parents and key stakeholders Queen Elisabeth Hall

14:30 CEST

Best Early Career Investigator Finalist: E-3 Sensitivity of non-invasive prenatal testing for cancer detection and treatment monitoring in pregnant women Queen Elisabeth Hall

14:44 CEST

Joe Leigh Simpson Award for Best Early Career Investigator Queen Elisabeth Hall

14:45 CEST

Plenary - Do You Agree with the Experts? Queen Elisabeth Hall

16:00 CEST

Plenary - Big data and A.I. Queen Elisabeth Hall

16:30 CEST

Late-breaking Abstract: LB-1 The potential diagnostic yield of Whole Exome Sequencing in 391 pregnancies complicated by fetal ultrasound anomalies and with normal chromosomal microarray results Queen Elisabeth Hall

16:45 CEST

Late-breaking Abstract: LB-2 A new era in aneuploidy screening for multifetal gestations: Clinical laboratory experience screening >30,000 cell-free DNA samples Queen Elisabeth Hall

09:30 CEST

Plenary - ISPD Pioneer in Prenatal Diagnosis and Therapy Award Queen Elisabeth Hall

14:00 CEST

Closing Plenary Presentation: Intellectual disabilities and understanding genetic risk Queen Elisabeth Hall

14:45 CEST

Closing Plenary Presentation: Bioengineering and stem cell therapy Queen Elisabeth Hall

15:30 CEST

Closing Remarks Queen Elisabeth Hall