Preserving and restoring fertility: Current techniques and prospects for the future

Abstract

The second World Congress on Fertility Preservation was held on 10-12 December 2009, in Brussels. The congress was organized by the Serono Symposia International Foundation and the International Society for Fertility Preservation (ISFP), and it was presided over by professor Jacques Donnez, first president of the ISFP. Approximately 350 participants attended the congress, which included 33 lectures by faculty members, 28 oral communications and 34 poster presentations. The program encompassed all aspects of fertility preservation, ranging from the specific challenges in so-called oncofertility to cryopreservation of oocytes, ovarian tissue and testicular tissue, ovary transplantation, in vitro maturation and the (dis)advantages of vitrification versus slow freezing. © 2010 Expert Reviews Ltd.