Preliminary Scientific Programme
ESDAR conference 2021
Thursday 14 October 2021
10:00 Optional City Tour
14.00-17.00 Meeting of the ESDAR Board
17:00-20:00 Registrations
20:00 Welcome Reception
Friday 15 October 2021
08:45-09:00 Opening Session
09:00-10:30 Plenary Session I (2 keynotes, 40 Min each)
Hidalgo Manuel Recent advances in donkey sperm vitrification
Jonker Herman Education: where does it go
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Young scientist presentations (8 presentations, 5 Min + 1 Min discussion, each)
12:00-13:30 4 Parallel Workshops
Small ruminant reproduction (X. Druart)
Alternatives to antibiotics (R. Bage)
Genomic selection and other genomic applications in horses (F.K. Stock)
Old and modern data sources. What is their significance and how to make optimal use of them (N. Papavramidou)
13:30-14:30 Lunch (1 room for country representative meeting)
14:30-16:00 Poster Session I
16.00-16:15 Coffee Break
16:15-17:15 Oral communication sessions (4 parallel, 4 each)
19:00 Gala Dinner
Saturday 16 October 2021
08:30-09:50 Plenary Session II (2 keynotes, 40 Min each)
Dafopoulos Konstantinos Human medicine: 40 years after Louise Brown
Roth Zvi Breeding for robustness in a changing climate
09:50-10:15 Coffee Break
10:15-10:55 Plenary Session III (1 keynote, 40 min)
Mermillod Pascal Early embryo-maternal dialogue in the oviduct, a fine tuning to secure the success of pregnancy in mammals
10:55-11:55 Oral Communication Session II (4 parallel, 4 each)
11:55-12:45 ESDAR annual business meeting
12:45-13:45 Lunch
13:45-15:15 Poster Session II
15:15-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-17:00 4 Parallel Workshops
Metabolic stress, oocyte quality and infertility in dairy cows. Can we intervene? (W. Marei)
Mastitis in small ruminants (D. Bergonier)
From ovulation to parturition (small animals) (G. Mantziaras)
Novel insights in pig reproduction through the application of - omics technologies (I. Parrilla)
17:00-17:30 Awards and Closure of ESDAR
Sunday 17 October 2021
10:00-15:00 Optional Excursion