UIT 2014 – EVALUATION REPORT

Hilton Prague Hotel22–24 January 2014

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Meeting highlights

• The meeting was attended by over 900 delegates

• 97% thought that the conference was well organised

• 93% thought the length of the meeting was just right

• 92% felt they had learned something from the event

• 70% felt that the event would change their practice

• 99% would attend the next meeting

Overall scientific content of the meeting

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How would you rate the quality of the speakers?

Majority of the speakers were

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Generally very high quality!

Most speakers are first class!

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Have you learned something from this event?

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Will this event change your practice?

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Was the event well organised?

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Did you feel that the event was biased?

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Individual session feedback

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Session I: Treatment pathway of the infertile couple

Very good lectures with a dynamic way to perform them

Very well planned program and audience interaction is well organised

Great provocative lecture from Professor Fisk

Remarkable organisation

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Session II: Variations in treatment protocols

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Very good session and speakers

Congratulations to Dr Fatemi

Bhatti was honest about what we DON’T know – which was good

Very useful session

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Session III: Advances in embryology

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Excellent up-to-date presentations on comprehensive data

Very good session with up-to-date information

Excellent session – really enjoyed it

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Session IV: Genetics in diagnosis and management of pregnancy

Does array CGH improve pregnancy rates? - Carmen

Rubio

PGD for single gene disorders - Svetlana Rechitsky

Transcriptomic assessment of endometrial factor - David Blesa

Keynote lecture 3: Cell-free DNA for non-invasive fetal

genetic diagnosis - Dennis Lo

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Dennis Lo gave an exceptionally brilliant lecture worthy of a Nobel

Prize candidate

Prof Lo’s lecture has been the highlight of the meeting –

Fantastic!

Excellent lecture from Dennis – he should do the opening lecture

at ESHRE

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Session V: Ovarian reserve – individualisation of treatment

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Keynote lecture was excellent

Very good session with great speakers – would have liked

more from Bob CasperBest session of the meeting

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Session VI: Challenges in infertility treatment…to treat or not to treat?

Couples with viral diseases - Anne Delbaere

Women with cancer - Kirsten Macklon

Women deferring childbearing - Tonko Mardešić

Keynote lecture 5: Donors without errors - do they exist? -

Nick Macklon

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ExcellentEntertaining talk from

Nick!Really the best

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Materials and organisation

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Meeting materials and interactivity

Rated the abstract book as very good or excellent 84%

Rated the pre-meeting correspondence/ information as very good to excellent

83%

Rated the iPad materials as very good or excellent 95%

Rated the interactivity as very good or excellent 95%

Felt there was sufficient time for discussion94%

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Meeting venue

Rated the auditorium as very good or excellent95%

Rated the location and venue as very good or excellent97%

Rated the catering as very good or excellent94%

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Selected general comments (1)

Because of excellent food, I have 2 kg more, which is not so good but

I enjoyed every meal

Extremely well organized – have been most impressed and grateful

Different continental buffet at conference dinner was a great idea!

We enjoyed it

More comfortable chairs

The AV was exceptional

Fantastic venue and organisation

Dennis Lo was the highlight of the meeting

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Selected general comments (2)

Enjoyed the academic content and interaction with colleagues

Congratulations to all involved in organizing and delivering this meeting

I would definitely like to attend the next meeting

Please have the next meeting in a warm country!

Congratulations on the great event

Excellent meeting

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Selected general comments (3)

Too much use of survey feature

No need for abstract book in the era of iPad

Would like to see more use of the iPad to see what the audience does, not

just test the audiences’ understanding

iPad voting is tedious

I missed refreshments for vegans, but otherwise

excellent Poor location of hotel in a business area, Prague is a good choice though. I understand that few places available

to host 1000 people thoughPosition of cameramen disturbed a lot to see the lectures

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Selected general comments (4)

The dinner was very badly organised, the place was inappropriate, the tables

and chairs – not for our age

The days are packed and intense: 8:30am start unnecessary! 9am plenty

early enoughLong days

The only sad thing was that there was no ‘nurse’ option in the drop down box in profile. Nurses in the UK are pivotal to the running of an IVF unit

Some people were conducting loud conversations, which was a bit distracting – chairs should be

instructed to advise

Auditorium was sometimes too cold but good views all round

Future UIT meetings

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Suggested topics for further meetings

• Infertility in PCOS• Ovulation induction• Embryology• Endometriosis• Reproductive immunology• Male infertility• Day-to-day practice of ART• Natural cycle IVF• Psychological counselling