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**Subject to Change** Please check the mobile app or website program agenda for more details and locations.

MONDAY, JULY 28, 2025

Board Meeting (Invitation Only)
8:30am- 5:00pm

TUESDAY, JULY 29, 2025

Trainee Forum
1:00pm- 2:00pm  

Board and Committee Chair Meeting (Invitation Only)
2:15pm- 3:15pm 

Session and Program Chair Meeting (Invitation Only)
2:30pm- 3:00pm 

Opening Ceremony
3:30pm- 5:15pm 
Plenary Presentation- Genetic Conflicts between Sex Chromosomes Drive the Rapid Evolution of Protamines: Insights from Drosophila”; presented by Harmit Malik
Carl G.Hartman Award
Recognition Awards

Opening Reception
7:00pm- 9:00pm
Join us at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery for light reception and gathering with all of your amazing colleagues!

WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 2025

Poster Session A
8:00am- 9:45am 

Focus Sessions 1-6
10:00am-12:00pm

• Adventures of the sperm in the female tract
• Becoming Haploid- sponsored by FRNQB
• Trophoblast and Placenta: Connecting to Mom
• V. B Mahesh Neuroendocrine Session
• Looking at reproduction through the lens of physics
• Gates Foundation: Female contraception

Lunch Program Trainee Mentor Lunch
12:15pm- 1:15pm

Focus Sessions 7-12
1:30pm- 3:00pm 

• Male contraception: fundamental mechanisms and application
• Exchange Lecture 2 (SRB): Novel methods to assess developmental competency
• Exchange Lecture 1 (SRF): Implantation and pregnancy
• Neuroendocrine signaling in the reproductive tract
• John Eppig Session - Oocyte and Early Embryo Development
• Feeding the world

Refreshment Break
3:00pm- 3:30pm

Plenary Presentations
3:30pm- 5:00pm
Plenary Presentation- “Rise and SINE: Mechanisms of Transcriptional ‘Awakening’ at the Start of Life”; presented by Kikue Tachibana
Research Awards
New Investigator Awards
Plenary Presentation- “Bringing Back the Past to Protect our Future; Deextinction of the Tasmanian Tiger”; presented by Andrew Pask

Trainee Mixer
5:30pm- 7:00pm 
Join all of the other trainees for this casual meet-up (must register ahead of time)

New Investigator Mixer
5:30pm-7:30pm
Join us at Yardbird for a reception and mingling with your fellow New Investigators! (must register ahead of time)

THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2025

Breakfast Symposium
7:00am- 7:50am
Eggs over Easy: shedding light on the ups and downs of fertility in the lives of Black women (must register in advance).

Poster Session B
8:00am- 9:45am

Focus Sessions 13-18
10:00am-12:00pm

• Male reproductive tract New views on steroidogenesis
• Diversity of peri-implantation development in mammals
• Exchange Lecture 3 (ASRM): Focus on endometriosis
• Immunology of reproduction
• Trainee led session: Bench to Bedside

Lunch Program
12:15pm- 1:15pm 
Lunch and Learn: Fostering resiliency through mentorship

Trainee Award Platform Competition Talks
1:30pm- 3:00pm 

Refreshment Break
3:00pm- 3:30pm 

Free Afternoon
3:30pm 
Enjoy the site of Washington DC!

BOR Reception (Invitation Only)
6:00pm- 7:00pm

President’s Reception Invitation Only
7:30pm- 9:30pm 

FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2025

President’s Breakfast Invitation Only
7:00am- 7:45am 

Poster Session C
8:00am- 9:45am 

Focus Sessions 19-25
10:00am-12:00pm

• Spermatagonial stem cells
• Impacts of Ageing
• Endocrine disruptors
• Single cell cartographers - what are they telling us about reproduction?
• ART Donor community: Issues and opportunities
• Modelling embryo-maternal interactions

Lunch Program
12:15pm- 1:15 pm
Lunch and Learn: A Look Back at the Career of Janice Bahr (must register in advance)

Focus Sessions 26-30
1:30pm- 3:00pm

• Ryuzo Yanagimachi Symposium on Rewiring reproduction-producing gametes from somatic cells
• William Hansel Ovarian Biology Session: Ovarian function/dysfunction
• Dr. Kwang Yul Cha Session: Preimplantation DOHAD
• The ART of Wildlife Conservation
• Cha Health Systems Session: Impacts of climate change on fertility and health

Refreshment Break
3:00pm- 3:30pm

Plenary Presentations
3:30pm- 5:00pm
Plenary Presentation- “The Dangerous Womb: A History of Pregnancy Loss and Blame”; presented by Kathleen Crowther
Service Award
Mentor Award
Plenary Presentation- “How Does a Tissue-sized Cell Support Pregnancy”; presented by Amy Gladfelter

Business Meeting
5:15pm- 6:00pm 

Closing Reception and Awards
7:00pm- 10:00p