Organizers:
Elisa Llurba. Hospital Santa Creu Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Jakub Regieli. ESCI COUNCIL - Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Marcel Twickler. ESCI COUNCIL - Hospital AZ Monica, Antwerp, Belgium

Wednesday June 5, 2024

13:30h – 15:00h

SYMPOSIUM 6.1 | ADVANCES IN REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE: BRIDGING RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE
Chairperson: Mónica Cruz (Barcelona, Spain)

Surgical aspects of fertility sparing management of gynecologic cancer
Denis Querleu. Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli. Toulouse, France

Challenges in uterus transplant 
Mariona Rius. Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract 1: Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome during pregnancy after uterine transplant successfully managed with eculizumab
Marta Camacho. Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract 2: Impact of exercise and mediterranean diet vs aspirin on live-birth rate and cardiovascular programming in in vitro fertilization 
Mónica Cruz-Lemini. Hospital De La Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

15:00h – 15:30h

COFFEE BREAK

15:30h – 17:00h

SYMPOSIUM 6.2 | PLACENTAL DISORDERS AND LONG-TERM HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR MOTHER AND CHILD
Chairperson: Jakub J. Regieli (Utrecht, The Netherlands)

Developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD) perspective
Fàtima Crispi. Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

Exposome and maternal and fetal outcomes 
Lea Maitre. Isglobal, Barcelona, Spain

Attenuated cognitive functioning decades after preeclampsia 
Marc Spaanderman. Maastricht University Medical Center. Maastricht, The Netherlands

Abstract 1: Cardiometabolic sex differences in adults born Small for Gestational Age 
Fátima Crispi. University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract 2: The effect of Mediterranean diet or Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction during pregnancy on placental volume and perfusion. The IMPACT BCN trial
Maddalena Crimella. Hospital Clinic And Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain.

17:00h – 17:30h

OPENING CEREMONY

17:30h-18-30h

OPENING LECTURE

Epigenetics in Health and Disease: From Knowledge to Applications
Manel Esteller. Barcelona, Spain

18:30h - 19:30h

SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM FICYE | MEDITERRANEAN DIET, BEER AND HEALTH

Chairperson: Lina Badimon (Barcelona, Spain)

**The Forum for Beer and Lifestyle Research (FICYE) is an entity that promotes research on beer and its relationship with lifestyle**

Ageing and nutrition: delaying chronological age by improving physiological age

Lina Badimon. Molecular Pathology and Therapeutics Department, IR-Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Beer, nutrition and immunity

Ascensión Marcos. Malaga Biomedical Research Institute and Nanomedicine Platform (IBIMA)

Gut microbiota, beer and diet

Isabel Moreno. Malaga Biomedical Research Institute and Nanomedicine Platform (IBIMA)

19:30-21.00h

BEER TASTING AND CHAMPIONS LEAGUE UNIVERSITIES

Thursday June 6, 2024 

8:15h – 9:00h

PAS GRAS OUTREACH ACTIVITY 

9:00h – 10:30h

SYMPOSIUM 6.3 | EMERGING DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES FOR PREECLAMPSIA AND PRETERM LABOR WITH A FOCUS ON PLACENTAL HEALTH
Chairperson: Elisa Llurba (Barcelona, Spain)

Artificial placenta: present or future?
Eduard Gratacós. Hospital Clínic and Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain

Prevention of recurrent preeclampsia by targeted circulatory  modulation 
Marc Spaanderman. Maastricht University Medical Center. Maastricht, The Netherlands

Biochemical markers for preeclampsia: beyond angiogenic factors
Elisa Llurba. Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract 1: Endothelial damage and complement dysregulation in fetuses from pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia 
Lina Youssef. Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract 2: Incorporation of sFlt1/PlGF in the diagnosis and classification of preeclampsia for improving maternal outcomes. A multicenter randomized controlled trial 
Pablo García-Manau. Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

10:30h – 11:00h

COFFEE BREAK

11:00h – 12:30h

SYMPOSIUM 6.4 | GYNECOLOGY ONCOLOGY 
Chairpersons: Marcel Twickler (Antwerpen, Gelgium)

Early Brest Cancer detection in breast milk
Cristina Saura. Vall D’hebron University Hospital. Barcelona, Spain

Neural signaling to control high-metastatic gynecological cancer progression 
Virtudes Céspedes Institut de Recerca Sant Pau. Barcelona, Spain

Sentinel lymph node in early ovarian carcinoma
Ariel Glickman. Hospital Clínic Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain


12:30h -13:30h

POSTER SESSION

13:30h - 14:30h

LUNCH

14:30h - 16:00h

SYMPOSIUM 6.5 | ENDOCRINE ASPECTS OF WOMEN HEALTH
Chairperson: Marcel Twickler (Antwerpen, Gelgium)

Endometriosis in primary care. what do we need to know 
Linda Tabache. Clinique André Renard. Liege, Belgium

Pregnancy and breast cancer: what do you need to know?
Octavi Córdoba. Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Abstract 1: Evaluation of a new technique to fill the defect generated after conservative surgery for breast cancer
Judit Guix. Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Friday, June 7 2024 

9:00h – 10:30h

SYMPOSIUM 6.6 | MATERNAL DISEASSES IN PREGNANCY
Chairperson: Jakub J. Regieli (Utrecht, The Netherlands)

Maternal and Fetal Immunology: Insights into Pregnancy Complications 
Oscar de la Calle. To be confirmed, Barcelona, Spain

Added value of angiogenic factors in small-for-gestational-age fetuses 
Lina Youssef. Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain

Low molecular weight heparin in the prevention of preeclampsia
Elisa Llurba. Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract 1: Circulating placenta-derived extracellular vesicles contribute to endothelial dysfunction in preeclampsia
María Borrell. Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract 2: Angiogenic factors profile correlates with severity stages of fetal growth restriction 
Sonia Paolucci. Hospital Clinic and Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain

10:30h – 11:00h

COFFEE BREAK

12:30h - 14:00h

LUNCH

14:00h - 14:30h

EDITOR IN CHIEF EJCI / AWARD BEST ARTICLES EJC

14:30h - 15:30h

ESCI AWARDS

15:30h - 16:30h

ALBERT STRUYVENBERG MEDAL TO PROF. VALENTIN FUSTER AND LECTURE AWARD

16:30h - 17:00h

CLOSING