Wednesday, November 15
12:30 - 1:30 pm Registration
1:30 pm Introductory Remarks
Asgi Fazleabas
Session 1 - Endometrial Function and Physiology
Session Chair, Linda Giudice
1:40 pm Endometrial Biology - A Historical Perspective
Robert Brenner
2:30 pm The Role of ER in Modulation of Endometrial Function - Lessons from Transgenics
Sylvia Hewitt
3:00 pm Progesterone Action in the Endometrium - Downstream Targets, Co-Activators and Co-Responders
Francesco DeMayo
3:40 pm Break
4:00 pm Angiogenesis and Endometrial Clonality - Mechanisms of Tissue Regeneration
Peter Rogers
4:40 pm Genomic Profiling of the Endometrium, Implications for Diagnosis
Linda Giudice
5:20 pm Presentation of Awards for Best Abstracts
5:40 pm Poster Reception
7:00 Dinner Keynote Address: Women's Hormones in Breast Cancer: Models to Study Growth, Progenitor Cells and Metastasis
Kathryn B. Horwitz
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Session II - Endometrium and ART
Session Chair, Christos Coutifaris
8:00 - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Overview: Is there an endometrial component?
Christos Coutifaris
9:40 am The Effects of Hyperstimulation on Endometrial Function
Nick Macklon
10:20 am Break
10:40 am Does Aberrant Expression of Endometrial Genes Contribute to Decreased Implantation Rates?
Hugh Taylor
11:20 am Altered Gene Profiles Following Ovarian Hyperstimulation
Carlos Simon
12:00 pm Lunch
Session III - Immune Mechanisms within the Endometrium
Session Chair, Joan Hunt
1:00 pm Overview - Immune Programming of the Endometrium
Joan Hunt
1:40 pm Mucosal Immunity within the Female Reroductive Tract - What can go wrong?
Charles Wira
2:20 pm NK Cells: Their Biological Functions within the Endometrium
Anne Croy
3:00 pm Break
3:20 pm Endomtrial Complement: Physiology and Pathophysiology
Steven Young
4:00 pm Cytokines and Chemokines and their Role in Endometrial Function
Lois Salamonsen
4:40 pm Q&A
5:00 pm Dinner on own
Friday, November 17, 2006
Session IV - Abnormal Endmetrial Function: Endometriosis
Session Chair, Asgi Fazleabas
7:00 - 8:00 am Breakfast
8:00 am Overview of Non-human Primate Models for Studying Endometriosis
Asgi Fazleabas
8:40 am The Genetics of Endometriosis
Stephen Kennedy
9:20 am Immune Mechanisms Promote Establishment and Survival of Endometriotic Lesions
Robert Taylor
10:00 Break
10:20 am Endocrine Disruptors and Their Role in the Pathology of Endometriosis
Germaine Buck
11:00 am Development of in vitro Models to Enhance Our Understanding of Endometriosis
Craig Witz
11:40 am Emerging Therapies for the Treatment of Endometriosis
Serdar Bulun
12:20 pm Lunch
Session V - Hormone Therapy, DUB, Endometrial Hyperplasia and Cancer
Session Chair, Bruce Lessey
1:20 pm Overview of Endometrial Transformation
Bruce Lessey
2:00 pm Gene Profiling of Endometrial Cancers: Diagnostic Potential
Larry Maxwell
2:40 pm The Action of Estrogen and Progesterone on the Epigenetic Modulation of the Uterus: Transformation to Malignancy
Kenneth Nephew
3:20 pm Break
3:40 pm Clinical Imortance of Progesterone Receptor Antagonists and Selective Progesterone Receptor Modulators
Kristof Chwalisz
4:20 pm Abnormal Uterine Bleeding: Pathology and Treatment
Hilary Critchley
5:00 pm Closing Remarks
5:15 pm Adjourn
