Friday, January 16, 2026
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IETS Board of Governors
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| 13:00–20:00 |
Board Meeting |
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IETS HASAC Committee Meetings
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| TBD |
Committee |
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| TBD |
Committee |
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Saturday, January 17, 2026
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IETS Board of Governors
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| 08:00–17:00 |
IETS Board Meeting |
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| 18:00–20:30 |
IETS Foundation Meeting |
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IETS HASAC Committee Meetings
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| 08:00–10:00 |
TBD |
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IETS Local Organizing Committee Preconference Symposium
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| 09:00–17:00 |
Bridging science and practice: Innovations in bovine reproductive management |
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IETS CANDES Preconference Symposium
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| 09:00–17:00 |
Transformative advances in wildlife reproductive technologies |
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Sunday, January 18, 2026
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| 07:00–8:00 |
Past Presidents’ Breakfast |
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| 07:00–8:00 |
Student Competition Finalists Breakfast |
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Main Session Opening
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| 08:00–08:10 |
Opening & Welcome |
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| 08:10–08:15 |
Morulas’ Welcome |
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Session I: Managing Reproductive Health in Complex Environments
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| 08:15–09:00 |
Synchronized breeding and reproductive resilience in dairy cattle: Mitigating metritis, heat stress, and transgenerational fertility impairment
Presented by Fabio Lima, PhD, DVM (University of California, USA) |
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| 09:00–09:45 |
External factors influencing reproductive tract microbiota
Presented by Rebecca Poole, PhD (Texas A&M University, USA) |
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Session I Short Oral Communications
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| 09:45–10:15 |
TBD |
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| 10:15–10:30 |
TBD |
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10:30–11:00 |
Break
Be sure to check out the poster presentations and exhibit hall! |
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IETS Foundation Student Research Competitions
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| 11:00–12:30 |
TBD |
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| 12:30–14:00 |
Lunch
Make sure to explore the exhibit hall! |
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| 12:30–14:00 |
IETS Board of Governors Lunch with Partner Societies |
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| 12:30–14:00 |
IETS Morulas Mentor Lunch |
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| 12:30–14:00 |
IETS HASAC Emerging Technology & Issues Subcommittee Meeting |
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Session II: Decoding Early Development—Emerging Technologies in Embryo Research
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| 14:00–14:45 |
Deciphering bovine embryogenesis through cutting-edge molecular tools
Presented by Kun Zhang, PhD (Zhejiang University, China) |
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| 14:45–15:30 |
Extended embryo culture in ruminants: Illuminating a black box of early development
Presented by Priscila Ramos-Ibeas, DVM, PhD (National Institute of Agricultural and Food Research and Technology, Spain) |
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Session II: Short Oral Communications
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| 15:30–16:00 |
TBD |
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| 16:00–16:15 |
TBD |
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| 16:15–16:45 |
Break
Be sure to check out the poster presentations and exhibit hall! |
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| 15:30–16:00 |
2026 IETS Distinguished Practitioner Award Presentation |
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| 18:00–20:00 |
Welcome Party |
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| 20:00–21:00 |
IETS Morulas Forum/Business Meeting |
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| 21:00–22:00 |
IETS Morulas Mixer |
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Monday, January 19, 2026
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| 07:00–08:00 |
IETS Foundation Organizational Breakfast Meeting |
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Session III: Translating Reproductive Innovations Across Species
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| 08:00–08:45 |
When less really is more: Reducing embryo manipulation to lower metabolic stress and improving long-term outcomes
Presented by Paolo Rinaudo, PhD, MD (University of California, San Francisco, USA) |
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| 08:45–09:30 |
Exploring the potential of prepubertal oocytes: A small ruminant model
Presented by Maria Teresa “Maite” Paramio Nieto, DVM, PhD (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain) |
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Session III Short Oral Communications
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| 09:30–10:00 |
TBD |
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| 10:00–10:15 |
TBD |
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| 10:15–10:45 |
Break
Be sure to check out the poster presentations and exhibit hall!
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| 10:45–11:15 |
IETS Business Meeting |
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IETS Peter W. Farin Trainee Travel Scholarship Presentations
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| 11:15–11:45 |
Five 5-minute presentations |
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| 11:45–13:15 |
Lunch
Make sure to explore the exhibit hall!
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| 11:45–13:15 |
IETS Data Retrieval Committee Meeting |
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Session IV: Pathways to Fertility—The Intricate Journey of Sperm Through the Reproductive Tract
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| 13:15–14:00 |
Sperm interaction with the female reproductive tract: Implications for bull fertility and heterospermic semen use
Presented by Sean Fair, PhD (University of Limerick, Ireland) |
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| 14:00–14:45 |
From reservoir to rendezvous: The journey of sperm through the oviduct
Presented by David Miller, PhD (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA) |
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| 14:45–15:15 |
TBD |
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| 15:15–15:30 |
TBD |
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| 15:30–17:30 |
Poster Session
Make sure to explore the exhibit hall! |
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Concurrent Sessions
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| 17:30–19:30 |
Practitioners’ Forum |
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| 17:30–19:30 |
DABE Forum |
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Tuesday, January 20, 2026
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| 07:00–08:30 |
IETS Board of Governors Organizational Breakfast Meeting |
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Session V: Environmental Adaptation and Sustainability
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| 09:00–11:00 |
Poster Session
Make sure to explore the exhibit hall! |
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IETS Foundation Early Career Achievement Award
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| 11:00–11:05 |
Introduction for the 2026 Early Career Achievement Scientist Award Presentation |
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| 11:05–11:30 |
2026 Early Career Achievement Scientist Award Presentation |
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| 11:30–11:35 |
Introduction for the 2026 Early Career Achievement Practicing Professional Award Presentation |
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| 11:35–12:00 |
2026 Early Career Achievement Practicing Professional Award Presentation |
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| 12:00–12:30 |
IETS HASAC Open Session |
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| 12:30–14:00 |
Lunch |
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| 12:30–14:00 |
IETS Morulas Career Lunch |
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| 12:30–14:00 |
IETS Program Committee Lunch |
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| 14:00–14:30 |
2026 IETS Pioneer Award Presentation |
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Session VI: George E. Seidel Jr. Keynote Lecture
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| 14:30–15:15 |
Translational pig models for human diseases
Presented by Eckhard Wolf, PhD (Center for Innovative Medical Models at Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany) |
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IETS Foundation Student Competition Awards
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| 15:15–15:25 |
CSIRO Best Poster Award Presentation |
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| 15:25–15:35 |
Undergraduate Student Poster Competition Award Presentation |
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| 15:35–15:45 |
Graduate Student Research Competition Award Presentation |
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| 15:45–15:50 |
Award Winners & Competition Finalists Photos |
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| 15:50–16:00 |
AETE & ICAR Announcements |
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| 16:00–16:30 |
Closing Ceremony & IETS 2027 Invitation
Save the date for #IETS2027, in Porto, Portugal, January 16–19, 2027! |
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| 18:00–21:00 |
Closing Party |
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