I I C O
International Infertility Counseling Organisation
Vienna 2019
Austria and legal changes: Egg Donation
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Geneva 2017
Sexual Health in the Context of Infertility
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Helsinki 2016
Offspring and Access to Donor Reccords
Munich 2015
The German Society for Fertility Counselling – BKiD, together with the International Infertility Counseling Organisation (IICO), is offering a half-day workshop for colleagues interested in the psychosocial aspects of infertility. The programme will focus on men and their experiences of infertility as well as on new developments such as social freezing. The workshop will also provide opportunities to discuss and share experiences with international colleagues. It will be conducted both in German and in English. Here can you see some of the presentations.
Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kinderwunschberatung – BKiD führt zusammen mit der International Infertility Counseling Organisation (IICO) einen halbtägigen Workhop für Fachkräfte durch, die sich für die psychosozialen Aspekte von Unfruchtbarkeit interessieren. Der Fokus dieses Workshops wird sowohl auf Männer und ihre Erfahrungen mit Unfruchtbarkeit liegen als auch auf neuen Entwicklungen wie die Kryokonservierung von Eizellen aus sozialen Gründen. Es wird auch Zeit für Diskussionen und Gelegenheit zum Erfahrungsaustausch mit internationalen Kollegen geben. Der Workshop wird sowohl auf Englisch als auch auf Deutsch durchgeführt werden.Hier können Sie einige der Vorträge einsehen.
Programme
12.00
Dr. Tewes Wischmann (Germany)
“Where are all the men? The marginalization of infertile men in psychosocial research (Culley et al., 2013)”
12.45
Dr. Puchta/Dr. Pauer (Germany)
“Social Freezing”
13.30
Dr. Astrid Indekeu (Belgium)
“Donors, parents and donor offspring: What do we know about the dynamics of the triad”
14.15
Pause and Press conference:
“Men, Infertility and new developments” and presentation of the new “BKiD guidebook for patients” as well as the new BKiD Training Manual “Psychosocial counselling in the area of gamete donation”
14.45
Dr. Annette Tretzel (Germany)
“Local networking in infertility counselling – a Munich experience”
15.30
Aaron Deemer (UK, via Internet)
“Please make yourself uncomfortable” – a photographic art project on semen production rooms
16.30
Constanze Bleichrodt: (Germany)
“How to organize a sperm bank?”
17.15
Dr. Sibil Tschudin (Switzerland)
“Infertility prevention after cancer treatment – scientific developments”
18.00
End
19.30
Dinner in the restaurant www.locanda-trevisana.de
London 2013
CHALLENGES FOR INFERTILITY PROFESSIONALS AS ART GOES GLOBAL
06.07.2013
13.00 to 17.00
at the ESHRE venue
EXCEL Centre, London
13.00
Welcome
Uschi van Den Broeck
Chair: Ruth Wilde
13.10
UK experiences with National Gamete Donation Trust and UK Donor Link
Laura Witjens
13.45
Counsellors’ challenges: egg donation in Spain
Jenny Hunt
14.20
Break – getting to know international colleagues
Chair Sheila Pike
14.50
Semen Donors: attitudes and motivations
Uschi van Den Broeck
15.25
Surrogacy in India – ethical and legal issues?
Natalie Gamble
Chair: Petra Thorn
16.00
Round table with Diana Guerra (Spain): challenging counseling situations related to cross border treatments
17.00
End
19.00
Dinner in nearby restaurant – to be announced during the workshop
Participation fee: 30,00 Brit. Pounds. This can be paid online on the BICA website (www.bica.net) or at the beginning of the workshop. We are looking forward to seeing you in London,
for BICA for IICO
Sheila Pike Petra Thorn