European Centre for Peace and Development, University for Peace established by the United Nations, in the framework of the ECPD International Program of Transfer of Knowledge System in the field of medical sciences, in cooperation with VAMK University, Finland, Long Island Unversity, USA, the Special Hospital “Ferona” and the International Centre for Integrative Medicine from Belgrade organizes
II ECPD INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
CONTROVERSIES IN INFERTILITY
AND PERINATOLOGY
(Vrdnik, Ethno Complex Vrdnička kula, 16 – 17 June 2018)
Symposium Controversies in Infertility and Perinatology represents a new, original format of a continuous education with particular, specific aims and methodology, now traditionally held in Ethno village Vrdnička kula every June. Educational activites of this Symposium begin with a broad introduction for a wider audience of the basics of reproductive medicine and reproductive health, focusing on highly specialized topics in which speakers and participants face most delicate controversies in their everyday clinical practice in the field of infertility and perinatology.
Biomedically assisted fertilization (BAF), still widely recognized by the term In vitro fertilization (IVF) has been introduced into clinical practice nearly four decades ago as a turning point in tackling the problem of infertility. After humble beginnings, in terms of success of in vitro fertilization itself, a number of multidisciplinary innovations have led to a significant improvement in the success of the implementation of these procedures ‒ by now, more than six million babies are born with the help of the procedure of artificial insemination in the world, resulting in a fact that in some countries the percentage of children born after IVF procedures exceeds 5%. Wide introduction of the procedure of artificial insemination, both in state and private health institutions, equally financed by the Republic Health Insurance Fund, open issues concerning other related areas of Perinatology and the problems that can be solved in the field of multiple pregnancies, with all the risks involved.
This points out the need for the new branch of medicine ‒ perinatal psychiatry ‒ and all the challenges it may concern: reproductive rights of women, men and children, motivation for motherhood and fatherhood, issues of antenatal assessment of pregnant women, partnership and pregnancy, with special emphasis on the other side of perinatal challenges, pointing out to the need for a multidisciplinary approach for gynecologists, psychologists and psychiatrists.
Ethical and legal dilemmas concerning abortions, especially actualized with the implementation of Zoja Law, a broad topic with many dilemmas, legal issues and opposing opinions. Particularly noteworthy is the influence and attitude of prospective parents, concerning the decision of the council of doctors, regarding feticide and indication for abortion after the 20th gestation week, with a special emphasis on the legal framework. Finally, special attention is paid to the rights of the unborn child and the role of the profession and legislation when it comes to this particular issue.
This symposium aims to, with the help of competent expert lectures in these areas in our country and the region, with the active engagement of all participants, process the key current clinical dilemmas and controversies in male infertility and perinatology, as well as to evaluate the latest scientific knowledge with postulates based on medicine and followed with clinical evidence, therefore arriving to a consensus for the application of the aforementioned clinical intervention in routine clinical practice.
The methodology includes the Symposium theoretical lectures and demonstration of clinical skill in the form of three panel discussions divided in three sessions, representing logical clinical units, each of them individually processing one of major controversial issue in the latest achievements of reproductive medicine, in vitro fertilization, perinatology and perinatal psychiatry. The event is meant to be organized on the principle of active discussion of participants in the form of round tables.
HEAD OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYMPOSIUM TEAM
Prof. Dr. Vesna Kopitović
LECTURERS
Prof. Dr. Vesna Kopitović, Special Gynaecological Hospital “Ferona”, Novi Sad, Professor of ECPD University for Peace UN, gynaecologist
Assist. Professor Dr. Đorđe Ilić, Gynaecology and Obstetrics Clinic of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, gynaecologist
Prof. Dr. Mila Goldner Vukov, FRANZCP Cairns, Integrative mental health and ATODS, Queensland Australija, psychiatrist
Dr. Irena Bujas, Clinical Centre Vojvodina, Gynaecology and Obstetrics Clinic, Novi Sad, gynaecologist
Prof. Dr. Elijana Garalejić, Gynaecology and Obstetrics Clinic “Narodni front”, Belgrade, gynaecologist
Prof. Dr. Martin Hans Imhof, Vienna General Hospital AKH Austria, gynaecologist
Assist. Professor Dr. Lana Škrgatić, Gynaecology and Obstetrics Clinic, Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Human Reproduction and Gynecological Endocrinology Institute, gynaecologist
Prof. Dr. Aleksandra Trninić Pjević, Clinical Centre Vojvodina, Gynaecology and Obstetrics Clinic, Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, gynaecologist
Prof. Dr. Herman Haller, Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, gynaecologist
Assist. Professor Ivan Bolanca, Clinical Hospital Center “Sisters of Charity”, Zagreb, gynaecologist
Teaching Assistant Dr. Stevan Milatović, Clinical Centre Vojvodina, Gynaecology and Obstetrics Clinic of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, gynaecologist
Prof. Dr. Dinka Pavičić Baldani, Gynaecology and Obstetrics Clinic, Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Human Reproduction and Gynaecological Endocrinology Institute, gynaecologist
Prof. Dr. Aleksandra Kapamadžija, Gynaecology Polyclinic, cardiology and dermatology “Marić”, Novi Sad, gynaecologist
Prof. Dr. Ana Mitrović Jovanović, Gynaecology and Obstetrics Clinic “Narodni front”, Belgrade, gynaecologist
Prof. Dr. Artur Bjelica, Clinical Centre Vojvodina, Gynaecology and Obstetrics Clinic, Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine Professor, University of Novi Sad, gynaecologist, endocrinologist and psychologist
Prof. Dr. Olivera Kontić-Vučinić, Clinical Centre Serbia, Gynaecology and Obstetrics Clinic, Belgrade, gynaecologist
Prof. Dr. Dejan Filimonović, Gynaecology and Obstetrics Clinic “Narodni front”, Belgrade, gynaecologist
Dr. Taita Stojilković, Clinical Centre Vojvodina, Gynaecology and Obstetrics Clinic, Novi Sad, geneticist
Assist. professor Dr. Svetlana Ivanović Kovačević, Clinical Centre Vojvodina, Psychiatric Clinic, psychiatrist
Dr. Zoran Todorovski, Clinical Centre Vojvodina, Neurology Clinic, psychologist
Prof. Dr. Miloš Petronijević, Clinical Centre Serbia, Gynaecology and Obstetrics Clinic, Belgrade, gynaecologist
Assist. Professor Dr. Svetlana Vrzić Petronijević, Clinical Centre Serbia, Gynaecology and Obstetrics Clinic, Belgrade, gynaecologist
Assist. Professor Dr. Vesna Mandić Marković, Gynaecology and Obstetrics Clinic “Narodni front”, Belgrade, gynaecologist
Prof. Dr. Snežana Rakić, Gynaecology and Obstetrics Clinic “Narodni front”, Belgrade, gynaecologist
Assist. Professor Dr. Ivana Kavečan, Institute for the Protection of Children and Youth, Genetic counseling, pediatrician, geneticist
Prof. Dr. Gordana Kovaček Stanić, Department of Family Law, Novi Sad University, jurist
Assist. Professor Dr. Biljana Arsić, Gynaecology and Obstetrics Clinic “Narodni front”, Belgrade, gynaecologist
Dr. Nebojša Marković, Special hospital “Spebo”, Leskovac, gynaecologist
Dr. Valentina Šobot, Clinical Centre Vojvodina, Psychiatric Clinic, psychologist
Dr. Milan Obrenović, Institute for the Protection of Children and Youth Vojvodina, biochemist
SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM
Saturday, 16 June 2018
10:00‒10:30 Participants registration
10:30‒11:00 Introductory speech
Academician Prof. Dr. Negoslav Ostojić, ECPD Executive Director
Prof. Dr. Vesna Kopitović, ECPD professor Special hospital “Ferona”
11:00‒19:00 Panel discussions ‒ round tables according
to the following schedule:
11:00‒12:30 I Round table:
WHEN, WHY AND FOR WHOM ‒ IN VITRO FERTILIZATION
12:30‒13:00 Lecture:
DRUGS AND INFERTILITY SUPPLEMENTS ‒ WHO, FOR WHOM AND WHY?
13:30‒15:30 II Round table:
CHALLENGES IN PERINATAL PSYCHIATRY
16:30‒18:30 III Round table:
ETHICAL AND LEGAL DILLEMAS IN ABORTIONS
18:30‒19:15 Questions and answers
21:00 Gala dinner
PROGRAM
Symposium program includes an all-day work, organized in three workshop ‒ sessions in form of round tables, interactive participation of lecturers and participants relating to the following major topics:
11:00‒12:30
ROUND TABLE 1 ‒ WHEN, WHY AND FOR WHOM ‒ IN VITRO FERTILIZATION
MODERATOR: Prof. Dr. Vesna Kopitović
ROUND TABLE PARTICIPANTS:
Prof. Dr. Ana Mitrović, Dr. Irena Bujas, Prof. Dr. Elijana Garalejić, Prof. Dr. Dinka Pavličić Baldani, Prof. Dr. Aleksandra Trninić Pjević, Assist. Professor Dr. Lana Škrgatić, Dr. Nebojša Marković, Assist. Professor Dr. Milena Papić Obradović,
Assist. Professor Dr. Biljana Arsić, Teaching Assistant Dr. Stevan Milatović,
Dr Milan Obrenović
TOPICS:
Do we, in fact honestly, present the patient's reproductive options?
Does it exist ‒ a trend to faster gynaecologists to opt for in vitro fertilization as a method of treatment of infertility?
Indications for in vitro fertilization – who makes the decision?
FREEZE ALL – future of in vitro fertilization?
Can new stimulating protocols improve the success of in vitro fertilization?
Panel discussion
12:30‒13:00
LECTURE: Drugs and infertility supplements ‒ who, for whom and why?
LECTURER: Prof. Dr. Martin Hans Imhof,
Vienna General Hospital AKH Austria, gynaecologist
13:00‒13:30 Coffee break
13:30‒15:30
ROUND TABLE 2 – CHALLENGES IN PERINATAL PSYCHIATRY
MODERATOR: Prof. Dr. Mila Goldner Vukov, psychiatrist
ROUND TABLE PARTICIPANTS:
Prof. Dr. Olivera Kontić, Prof. Dr. Artur Bjelica, Prof. Dr. Aleksandra Kapamadžija, Prof. Dr. Vesna Kopitović, Zoran Todorovski, Prof. Dr. Dinka Pavičić Baldani,
Prof. Dr. Miloš Petronijević, Dr. Taita Stojiljković, Assist. Professor Dr. Svetlana Ivanović Kovačević, Dr. Valentina Šobot, Assist. Professor Dr. Svetlana Vrzić Petronijević
TOPICS:
What are the reproductive rights of women, men and the child?
What should be known before the conception
‒ motivation for motherhood and fatherhood?
Pregnancy and parent relations ‒ do they exist?
Mother ‒ how proud it sounds
Father ‒ how challenging it sounds
When, who and how the antenatal evaluation is done during pregnancy?
Psychological and social vulnerabilities in pregnancy
Psychiatric disorders in pregnancy
Does the post-natal depression of fathers exist?
Do the risks of the unexcepted pregnancy exist?
Other sides of perinatal challenges ‒ do they exist?
Panel discussion
15:30‒16:30 Coctail and lunch break
16:30‒18:30
ROUND TABLE 3 ‒ ETHICAL AND LEGAL DILLEMAS IN THE
TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY
MODERATOR: Assist. Professor Dr. Đorđe Ilić
ROUND TABLE PARTICIPANTS:
Prof. Dr. Dejan Filimonović, Prof. Dr. Miloš Petronijević, Prof. Dr. Gordana Kovaček Stanić, Prof. Dr. Mila Goldner Vukov, Prof. Dr. Aleksandra Trninić Pjević, Prof. Dr. Olivera Kontić, Prof. Dr. Snežana Rakić, Assist. Professor Dr. Svetlana Vrzić Petronijević, Teaching Assistant Dr. Vesna Mandić Marković, Dr. Taita Stojilković, Assist. Professor Dr. Ivana Kavečan
TOPICS:
Zoja Law ‒ are we satisfied?
Do we have a right, as profession, not to allow the pregnancy termination or is this right given only to future parents?
What are the feticid criteria ‒ do we have a consensus?
Is the parent's wish to terminate a pregnancy after 20 gw, due to deformities that do not vitally endanger a child, a legitimate indicator for the pregnancy termination?
What are the rights of the unborn child?
Panel discussion
18:30‒19:15 Questions and answers
Sunday, 17 June 2018.
09:30‒11:00 Certificate Award Ceremony
SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZATION
Symposium program includes, in addition to theoretical classes, interactive workshops, as well as resolving individual cases from the clinical practice.
The Symposium participants will receive appropriate teaching materials, required for effective learning and study of the teaching content after the conclusion of the Symposium, as well as all authorized presentations of the lecturers.
CERTIFICATE
The Symposium participants will receive, on the basis of acquired knowledge and skills, an internationally as well as nationally valid Certificate issued by the European Center for Peace and Development University for Peace UN.
Application Form and Participation Fee
The participation fee for the participation in the work of the Symposium is 12,000.00 RSD.
This fee includes the participation in round tables, coffee breaks, coctail lunch as well as the gala dinner on June 16th 2018.
Lodging price (16/17. June) is not included in the participation fee.
All applications should be sent to: The European Center for Peace and Development (ECPD) University for Peace Un, Terazije 41, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia; Eax: +381 11 3240-673, +381 11 3234-082; E-mail: ecpd@Eunet.rs and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; or ECPD office Novi Sad, Hajduk Veljkova 11, 21000 Novi Sad: Tel/Fax: +381 21 521 344; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; Website: www.ecpd.org.rs
