Thursday, 2nd March 2006

Hall Auditorium Hall Palazzo Affari Hall Verde Hall Onice Hall Quattro 08.30 - 10.00 REGISTRATION (The Congress Secretariat opens on Wednesday, March 1st from 14.00 to 19.30 - during the Congress the Secretariat will be open according to the schedule of the scientific sessions) 10.00 - 11.00 Opening Ceremony - Opening Lecture by Prof Leon Speroff: The Future of Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy It’s Time to Move Forward 11.00 - 13.00 Wyeth Satellite Symposium Possibilities & Challenges with Oral Contraception The Menopausal Brain Ovarian development, maturity and aging Oral Presentations - Current research in infertility and endometriosis 13.00 - 14.00 LUNCH & POSTER SESSION LUNCH & POSTER SESSION LUNCH & POSTER SESSION LUNCH & POSTER SESSION 14.00 - 16.00 AMSA/IBSA Satellite Symposium The role of efficacy, safety and cost in ART: choice of the gonadotrophins Novo Nordisk Satellite Symposium - Local oestrogens: quo vadis? The bone as a target of reproductive hormones Special Symposium SOBRAGE - Extended use of Hormonal Contraception 16.00 - 16.20 VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AREA VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AREA VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AREA VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AREA 16.20 - 16.50 Wyeth Sponsored Lecture - James Pickar: Do Journals have a publication bias? Plenary Lecture - Bruno Lunenfeld: The androgen deficiency syndrome in the aging male Melbrosin Sponsored Lecture - Martin Imhof 17.00 - 19.00 Grunenthal Satellite Symposium Endocrine Disorders and female Contraception - A Clinical Challenge Molecular Endocrinology: clinical impact Schering Satellite Symposium - Yasmin – Drospirenone and the management of premenstrual complaints Oral Presentations - Menopause in 2006

Friday, 3rd March 2006

Hall Auditorium Hall Palazzo Affari Hall Verde Hall Onice Hall Quattro 08.30 - 10.00 Special Session - Menopause Hormone Therapy beyond WHI Pre-menstrual syndrome, post-natal and post-menopausal depression and other hormone-related dysphoric disorders Puberty and Primary Amenorrhea Oral Presentations - Recent progresses in contraception 10.10 - 10.40 Plenary Lecture - Richard Farmer: Can HRT be rehabilitated? Plenary Lecture - Sarah Berga: The role of the central nervous system in the pathogenesis of polycystic ovary syndrome Plenary Lecture - Liselotte Mettler: Ovarian surgery and follicular reserve 10.40 - 11.00 VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AREA VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AREA VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AREA VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AREA 11.00 - 13.00 Organon Satellite Symposium - Tibolone: new results from key clinical trials Genomic and proteomic approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of gynecological cancer Reproductive surgery Special Symposium - The European Society of Gynaecology: Hormonal Aspects of Breast Cancer (Interactive, case based Symposium) Oral Presentations - Clinical issues in gynecological endocrinology 13.00 - 14.00 LUNCH & POSTER SESSION LUNCH & POSTER SESSION LUNCH & POSTER SESSION LUNCH & POSTER SESSION 14.00 - 16.00 Solvay Satellite Symposium - Long term benefits and risks of Femoston Hyperinsulinemia and Insulin Resistance: a Challenge in gynecological endocrinology Hormones and endometriosis Oral Presentations - Frontiers in cancer research Oral Presentations - From gametes to pregnancy: ART in 2006 16.00 - 16.20 VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AREA VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AREA VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AREA VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AREA 16.20 - 16.50 Roche/GlaxoSmithKline Sponsored Lecture Effective management of postmenopausal osteoporosis with once-monthly ibandronate Rottapharm Sponsored Lecture - A Catapano: Dyslipoproteinemias: dietary & nutritional approaches Solvay Sponsored Lecture - Jacques Donnez: GnRH antagonists vs agonists 17.00 - 19.00 Schering Satellite Symposium Angeliq – HT with drospirenone The obese patient clinical issues in reproductive endocrinology Genetic variability in gynecological endocrinology Special Symposium en langue française - Société Francophone de Contraception (sous réserve d'accord des intervenants): Contraception - innovations et interrogations 19.00 - 20.00 ISGE General Assembly

Saturday, 4th March 2006

Hall Auditorium Hall Palazzo Affari Hall Verde Hall Onice Hall Quattro 08.30 - 10.00 Special Session - New Advances in Menopause Research Uterine myomas: biologically-driven therapeutical approaches Chronic anovulation in body weight disturbances Special Symposium SIGITE - Epidemiology of Menopause in Italy: findings from Progetto Menopausa Italia 10.10 - 10.40 Rottapharm Sponsored Lecture - Alessandra Graziottin: New advances in phytoestrogens therapy Solvay Sponsored Lecture - Julia Szekeres-Bartho: How do the immunological aspects of dydrogesterone impact normal pregnancy? Merck Theramex sponsored lecture - Marc Espie: MISSION Study : initial results on the prevalence of breast cancer 10.40 - 11.00 VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AREA VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AREA VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AREA VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AREA 11.00 - 13.00 Merck Theramex Sponsored Symposium - Advantages of continuous combined transdermal hormonal therapy Embryo development, implantation and early pregnancy loss Organon Satellite Symposium - Organon's commitment to menopause - young investigators contest 2006 Special Symposium ISPOG - When and why for a psychosomatic approach in gynecology Oral Presentations - Gynecological cancers: the road ahead 13.00 - 14.00 LUNCH & POSTER SESSION LUNCH & POSTER SESSION LUNCH & POSTER SESSION LUNCH & POSTER SESSION 14.00 - 16.00 Novartis Satellite Symposium - Aromatase inhibitors for postmenopausal women with hormone-responsive early breast cancer: optimizing outcomes AMSA/IBSA Satellite Symposium - Progesterone use in reproductive Medicine: looking for the best way of administration Menorrhagia and abnormal uterine bleedings Special Symposium OGASH - Intercontinental Society for the study of gestosis Oral Presentations - Menopausal syndrome: biological basis 16.00 - 16.20 VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AREA VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AREA VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AREA VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AREA 16.20 - 16.50 Plenary Lecture - Carlos Simon: Stem cells: the future ahead Novo Nordisk Sponsored Lecture Plenary Lecture - Bouchard Philippe - Antiprogestins/ Selective Progesterone Receptor Modulators: clinical perspectives 17.00 - 19.00 Procter Satellite Symposium - The Role of Androgens in Female Sexual Function The Breast as a hormonal target in physiology and disease Hypothalamic amenorrhea Special Symposium Polish Gynecologic Society 19.00 - 20.00 FISGE Assembly

Sunday, 5th March 2006

Hall Auditorium Hall Palazzo Affari Hall Verde Hall Onice Hall Quattro 08.30 - 10.30 Sex steroids and the cardiovascular system Assisted reproduction: pharmacological and technical approaches for safety and fertility preservation Oral Presentations - PCOS: from the bench to the bedside Oral Presentations - Recurrent abortion and high-risk pregnancy in the third millennium 10.30 - 11.00 VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AREA VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AREA VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AREA VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION AREA 11.00 - 11.30 Plenary Lecture - Peter Kenemans: Oncogenetics in hereditary and sporadic female cancer Plenary Lecture - Basil Tarlatzis: Pregnancy and children outcome after IVF and ICSI Plenary Lecture - Mark Brincat 11.30 - 13.30 The climacteric woman: treatment options in 2006 Current trends in contraception Special Symposium SIERR - ART: lessons from the oocyte Oral Presentations - Molecular endocrinology of women 13.30 - 13.45 Closing Ceremony & Poster Award