Keynote Lectures
Keynote lecture in honor of Nobel Prize Laureate Robert G. Edwards. COGI hosts prestigious experts pushing the boundaries of reproductive medicine.
Congress33rd
Rome, Italy
Nov 27-29, 2025
"Endometriosis : From pathogenesis to symptoms . An urgent need to decode the mechanisms"
Jacques Donnez
Belgium
Congress32nd
Lisbon, Portugal
Nov 21-23, 2024
"To freeze, or not to freeze, that is the question"
Basil C. Tarlatzis
Greece
Congress31st
Vienna, Austria
Nov 23-25, 2023
"Prediction and prevention of preeclampsia"
Kypros Nicolaides
UK
Congress30th
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nov 24-26, 2022
"Uterus transplantation – the first treatment for absolute uterine factor infertility"
Mats Brännström
Sweden
Congress29th
Berlin, Germany
Dec 2-4, 2021
"Advanced artificial mammalian embryogenesis ex utero"
Jacob Hanna
Israel
Congress28th
Digital Congress
Nov 19-21, 2020
"Persistent infections in the early period of life as risk factors for diseases decades later on"
Harald zur Hausen(†)
Germany
Congress27th
Paris, France
Nov 21-23, 2019
"PCO/PCOS, before during and after reproductive life"
Roger A. Lobo
USA
Congress26th
London, UK
Nov 23-25, 2018
"The long and winding road to success in ART/IVF"
Alan DeCherney
USA
Congress25th
Vienna, Austria
Nov 30 – Dec 2, 2017
"Partnership of embryonic and extra-embryonic stem cells to build the implanting mammalian embryo in vivo and in vitro"
Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz
UK
Congress24th
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nov 10-13, 2015
"Genetic and environmental factors contributing to preterm birth"
Jerome F. Strauss III
USA
Congress22nd
Budapest, Hungary
Sep 17-19, 2015
"Innovation in IVF is the only future"
Paul Devroey
Belgium
Congress20th
Paris, France
Dec 4-7, 2014
"The RW (Read Write) Genome, epigenetics, evolution and pregnancy"
James A. Shapiro
USA
Congress18th
Vienna, Austria
Oct 24-27, 2013
"The true bene‑t-risk balance of ovarian stimulation for IVF"
B.C.J.M. Fauser
Netherlands
Congress17th
Lisbon, Portugal
Nov 8-11, 2012
"A summary of R.G. Edwards' most recent historical and archival research findings in IVF from the late 1950s to the birth of Louise Brown in 1978 and its aftermath"
M.H. Johnson
UK
Robert G. Edwards
Sir Robert Geoffrey Edwards (1925–2013) was a British physiologist and pioneer in reproductive medicine, and in particular in-vitro fertilization (IVF). He was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the development of in vitro fertilization.