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International Infertility Counseling Organisation

Helsinki 2016

Offspring and Access to Donor Reccords

 

Finnish Fertility Association
Workshop
in
Helsinki
2.7.2016
12:00–18.00
 
 
 
12.00
Introduction
Petra Thorn
Vice Chair of IICO; Chair of German Society for Fertility Counseling,
Germany
 
12.15
Welcome to Helsinki
and Counselling for third party reproduction in Finland
short review
Maiju Tokola
and
Riikka Toivanen
Psychologist, psychotherapist Psychotherapy clinic Tunnetila, Finland
 
12.30
Infertility patients in Finland: the journey to openness
The Finnish Infertility Association Simpukka
Chief executive
Johanna Repo
, Finland
Accociation secretary
Satu
Rautakallio
Hokkanen, Finland
 
13.15
The future connections and arrangements with the donors and recipients
Mirka Paavilainen
Psychologist, psychotherapist Fertility. clinic Ovumia, Finland
 
13.45
Pause and Press conference
 
14.30
Society ́s response to
donor-conceived families: what do we know? PDF here
Astrid Indekeu. psychologist, postdoctoral researcher,
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and Catholic University Leuven, Belgium
 
15.15
Carpe fucking diem”   An artistic photographic autobiographical documenta
ry of involuntary childlessness and experiences of infertility treatments of a Finnish Photographer Elina Brotherus, Finland
 
15.45
Pause
 
16.00
The 1985 Swedish legislation on identity-release donation
follow-up 30 years later
Claudia Lampic PDF here
psychologist, associate professor, Karolinska Institutet,
Sweden
 
16.45
Recruitment of donors in Swedish identity release
programs–psychological and social aspects
Gunilla Sydsjö, lic. psychotherapist and social scientist, University Hospital
Linköping, and
professor,
Linköping University,
Sweden
 
17.30
Discussion
 
18.00
End
 
19.00
Dinner in the restaurant Kappeli
Restaurant Ravintola Kappeli
Eteläesplanadi 1, 00130 Helsinki
Registration:
 

 

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