Clinical Embryologists Summit Conference Agenda

Friday, September 12, 2025

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Monona Terrace: Community Terrace, Level 2 – Mezzanine

Monona Terrace: Community Terrace, Level 2 – Mezzanine

Monona Terrace: Community Terrace, Level 2 – Mezzanine

Portrait of Nikica Zaninovic

Time-Lapse Imaging Technology in ART: Insights into Embryology Laboratory Practices

Nikica Zaninovic, MS, PhD, HCLD, ELD
Associate Professor
Director, Embryology Lab
Weill Cornell Medicine
Ronald O. Perelman and Claudia Cohen Center for Reproductive Medicine

Saturday, September 13, 2025

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Monona Terrace: Hall of Ideas IJ, Level 4 – Main Level

Monona Terrace: Lecture Hall, Level 4 – Main Level

Portrait of Zeki Beyhan

Zeki Beyhan, PhD, HCLD(ABB)
Laboratory Director, UW Health Fertility Care
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Monona Terrace: Lecture Hall, Level 4 – Main Level

Portrait of Charles Ostermeier

Computerized Semen Analysis Systems in ART Laboratories 

Charles Ostermeier, PhD, HCLD
Director, Diagnostic Andrology Laboratory University of Minnesota Medical Center

Monona Terrace: Meeting Rooms K-R, Level 4 – Main Level

Monona Terrace: Lecture Hall, Level 4 – Main Level

Portrait photo of Betsy Cairo

Cryostorage Management in the IVF Industry/Biorepositories: Historical and Present Day Technical, Ethical, and Legal Concerns

Betsy Cairo, PhD, HCLD(ABB), CSES
Founder, CryoGam Colorado, LLC

Monona Terrace: Hall of Ideas IJ, Level 4 – Main Level

Monona Terrace: Lecture Hall, Level 4 – Main Level

Current and Potential Issues for Embryologists: Patient Identification and Witnessing Practices and Legislative Threats to Embryology Labs

Nidhi Desai
ART Policy Director, Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction
Partner, Desai & Miller

Monona Terrace: Meeting Rooms K-R, Level 4 – Main Level

Monona Terrace: Lecture Hall, Level 4 – Main Level

Portrait of Julianne Zweifel

Psychological Well-Being of Laboratory Professionals in IVF Practices: Personal, Professional, and Patient Care Impacts, Strategies to Improve

Julianne E. Zweifel, PhD
Senior Clinical Health Psychologist
Assistant Clinical Adjunct Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Department of Psychiatry
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Monona Terrace: Lecture Hall, Level 4 – Main Level

Portrait of Zeki Beyhan

Zeki Beyhan, PhD, HCLD(ABB)
Laboratory Director, UW Health Fertility Care
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin–Madison

26th Annual Clinical Embryologists Summit Conference

September 12-13, 2025

Monona Terrace
1 John Nolen Drive
Madison, WI 53703

Questions?

For questions about the conference or if you are interested in sponsoring the event, please contact Autumn at ahayes1@wisc.edu.