OriginElle International Symposium
on Reproductive Medicine
About the Symposium
A new kind of meeting — curated, clinically relevant, and rooted in the history of reproductive medicine.
What is OISRM?
A First-of-Its-Kind Symposium
OISRM 2026 is a focused international meeting for clinicians, embryologists, researchers, and academic leaders working across reproductive endocrinology, infertility, and assisted reproductive technologies. Rather than functioning as a broad, high-volume congress, it is intentionally curated to create a sharper kind of exchange: expert-led, clinically relevant, historically grounded, and future-facing. Over three carefully structured days in London, the symposium brings together confirmed international faculty, a coherent scientific program, and a venue that matches the tone of the meeting.
Inaugural Edition
Opening a New Chapter
OISRM 2026 marks the inaugural edition of a new symposium in reproductive medicine. This first meeting is not framed as a one-off celebration, but as the opening chapter of a recurring international forum with a clear scientific identity. Its emphasis is on quality of discussion, relevance of content, and meaningful engagement rather than scale alone. London gives the inaugural edition both accessibility and symbolic weight, placing the meeting in a city closely linked to the history of IVF and reproductive endocrinology.
Heritage
London and the History of IVF
OISRM 2026 is built around London’s legacy in reproductive medicine. The meeting revisits a sequence of milestones that continue to influence fertility care worldwide.
Birth of Robert G. Edwards, co-developer of IVF, in Batley, UK
Louise Brown, first IVF baby, born at Oldham General Hospital, UK
Howard Jacobs publishes ultrasound diagnosis of polycystic ovaries
Stephen Franks describes prevalence of polycystic ovaries and PCOS
Howard Jacobs publishes on GnRH agonist use in IVF stimulation
Mission
Mission
The mission of OISRM 2026 is to bring together leading voices in reproductive medicine for a meeting that connects scientific progress with better clinical judgment, stronger interdisciplinary exchange, and more thoughtful patient care. The symposium is designed to bridge discovery and practice, making the program as relevant to the consulting room and IVF unit as it is to academic discussion. It prioritizes sessions that help clinicians classify ovulatory disorders, manage difficult responders, interpret failed cycles, counsel patients in advanced maternal age, use emerging genetic tools, and think critically about what should—and should not—change in fertility care.
Scientific Scope
Scientific Scope
OISRM is a multidisciplinary meeting reflecting the full scope of modern reproductive medicine, spanning reproductive endocrinology, clinical ART, embryology, imaging, surgery, genetics, law, and population science. The program moves from core clinical foundations—ovulatory disorders, follicle recruitment, PCO/PCOS, and poor ovarian response—to key decision points in practice, including when IVF should stop, how IUI is positioned, and how to interpret failed cycles and early pregnancy loss. It then expands to complex care across advanced maternal age, DSD, Turner syndrome, and surgical contexts, before looking ahead to microbiota, population trends, policy, PGT, and precision embryo genetics. Overall, it is designed as a coherent, clinically grounded program that engages with the broader forces shaping the future of fertility care.
Faculty
International Faculty
The OISRM 2026 faculty is a genuinely exceptional group. Assembled from the leading fertility centres across four continents, these are the scientists, clinicians and educators who have shaped the field rather than simply practised within it. Their combined body of work spans thousands of peer-reviewed publications, the founding of IVF programmes on multiple continents, and decades of leadership at ESHRE, RCOG, ASRM and the British Fertility Society. To have this calibre of expertise gathered in a single room, sharing insight directly with delegates, is the defining distinction of the symposium.
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Royal Society of Medicine
1 Wimpole Street, London W1G 0AE, United Kingdom
OISRM 2026 will be held at the Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London W1G 0AE, in the heart of central London. The venue is an ideal fit for the meeting’s tone and purpose: academically credible, accessible, and equipped for modern conference delivery. Scientific sessions are planned around the Guy Whittle Auditorium, with reception and catering functions supported by the Atrium and Cavendish spaces.
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Abstracts are open for submission. Present your research to an international audience of reproductive medicine specialists in London, July 2026.