They will host their 5th Annual Symposium on June 7-8 2022, in Oslo, Norway. The symposium gathers researchers from Norway and abroad with an interest in using their rich national data to understand causes and consequences of changing fertility and family patterns. They aim at arranging a symposium with good opportunities to connect and establish new collaborations.
Sign up here. Registration deadline May 10.
Program (open to changes):
Day 1: June 7
09:00-09:15 Welcome
Topic 1: Determinants of differences in fertility
09:15-10:00 - Can Policies Stall the Fertility Fall?
Rannveig Kaldager Hart, Centre for Ferility and Health, Norway
10:00-10:15 - Cardiovascular health and subfertility
Alvaro Hernaez (Maria Magnus), Centre for Fertility and Health, Norway
10:15-10:45 - Break
10:45-11:30 - Male Fertility: Facts, Distribution and Drivers of Inequality
Selma Walther, University of Sussex, UK
11:30-12:30 - Lunch
12:30-13:00 - Genetic determinants of use of assisted reproductive technologies
Siri N. Skodvin, Centre for Fertility and Health, Norway
Topic 2: Consequences of differences in fertility at the individual level
13:00-13:45 - Cardiometabolic health among offspring conceived by assisted reproductive technologies
Deborah Lawlor, University of Bristol, UK
13:45-14:00 - Risk of cardiovascular disease among subfertile men and women
Karoline Hansen Skåra, Centre for Fertility and Health, Norway
14:00-14:30 - Break
14:30-15:00 - Use of assisted reproductive technologies and epigenetic age
Yunsung Lee, Centre for Fertility and Health, Norway
15:00-15:45 - How reproductive factors affect health and other child outcomes
Kieron Barclay, Stockholm University, Sweden
15:45-16:00 - Discussion & wrap-up
18:00 - Dinner at TBA
Day 2: June 8
10:00-10:15 - Welcome
Topic 3: Covid and fertility
10:15-11:00 - Covid-19 vaccination and pregnancy outcomes in Canada
Deshayne Fell, University of Ottawa, Canada
11:00-11:15 - Maternal covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy and offspring risk of infection the first months of life
llen Øen Carlsen, Centre for Fertility and Health, Norway
11:15-12:00 - Break
12:00-12:15 - Pandemic lock down measures and risk of preterm birth
Laura Oakley, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
12:15-12:45 - Understanding the positive effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s fertility in Norway
Lars Dommermuth, Statistics Norway
12:45-13:00 - Discussion/go to lunch
13:00-14:00 - Lunch
Topic 4: Should we have more children?
14:00-14:15 - Topic introduction and Menti-poll
14:15-14:45 - Childlessness and Psychological Well-Being
Thomas Hansen, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
14:45-15:15 - Increased fertility, national income per capita and fiscal sustainability
Erling Holmøy, Statistics Norway
15:15-15:45 - Title TBA
Liv Bente Romundstad, Spiren Fertility Clinic, Norway
15:45-16:00 - Wrap-up