Programme

	Time	Activity
	7:45 - 8:40am	Onsite Check-in and Registration (Guests are to be seated by 8:45am)
	9:00 - 9:05am	Opening Address Prof Yap Seng Chong Dean, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS
	9:05 - 9:10am	Opening Address Nicole Shanahan Founder & President, Bia-Echo Foundation
	9:10 - 9:15am	Opening Address Prof Brian Kennedy Director, NUS Bia-Echo Asia Centre for Reproductive Longevity and Equality (ACRLE), NUS
	9:15 - 9:20am	Opening Address A/Prof Mahesh Choolani Head of Department, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, NUS
	9:20 - 9:35am	Welcome address by Guest-of-Honour Minister Indranee Rajah Second Minister for Finance and Second Minister for National Development
	9:35 - 10:15am	Morning Break/Poster viewing
	10:15 – 10:45am	KEYNOTE SPEAKER 1: Yousin Suh Columbia University Mechanisms of Ovarian Ageing: Target for Geroprotection in Women Moderator: Zhongwei Huang
SESSION 1	Sex: Exploring the Bio-Psycho-Social Aspects Moderator: Zhongwei Huang
	10:45 - 11:10am	Susan Logan University of Aberdeen More sex please! Sexual activity and its health benefits, the naked truth
	11:10 - 11:25am	Lianshan Zhang Shanghai Jiao Tong University Well-Informed or Misinformed? News-Finds-Me Perception in Shaping Sexual and Reproductive Health Knowledge and Behavioural Intentions Among Chinese Women
	11:25 - 11:40am	Lvfen Gao The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University Brain iron content in gender incongruence using quantitative susceptibility mapping
	11:40am – 12:40pm	Lunch Break/Poster viewing
SESSION 2	Unlocking the potential of nutrition in understanding and improving female reproductive health Moderator: Cuilin Zhang
	12:40 - 1:55pm	Jiaxi Yang National University of Singapore Decoding nutritional impact: the application of nutritional epidemiology in female reproductive health research
		Claire Guivarch National University of Singapore An example on precision nutrition: targeted longitudinal metabolome profile in pregnancy and fetal health
		Guoqi Yu National University of Singapore The interplays of healthy diet and environmental chemicals: a novel perspective
SESSION 3	Understanding Reproductive Biology Through Pre-Clinical Models Moderator: Huili Guo
	1:55 - 2:20pm	Mary Zelinski Oregon Health & Science University Evaluating Interventions for Ovarian Ageing in Macaques
	2:20 - 2:35pm	Michelle Seah National University of Singapore Quintessential requirement of maternal PRDM10 for female fertility and successful embryonic development
	2:35 - 3:00pm	Jun Wei Pek Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory An oocyte-protective role for a germline stress response during ageing
	3:00 - 3:30pm	Afternoon Break/Poster Viewing
SESSION 4	Reproductive Endocrinology Moderator: Paula Benny
	3:30 - 3:55pm	Noel Ng Chinese University of Hong Kong Cardiometabolic risk in PCOS
	3:55 - 4:20pm	Mya Thway Tint Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS), A*STAR Differential contributions of leanness and adiposity to bone health in young Asian women
	4:20 - 4:35pm	Joshua Johnson University of Colorado Mathematical Simulation of the Normal and Polycystic Ovary
	4:35 - 4:50pm	Hongkun Yu Jinan University Bone health and Selection of a reference database for bone mineral density Z-scores in Chinese transgender women
	4:50 - 5:05pm	Shivangi Chaturvedi Motherhood Hospital Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome in Young Indian Women's Determinants of a Lifestyle Disorder, Associated Comorbidities and Medical Management
SESSION 5	The Mechanobiology of Ovaries Moderator: Huili Guo
	5:05 - 5:20pm	Huan Ting Ong National University of Singapore Interrogating the spatiotemporal regulation of matrix alterations in ovarian ageing dysfunction
	5:20 - 5:35pm	Xingyu Shen National University of Singapore Extracellular matrix mechanics regulates ovarian function with age
	5:35 - 5:50pm	Chii Jou Chan National University of Singapore Quantitative micro-elastography unravels alterations of tissue mechanics in murine ovaries upon ageing
	5:50pm	End of Day 1

	Time	Activity
	8:00 - 9:00am	Onsite Check-in and Registration (Guests are to be seated by 8:45am)
	9:00 - 9:30am	KEYNOTE SPEAKER 2: William Ledger University of New South Wales What makes a good egg? Moderator: Zhongwei Huang
SESSION 6	Egg-straordinary Oocyte Moderator: Vani Khare
	9:30 - 9:55am	Ethan Greenblatt University of British Columbia Ageing of the oocyte cytoplasm as a key driver of meiotic spindle instability
	9:55 - 10:10am	Haiyang Wang National University of Singapore Rejuvenation of aged oocyte through exposure to young follicular microenvironment
	10:10 - 10:35am	Robert Gilchrist University of New South Wales Prospects of generating viable oocytes in vitro
	10:35 - 10:50am	Gavin Zhou Regenerative Bio Methylation-based Organ-Level ageing (MOLE) clock and its application in developing ovarian anti-ageing solutions
	10:50 - 11:15am	Morning Break/Poster viewing
SESSION 7	Sociology of Reproductive health Moderator: Chervin Lam
	11:15 - 11:40am	Wei-Jun Jean Yeung National University Of Singapore Family Ideals and Policy Considerations in Singapore
	11:40 - 11:55am	Beverly Wong National University Of Singapore Risk factors for incident depression in a cohort of healthy, midlife, multiethnic Asian women.
	11:55am - 12:10pm	Yujie Dong Shanghai Jiao Tong University Running Into Reproductive Health Information, Running Toward Doctor: Examining the Roles of Incidental Exposure, Perceived Norms, and Embarrassment
	12:10 - 1:10pm	Lunch Break/Poster Viewing
SESSION 8	Metabolic Paradigm of Reproduction Moderator: Paula Benny
	1:10 - 1:35pm	Lindsay Wu University of New South Wales NAD metabolism as a target for improving women’s health in reproductive ageing, breastfeeding, chemotherapy induced infertility and late-life health
	1:35 - 1:50pm	Xie Liang National University of Singapore Single-cell transcriptomic analysis reveals an inflammatory and angiogenic microenvironment in ovarian endometrioma featured by blood-vessel-supporting LYVE1+ macrophages
	1:50 - 2:05pm	Narasimhan Kothandaraman Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS), A*STAR Metabolomic Profiling Reveals the Relationship Between Biological Age and Health Metrics in Preconception Singaporean Women
	2:05 - 2:20pm	Anne K Bendt National University of Singapore Empowering Women's Health Through Mass Spectrometry-based Sex Steroid Hormone Analysis
SESSION 9	Reproductive Health and Longevity Moderator: Cuilin Zhang
	2:20 - 2:45pm	Cuilin Zhang National University of Singapore Achieving Healthy Longevity should start young: the role of reproductive health characteristics.
	2:45 - 3:00pm	Peipei Liu National University of Singapore Age at menopause and reproductive lifespan in association with mortality: findings from 145,868 women of the China Kadoorie Biobank
	3:00 - 3:25pm	Andrea B. Maier National University of Singapore A healthier future: the role of geroprotectors
	3:25 - 3:55pm	Ling Jun Queenie Li National University of Singapore Can Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Accelerate Intergenerational Ageing? Insights from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Approach
	3:55 - 4:20pm	Afternoon Break/ Poster Viewing
SESSION 10	Panel Discussion: Enabling Women: Navigating the Current Challenges in Women's Reproductive Health Advocacy Moderator: Vani Khare
SESSION 10	4:20 - 5:20pm	Panelist: - Hsien Lei Hsien, The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham), Singapore - Georgette Tan, United Women Singapore - Adelyn Lim, National University of Singapore - Zhongwei Huang, National University of Singapore
	5:20 - 5:30pm	Closing Remarks
	5:30pm	End of Conference