2026 CRB Symposium Luncheon Roundtables

In addition to the impressive lineup of 2026 CRB Symposium speakers, the luncheon scientific roundtable lineup also offer attendees an opportunity to listen, learn, interact, and reflect with esteemed presenters on timely and pertinent issues affecting modern clinical reproductive laboratories.

Wednesday, May 6, 2026: 11:45pm – 1:15pm
JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort & Spa
Las Vegas (Summerlin), Nevada

AI: What’s Fake News, What’s to Stay?
   by Christine Allen, PhD, MSc, TS(ABB)

Clinical Air Quality Factors and Facts
   by Morgan Orsolini, MS, PhD Candidate

Current Landscape of Embryology Licensure in Different States
   by Nanis Nassar, MS, TS(ABB)

Designing IVF Labs for the Modern World
   by Eva Schenkman, PhD, HCLD(ABB)

Do No Harm: Basics of AI in IVF and Flaws to Watch For In Publications
   by Julianna Lamm, MS

Embryology in 2035: What Will Matter Most?
   by Lizeth Barrientos, MS, TS(ABB)

Genetic Evaluation of the Infertile Male
   by Dolores Lamb, PhD, HCLD(ABB)

How to Lead a New Team and Create a Culture No One Wants to Leave
   by Kristen Ivani, PhD, HCLD(ABB)

How Close Is A Non-Hormonal Male Contraceptive?
   by Christopher Barratt, PhD

Key Performance Indicators of Ovarian Stimulation Protocols on Number of Usable Blastocysts: What Should We Be Tracking?
   by Sharon Anderson, PhD, HCLD/ELD/CC(ABB)

Moving Frozen Specimens to Off-site, How to Implement?
   by Sung Tae Kim, PhD, HCLD(ABB)

Processing Suboptimal Sperm Specimens for ART
   by Melanie Clemmer, PhD, HCLD(ABB)

Seminal Oxidation Reduction Potential (ORP) and Its Clinical Implications
   by Manesh Kumar Panner Selvam, PhD, DVM, ALS(AAB)

Sperm Metabolism: The Missing Step Towards Better IVF Outcomes
   by Felipe Navarrete, PhD

The Threat of Politics in the IVF Lab
   by J. Wes Edmonds, PhD, HCLD/ELD/TS(ABB)

Ultra-Fast Vitrification: Donor Egg Perspective
   by Wayne Caswell, MS

Updating and Validating New Procedures
   by Alison Bartolucci, PhD, HCLD(ABB)

What Means Pregnancy Success?
   by Lakshmi Sharma, PhD, HCLD(ABB)