3:00 – 3:30 PM IST

Inaugural Session

Chair: KS James (President, APA)
Objectives: Sayeed Unisa (Panel Chair)
Inaugural Address: Manjula Danansuriya (WHO Expert)
Rapporteur: Papreen Nahar

3:30 – 5:00 PM IST

Session I: ART Guidelines, Services, and Access in the Asia-Pacific Region

Chair: Manjula Danansuriya (WHO)  |  Co-Chair: Sayeed Unisa  |  Rapporteur: Manori Weeratunga

1. Indian Guidelines on Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) — S.R. Sharma
2. ART Services in Sri Lanka — Athula Kaluarachchi
3. ART Services in Nepal — Sanu Maiya Shrestha
4. ART Services in India — Ameet Patki

5:10 – 6:40 PM IST

Session II: Fertility Services, Access and Equity

Chair: Tanmay Bagade  |  Co-Chair: Ranjan Prusty  |  Rapporteur: Mahadev Bhise

1. The Price of Parenthood: Financial Barriers and Inequities in Infertility Service Utilization in India — Dharmendra Kumar Dubey & Palak Gupta, Baba Kinaram Autonomous State Medical College, Uttar Pradesh
2. Reproductive Health Challenges and Fertility Service Needs under Low Fertility in China — Zhuoyan Mao, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing
3. Mapping Infertility Management in India: Policy Landscape, Services and Governance — Monika Lakhotia & Bhaswati Das, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
4. IVF, Ethics, and Equity: A Systematic Review of ART in Sociocultural Contexts — Kareena Kaushik & Shristhi, Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan
5. Infertility Treatment-Seeking Trajectory in Northeast India — Pratyashree Ojah & Manas R. Pradhan, IIPS, Mumbai

3:00 – 4:30 PM IST

Session III: Reproductive Health Challenges and Choices

Chair: Manori Weeratunga  |  Co-Chair: Ramesh Kafle  |  Rapporteur: Saddaf Naaz Akhtar

1. Fertility Preservation and Reproductive Decision-Making in Young Breast Cancer Patients — Siyuan Zhang & Yingyi Fan, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
2. Rural Childlessness and Policy Gaps in Infertility Care in India — Sucharita Pujari, National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad
3. Infertility and Hormonal Disorders: PCOD and PCOS among Tribal Women of Urladani Panchayat, Kalahandi District — Smrutirekha Choudhury & Madhulika Sahoo, Maa Manikeswari University, Odisha
4. The Womb Across the Ocean: Discourses on Surrogacy and Gender Politics among Chinese Users on Platform X — Momoko Chun Wong, Xiamen University
5. Trends and Determinants of Secondary Infertility in South Asia — Supriya Swain & Manas R. Pradhan, IIPS, Mumbai

4:30 – 6:00 PM IST

Session IV: Socio-Psychological Consequences of Infertility

Chair: Papreen Nahar  |  Co-Chair: Saddaf Naaz Akhtar  |  Rapporteur: Farhana Alam

1. Infertility and Parenthood in the 21st Century: Determinants, Consequences, and Equity in Reproductive Health — Dharma Raj, ICMR–NIREH, India
2. Artificial Intelligence Replacement Risk and Fertility Intentions among Chinese Workers — Xiaochun Ma, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
3. The Anxiety Dilemma in Endometriosis: Burden of Infertility and Chronic Pain — Yuhan Zhang, Third Affiliated Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
4. Infertility and Parenthood in the 21st Century: Mental Health and Psychosocial Consequences — Aman Singh & Sandeep Anand, University of Allahabad

6:10 – 6:45 PM IST

Discussion and Way Forward

Chair: KS James — Discussion with Scientific Panel Members and Invited Experts