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HISTORY OF ASPIRE
ASPIRE, the Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction, was founded in 2001 by Bruno Lunenfeld and P C Wong, to improve knowledge and awareness of ART and infertility-related services, with ultimate aim of improving the quality of patient care.
2006
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2008
ASPIRE society
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2010
ASPIRE
2012
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2014
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2015
ASPIRE 1st Masterclass on Male Infertility @ Siem Reap, Cambodia
2016
ASPIRE 6th Annual Congress (bi-annually format) in Jakarta, Indonesia
Started ASPIRE Membership
2017
ASPIRE 2nd Masterclass on PCOS @ Hanoi, Vietnam
ASPIRE 7th Annual Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Announced that ASPIRE Congresses will now be held annually
Started a Secretariat office (based in Singapore) to run ASPIRE independently
ASPIRE 3rd Masterclass on PGT @ Beijing, China
Ran the first and second edition of ASPIRE-ISAR Certificate Course
2018
ASPIRE 4th Masterclass on Endometrium and Implantation @ Bangkok, Thailand
ASPIRE 8th Annual Congress in Taipei, Taiwan
ASPIRE 5th Masterclass on IVM @ Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Initiated 6 Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
2019
ASPIRE 6th Masterclass on Male Infertility @ Manila, Philippines
Launched our very own ASPIRE Journal (Fertility and Reproduction (F&R))
ASPIRE 9th Annual Congress in Hong Kong ASPIRE 1st Regional Meeting in Pakistan
2020
ASPIRE 8th Masterclass on Ovarian Stimulation and Poor Responders @ Tokyo, Japan
ASPIRE Session at ESHRE 2020
ASPIRE 10th Annual Congress in Manila, Philippines (Cancelled)
2021
ASPIRE 10th Annual Virtual Congress
Launched the ASPIRE Webinar series
Launched the ASPIRE Certificate Courses programmes ASPIRE 2nd Virtual Bangladesh Regional Meeting
2022
ASPIRE 11th Annual Virtual Congress
Started ASPIRE Exclusive Membership reach out to Reproductive Nurses, Counsellors and Midwives
1st exchange session held in collaboration with ESHRE
2022 2023
ASPIRE 12th Annual Congress in Adelaide, Australia
ASPIRE PAST PRESIDENTS
Professor P C Wong, Singapore, 2006-2008 Professor Shin Yong , South Korea, 2008-2010 Professor Yoshiharu Morimoto, Japan, 2010-2012 Professor Robert Norman, Australia, 2012-2014 Professor Jaideep Malhotra, India, 2014-2016 Professor Chii-Ruey Tzeng, Taiwan, 2016-2018 Professor Budi Wiweko, Indonesia, 2018-2021
1st Bi-Annual Congress in Changsha, China
officially formed and registered as a medical 2nd Bi-Annual Congress in Singapore
3rd Bi-Annual Congress in Bangkok, Thailand 4th Bi-Annual Congress in Osaka, Japan
5th Bi-Annual Congress in Brisbane, Australia
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