{"id":2498,"date":"2026-03-21T23:03:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T23:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bedfordresearch.org\/symposium\/?page_id=2498"},"modified":"2026-06-27T14:20:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T14:20:40","slug":"2026-program-human-egg-activation-pathways","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bedfordresearch.org\/symposium\/2026-program-human-egg-activation-pathways\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bedfordresearch.org\/symposium\/2026-symposium\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2475\">Event Info<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bedfordresearch.org\/symposium\/2026-speaker-bios\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2563\">Speaker Bios<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>8:30 AM \u2013 Check-in and Continental Breakfast<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">9:00 AM \u2013<strong> Session<\/strong> <strong>1<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>9:00 AM &#8211; <strong>Ann A. Kiessling, PhD<\/strong>, Bedford Research Foundation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>9:25 AM &#8211; <strong>Keynote: Evelyn Telfer<\/strong>, BSc, PhD, CBE, FRSB, The University of Edinburgh <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>10:20 AM \u2013 Coffee Break<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">10:35 AM \u2013&nbsp;<strong>Session<\/strong> <strong>2<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>10:35 AM \u2013 TBD<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11:20 AM \u2013 TBD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>12:05 PM \u2013 Lunch, Posters<\/strong> <strong>&amp; Lunch Talk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">1:30 PM \u2013&nbsp;<strong>Session 3<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1:30 PM &#8211; TBD<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2:25 PM \u2013 TBD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3:10 PM \u2013 Coffee Break &amp; Posters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">3:30 PM \u2013&nbsp;<strong>Session 4<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>3:30 PM \u2013 TBD<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4:15 PM \u2013 TBD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5:00 PM \u2013 Happy Hour and Poster<\/strong> <strong>Session<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>6:00 PM \u2013 Dinner<\/strong> <strong>&amp; Dinner Speaker<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"599\" data-id=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/bedfordresearch.org\/symposium\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/GEP5555.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bedfordresearch.org\/symposium\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/GEP5555.jpg 700w, 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