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On behalf of the ESHRE Special Interest Group Reproductive Surgery, ATiT produced a 3 hour long live interactive satellite TV broadcast of surgical interventions on Tuesday 29 June 2010. This session was coordinated and moderated by Professor Stephan Gordts from LIFE Leuven. The programme connected three operation theatres in the Hospital  Maternité Schiltigheim, IRCAD Strasbourg, with an audience of about 1000 participants of the ESHRE conference in one of the large auditoriums of the Fiera di Roma. Amongst the operating surgeons were Prof. Dr. Arnaud Wattiez abd Dr. Joseph Nassif (IRCAD  Strasbourg), Dr. Sara Brucker (Uni-Frauenklinik Tübingen), Dr. Rudi Campo, (LIFE Leuven), Dr. Antoine Watrelot (Part-Dieu Lyon), Dr. Guardin and Dr. Hummel (IRCAD Strasbourg).

More than 6 cameras, 2 SNG links and 2 satellite channels were used to capture and transmit the images of the gynaecological interventions in the best possible quality. Operating surgeons answered questions from the audience while demonstrating innovative surgical techniques and procedures. Amongst the cases were Deep endometriosis, Vaginoplasty Rokitansky, Hysteroscopic septum, Endometriotic cysts, Laparoscopic myomectomy, Transvaginal ovarian drilling and finally Tubal anastomosis.

The programme, sponsored by Karl Storz lasted for more than three hours and was received very well by about a thousand viewers. The viewers in the auditorium were impressed with the scientific quality of the programme as well as with the technical and organisational quality of the live transmissions.

The Virtual Dialogues Secretariat announced today that the Minister of Women Empowerment of the Republic of Indonesia, Prof. Dr. Meutia Hatta Swasono,will join the first Virtual Dialogue taking place on Thursday 22 January. Dr Swasono will provide a summary of this virtual discussion on Women in Leadership which links sites in Cairo, Dar-es-Salaam,Colombo, Moldovia and of course Jakarta where she will be located.

At the heart of this Dialogue will be an interview with President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Africa’s first female President and it will include local discussions as well as an open moderated discussion with President Johnson-Sirleaf linking participants in all sites. Visit the Virtual Dialogues web site for more information.

The campaign for the MEDEA Awards 2008 is in full motion and we're still welcoming participants, partners and sponsors! The aim of the MEDEA Awards is to encourage innovation and good practice in the use of sound, video or media-rich applications in education. If you're interested in becoming a sponsor and supporting this competition, please download our PDF with conditions and benefits for our different sponsoring categories. For more information you can visit the website  http://www.medea-awards.com.

On Tuesday 20 June 2006, ATiT produced the interactive satellite TV programme with live demonstrations of operative technologies for surgeons during the 2006 ESHRE Conference in Prague. Well over 1000 people attended these live demonstrations that were transmitted live from the Mother and Child Institute in Prague. This part of the conference was organised by Prof. S. Gordts from the Leuven Institute for Fertility and Embryology (L.I.F.E.) and included demonstrations by Dr. R. Campo, Dr. E. Kucera, Dr. Ferro and Professor Gordts.

From 27 to 29 October, the Leuven Institute for Fertility and Embryology celebrated its 20th Anniversary. ATiT took care of a successful day long interactive videotransmission of a demonstration of innovative operative techniques on 27 October and provided technical assistance for the closing colloquium in Leuven on 29 October. More information about Lifeleuven...

This year's ESGE Conference, held at the Athens Hilton, started with a successful demonstration session. Four hospitals in Greece, Germany and Austria were connected via satellite, microwave and telephone to the European Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy Conference in Athens in a 4 hour long interactive TV programme, produced by ATiT. Gynaecologists from over 30 countries were able to see live operations from 8 operation theatres, and discuss innovative endoscopic techniques with their colleagues.

On Tuesday 29th of June over three hundred medical specialists at the ESHRE 2004 Conference in Berlin were witness of the live demonstration of endoscopy at a hospital in Leuven. The event was organised and sponsored by Life Leuven (Belgium) and Karl Storz GmbH (Germany). ATiT co-ordinated the live satellite transmission of high quality images directly from the operation theatre into the auditorium at the ICC in Berlin where attendees were able to ask questions to the surgeon in Leuven.