This July, we attended ESHRE 2026 in London, one of the world’s leading events in reproductive science and medicine. The annual meeting brought together thousands of professionals from across the globe to exchange knowledge, discuss new developments and explore the future of human reproduction and embryology.

Throughout the congress, we connected with clinicians, researchers and fertility professionals from all over the world. These conversations gave us the opportunity to exchange experiences, discover new perspectives and discuss some of the challenges and opportunities currently shaping reproductive medicine. Most importantly, several of these discussions have already resulted in exciting ideas and new plans for future research collaborations. Bringing different areas of expertise together is essential for driving innovation, and ESHRE once again demonstrated the value of an international and multidisciplinary community. Additionally, our educational partners from Primal Pictures were present on the conference exhibit. There, they invited all attendants to have a look at the interactive three dimensional embryo models that are used as reference data for embryonic development between two and eight weeks of development.

After several inspiring days of science, networking and new ideas, we concluded our visit with a fantastic evening at London’s Science Museum – a fitting end to a meeting centred around curiosity, discovery and innovation.

We returned from London inspired, connected and looking forward to turning new ideas into future research.

– Rogier Schipperheijn & Jermo Hanemaaijer-van der Veer