This film documents the PET event 'IVF Add-Ons: Building Bridges between Clinics, Regulators and Patients', produced in partnership with the 'Building Bridges' project (part of the 'Remaking Fertility' initiative, based at Queen Mary University of London and funded by the British Academy).
If you can't see the film embedded above, you can watch it on YouTube.
| Introduction | |
| 0:00:00 | Sarah Norcross Director, Progress Educational Trust |
| Presentations | |
| 0:04:14 | Professor Manuela Perrotta Professor of Sociology of Technology and Organisation, Queen Mary University of London |
| 0:16:23 | Alex Davies-Jones Member of Parliament for Pontypridd |
| 0:21:00 | Dr Rachel Gregoire Deputy Chair, Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists |
| 0:34:04 | Rachel Cutting Director of Compliance and Information, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority |
| 0:44:47 | Kate Brian Cofounder, Fertility Alliance |
| Discussion | |
| 0:56:22 | Discussion of feedback submitted via Mentimeter |
| 0:58:39 | Responses to audience questions and comments |
This film was made by Video Production Edinburgh.
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