Frank Broekmans reports on a main-programme session organised by ESHRE's SIG Reproductive Endocrinology; reproductive medicine a prominent feature of the congress

SIG Co-ordinator Cristina Eguizabal reports from a well attended Campus meeting in Bilbao - and describes further developments in the differentiation of stem cells to mature germ cells.

Campus meeting calls for multidisciplinary approach, though sure resolution of pain remains elusive and dependent on future research

SIG Deputy Heidi Mertes on the principal ethical objections to embryo research and why some countries have a more liberal approach than others.

A national committee on bioethics has concluded ahead of legislation changes next year that treatment should be available 'to all women' and not just to heterosexuals with a diagnosis of infertility.

Treatment access, surrogacy, embryo research covered in recent meetings; sexuality, fertility preservation on future agendas

Andrew Horne, a past co-ordinator of the SIG Endometriosis and Endometrial Disorders, describes endometriosis as a 'vicious roller coaster' of pain with a huge socioeconomic impact.

Still little agreement on whether chronic pain in endometriosis is driven by central or peripheral nervous system: Campus meeting hears the case for both.

As ESHRE's open-access journal HROpen settles into its second year, editor-in-chief Siladitya Bhattacharya reviews progress so far and reaffirms its mission that reproductive science need not be the preserve of the few.