Maria Cristina Magli, embryologist, coordinates the laboratories of the SISMeR clinics in Bologna Italy. Author or co-author of more than 150 scientific publications, she has always been especially active in ESHRE, where she co-ordinated the Special Interest Group in Embryology, was member of the Executive Committee and Chair of Special Interest Groups. She was Chair of ESHRE between 2019 and 2021, and currently is immediate Past-Chair of the ESHRE European Affairs committee.