Preliminary Scientific Programme
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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SYMPOSIA
Socio-cultural determinants of poor sleep and its health consequences: International comparisons using large-scale surveys
Organising Chair: S. Arber (Surrey, UK)
Body-minded interaction in sleep: Dreaming, emotion regulation, and sleep disorders
Organising Chair: M. Schredl (Mannheim, DE)
Sleep research in Africa: From basic neuroscience and clinical investigations to health management in developing countries
Organising Chair: H. Cooper (Bron, FR)
Sleep in unusual and extreme environments
Organising Chair: J. Arendt (Guildford, UK)
Translational research on sleep changes related to stress and depression
Organising Chair: A. Steiger (Munich, DE)
Sleep and cognition in ageing and Alzheimer’s disease
Organising Chair: G. Rauchs (Caen, FR)
Sleep and temperature regulation from the laboratory to the clinic
Organising Chair: T. de Boer (Leiden, NL)
The impact of restricted or disrupted sleep on molecular and neurophysiological mechanisms underlying cognitive function and memory
Organising Chair: P. Meerlo (Haren, NL)
Pharmacogenetics of waking and sleep: Insights into basic sleep mechanisms and sleep disorders
Organising Chair: H.-P. Landolt (Zurich, CH)
Obesity and obstructive sleep apnoea: Interacting actors
Organising Chair: A. Pack (Philadelphia, US)
New concepts and developments in modelling of sleep and sleep homeostasis
Organising Chair: A. Borbély (Zurich, CH)
Metabolic and infl ammatory changes in sleep deprivation and sleep-disorder breathing
Organising Chair: P. Levy (Grenoble, FR)
Clinical application of Dim Light Melatonin Onset measurement
Organising Chair: M. Smits (Ede, NL)
Motor control in REM sleep: Basic and clinical perspectives
Organising Chair: J. Santamaria (Barcelona, ES)
Brain activity during sleep: From single cells to the brain
Organising Chair: P. Achermann (Zurich, CH)
Clocks, sleep and mood regulation
Organising Chair: C. Cajochen (Basel, CH)
Sleep and cognition in children: Overview, issues and mechanisms
Organising Chair: R. Schutte (Amsterdam, NL)
New vistas on brain energy levels and usage during sleep and their functional implications
Organising Chair: R. McCarley (Boston, US)
Longitudinal study of markers of neuro degeneration in REM sleep behaviour disorder
Organising Chair: J. Montplaisir (Montreal, CA)
Genetic control and modulation of sleep
Organising Chair: M. von Schantz (Guildford, UK)
JOINT SYMPOSIA
ESRS-APS Symposium |
ESRS-Chinese Sleep Research Society |
| Insomnia, sleep and memory Organising Chairs: D. Riemann (Freiburg, DE) and M. Gonçalves (Porto, PT) |
Sleepiness Organising Chairs: T. Pollmächer (Ingolstadt, DE) and F. Han (Beijing, CN) |
ESRS-ENS Symposium |
ESRS-European Biological Rhythms Society |
| Scoring sleep in patients with neurological diseases Organising Chairs: T. Penzel (Berlin, DE) and J. Santamaria (Barcelona, ES) |
Clocks and sleep: What´s new? Organising Chairs: D. Skene (Guildford, UK) and R. Foster (Oxford, UK) |
EUROPEAN NETWORK SESSIONS
EURLSSG The European Restless Legs Syndrome |
Sleep Apnea European networks in sleep apnea research |
European Insomnia Network Strategic steps towards understanding |
European Narcolepsy Network The EUropean-Narcolepsy-Net-work(s) |
TEACHING COURSES
Teaching Course 1: Sleep Medicine 1
Organising Chair: D. Pevernagie (Gent, BE/Heeze, NL)
Teaching Course 2: Sleep and Genetics
Organising Chair: M. von Schantz (Guildford, UK)
Teaching Course 3: Sleep and Cognition
Organising Chair: P. Peigneux (Brussels, BE)
Teaching Course 4: Sleep Medicine 2
Organising Chair: J. Santamaria (Barcelona, ES)
MEET THE PROFESSOR SESSION
• Meet the Professor: P. Lavie (Haifa, IL)
• Meet the Professor: C. Guilleminault (Redwood City, US)
• Meet the Professor: A. Wirz-Justice (Basel, CH)
• Meet the Professor: M. Terzano (Parma, IT)
• Meet the Professor: T. Akerstedt (Stockholm, SE)
• Meet the Professor: M. Billiard (Montpellier, FR)
MORNING SESSIONS
Specificifity and the pathophysiologic meaning of Periodic Leg Movements during sleep in
Restless Legs Syndrome
R. Ferri (Troina, iT)
Paediatric sleep
O. Bruni (Rome, IT)
VIDEO SESSIONS
Parasomnia overlap disorders: Clinical manifestations and underlying brain mechanisms
Organising Chair: C. Schenck (Minneapolis, US)
Video-presentation of parasomnias, nocturnal seizures, nocturnal dissociative disorders, cataplexy, sleep paralysis, hypnagogic hallucinations and restless legs
Organising Chair: G. Plazzi (Bologna, IT)
Respiratory sounds during sleep
Organising Chair: D. Pevernagie (Gent, BE/Heeze, NL)
CASE DISCUSSION SESSIONS
The psychiatric patient in sleep medicine
Organising Chair: T. Pollmächer (Ingolstadt, DE)
Treatment of sleep disorders: When it becomes complex
Organising Chair: P. Lévy (Grenoble, FR)
Sleep and fatigue
Organising Chair: T. Paiva (Lisbon, PT)
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS
ESRS-WFSRSMS:
Certification and accreditation in sleep medicine around the world
Organising Chair: D. Pevernagie (Gent, BE/Heeze, NL)
Fatigue, sleepiness and driving
Organising Chair: P. Philip (Bordeaux, FR)
Insomnia treatment
Organising Chair: D. Riemann (Freiburg, DE)
Future of sleep research
Organising Chair: C. Bassetti (Lugano/Zurich, CH)
ADDITIONAL SESSION
ESRS Forum for European Women in Sleep Research
Organising Chairs: T. Sletten (Clayton, AU) and R. Winsky-Sommerer (Guildford, UK)
ESST MEETING
Full day meeting
Organising Chairs: S. de Lacy (London, UK)
Acknowledgments
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