Invited Lectures

Why do we have to sleep?
Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen (Finland)

Sleep and wakefulness in systems memory consolidation
Pierre Macquet (Belgium)

The role of hypocretin in narcolepsy, parkinson's disease and normal behaviour
Jerome Siegel (USA)

Symposium

Dental Sleep Medicine Introduction

Jeff Prinsell (USA)
Giles Lavigne (Canada)
Peter Eastwood (Australia)
Brendon Yee (Australia)

Symposium / Panel Discussion

Large Scale Multi-Centre-Trials in Sleep Disorders
(Organised by Australasia Sleep Trials Network)

Doug McEvoy (Australia)
Douglas Bradley (Canada)
Stuart Quan (USA)
Terri Weaver (USA), Gianfranco Parati (Italy)
Chairles Morin (Canada)
Colin Espie (United Kingdom)
Nick Glozier (Australia)
Thomas Roth (USA)

Symposium

Sleep and insomnia in adolescence

Mary Carskadon (USA)
Allison Harvey (USA)
Richard Bootzin (USA)
Ronald Dahl (USA)

Symposium

Prostaglandin (PG) D2 system recent progress in basic and clinical studies

Osamu Hayaishi (Japan)
Zhi-Li Huang (China)
Christian Baumann (USA)
Michael Duszenko (Germany)

Symposium

Drosophila, A Model to Study Mechanisms Controlling Sleep

John Zimmerman (USA)
Paul Shaw (USA)
Ravi Allada (USA)
Bill Joiner (USA)

Symposium

The effects of melatonin analogues on sleep: implications for treatment of insomnia and circadian rhythm sleep disorders

Josephine Arendt (United Kingdom)
Margaruite Dubocovich (USA)
Thomas Roth (USA)
Rachael Leproult (USA)
Shantha Rajaratnam (Australia)

Symposium

Transcranial magnetic stimulation as a tool to study and manipulate sleep

Eus van Someren (Netherlands)
Ysbrand van der Werf (Netherlands)
Reto Huber (USA)
Farid Salih (Berlin)

Panel Discussion

The autoimmune hypothesis of Narcolepsy

Tom Gordon (Australia)
Emmanuel Mignot (USA)
Sebastiaan Overeem (Netherlands)
Jerry Siegel (USA)

Symposium

Cranio-Facial Issues in Sleep Apnea
Ali Darendeliler (Australia)
Makato Kikuchi (Japan)
Masaaki Suzuki (Japan)

Special Invited Lecture
Anesthesia and obstructive sleep apnea
Shiroh Isono (Japan)

Symposium

Cell and molecular mechanisms of cardiovascular disease in OSAS

Paul Witting (Australia)
Walter McNicholas (Ireland)
Lena Lavie (Israel)
Mary Ip (Hong Kong)
Richard Schulz (Germany)

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Symposium

Paediatric Sleep: Problems of prematurity

Dawn Elder (New Zealand)
Sadasivam Suresh (Australia)
Veronique Bach (France)
Karl Shulze (USA)

Symposium

The Neurobiology and Clinical Pharmacology of Gamma-hydroxybutyrate

Eve van Cauter (USA)
Jed Black (USA)
Yoshimasa Koyama (Japan)

Special Invited Lecture

Central Regulation of the Male Gonadal Axis
Johannes Veldhuis (USA)

Symposium

Sexual Function and Sleep

Suely Roizenblatt (Brazil)
Markus Schmidt (USA)
Monica Andersen (Brazil)

Panel Discussion

How do I measure thy clock? Let me count the ways: Tools for the sleep clinician to estimate circadian phase

Josephine Arendt (United Kingdom)
Anna Wirz-Justice (Switzerland)
Masako Okawa (Japan)
Bjorn Bjorvatn (Norway)
Eus van Someren (Netherlands)
Charles Czeisler (USA)
Mary Carskadon (USA)

Symposium

Use-Dependent Properties of Sleep

Irene Tobler (Switzerland)
Hans Van Dongen (USA)
David Rector (USA)
Reto Huber (USA)

Panel Discussion

Shift Work Sleep Disorder? Deliberations on its definition, physiological mechanisms, consequences and treatment

Tobjorn Akerstedt (Sweden)
Ken Wright (USA)
Christopher Drake (USA)
Mikko Harma (Finland)
Giovanni Costa (Italy)
Charles Czeisler (USA)

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Symposium

Clinical Application of Oral Applicances in Sleep Apnea

Peter Cistulli (Australia)
Marie Marklund (Sweden)
Andrew Ng (Australia)

Symposium

Opioids: effects on sleep and respiration during sleep

Harry Teichtahl (Australia)
Jun Lu (USA)
Jack Feldman (USA)
David Wang (Australia)

Symposium

New findings in sleep disordered breathing (SDB) and cardiovascular function in children

Daniel Ng (Hong Kong)
Denise O'Driscoll (Australia)
David Gozal (USA)
Raouf Amin (USA)

Trainee Oral Presentations

Nicole Smith (Australia)
Mark Norman (Australia)
Craig Phillips (Australia)
Bradley Edwards (Australia)
Susan Feng (Australia)
Renate Wehrle (Germany)

Panel Discussion

Stimulus Control Therapy for Insomnia: Past, Present, and Future

Richard Bootzin (USA)
Leon Lack (Australia)
Rachel Manber (USA)
Charles Morin (Canada)
Michael Perlis (USA)
Arthur Spielman (USA)

Panel Discussion

Mastering restless Legs

Art Walters (USA)
Jacques Montplaisir (Canada)

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Symposium

Information processing in REM sleep

Jean Askenasy (Israel)
Anton Coenen (Netherlands)
Renate Wehrle (Germany)
Ursula Voss (Germany)

Invited Lectures

Sex and Drugs and Rhythm and Blues
Roseanne Armitage (USA)

What's the matter with people who have insomnia? - explanatory models and mechanisms circa 2008
Colin Espie (United Kingdom)

Symposium

Sleep deprivation in animals and humans - methodological issues

Gregory Belenky (USA)
Maurice Dematteis(France)
Irene Tobler (Switzerland)
Rozi Andretic (USA)

Poster Session (Sofitel Reef Hotel)
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