worldsleep07 Program
Sunday 2 September 2007
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Trainee Professional Development Workshop

Cairns Convention Centre
Meeting Room 1 -2

Cairns Convention Centre
Meeting Room 3

Cairns Convention Centre
Meeting Room 4

Cairns Convention Centre
Meeting Room 5

Cairns Convention Centre
Meeting Room 6

Cairns International Hotel
Grand Ballroom

0900-0915

Welcome and Orientation

 

 

 

 

 

0915-1000

Keynote Address:

Science is something that is done between friends

Anna Wirz-Justice (Switzerland)

 

 

 

 

 

1015-1115

Workshop 1

Year in Review: Basic Research (1)

Thomas Scammell (USA)

Year in Review: Clinical (1)

Michael Vitielo (USA)

How To Get Published (1)

James Horne (United Kingdom)

Presentation Skills

To be confirmed
Nathaniel Marshall (Australia)

Interview Skills and Giving a Job Talk

Kenneth Wright (USA)
Tracey Sletten (United Kingdom)

 

1115-1130

Morning Tea

1130-1230

Workshop 2

Year in Review: Basic Research (2)

Paul Shaw (USA)

Year in Review: Clinical (2)

David Hui (Hong Kong)

Working Internationally

Shantha Rajaratnam (Australia)

Hans Peter Landolt (Switzerland)

How to Establish and Maintain International Collaborations

Allan Pack (USA)
Sean Drummond (USA)

Balancing Your Career

Sonia Ancoli-Israel (USA)
Josephine Arendt (United Kingdom)

 

1230-1330

Lunch

1345-1445

Workshop 3

Teaching A Sleep and Chronobiology Course

Mary Carskadon (USA)

Year in Review: Human Experimental (1)

Charles Czeisler (USA)

Putting Together Your CV

Michael Perlis (USA)
Cameron van den Heuvel (Australia)

How To Work In and Collaborate With Industry

Rod Hughes (USA)
George Dungan (Australia)
Mark Aloia (USA)

What Makes a Good Grant?

Roseanne Armitage (USA)
Derk-Jan Dijk (United Kingdom)

 

1445-1500

Afternoon Tea

1500-1600

Workshop 4

Year in Review: Human Experimental (2)

Torbjorn Akerstedt (Sweden)

How To Get Published (2)

David Dinges (USA)
David Gozal (USA)

Presentation Skills

Peretz Lavie (Israel)
Clare Anderson (United Kingdom)

Ethical Issues In Sleep & Circadian Research

Doug McEvoy (Australia)
Hans Van Dongen (USA)

Translational research

David White (USA)
Naresh Punjabi (USA)

Industry Symposium
Sponsored by Cephalon, Inc.


Excessive Sleepiness:
A Neglected Area of Risk?

Ron Grunstein (Australia)
Thomas Roth (USA)
David F. Dinges (USA)
Terri E. Weaver (USA)

1615-1630

Closing Session

1730-2030

wordsleep07 Opening Ceremony and Welcome Reception - Sponsored by ResMed