Symposium

The effects of daytime naps on health and cognition

Gianluca Ficca (Italy)
John Axelsson (Sweden)
Michael Vitiello (USA)
Daniel Mollicone (USA)

Symposium

Sleep in Children and Adolescents:Patterns of sleep and determinants of sleep disorders across the paediatric age span

Shahrad Taheri (United Kingdom)
Mary Carskadon (USA)
Fernando Louzada (Brazil)
Tim Olds (Australia)

Symposium

Restless Legs Update

Markku Partinen (Finland)
Jacques Montplaisir (Canada)
Luigi Ferini-Strambi (Italy)

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Symposium

Neurocognitive & performance deficits produced by sleep disturbance

Robert McCarley (USA)
Hans van Dongen (USA)
Michael Chee (Singapore)
Robert Strecker (USA)
Paul Shaw (USA)

Invited Lectures

Hypothalamic Regulation of Sleep and Circadian Rythms
Clifford Saper (USA)

Narcolepsy, sleep and hypocretin: of fish, mice and men
Emmanuel Mignot (USA)

Sleep function and synaptic homeostasis
Giulio Tononi (USA)

Panel Discussion

International Opinions on Drowsy Driving-Current Controversies and Consensus

Doug McEvoy (Australia)
David Dinges (USA)
Torbjorn Akerstedt (Sweden)
Jim Horne (United Kingdom)
David Hui (Hong Kong)
Mark Howard (Australia)
Anup Desai (Australia)

Symposium

New developments in sleep and cognition

Marcos Frank (USA)
Declan Kennedy (Australia)
Louise O'Brien (USA)
Panel Discussion to follow

Symposium

New perspectives in upper airway surgery

Tucker Woodson (USA)
Jeffery Prinsell (USA)
David Gozal (USA) tbc

Symposium

Does sleep deprivation evoke host defence reaction?

Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen (Finland)
David Rector (USA)
J Nirinjiini Naidoo (USA)
Janet Mullington (USA)

Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Tale of Inflammation
David Gozal (USA)

Invited Lecture
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Where is Sleep Medicine Going?
Allan Pack (USA)

Invited Lectures

Pharmacological approaches to the management of sleep apnea – promises and pitfalls
Jan Hedner (Sweden)

Sleep and the immune system in health and disease
Thomas Pollmacher (Germany)

Presidential
Plenary Lecture

Sleep Need - Science and Global Public Health: The Future is Now
David Dinges (USA)

Followed by Closing Ceremony