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Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Human Basic
Track chair – Prof. Hans-Peter Landolt
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09:00-09:30 Keynote speaker
Christian Cajochen, Switzerland
09:30-10:00 Year in Review
Bernhard Staresina, UK
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:30 Joint session – ESRS – British Sleep Society (BBS)

Chairs: Erna Sif Arnardottir, Iceland and Vikki Revell, UK
Circadian health in a public health and safety context
Shantha Wilson Rajaratnam, Australia
How can science communicate with the fact-free zone of policies
Catia Reis, Purtugal
Environmental health interacts with public health and the translation to policies should be well within her expertise
11:30-12:30 Oral session
12:30-13:00 Break
13:00-14:00 Lunch symposium (industry)
Animal Basic
Track chair – Prof. Vladyslav Vyazovskiy
14:00-14:30 Keynote talk: Lessons from a small animal model on how and why we sleep
Amita Sehgal, USA
14:30-15:00 Year in Review
Maiken Nedergaard, Denmark
15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-16:30 Joint session – ESRS – Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)

What can we learn about mechanisms and functions of sleep from different model organisms and systems?
Brief introduction / welcome:
Vladyslav Vyazovskiy, UK (ESRS)
Antoine Adamantidis, Switzerland (FENS-EJN)
Umberto Olcese, The Netherlands (mathematical modelling, AI)
Mojtaba Bandarabadi, Switzerland (sleep in a dish)
Dragana Rogulja, Serbia (Drosophila melanogaster)
Lior Appelbaum, Israel (zebrafish)
Charlotte Boccara, Norway (rodents)
Svenja Brodt, Germany (humans)
16:30-17:30 Oral session
Thursday, October 5, 2023
Respiratory
Track chairs – Prof. Dirk Pevernagie
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09:00-09:30 Keynote speaker
Silke Ryan, Ireland
09:30-10:00 Year in Review
Johan Verbraecken, Belgium
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:30 Joint session – ESRS – European Respiratory Society (ERS)
11:30-12:30 Oral session
12:30-13:00 Break
13:00-14:00 Lunch symposium (industry)
Psychiatry
Track chair – Prof. Tiina Paunio
14:00-14:30 Keynote talk – Sleep health, insomnia and mental health in the life-span.
Chiara Baglioni, Germany
14:30-15:00 Year in Review
TBA
15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-16:30 Joint session – ESRS – European Psychiatric Association (EPA)
16:30-17:30 Oral session
Friday, October 6, 2023
Neurology
Track chairs – Prof. Giuseppe Plazzi & Prof. Samson Khachatryan
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09:00-10:00 Oral session
10:00-11:00 Joint session – ESRS – European Academy of Neurology (EAN)
11:00-11:30 Break
11:30-12:00 Keynote talk – Hypersomnolence: what have we learned from narcolepsy?
Gert-Jan Lammers, The Netherlands
12:00-12:30 Year in Review
Ambra Stefani, USA
12:30-13:00 Break
13:00-14:00 Lunch symposium (industry)
Public Health
Track chair – Dr. Erna Sif Arnardóttir
14:00-14:30 Keynote talk – Health benefits of improving sleep and circadian disruption
Martin Rutter, UK
14:30-15:00 Year in Review
Annemarie Luik, The Netherlands
15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-16:30 Joint session – ESRS – World Sleep Society (WSS)
Digital applications to treat insomnia: a gamechanger for general insomnia care?
Dieter Riemann, Germany
Sleep health disparities and health equity
Kristen Knutson, USA
Environmental and social determinants of sleep
Chandra Jackson, USA
Implications of shift work: A health and safety perspective
Fran Pilkington-Cheney, UK
16:30-17:30 Oral session