The congress is an international forum inviting professionals to advance current thinking, improve sleep health, and encourage prevention and treatment of sleep disorders. The congress will bring together leading experts to discuss, debate, and disseminate knowledge amongst sleep clinicians and researchers for the advancement of sleep health worldwide.
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Program Overview
Pre-Congress Courses
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2011
8:00am – 12:00pm
Advanced Management of Sleep Breathing Disorders: An Interactive Problem- Based Session
Co-Chairs: Clodagh Ryan and Robert Thomas Speakers: Clodagh Ryan, Robert Thomas, Jean-Louis Pépin, Robert Skomro, Antonio Culebras
Objectives:
1. Understand the nature of interactions of sleep apnea and cardiac disease. 2. Learn alternative (to positive pressure) approaches to management of chemoreflex
pathology in the context of sleep apnea. 3. Receive an update on patterns and management of sleep apnea in selected neurological
and neuromuscular disorders. 4. Learn applied ventilation principles for the management of the obesity-hypoventilation
syndrome.
Understanding Insomnia – New Approaches to Etiology, Diagnosis and Treatment
Chair: Dieter Riemann Speakers: Jack Edinger, Simon Kyle, Dieter Riemann, Daniel Buysse, Phil Gehrman
Objectives:
1. Understand the concept of hyperarousal as relevant to insomnia pathogenesis. 2. Review current thinking about cognitive models of insomnia. 3. Discuss the differential diagnosis of insomnia syndromes from a pathobiological
perspective. 4. Receive a concise overview of cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia.
Advances in the Management of Pediatric Sleep Disorders
Co-Chairs: Shelly Weiss and Sanjeev Kothare Speakers: Indra Narang, Judy Owens, Oliviero Bruni, Roger Godbout, Shelly Weiss, Sanjeev Kothare, Suresh Kotagal, Sona Nevsimalova
Objectives:
1. Review common sleep disorders that occur in childhood and adolescence, and understand their management strategies.
2. Understand the differences in the interpretation of pediatric v.s. adult polysomnography. 3. Understand the role of pharmacotherapy in the treatment of pediatric insomnia. 4. Review and update knowledge on pediatric sleep disorders in diverse medical conditions
(mental health disorders, epilepsy, headaches, traumatic brain injury).SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2011
1:00pm – 5:00pm
Advances in the Management of Pediatric Sleep Disorders (cont.)
Co-Chairs: Sanjeev Kothare and Shelly Weiss Speakers: Indra Narang, Judy Owens, Oliviero Bruni, Roger Godbout, Shelly Weiss, Sanjeev Kothare, Suresh Kotagal, Sona Nevsimalova
Ambulatory Sleep Techniques
Chair: Thomas Penzel Speakers: Heidi Danker-Hopfe, Ludger Grote, Robert Thomas, Thomas Penzel
Objectives:
1. Understand usefulness and limitations of ambulatory ECG. 2. Learn about the use of peripheral pulse wave analysis in sleep apnea medicine. 3. Understand how autonomic and respiratory “windows” provide unique insights into sleep
physiology and pathology. 4. Receive an update on ambulatory monitoring for sleep apnea diagnosis.
Parasomnias Update 2011
Chair: Jacques Montplaisir Speakers: Isabelle Arnulf, Ron Postuma, Anne Germain, Rosalia Silvestri, Carlos Schenck
Objectives:
1. Review the clinical and sleep laboratory characteristics (PSG and video) of REM and non-REM parasomnia.
2. Discuss the differential diagnosis of parasomnia. 3. Update knowledge on the basic mechanisms of REM and non-REM parasomnia. 4. Review psychological and pharmacological treatments of parasomnia.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011
8:00am – 12:00pm
The Measurement of Periodic Leg Movements During Sleep (PLMS) and Wakefulness (PLMW)
Co-Chairs: Raffaele Ferri and Marco Zucconi Speakers: Lynn-Marie Trotti, Raffaele Ferri, Marco Zucconi, Arthur Walters, Richard Allen
Objectives:
1. Review and understand the neurophysiology of motor control and limb activation during sleep.
2. Receive an update on measurement principles and methods. 3. Understand the impact of PLMs on the autonomic nervous system. 4. Integrate the new biology of PLMS/PLMW into clinical practice.
Circadian Rhythms – Beyond Sleep
Chair: Phyllis Zee Speakers: Phyllis Zee, Diane Boivin, Steven Shea, Fred Turek
Objectives:
1. Receive an update on circadian biology beyond sleep processes, including metabolic regulation.
2. Understand the link between circadian rhythms and mood disorders. 3. Understand the role of circadian dysregulation in cardiovascular pathology. 4. Obtain an applied bench-to-bedside perspective of circadian biology.
Public Lectures (French)
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2011 Co-Chairs: JulieCarrierandCélyneBastien(incollaborationwith
La Fondation Sommeil)
3:00pm -4:00pm
Sleep and Pain (J’ai mal! Effets sur le sommeil et l’humeur)
Presenter: Gilles Lavigne
Sleep Apnea (L’apnée du sommeil n’a pas de sexe)
Presenter: Frederic Séries
4:00pm -5:00pm
Sleep and Menopause (Bien dormir à la ménopause, est-ce possible?)
Presenter: Josée Savard
Shift Work (Le travail de nuit: problèmes et stratégies d’adaptation)
Presenter: Marie Dumont
Students Training Day Program
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011
10:15am – 10:30am 10:30am – 11:15am 11:15am – 11:30am
11:30am – 11:45am
11:45am – 12:00pm 12:00pm – 12:15pm
12:15pm – 1:15pm 1:15pm – 2:00pm
2:00pm – 2:15pm
2:15pm – 2:30pm 2:30pm – 2:45pm
2:45pm – 3:00pm
3:00pm – 3:30pm 3:30pm – 4:15pm
4:15pm – 5:00pm
WELCOME
Co-chairs: Vincent Moreau and Christian Burgess Basic Science Talk: Basic Research – Neurobiology of Sleep
Speaker: Barbara Jones, CSS/WASM Invited Speaker
Canadian Student 1: Error detection is reduced and emotional evaluation of errors is heightened following a night of total sleep deprivation Speaker: Ryan Penn, CSS award winner
Canadian Student 2: Spindles and slow waves are associated to verbal learning in older subjects Speaker: Marjolaine Lafortune, CSS award winner
International Student 1
Speaker: CSS Student Travel Award Winner International Student 2
Speaker: CSS Student Travel Award Winner LUNCH BREAK
Do Circadian Rhythms Put you to Sleep? A Short (personal) History Speaker: Ben Rusak, CSS Distinguished Scientist Recipient
Canadian Student 3: Relationship between circadian rhythms of body temperature, melatonin secretion, and sleep propensity during the follicular and luteal phase of the menstrual cycle Speaker: Ari Shechter, CSS award winner
Young Investigator:
Speaker: Young Investigator Award winner International Student 3:
Speaker: CSS Student Travel Award Winner International Student 4:
Speaker: CSS Student Travel Award Winner
COFFEE BREAK
Clinical Science Talk: Clinical Research – Insomnia
Speaker: Jack Edinger
Career Development Talk: Post-Doc Fellowship – Making it the Best Days of your Life Speaker: Anne Germain
Technologists Program
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011
8:30am – 8:45am
8:45am – 9:30am
9:30am – 10:15am
10:15am – 10:45am 10:45am – 11:30am
11:30am – 12:15pm
12:15pm – 1:15pm 1:15pm – 2:00pm
2:00pm – 2:45pm
2:45pm – 3:15pm 3:15pm – 4:00pm
4:00pm – 5:00pm
WELCOME
Co-chairs: Natalie Morin and Sharon Keenan Advances in Digital Technology and Sleep
Speaker: Thomas Penzel Update on Sleep and Control of Ventilation 2011
Speaker: Richard Horner
BREAK
CVD and Hypertension – Links with Sleep
Speaker: Anstella Robinson PAP Therapy for Symptomatic and Asymptomatic OSA
Speaker: Najib Ayas
LUNCH
Discussion Group: BRPT updates
Chairs: Natalie Morin, Roger Godbout Speakers: Bonnie Robertson, Janice East
Panel Discussion: International Credentialing
Chairs: Helen Driver, Sharon Keenan Speakers: Wayne Peacock, Sharon Keenan, Maxime Elbaz
BREAK Paediatric Sleep Disorders
Speaker: Rafael Pelayo
PSG – Data blitz
Speakers: Sharon Keenan, Max Hirskowitz
Technologists Workshops
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
11:00am – 12:30pm
3:30pm – 4:30pm 4:30pm – 5:30pm
Complex Sleep Apnea and ASV Titrations (French)
Speakers: Pierre Mayer Medications and Sleep: Effects on PSG
Speaker: James MacFarlane RLS, PLMS and Movement Disorders
Speaker: Raffaele Ferri TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
11:00am – 12:30pm
3:30pm – 4:30pm 4:30pm – 5:30pm
Scoring (French)
Speaker: Natalie Morin Dental Effects of CPAP Masks
Speaker: Fernanda Almeida
Patient Education: Sleep Hygiene for Parents and Adolescents Speaker: Reut Gruber
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
11:00am – 12:30pm
3:30pm – 4:30pm 4:30pm – 5:30pm
Oral Appliances: Introduction and Indications in OSA Treatment (French) Speakers: Luc Gauthier
Cyclic Alternating Pattern – EEG
Speaker: Célyne Bastien
Quality Assurance and Inter-Rater Reliability
Speaker: Reta Wright-Kinghorn
Keynote Lectures
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
8:00am – 9:00am Sleep, Health and Circadian Rhythm Disruptions in Modern Society
Charles Czeisler, MD, PhD, USA
2:00pm – 3:00pm Sleep, Learning, and Cognition Matthew Walker, PhD, USA
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
8:00am – 9:00am Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Pregnancy: Effects on the Fetus
Collin Sullivan, MD, PhD, Australia
2:00pm – 3:00pm Sleep, Sleepiness, and Safety on the Road Pierre Philip, MD, PhD, France
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
8:00am – 9:00am Insomnia, Therapy and Health Policies Kevin Morgan, PhD, United Kingdom
2:00pm – 3:00pm Neural Regulation of Homeostatic Sleep Mechanisms Barbara Jones, PhD, Canada
Symposia
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
9:00am – 10:30am
Familial Aggregation of Insomnia – From Phenotypes to Genotypes – How Far Are We?
Chair: Yun-Kwok Wing and Charles M. Morin Speakers: Charles M. Morin, Dieter Riemann, Mehdi Tafti, Yun-Kwok Wing
Cardiology and Sleep
Chair: Douglas Bradley Speakers: Douglas Bradley, Jon-Erik Holty, Geraldo Lorenzi, Kannan Ramar
Recent Advances in Pharmacological Therapeutics of Sleep Disorders
Chair: Jed Black Speakers: Jed Black, Dale Edgar, Maria-Antonia Quera-Salva
Sleep, Recovery, Regeneration and Performance in Sport: Current Sleep Research and Health Initiatives on Sleep and Exercise
Chair: Charles Samuels Speakers: Shawn Youngstedt, Cheri Doreen Mah, Christopher E. Kline
3:30pm – 5:00pm
Dreams and Parasomnias
Chair: Carlos Schenck Speakers: Tore Nielsen, Isabelle Arunulf, Antonio Zadra, Carlos H. Schenck
Iron and RLS: Translational Research Connecting Molecular, Animal, Clinical and Treatment Studies
Chair: Richard Allen Speakers: James Connor, Erica Unger, Christopher Earley, Yong-Won Cho
New Technological Advances in OSA
Chair: Christian Guilleminault Speakers: Christian Guilleminault, Oscar Carillo, Stephen Schendell, Song Toh
5:00pm – 6:30pm
Sleep Disorders in Women: Is Gender a Risk Factor?
Co-Chairs: Rosalia Silvestri, Helen Driver Speakers: Roseanne Armitage, Rosalia Silvestri, Mauro Manconi, Teresa Paiva
Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Sleep Disorders in Older Adults
Chair: Michael Vitiello Speakers: Eus Van Someren, Phillis Zee, Kallel Ray Chaudhuri, Michael Vitiello
Neuromuscular Disorders and Sleep
Co-Chairs: Luc Laberge, Yves Dauvilliers Speakers: Luc Laberge, Jean-Louis Pépin, Giacomo Della Marca, Yves Dauvilliers
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
9:00am – 10:30am
Sleep and Cancer: From Diagnosis to Survivorship
Chair: Sonia Ancoli-Israel Speakers: Leanne Fleming, Josée Savard, Ann M. Berger, Sonia Ancoli-Israel
Circadian Aspects to Sleep Regulation: From Molecules to Integrated Functions
Chair: Valerie Mongrain Speakers: Paul Shaw, Paul Franken, Antoine Viola, Christina Schmidt
Pediatric Sleep Disordered Breathing
Chair: Christian Guilleminaut Speakers: Stacey Quo, Sabine Scholle, Cheng-Hui Lin, Nelly Hyun
3:30pm – 5:00pm
Chronic Insomnia – From Psychology to Neurobiology
Chair: Dieter Riemann Speakers: Dieter Riemann, Eus van Someren, Daniel Buysse
Circadian Adjustment: Does it Help or Hinder Shift Workers?
Chair: Diane Boivin Speakers: Diane Boivin, Shantha M. Rajaratnam, Alec J. Davidson, Drew Dawson
Sleep Disturbances and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Shared Mechanisms and Clinical Implications
Co-Chairs: Samuele Cortese, Reut Gruber Speakers: Samuele Cortese, Penny Corkum, Reut Gruber, Judith Owens
5:00pm – 6:30pm
Memory and Sleep
Chair: Stuart Fogel, Luigi Ferini-Strambini Speakers: Stuart Fogel, Luigi Ferini-Strambi, Émilie Fortier-Brochu, Olga Prilipko
Detecting and Scoring Sleep Disordered Breathing in Adults and Children: Is There a Need to Modify Criteria Again?
Chair: Hartmut Schneider Speakers: David Rapoport, Richard Berry, Jose Haba-Rubio, Riccardo A. Stoohs
How Can We Boost Access to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia? Practical Methods to Reach the Community and Primary Care Patients
Chair: Judith Davidson Speakers: Leanne Fleming, Norah Vincent, Jack Edinger, Judith Davidson
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
9:00am – 10:30am
Biomedical Innovation in Sleep Medicine
Chair: Ronald Chervin Speakers: Ronald Chervin, David White, Thomas Roth, Matt Vaska
Epidemiology of Sleep Disorders
Chair: Maurice Ohayon Speakers: Maurice Ohayon, Seung Chul Hong, Yun Kwok Wing, Mélanie LeBlanc
Sleep-Wake Disturbances after Traumatic Brain Injury
Chair: Nadia Gosselin Speakers: Simon Beaulieu-Bonneau, Shanthakumar Rajaratnam, Samar Khoury, Christian Baumann, Michael Makley
3:30pm – 5:00pm
Access and Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Chair: Najib Ayas Speakers: Meir Kryger, Robert Skomro, Frederic Series, Charles Atwood
Shift Work – Update about Complaints, Tolerance and Treatment
Chair: Bjorn Bjorvatn Speakers: Torbjorn Akerstedt, Bjorn Bjorvatn, Lee Di Milia, Kenneth P. Wright Jr
New Basic and Clinical Research Findings in Idiopathic RBD and Parkinsonian RBD
Chair: Carlos Schenck Speakers: Pierre-Herve Luppi, Jean-François Gagnon, Alex Iranzo, Valerie Cochen De Cock
Oral and Poster Sessions
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
Oral Paper Presentations (Sessions 1-4)
11:00am – 12:30pm
Poster Presentations
3:00pm – 5:00pm
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
Oral Paper Presentations (Sessions 5-9)
11:00am – 12:30pm
Poster Presentations
3:00pm – 5:00pm
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
Oral Paper Presentations (Sessions 10-13)
11:00am – 12:30pm
Poster Presentations
3:00pm – 5:00pm
Industry Symposium
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
Restless Legs Syndrome Around the Clock
Chair: Richard Allen 12:30pm – 12:50pm
12:50pm – 1:10pm
1:10pm – 1:30pm
1:30pm – 1:50pm
1:50pm – 2:00pm
From preclinics to the RLS patient’s needs: is there a rationale for a 24 hours treatment? Speaker: Richard Allen
Efficacy and safety of rotigotine transdermal patch: a 5-year prospective, multinational, open-label study Speaker: Luigi Ferini-Strambi
Daytime burden in RLS patients: a new paradigm from diagnosis to treatment? Speaker: Diego Garcia-Borreguero
Relationship between clinically significant augmentation of restless legs syndrome (RLS) and dosage of transdermal rotigotine Speaker: TBD
Questions and answers
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
12:30pm –2:00pm
Respironics Symposium (TBD)
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
12:45pm – 1:45pm
12:30pm – 2:00pm
Wayne Hening Memorial Lecture Motor Control and Dsycontrol in Sleep
Chair: Claudia Trenkwalder Speaker: Sudhansu Chokroverty WASM/ESRS Symposium Neurogenic Hypersomnia Chair: Christian Guilleminault and Claudio Bassetti Speakers: Pierre-Hervé Luppi, Claudio Basseti, Seiji Nishino, Maurice Ohayon
Business and Special Interest Group Meetings
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 09, 2011
Canadian Sleep Society Executive Meeting
1:30pm – 5:30pm
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2011
International Restless Legs Study Group
9:00am – 6:00pm
Canadian Sleep Medicine Credentialing Committee
3:00pm – 7:00pm
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
Canadian Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine
5:00pm – 6:00pm
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
Canadian Sleep Research Consortium
12:30pm – 2:00pm
Canadian Sleep Society Annual Membership Meeting
6:30pm – 8:00pm
World Association of Sleep Medicine Membership Meeting
6:30pm – 8:00pm
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2011
World Association of Sleep Medicine Governing Council Meeting
8:00am – 1:00pm
Ceremonies and Social Events
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011
Opening Ceremony / Reception
5:30pm – 8:30pm
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
Dinner Banquet / Dancing (ticketed) 7:00pm – 12:00am
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
St-Lawrence River Cruise
6:00pm – 11:00pm
Snooze Bowl
8:00pm – 11:00pm
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
Closing Ceremony
5:30pm – 6:00pm
Farewell Social Event
6:00pm – 7:00pm