Conference Programme

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Day 1 - April 15, 2026
09:00 - 09:10

Welcome and Opening Remarks

09:10 - 09:55

Keynote 1: Erna Sif Arnardóttir, "Sleep Revolution: reshaping diagnosis and management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Europe"

10:00 - 10:45 (Short talks selected from abstracts)

Sleep and Mental Health (2)

Respiratory Sleep Disorders (3)

10:45 - 11:15

Coffee Break + Sponsors

11:15 - 12:45 (Thematic symposium)

Invited symposium: Circadian Rhythms, Light, and Health

  • Frederic Gachon, Molecular Clock Disruption and Disease
  • Etienne Challet, Metabolism, Sleep and Circadian rhythms
  • Lisa M. Wu, Targeting Circadian Rhythms to Improve Fatigue and Sleep in Cancer Rehabilitation
  • Tone Henriksen, Dark therapy, Light, Circadian rhythms, and Psychiatry
  • Arne Lowden, Shift-work Health

Pediatric sleep disorders (5)

12:45 - 13:45

Lunch and Sponsor Exhibitions

13:45 - 14:30 (short talks selected from abstracts)

Pediatric sleep disorders (5)

Sleep and Circadian Systems in Animal Models (4)

14:30 - 15:00

Sponsor symposium by Idorsia

“Orexin receptor antagonism – a novel treatment of long-term insomnia disorder: from clinical trials to real-world evidence.”
Speaker: Prof. Laura Palagini (IT)

15:00 - 15:30

Coffee Break + Sponsors

15:30 - 17:00 (Thematic symposium)

Invited symposium: Neurodegenerative diseases, aging and sleep

  • Tim Lyckenvik, Sleep and Brain Health: Insights from Biomarker Research
  • Iben Lundgaard, The glymphatic system and neurodegenerative diseases
  • Celia Kjærby, Sleep pressure–driven brainstem hyperactivity disrupts sleep-dependent memory in aging
  • Poul Jennum, Sleep disturbances as early markers of neurodegenerative disease
  • Anders M. Fjell, Individual sleep need, brain health and cognitive function

Invited symposium: Respiratory Sleep Disorders

  • Timo Leppänen, Future diagnostics: lessons from Sleep Revolution
  • Jenny Theorell-Höglöv, OSA in women
  • Turkka Kirjavainen, Paediatric OSA: mechanisms, phenotypes, and long-term outcomes
  • Harald Hrubos-Strøm, What to do when CPAP fails? – passive opening, muscle modulation or both?
17:00 - 17:45

Keynote 2: Professor Alison Harvey, Sleep as a Pathway to Mental Health: Transdiagnostic Treatments and Implementation Innovation

18:00 - 19:00

Networking event in Exhibition Area

Day 2 - April 16, 2026
08:30 - 09:25

Keynote 3: Professor Per Borghammer, The importance of REM sleep behaviour disorder for defining subtypes of Parkinson's disease

09:30 - 11:00 (Thematic symposia)

Invited symposium: Insomnia and co-morbid conditions

  • Bjørn Bjorvatn, "Insomnia, adolescents and mental health"
  • Christian Benedict, "Sleep to stay slim"
  • Susanne Jernelöv, Cognitive-behavioural Therapy for Insomnia
  • Mats Lekander, "Sleep, inflammation, and Immunity"
11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break + Sponsors

11:30 - 12:15 (short talks from abstracts)

Sleep Pharmacology: Risks and Innovations

Genetics and Biomarkers of Sleep Disorders

12:15 - 13:15

Lunch and Sponsor Exhibitions

13:15 - 13:45

Sponsor symposium (NOX)

13:45 - 15:00 (Thematic symposia)

Invited symposium: Pediatric sleep disorders

  • Marta Celmina, Parental perception vs. real symptoms
  • Cecilie Paulsrud, How to measure sleep in children and adolescents?
  • Juulia Paavonen, Dimensions in pediatric sleep
  • Umaer Rashid Hanif, AI in measurement of sleep in pediatric populations

Neurological sleep disorders (1)

15:00 - 15:30

Coffee Break + Sponsors

15:30 - 16:30 (short talks selected from abstracts)

Obstructive Sleep Apnea

New Frontiers in sleep research

16:30 - 17:15

Keynote 4: Professor Christian Cajochen, Circadian Regulation of Sleep & Wakefulness

18:00

General assembly, Dansk Selskab for Søvnmedicin

19:00 onward

Conference dinner

Day 3 - April 17, 2026
09:00 - 10:00 (Thematic symposia)

Session details to be announced

10:00 - 10:30

Sponsor symposium

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break + Sponsors

11:00 - 11:45

Keynote 5: Professor Paul Gringas, Use of melatonin in pediatric populations

11:45 - 12:00

Closing Remarks