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