2nd Sleep Medicine Summer School

WELCOME MESSAGE

The Sleep Medicine Summer School is one of the modules of the Academy of Sleep and Consciousness (ASC) educational program (founded from a joint effort of the University of Bern and the Università della Svizzera italiana) with a strong focus on clinic and basic research and with the objective to provide a high-quality postgraduate course in sleep and consciousness.This year the Sleep Medicine Summer School will offer an intense scientific program on the topics of chronobiology and circadian disorders, hypersomnia and in particular hypersomnolence in neurological disorders, insomnia and mental health, sleep and psychiatry, sleep and neurologic disorders with a specific focus on epilepsy, movement disorders, parasomnias and disorders of arousals, and sleep related breathing disorders with a specific focus on personalized medicine. In those tough pandemic times, keynote lectures will bring to the audience the last evidence on the broad impact of the pandemic on sleep and circadian rythms. Each module will include regular lessons, keynote lectures, case discussions and practical exercitation. Highlights of the Summer School are the keynotes on Cancer Chronotherapeutic, Diagnosis of Primary CNS Hypersomnolence Disorders: A reappraisal, Sleep, insomnia and depression, REM Sleep Behavior Disorder and Phenotypes and pathophysiology of central breathing disturbances given by five scientists with an internationally respected reputation in their field of expertise:

• Prof. Dr. Francis Levi (Paris-Saclay University),
• Prof. Dr. Gert Jan Lammers (Leiden University Medical Centre),
• Prof. Dr. Dieter Riemann (Universitätsklinikum Freiburg),
• Prof. Dr. Alex Iranzo (Universitat de Barcelona),
• Prof. Dr. Winfried Randerath (University of Cologne, Solingen, Germany).

Participants will have the opportunity to meet many outstanding speakers recognized worldwide for their intellectual contribution in the field of sleep medicine.

EVENT FORMAT

Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic and related national and international restrictions, the Board has decided to convert the meeting into a Hybrid Meeting, welcoming speakers onsite and allowing attendees to join the entire meeting online through a dedicated platform.
All interested attendees can already pre-register online for free.

Further information on registration fees, rules are listed here below.

REGISTRATION

Participants can choose to attend the entire school or just single modules. Participation in the entire school provides a special rate.

* Students must prove their student status by sharing an official document from their university

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GRANTS FOR STUDENTS

The European Sleep Foundation is pleased to offer 3 Grants for students respecting the following criteria:

• < 35 years old
• Coming from the following countries:
  Albania, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
  Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro,
  Romania, Serbia, Ukraine.

The grant includes free registration to the 2nd Sleep Medicine Summer School

All attendees respecting the criteria are warmly invited to apply for the by sending an official request to smss@europeansleepfoundation.ch including motivational letter and copy of the ID

LANGUAGE

Official Language is English
Simultaneous translation will not be provided.

CME CREDITS

The Sleep Medicine Summer School, GRENOBLE, France, 05/07/2021-09/07/2021 has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 30 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

• 05.07.2021 – 6 CME Credits
• 06.07.2021 – 6 CME Credits
• 07.07.2021 – 6 CME Credits
• 08.07.2021 – 6 CME Credits
• 09.07.2021 – 6 CME Credits

LOCAL ORGANIZER

PROF. DR. JEAN-LOUIS PEPIN Professor, Clinical Physiology, UGA – Universitè Grenoble Alpes Grenoble, France

IN COLLABORATION WITH

European Sleep Foundation (ESF)
www.europeansleepfoundation.ch