Program of the 7th International workshop "Sleep: a window to the world of wakefulness" October 10-11, 2013, Institute of Arid Zones, Southern Scientific Center, RAS, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

October, 10

11:00 – Conference Registration

11:30 – Opening Speech

12:00 – Dieter Riemann, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical Center (Freiburg, Germany).

“Insomnia and hyperarousal – state of the science”

12:45 – Derk-Jan Dijk,  University of Surrey (Surrey, UK).

“Circadian regulation of sleep and wakefulness: role of light and melatonin”

13:30 – Lunch and posters placement

15:00 – Oleg Lyamin, University of California (Los Angeles, USA).

“Sleep in birds”

15:45 – 3-minutes presentations

16:15 – Coffee break

16:30 – Poster session 1

October, 11

10:30 – Pierre-Hervé Luppi, Centre of Neuroscience of Lyon (Lyon, France).

“Mechanisms of Paradoxical sleep”

11:15 – Ludger Grote, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sleep disorder center (Gothenburg, Sweden).

Cardiological disturbances in sleep apnoe patients”

12:00 – Coffee break

12:30 – Ivan Pigarev,  Institute for Information Transmission Problems (Moscow, Russia).

“Sleep and the new brain paradigm”

13:15 – Ludger Grote, Chair of ANSS, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sleep disorder center (Gothenburg, Sweden).

“Assembly of National Sleep Societies: Aims and Scope”

13:45 – Lunch and posters placement

15:00 – Pierre-Hervé Luppi, ESRS  Secretary, Centre of Neuroscience of Lyon (Lyon, France).

“ESRS for young scientists”

15:30 – 3-minutes presentations

16:15 – Coffee break

16:30 – Poster session 2

18:00 – Closing Ceremony

October, 12

13:00 – Social Event