DARIEN, IL - May 21, 2021 - Don't miss your opportunity to join leading scientists and sleep clinicians from around the globe at the world's largest meeting for sleep and circadian science. Virtual SLEEP 2021 , the 35th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC, is June 10-13, 2021 in an exciting online-only format. The meeting will feature livestreamed content as well as on-demand recorded sessions to view even after the conference ends.
Virtual SLEEP begins Thursday, June 10, with the plenary session, featuring keynote speaker Eus JW Van Someren, who has a doctorate in neurobiology and studies the brain mechanisms of insomnia. He leads the sleep and cognition group at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and holds a professorship at the Department of Integrative Neurophysiology and Psychiatry at the VU University and Medical Center in Amsterdam. The virtual plenary session also will include recognition of the 2021 American Academy of Sleep Medicine award recipients and Sleep Research Society award recipients along with remarks from both organizations' presidents.
The general session beginning June 11 includes abstract presentations, symposia, clinical workshops and discussion groups on topics ranging from sleep inertia and consumer technology to the COVID-19 pandemic and pediatric sleep disorders. Worldwide perspectives are reflected in the more than 35 international speakers scheduled to present.
"Great ideas come out of networking and talking with colleagues, researchers and clinicians, so we want to facilitate that as much as possible given the technology capabilities that we do have," said APSS Program Chair Dr. Shalini Paruthi, co-director of the Sleep Medicine and Research Center at St. Luke's Hospital in St. Louis. "We've tried to capture all of the elements we would typically have in person and convert that to a virtual format that still allows for people to interact with each other."
Online posters are available 24-hours a day from June 9 - Nov. 30. Poster presenters may opt to have their poster removed on June 13 and will be denoted as such on the SLEEP platform. Opportunities to network with poster presenters will be offered each evening of the conference. The Virtual SLEEP 2021 exhibit hall will be open starting June 11, and attendees can connect with leading companies and learn about new products and services through video and online chats. Attendees can access the exhibit hall through Nov. 30, 2021. View the schedule and the preliminary program for complete details.
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The APSS is a joint venture of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society. To register as press for Virtual SLEEP 2021, contact AASM Communications Coordinator Corinne Lederhouse at 630-737-9700, ext. 9366, or at clederhouse@sleepmeeting.org .