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Scientific Program

The program committee of IPSA 2026 Florence is assembling a world-class schedule of content across pediatric sleep medicine. The program includes courses, symposia, keynotes, and abstracts.

Preliminary interactive schedule can be found here 
Schedule content is preliminary and subject to change. 


Keynote Addresses




Barbara Galland, PhD (New Zealand)
Unravelling the digital impact: Screens and sleep





Thomas Penzel, PhD (Germany)
Non obtrusive sleep recording and new analysis in paediatric sleep medicine




Schedule at a Glance
Schedule content is preliminary and subject to change. 

Wednesday, April 8
Pre-Congress Courses are all additional cost

Time

Type Session 
 9:00am - 1:00pmCourse

C-01: Ventilation in the home (IVAPS, AVAPS)
Chairs: Sheila Javadpour (Ireland), Elaine Chan (United Kingdom)

C-02: Pharmacological management of sleep disorders + melatonin
Chairs: Oliviero Bruni (Italy), Judith Owens (United States)

C-03: Sleep related movement disorders - RLS, PLMD, comorbilities

Chairs: Rosalia Silvestri (Italy), Osman Ipsiroglu (Canada)

 2:00pm - 6:00pmCourse

C-04: Pediatric behavioral sleep
Chairs: Jodi Mindell (United States), Michal Kahn (Israel)

C-05: Hypersomnia - treatment / treatment of narcolepsy
Chair: Michel Lecendreux (France)

 2:00pm - 4:00 pmCourse

C-06: Nocturnal Paroxysmal manifestations: Hands-On
Chairs: Lino Nobili (Italy), Suresh Kotagal (United States)

 4:00pm - 6:00 pm Course

C-07: Management of obesity
Chairs: Palma Benedek (Hungary), Steijn Verhulst (Belgium)


Thursday, April 9

 Time Type Session
 8:00 am - 8:40 am Welcome and Opening Address
 8:45 am - 9:30 am KeynoteKeynote: Thomas Penzel
 9:55 am - 11:25 am SymposiumS-01: Content to be determined
 11:30 am - 1:00 pm TBD Content to be determined
 1:20 pm - 2:05 pm KeynoteKeynote: Barbara Galland
2:15pm - 3:45 pm SymposiumS-02: Content to be determined
 4:05 pm - 4:50 pmTBDContent to be determined

Friday, April 10

 Time  Type  Session
 8:00 am - 9:30 am  Symposium S-03: Content to be determined
S-04: Content to be determined
S-05: Content to be determined
9:40 am am - 10:50 am  Oral Abstract

O-01 Content to be determined
O-02 Content to be determined
O-03 Content to be determined
 11:10am - 12:40 pm  Symposium S-06: Content to be determined
S-07: Content to be determined
S-08: Content to be determined
 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm  Industry Symposium  Content to be determined
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm-  Symposium 

S-09: Content to be determined
S-10: Content to be determined
 3:35 pm - 4:35 pm  Poster Session  Poster Session 1
 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm  Symposium

S-11: Content to be determined
S-12: Content to be determined


Saturday, April 11 

 Time  Type Session
8:00 am - 9:30 am   Symposium

S-14: Content to be determined
S-15: Content to be determined
S-16: Content to be determined
 9:40 am - 10:45 am Oral Abstract 

O-04: Content to be determined
O-05: Content to be determined
O-06: Content to be determined 
11:05 am - 12:35 pm  Symposium 

S-17: Content to be determined
S-18: Content to be determined
S-19: Content to be determined
2:05  pm - 3:35 pmSymposium S-20: Content to be determined
S-21: Content to be determined
3:35 pm - 4:35 pm Poster Session Poster Session 2 
4:40 pm - 5:00 pm   Closing  Ceremony


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