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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)
Modulo 2.1

C-02: Pharmacological management of sleep disorders + melatonin
Chairs: Oliviero Bruni (Italy), Judith Owens (United States)
Modulo 2.2

C-03: Sleep related movement disorders - RLS, PLMD, comorbidities
Chairs: Rosalia Silvestri (Italy), Osman Ipsiroglu (Canada)
Hall 2A

 2:00pm - 6:00pmCourse

C-04: Pediatric behavioral sleep
Chairs: Jodi Mindell (United States), Michal Kahn (Israel)
Modulo 2.1

C-05: Hypersomnia - treatment / treatment of narcolepsy
Chair: Michel Lecendreux (France)
Modulo 2.2

 2:00pm - 4:00 pmCourse

C-06: Nocturnal Paroxysmal manifestations: Hands-On
Chairs: Lino Nobili (Italy), Suresh Kotagal (United States)
Hall 2A

 4:00pm - 6:00 pm Course

C-07: Management of obesity
Chairs: Palma Benedek (Hungary), Steijn Verhulst (Belgium)
Hall 2A


Thursday, April 9

 Time Type Session
 8:00 am - 8:40 am 

Welcome and Opening Address
Auditorium

 8:45 am - 9:30 am KeynoteKeynote: Thomas Penzel
Auditorium
 9:55 am - 11:25 am Symposium

S-01: Novel pediatric interventions pushing the envelope of what we think we know
Chairs: Michael Gradisar (Australia), Michal Kahn (Israel)
Auditorium

 11:30 am - 1:00 pm TBD Content to be determined
 1:20 pm - 2:05 pm KeynoteKeynote: Barbara Galland
Auditorium
2:15pm - 3:45 pm Symposium

S-02:  Pediatric Narcolepsy: Advancing Multidisciplinary Insights into Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, and Therapeutic Care
Chairs: Michel Lecendreux (France), Patricia Franco (France)
Auditorium

 4:05 pm - 4:50 pmTBDContent to be determined

Friday, April 10


 Time  Type  Session
 8:00 am - 9:30 am  Symposium
S-03: What’s new on sleep in neurodevelopmental disorders?
Chairs: Oliviero Bruni (Italy), Carmen Schroder (France)
Modulo 1


S-04: Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Children with Myelomeningocele 

Chairs: Ronald Chervin (United States),  John Barks (United States)

Modulo 2


S-05: Leveraging Autovideosomnography Technology to Understand Family Influences on Infant Sleep
Chair: Judith Owens (United States)
Modulo 3
9:40 am am - 10:50 am  Oral Abstract

O-01: Circadian medicine across pediatric populations
Modulo 1

O-02: Pediatric sleep disordered breathing: Mechanisms, outcomes, and interventions
Modulo 2

O-03: Sleep and neurodevelopment in pediatric neurology
Modulo 3
 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 determinedS-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 determinedS-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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