Thank You!!

Thank You!

On behalf of the Organising Committee, thank you for joining us at the recent XVII Symposium on Sleep and Breathing held in Auckland, New Zealand.

By all accounts the conference was a great success. We appreciate the support of our industry partners and the congeniality, engagement and commitment of all our delegates, colleagues and friends.

Local Planning Committee

David M. Rapoport
Indu Ayappa
Korey Kam
Anna Mullins
Ankit Parekh
Andrew Varga

Organising Committee

David M Rapoport, MD (USA)
Indu Ayappa, PhD (USA)
John Kimoff, MD (Canada)
Geraldo Lorenzi-Fillho (Brazil)
Mary Morrel, MD (United Kingdom)
Josep Monserrat, MD (Spain)
Olli Polo, MD (Finland)
Seva Polotsky, MD (USA)
Renaud Tamisier, MD (France)
Mihaela Teodorescu, MD (USA)
Andrew Varga, MD PhD (USA)

Our Supporters

GOLD SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

BRONZE SPONSORS

Vertical Divider

The Foundation for Research in Sleep Disorders (FRSD)

Vertical Divider

Meeting Focus

This recurring meeting has consisted of keynote lectures by eminent scientists in and outside the field of Sleep and Breathing, interspersed with presentations by junior investigators in 10 minute “abstract” form or posters. The meeting features a very high level of science combined with an intimate venue that encourages discussion at and around the sessions. Subjects include a wide range of basic, translational and clinical topics in Sleep and Breathing. The focus is on trainees and junior faculty, with senior investigators sponsoring junior investigators to present original papers and receive constructive feedback. There has been active participation from all corners of the world, encouraged by the rotation of sites for the meeting. In-person interactions between senior scientists and young investigators have made each meeting particularly memorable. The steering committee awards three prizes for the best work by junior investigators, with one named after Anne E Suratt, and in 2019 a second named in honor of Christian Guilleminault. To encourage attendance, the meeting has been heavily subsidized, initially by the NIH and other granting bodies, and more recently by generous donations from Industry.

History

SYMPOSIA ON SLEEP AND BREATHING

I 1989 Banff Alberta, Canada
II 1991 Galveston TX, USA
III 1993 Cairnes Queensland, Australia
IV 1995 Charlottesville VA, USA
V 1997 Edinburgh Scotland, UK
VI 1999 Banff Alberta, Canada
VII 2000 Sydney NSW, Australia
VIII 2002 Reykjavik, Iceland
IX 2005 Newport RI, USA
X 2007 Palm Cove Queensland, Australia
XI 2009 Pittsburgh PA, USA
XII 2011 Barcelona Catalonia, Spain
XIII 2013 Montreal Quebec, Canada
PXIV 2015 Porto de Galinhas Pernambuco, Brazil
XV 2017 Madison WI, USA
XVI 2019 Tampere, Finland
XVII 2023 Auckland New Zealand

In April 1989, an enthusiastic group of leading scientists convened an interdisciplinary conference on Sleep and Respiration at the Banff Centre for Continuing Education in Banff, Alberta, Canada. This first meeting was organized by John Remmers, Paul Suratt and Christian Guilleminault. The objective was to promote and enhance scientific progress in this new ﬁeld by creating a forum for interchange of information on a comprehensive array of topics. The Symposium spurred vigorous scientific exchange and cross fertilization of ideas which, in turn, led to new investigations and breakthrough developments. From the first, there was a strong desire by the participants to perpetuate this symposium, and it has recurred about every 24 months since, alternating among North and South America, Europe and Austalasia, with the one lapse occurring due to Covid-19.