Program

Please note: Times are shown in Australian Central Daylight Time.

This program is subject to change.

 

Program Key:

Short Courses
Plenary Sessions
Symposium Sessions
Oral Presentations
Poster Presentations
Industry Sessions
Social Functions
Meetings

 


Wednesday, November 11, 2026


Thursday, November 12, 2026


Track 3
Track 5
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM 2026 SLEEP DOWN UNDER FUN RUN
Sponsored by Compumedics
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Official opening and International keynote presentations (plenary session)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Thursday Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
New Investigator Award (plenary session)
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Thursday Lunch
12:45 PM - 1:30 PM Sleep in Women Working Group Meeting
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Thursday Afternoon Tea
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM SLEEP HEALTH (symposium session): The role of sleep in non-communicable disease prevention



Track 2
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM 2026 SLEEP DOWN UNDER FUN RUN
Sponsored by Compumedics
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Official opening and International keynote presentations (plenary session)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Thursday Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
New Investigator Award (plenary session)
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Thursday Lunch
12:45 PM - 1:30 PM
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Thursday Afternoon Tea
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PAEDIATRICS (symposium session): The future of paediatric sleep medicine - where to next?

Track 3
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM 2026 SLEEP DOWN UNDER FUN RUN
Sponsored by Compumedics
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Official opening and International keynote presentations (plenary session)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Thursday Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
New Investigator Award (plenary session)
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Thursday Lunch
12:45 PM - 1:30 PM
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Thursday Afternoon Tea
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM SLEEP HEALTH (symposium session): The role of sleep in non-communicable disease prevention

Track 5
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM 2026 SLEEP DOWN UNDER FUN RUN
Sponsored by Compumedics
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Official opening and International keynote presentations (plenary session)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Thursday Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
New Investigator Award (plenary session)
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Thursday Lunch
12:45 PM - 1:30 PM Sleep in Women Working Group Meeting
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Thursday Afternoon Tea
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM



Friday, November 13, 2026

Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4
Track 5
Track 6
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Helen Bearpark Memorial Lecture - Artificial Intelligence in sleep medicine: evidence from Sleep Revolution and implications for practice (plenary session)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Friday Morning Tea
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM NEUROSCIENCE (symposium session): When fear has no bedtime: REM sleep, threat memory and PTSD FIRST NATIONS (symposium session): From community engagement to implementation: co-designed models for obstructive sleep apnoea care in First Nations communities SLEEP AND BREATHING (symposium session): Sleep science masterclass: from mixed signals to mastery CLINICAL (symposium session): Clinical Year In Review PAEDIATRICS (symposium session): Paediatric Year In Review DENTAL (symposium session): Surgical pathways in OSA: What dentists need to know
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Friday Lunch
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM SLEEP AND BREATHING / DENTAL / CLINICAL (symposium session): Sam Robinson Memorial Lecture: How do we pick up the pieces when CPAP fails? MEASUREMENT, TECHNOLOGY AND AI (symposium session): PSG Mentimeter session - "Drawing the fact from artefact"
Dental stream will be attending the Sam Robinson Memorial Lecture
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Friday Afternoon Tea
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM PAEDIATRICS (symposium session): From bench to bedside: advances in child sleep and development SLEEP HEALTH (symposium session): What matters most to patients: importance of co-designing and conducting research with people from lived experience and examples from sleep health research
DENTAL: sponsor networking and rapid fire presentations in the exhibition hall
Symposium session: Cultural safety and addressing health inequities


Track 5
Track 6
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Helen Bearpark Memorial Lecture - Artificial Intelligence in sleep medicine: evidence from Sleep Revolution and implications for practice (plenary session)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Friday Morning Tea
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PAEDIATRICS (symposium session): Paediatric Year In Review DENTAL (symposium session): Surgical pathways in OSA: What dentists need to know
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Friday Lunch
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM MEASUREMENT, TECHNOLOGY AND AI (symposium session): PSG Mentimeter session - "Drawing the fact from artefact"
Dental stream will be attending the Sam Robinson Memorial Lecture
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Friday Afternoon Tea
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
DENTAL: sponsor networking and rapid fire presentations in the exhibition hall
Symposium session: Cultural safety and addressing health inequities




Track 4
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Helen Bearpark Memorial Lecture - Artificial Intelligence in sleep medicine: evidence from Sleep Revolution and implications for practice (plenary session)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Friday Morning Tea
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CLINICAL (symposium session): Clinical Year In Review
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Friday Lunch
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Friday Afternoon Tea
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM


Track 6
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Helen Bearpark Memorial Lecture - Artificial Intelligence in sleep medicine: evidence from Sleep Revolution and implications for practice (plenary session)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Friday Morning Tea
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM DENTAL (symposium session): Surgical pathways in OSA: What dentists need to know
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Friday Lunch
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Dental stream will be attending the Sam Robinson Memorial Lecture
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Friday Afternoon Tea
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
DENTAL: sponsor networking and rapid fire presentations in the exhibition hall
Symposium session: Cultural safety and addressing health inequities


Saturday, November 14, 2026

Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4
Track 5
Track 6
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM DENTAL (symposium session): Evidence to chairside: Optimising Oral Appliance Therapy outcomes
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Sleep in hospital and aged care - the elephant in the room (plenary session)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Saturday Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM CLINICAL (symposium session): Australasian Sleep Association position statement on the treatment of restless legs syndrome NEUROSCIENCE (symposium session): Year in review - Basic sleep science and technology INSOMNIA (symposium session): Expanding the insomnia toolkit: mindfulness-based therapy for insomnia DENTAL (symposium session): Paediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: differences from adults and evolving multidisciplinary treatment pathways
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Saturday Lunch
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM SLEEP AND BREATHING (symposium session): Obstructive sleep apnoea management in Australian primary care: exploring diversity, new treatments and different models of care DENTAL (symposium session): Rethinking sleep assessment: Diagnostics, women's health and COMISA
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Saturday Afternoon Tea
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM SLEEP HEALTH / CLINICAL (symposium session): Eating disorders in OSA and hypersomnolence: under the radar yet impacting health outcomes PAEDIATRICS (symposium session): Expanding OSA care in children: evidence-based alternatives/adjuncts to CPAP and adenotonsillectomy SLEEP SCIENCE (symposium session): The Sleep Health Foundation's Annual Sleep Science Communication Award SLEEP AND BREATHING (symposium session): Beyond efficacy: assessing patient centred outcomes and Mean Disease Alleviation (MDA) SLEEP AND BREATHING (symposium session): Digital biomarkers in sleep medicine and cardiology: CPAP - derived Cheyne-Stokes respiration as a medium for heart failure surveillance
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Gala Dinner

Track 3
Track 4
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Sleep in hospital and aged care - the elephant in the room (plenary session)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Saturday Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Saturday Lunch
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Saturday Afternoon Tea
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM SLEEP SCIENCE (symposium session): The Sleep Health Foundation's Annual Sleep Science Communication Award SLEEP AND BREATHING (symposium session): Beyond efficacy: assessing patient centred outcomes and Mean Disease Alleviation (MDA)
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Gala Dinner



Track 2
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Sleep in hospital and aged care - the elephant in the room (plenary session)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Saturday Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM NEUROSCIENCE (symposium session): Year in review - Basic sleep science and technology
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Saturday Lunch
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Saturday Afternoon Tea
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PAEDIATRICS (symposium session): Expanding OSA care in children: evidence-based alternatives/adjuncts to CPAP and adenotonsillectomy
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Gala Dinner

Track 3
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Sleep in hospital and aged care - the elephant in the room (plenary session)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Saturday Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Saturday Lunch
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Saturday Afternoon Tea
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM SLEEP SCIENCE (symposium session): The Sleep Health Foundation's Annual Sleep Science Communication Award
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Gala Dinner

Track 4
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Sleep in hospital and aged care - the elephant in the room (plenary session)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Saturday Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Saturday Lunch
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Saturday Afternoon Tea
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM SLEEP AND BREATHING (symposium session): Beyond efficacy: assessing patient centred outcomes and Mean Disease Alleviation (MDA)
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Gala Dinner




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