PROGRAMME (FINAL VERSION) INFORMATION UPDATED 6/16/2010

PRAGUE FINAL COST B26 SYMPOSIUM (25 – 27 JUNE 2010) PROGRAM FRIDAY 25TH JUNE Chairpersons: Martin Pretl and Renata Riha 14:00 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS AND WELCOME – Marisa Bonsignore 14:15 LET’S START WITH CHILDREN SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM OF OSAHS IN CHILDHOOD – Athanasios Kaditis 14:45 PHENOTYPING OSAHS IN CHILDREN – Wilfried de Backer 15:15 Afternoon tea 15:30 ADULTS – WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS AND THE CHALLENGES IN OSAHS IN 2010? – Poul Jennum 16:00 OSAHS AND HEART FAILURE – AN UPDATE – Ruzena Tkacova 16:30 HOW DO WE MEASURE OSAHS ACROSS EUROPE? – Ingo Fietze IS THERE AN ARGUMENT FOR STANDARDISATION OF PRACTISE ACROSS COUNTRIES? 17.00 DRIVING REGULATIONS RE: OSAHS ACROSS EUROPE – Thomas Penzel 17:45 END 19:00 "PARTY ON THE VLTAVA RIVER" SATURDAY 26TH JUNE Morning Session Chairpersons: Patrick Levy and Jan Hedner 09:00 CVS DISEASE AND OSAHS – THE EVIDENCE CONTINUES – Walter McNicholas 09:30 SUMMARY OF THE EUROPEAN HYPERTENSION GUIDELINES IN OSAHS – Gianfranco Parati and Carolina Lombardi 10.15 Morning tea 10:30 CARDIOVASCULAR AND METABOLIC PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN WITH OSAHS – Stijn Verhulst 11:00 THE ROLE OF OBESITY IN OSAHS - AN UPDATE – Marisa Bonsignore 11:45 EVIDENCE LINKING THE METABOLIC SYNDROME WITH OSAHS – Patrick Levy 12:30 Buffet lunch Afternoon session Chairpersons: Josep Montserrat and Marisa Bonsignore 13:30 LESSONS ABOUT METABOLIC SYNDROME FROM OTHER SLEEP DISORDERS – Francesca Poli 14:15 INFLAMMATION AND OXIDATIVE STRESS IN OSAHS – AN UPDATE – Lena Lavie 15:00 GENETIC STUDIES IN OSAHS – STATE OF PLAY - Thorarinn Gislasson 15:30 Afternoon tea 15:45 OSAHS AND THE ELDERLY – Mary Morrell WHAT DO WE KNOW? WHAT ARE THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS? 16:30 ESADA – Jan Hedner HOW DID WE GET HERE? WHAT ARE THE RESULTS SO FAR? WHERE TO NEXT? 17:30 CONCLUDING REMARKS ON B26 AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS – Walter McNicholas 18:00 END 19:00 BEER PARTY "U MEDVÍDKŮ" SUNDAY 27TH JUNE 09:00 – 12:00 FINAL MEETING OF THE MC COST ACTION B26