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.
View the preliminary interactive schedule.Â
Schedule content is preliminary and subject to change.Â
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.Â
Wednesday, April 8
Pre-Congress Courses are all additional cost
| Time | Type | Session |
|---|---|---|
| Â 9:00am - 1:00pm | Course | C-01: Ventilation in the home (IVAPS, AVAPS) C-02: Pharmacological management of sleep disorders + melatonin C-03: Sleep related movement disorders - RLS, PLMD, comorbilities Chairs:Â Rosalia Silvestri (Italy), Osman Ipsiroglu (Canada) |
| Â 2:00pm - 6:00pm | Course | C-04: Pediatric behavioral sleep C-05: Hypersomnia - treatment / treatment of narcolepsy |
| Â 2:00pm - 4:00 pm | Course | C-06: Nocturnal Paroxysmal manifestations: Hands-On Chairs:Â 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 Auditorium | |
| 8:45 am - 9:30 am | Keynote | Keynote: 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 | General Assembly | Insomnia treatment: Pharmacological and non‑pharmacological approaches Chairs: Judith Owens (United States), Candice Alfano (United States) |
| 1:20 pm - 2:05 pm | Keynote | Keynote: 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 pm | General Assembly | Complex case discussion: Sleep disordered breathing with a multidisciplinary solution Chairs: Palma Benedek (Hungary), An Boudewyns (Belgium) |
Friday, April 10
| Time | Type | Session |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am - 9:30 am | Symposium | S-03: What’s new on sleep in neurodevelopmental disorders? S-04:Â Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Children with Myelomeningocele S-05:Â Leveraging Autovideosomnography Technology to Understand Family Influences on Infant Sleep |
| 9:40 am am - 11:00 am | Oral Abstract |
O-01: Circadian medicine across pediatric populations O-02: Pediatric sleep disordered breathing: Mechanisms, outcomes, and interventions O-03:Â Sleep and neurodevelopment in pediatric neurology |
| 11:20 am - 12:50 pm | Symposium | S-06: Improving the diagnosis and management of childhood sleep disordered breathing S-07: Rethinking insomnia metrics and outcomes in children: Beyond sleep duration S-08: Understanding Sleep in ADHD: Experimental, observational, and clinical perspectives |
| Â 1:20 pm - 2:20 pm | Industry Symposium | Neurim Pharmaceuticals: Toward an Integrated Framework for Treating Insomnia in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders Chair: Paul Gringras (United Kingdom) |
| 2:20 pm - 3:50 pm | Symposium |
S-09: Pediatric sleep-disordered breathing re-defined: From AHI to physiological burden Chairs: Imad Ahmed (United Kingdom), Refika Ersu (Canada) S-10: IPSA sleep-friendly hospitals task force |
| 2:50 pm - 3:50 pm | Discussion Group | Discussion Group: Evaluation and management of Sleep disordered breathing in the first 2 years of life Chair: An Boudewyns (Belgium) |
| 3:50 pm - 4:50 pm | Â Poster Session | Poster Session 1 |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Symposium | S-11: Managing sleep-disordered breathing in the medically complex child: Emerging insights and innovations S-12: Advancing our understanding of sleep disturbances across neurodevelopmental conditions: From mechanisms to interventions S-13: The Global Adolescent Sleep Project (GASP): A summary of the findings, research gaps and future directions |
Saturday, April 11
| Time | Type | Session |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am - 9:00 am | Symposium |
S-14: The future is now: Recent and upcoming technological advances in pediatric sleep medicine S-15: Surgical and device trials in pediatric OSA S-16: Monitoring sleep in neonates/infants: Developmental aspects and impact of seizures |
| 9:10 am - 10:30 am | Oral Abstract |
O-04: Parenting and pediatric sleep: Influence, expectations, and outcomes O-05: Sleep and neurodevelopment in children and adolescents O-06: Technology and innovation in pediatric sleep |
| 10:50 am - 12:20 pm | Symposium |
S-17: Behavioral sleep interventions for children and adolescents with comorbid psychiatric conditions S-18: Trauma-informed approaches to pediatric sleep disturbances: Mechanisms, interventions, and professional training S-19: Indigenous sleep across the globe: What do we know and what can we learn? |
| 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm | Meet the Professor | Meet the Professor: Raffaele Ferri (Ticketed lunch) Meet the Professor: Narong Simakajornboon (Ticketed lunch) |
| 1:50Â pm - 3:20 pm | Symposium | S-20: Transgenerational iron deficiency? Take home messages from epidemiological and experimental animal studies: Do we need to adjust clinical practice? S-21: Transition from pediatric to adult care in children with sleep disorders: A report from IPSA transition task force Discussion Group: Contextual influences on sleep in early development |
| 3:20 pm - 4:20 pm | Poster Session | Poster Session 2 |
| 4:20 pm - 4:40 pm | Closing Ceremony |