May 14-16, 2015 The 8th International Youth Workshop “Sleep: a window to the world of wakefulness”

RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (RAS)
Russian Society of Somnologists (ANSS/ESRS member)
Russian Society of Cardiology
Federal North-West Medical Research Centre, St Petersburg, Russia
 The 8^th International Youth Workshop
“Sleep: a window to the world of wakefulness”
May 14-16, 2015 

On 14-16 May,  The 8^th International Youth Workshop “Sleep: a window to the world of wakefulness” took place in Federal North-West Medical Research Centre. The invited speakers were the leading Russian and foreign scientists:

• Bassetti C.L., MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Neurology (Neurocentro), University Hospital (Inselspital) Bern, Switzerland
• Danilenko K.V., MD, PhD, Vice-director on scientific and clinical research Budgetary State-Research Institute of Physiology and Basic Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia
• Ross-Russell R., MD, PhD, Director of Studies in Medicine at Peterhouse, European Respiratory Society, the British Paediatric Respiratory Group and the European Academy of Paediatrics (Great Britain)
• Kalinkin A.L., MD, PhD, Sleep Medicine Centre, Federal Research and Medical Centre of Specialized Medical Care and Technology, Moscow, Russia
• Lin J.S., MD, DSc, Lyon Neuroscience Research Centre, Claude Bernard University, Lyon, France
• Nobili L., MD, PhD, Centre of Sleep Medicine, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy
• Pigarev I.N., PhD, Kharkevich Institute for Information Transition Problems, Moscow, Russia
• Phyllis Zee, MD, PhD, Professor, Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology, Northwestern University Institute for Neuroscience
• Porkka-Heiskanen T., MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland and others

Speeches and poster contributions sparked the interest and a lively discussion among participants.