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Worldsleep2011- New Horizons of Sleep Research for Our Planet In recent years there has been a rapid increase in the incidence of sleep disorders topandemic levels around the world.
Insomnia and sleep deprivation appear to be linked to lifestyle-related diseases. Sleep
deprivation is becoming more prevalent in our 24-hour societies. Worse still, theinattentiveness associated with sleep deprivation is causing more industrial accidents.
Global warming, a significant issue for the modern world, has causal connections tothe social activities of energy-consuming humans. In a similar way, sleep can be
regarded as a strong influence on the health of mankind and the other organisms thatlive on our planet. Modern society is now in need of deeper multidisciplinary researchon the phenomenon of sleep.
I hope many of you will come to Worldsleep 2011 in Kyoto to join the quest for thenew horizons of sleep research for our planet.

Masako Okawa

Chair of Local Organizing Committee

The 6th World Congress of the World Sleep Federation
The 36th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Sleep Research
The 6th World Congress of the World Sleep Federation
The 36th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Sleep Research
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October 15SAT.-20THU., 2011

Kyoto International Conference Center (ICC Kyoto)

KYOTO, JAPANWorldsleep2011

The 6th World Congress of the World Sleep Federation (former World Federation of Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine Societies)
The 36th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Sleep ResearchWorldsleep

2011- New Horizons of Sleep Research for Our Planet Hosts
World Sleep Federation (WSF)
Asian Sleep Research Society (ASRS)Member Society
American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)
Asian Sleep Research Society (ASRS)
Australasian Sleep Association (ASA)
Canadian Sleep Society (CSS)
European Sleep Research Society (ESRS)
Federation of Latin American Sleep Societies (FLASS)
Sleep Research Society (United States) (SRS)

Local Organizing Committee / Asian Sleep Research Society (ASRS)
Masako Okawa (Chair / ASRS President)
T. Shimizu (Vice Chair), D. Jeong (Vice Chair / ASRS Vice President),
N. Chen (Vice Chair / ASRS Vice President)
K. Honma (Secretary General / ASRS Secretary General), T. Ohida (Vice Secretary General)
T. Shiomi, S. Miyazaki, K. Hirata, H. N. Mallick (ASRS Chair of Scientific Committee),
N. Kotchabhakdi (ASRS Treasurer)

World Sleep Federation (WSF) Officers
R. Grunstein (President) / M. Okawa (Vice President)
A. I. Pack (Secretary General) / P. Liu (Assistant Secretary) / R. Horne (Treasurer)
D. P. Cardinali (International Program Chair) / T. Porkka-Heiskanen (International Education Chair) /G. Lavigne (Membership Chair)

The 36th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Sleep Research
T. Shimizu (Chair, JSSR President)
N.Yamada (Vice Chair)

Inquiry
Attn. K.Kawai(Ms) / A.Nishida(Ms)c/o Convention Linkage, Inc.
Sanbancho KS bldg., 2 Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075 Japane-mail:ws2011@secretariat.ne.jp

http://www.worldsleep2011.jp

Welcome to KYOTO

Worldsleep2011

October
15SAT.-20THU., 2011
-New Horizonsof Sleep
Researchfor Our Planet Kyoto InternationalConferenceCenter(ICC Kyoto)
In recent years there has been a rapid increase in the incidence of sleep disorders topandemic levels around the world.
Insomnia and sleep deprivation appear to be linked to lifestyle-related diseases. Sleep
deprivation is becoming more prevalent in our 24-hour societies. Worse still, theinattentiveness associated with sleep deprivation is causing more industrial accidents.

KYOTO, JAPAN

Global warming, a significant issue for the modern world, has causal connections tothe social activities of energy-consuming humans. In a similar way, sleep can be
regarded as a strong influence on the health of mankind and the other organisms thatlive on our planet. Modern society is now in need of deeper multidisciplinary researchon the phenomenon of sleep.

Worldsleep2011

I hope many of you will come to Worldsleep 2011 in Kyoto to join the quest for thenew horizons of sleep research for our planet.

Masako Okawa

Chair of Local Organizing Committee

The 6th World Congress of the World Sleep Federation
The 36th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Sleep Research

October 15SAT.-20THU., 2011

Kyoto International Conference Center (ICC Kyoto)

KYOTO, JAPANWorldsleep2011