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1st ESRS – GSSS Teaching Course on Sleep DisordersMay 14-16th, 2010 Tbilisi, Georgia

Course Venue:Hotel Vere Palace (May 14-15th)

Address: 24/8 Kuchishvili Str., 0179 Tbilisi, GeorgiaResearch-Practical Center for Prevention and Control of Epilepsy (May 16th)

Address: 51, Iv. Javakhishvili Str. 0102 Tbilisi, Georgia

May 14 th, Friday12:00 -13:45 Registration14:00-14:15 WELCOME

Sofia Kasradze, President of the GSSS (Georgia)

Lia Maisuradze, Vice-President of the GSSS (Georgia)

14:15-14:30 INTRODUCTION

Otar Toidze, Chairman of Healthcare and Social Issues Committee ofGeorgian Parliament (Georgia)

Claudio Bassetti, President of the ESRS (Switzerland)14:30-15:15Invited Lecture Session

COURSEInsomnia: Diagnosis and TreatmentChair: Claudio Bassetti (Switzerland)Co-Chair: Otar Toidze (Georgia)Speaker: Thomas Pollmaecher (Germany)

15:15-15:30 Discussion

15:30-16:15Invited Lecture Session

COURSENarcolepsy: Pathophysiology and EtiologyChair: Birgit Hogl (Austria)Co- Chair: Sofia Kasradze (Georgia)Speaker: Claudio Bassetti (Switzerland)

16:15-16:30 Discussion

16:30-17:00 Coffee Break17:00-17:45Invited Lecture Session

COURSERestless Legs Syndrome: Diagnosis, Pathophysiology and Genetics.Chair: Thomas Pollmaecher (Germany)Co-Chair: Lia Maisuradze (Georgia)Speaker: Birgit Hogl (Austria)

17:45 – 18:00 Discussion

18:30 Cocktail/Opening Ceremony

ESRS - European Sleep Research SocietyGeorgian Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine Society -GSSS

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May 15 th, Saturday10:00-10:45Invited Lecture Session

COURSENarcolepsy: Diagnosis and Treatment GuidelinesChair: Thomas Pollmaecher (Germany)Co-Chair: Otar Toidze (Georgia)Speaker: Claudio Bassetti (Switzerland)

10:45-11:00 Discussion

11:00-11:45Invited Lecture Session

COURSEPhysical Consequences of Prolonged Sleep LossChair: Claudio Bassetti (Switzerland)Co-Chair: Lia Maisuradze (Georgia)Speaker: Thomas Pollmacher (Germany)

11:45-12:00 Discussion

12:00-12:30 Coffee Break12:30 – 13:15Invited Lecture Session

COURSEPeriodic Limb Movement: Scoring criteria, Consequences on the SleepStructure, Role of ActigraphyChair: Claudio Bassetti (Switzerland)Co-Chair: Sofia Kasradze (Georgia)Speaker: Birgit Hogl (Austria)

13:15-13:30 Discussion

14:00 Social Events/Excursion

20:00 Gala Dinner

May 16 th, Sunday10:00-10:45Local Session

Sleep-Wake Habits and Sleep Difficulties in Georgian Student-Sportsmen Chair: Lia Maisuradze (Georgia) Chair: Sofia Kasradze (Georgia) Speaker: Lia Maisuradze (Georgia)

10:45- 11:00 Discussion

11:00-11:45Local Session

Insomnia Symptoms and Daytime Sleepiness in Georgian Epilepsy Patients Chair: Sofia Kasradze (Georgia) Chair: Lia Maisuradze (Georgia) Speaker: Sofia Kasradze (Georgia)

11:45-12:00 Discussion

12:00-12:30 Coffee Break12:30 -13:30 Concluding Remarks/Closing Ceremony

13:30-15:00 GSSS Business Meeting

Applicants who successfully fulfill the Teaching Course will receive ESRS certificate

Contacts:local organizers:Sofia Kasradze: sofiakas@gmail.com;Lia Maisuradze: liamais@postmaster.co.uk

Address:51 Javakhishvili str.0102 Tbilisi. GeorgiaTel.: (995 32) 912 947Email: GSSSge@gmail.com