1. Business meeting Group 4.2 Sleep and control of breathing Sunday September 16 Stockholm 2007 Prof. J. Verbraecken Prof. S. Andreas

2. Group 4.2 2006-2009 May 2006-May 2009: Group chair: J. Verbraecken Group secretary: S. Andreas

3. Group 4.2 Abstracts 2004 Glasgow 2005 Copenhagen 2006 Münich 2007 Stockholm Abstracts received 166219208192 Abstracts accepted 141 (85%) 177 (81%) 169 (81%) 150 (78%) 4% of the total number of abstracts submitted to the ERS congress

4. Group 4.2 Abstracts

6. Abstracts Assembly 4

7. Abstracts ERS

8. Group 4.2 Accepted Abstracts Sleep in Assembly 4 2004: 141/390= 36% 2005: 177/415=43% 2006: 169/433=39% 2007: 150/446=34% Sleep within the ERS 2004: 141/3970= 3.6% 2005: 177/4079= 4.3% 2006: 169/4375= 3.9% 2007: 150/3958= 3.8%

9. Members of Group 4.2 200220032004200520062007 215212260245279284 2001 173

10. Members of Group 4.2 Current members: –From European continent: 79% –From outside of Europe: 21% Primary group membership: 284 members Members with Secondary interest in sleep: –430 members (without voting rights) Overall: 284+430= 714 members

11. Members of Group 4.2 Origin: from 39 countries Japan, Poland Turkey, Brazil Greece, Portugal France, Canada Argentinia, Germany Spain, Saoudi-Arabia Russia, Belgium, Finland, UK, Roumenia, Swiss, Austria, Italy Ireland, USA, Australia, Korea, Slovakia, Sweden, China, New Zeeland, Luxemburg, South-Africa, Denmark, Lithuania, Israel, Chile, Guatemala, Czech, Estonia, Hong-Kong, Iran

12. Group 4.2 Stockholm 2007 1 Postgraduate course on “Diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of respiratory disorders during sleep” 2 Assembly symposium Gender-related aspects in sleep apnoea Sleep apnea and cardiometabolic consequences 1 Practical workshop on CPAP therapy 0 Hot Topic symposium 3 oral presentation sessions 3 electronic poster discussion sessions 4 Thematic Posters Sessions

13. Group 4.2 Postgraduate course in München 2006 Evaluation Speakers made a clear and well organized presentation: 4.17/5 Presentations provided useful information: 4.20/5 Handouts appropriate and helpful: 4.14/5 Slides: 4.13/5 Speakers clarified content in response to questions: 4.10/5 Technical facilities: 4.11/5 Course mean: 4.15/5

14. Group 4.2 Travel grants for Sleep Medicine Weinmann Geräte für Medizin GmbH+CO KG 3 x 1000 Euros Winners 2007: –Dr. Stijn Verhulst (Wilrijk, Belgium): –“SDB: a new risk factor of suspected fatty liver” –Dr. Piotr Korczynski (Warsaw, Poland): –“CPAP increases bronchial hyperreactivity in OSAS patients” –Dr. Marcin Pacorek (Warsaw, Poland): –“Obstructive sleep apnea in shift workers”

15. Group 4.2 Coming activities in 2008

16. Group 4.2 ERS School Course on Sleep Medicine Coming course New ERS School Course on Sleep Medicine will be organised. June 26-28, 2008 ? In Grenoble

17. Group 4.2 Task force We recently received an approval from the ERS to start a Task Force Group on Non-CPAP therapies.

18. Group 4.2 Deadlines for submissions Berlin, October 4-8, 2008 –Hot Topics: January 11, 2008 –Abstracts: February 21, 2008 Congress 2009 –1st Round Symposia proposals: March 31, 2008 –2nd Round Symposia proposals: –Hot Topics: –Abstracts: ?

19. Website page Group 4.2 Development of portal page with sleep medicine links International Sleep Medicine Societies and Societies with interest in Sleep National Sleep Medicine Societies Journals with interest in sleep Search machines for sleep Organisations for sleep technicians Patients organisations General educational sites on sleep Websites of study groups Congresses and meetings on sleep Mandate Assembly website coordinator will end May 2008 !!!