29th Bernese Sleep-Wake-Epilepsy Days 2025
The 29th Bernese Sleep-Wake-Epilepsy Days will take place on November, 6–7, 2025.
Venue
The event will take place in the Lecture Hall Langhans at the Inselspital Bern.
Language
The lectures will be held in English.
Registration
Registration is mandatory for participation. Please register until October 29, 2025.
Participation is free of charge on both days.
Program
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Sleep disordered breathing – challenge for heart and brain
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10:30–10:35 |
Welcome |
Anne-Kathrin Brill |
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10:35–11:05 |
Rhythm of the night – arrhytmia and sleep disordered breathing |
Christian Horvath |
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11:05–11:35 |
SDB in acute cardiac events – diagnostic challenges and treatment |
Michael Arzt |
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11:35–12:05 |
Sleep apnea in stroke |
Sébastien Baillieul |
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12:05–12:30 |
Discussion |
all speakers |
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12:30–12:45 |
Graduation - Master of Advanced Studies in Sleep Medicine students Conferral of diplomas to the graduating students |
Claudio Bassetti |
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12:45 |
Lunch |
Thursday, November 6, 2025
29th Bernese Sleep-Wake-Epilepsy Symposium
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13:30–13:40 |
Welcome |
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13:40–13:45 |
7th Bernese Sleep Award |
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13:45–14:30 |
Sleep and trauma-induced epileptogenesis – How to prevent |
Igor Timofeev |
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14:30–15:00 |
Current insights into sleep and COVID-19: From lockdown-induced changes to long-term sleep health |
Christine Blume |
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15:00–15:30 |
The first clock: mapping sleep and circadian development from prenatal life through infancy and beyond |
Salome Kurth |
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15:30–16:00 |
Coffee break |
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16:00–16:15 |
5th Bernese Epilepsy Award With generous support by the Kernen-Fonds |
Award Presentation: Andrea Seiler |
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16:15–17:00 |
Night watch: How sleep shapes epilepsy |
Birgit Frauscher |
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17:00–17:30 |
Beyond the first night: Feasibility and insight from long-term sleep-EEG in late(r)-onset epilepsy |
Andrea Seiler |
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17:30–17:45 |
Closing remarks |
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17:45 |
Aperitif |
Friday, November 7, 2025
11th ZEN Symposium
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09:00–09:15 |
Welcome |
Antoine Adamantidis |
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1st Session
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Thalamic Structure |
Chair: Markus Schmidt |
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09:15–10:00 |
Thalamo-cortical circuits: An orchestrator of sleep, sensory processing, and cognition in health and disease |
Carolina Gutierrez Herrera |
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10:00–10:25 |
A role for the thalamus in danger-evoked awakening during sleep |
Ida Luisa Boccalaro |
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10:25–10:50 |
Coffee break |
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10:50–11:35 |
Keynote lecture: Sleep cortical plasticity leading to memory or epilepsy? |
Igor Timofeev |
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11:35–12:00 |
An anatomical and functional overview of the thalamus |
Shani Folschweiller |
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12:00–13:00 |
Lunch |
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2nd Session
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Thalamic Function |
Chairs: Antoine Adamantidis & Carolina Gutierrez Herrera |
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13:00–13:45 |
Role of the thalamus in brain injury induced sleep impairment and epileptogenesis |
Jeanne Paz |
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13:45–14:30 |
Reuniens to the rescue: Thalamic nucleus promotes cognitive resilience to alzheimer’s pathology |
Inna Slutsky |
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14:30–14:50 |
Coffee break |
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3rd Session |
Thalamus & Disorders |
Chairs: Vincent Pernet & Maxime Baud |
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14:50–15:35 |
Thalamic network disconnection and cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis |
Menno Schoonheim |
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15:35–16:20 |
Pathological and physiological oscillations in the human thalamus |
Birgit Frauscher |
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16:20–17:00 |
Roundtable discussion |
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17:00–17:15 |
Closing remarks |
Venue
Inselspital Bern, Lecture Hall Langhans
Directions
We recommend arrival by public transport. From Bern railway station, take bus line 12 in the direction of Holligen to the „Inselspital“ stop.
If you are travelling by car, take the „Bern Forsthaus“ motorway exit. Limited parking spaces are available in the Inselparking, the Bahnhofparking and the City West multi-storey car park.