SLEEPCON 2025
Under the Aegis of Indian Sleep Disorders Association
Workshop :- June 20, 2025
Conference :- June 21 & 22, 2025
Venue:- Grand Chennai by GRT Hotels, T.Nagar, Chennai
Organized by:- Indian Sleep Disorders Association &
Nithra Institute of Sleep Sciences
SLEEP TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP | June 20, 2025
Course Coordinators: Dr. Tripat Deep Singh & Dr. N.K.M. Nileena
Time | Topic |
08:30 - 09:00 AM | Registration |
09:00– 09:10 AM | Introduction to workshop |
09:10– 09:40 AM | Hook up for level 1 & level 3 sleep study |
10:10 - 10:50 AM | AASM rules for sleep staging and arousals |
10:50 - 11:10 AM | Tea break |
11:10 - 11:40 AM | AASM rules for respiratory events |
11:40 - 12:10 PM | AASM rules for scoring PLMS |
12:10 - 12:40 PM | AASM scoring rules - Shortcomings and potential solutions |
12:40 - 13:10 PM | New technologies to diagnose OSA |
13:10 - 14:10 PM | Lunch break |
14:10 - 14:40 PM | Actigraphy - Role in medical practice |
14:40 - 15:10 PM | Consumer sleep technologies - What clinician need to know? |
15:10 - 15:40 PM | CSA-CSR management with PAP therapy - Recent updates |
15:40 - 16:10 PM | OSA management - Update on recent RCT’s |
16:10 - 16:30 PM | Tea break |
16:30 - 18:00 PM | Hands on demo for level 1 sleep lab (Industry) Hands on AASM scoring rules |
PEDIATRIC SLEEP MEDICINE WORKSHOP
Course Coordinators: Dr. Vivekanand and Ms. Lata Casturi
Time | Topic |
08:30 - 09:00 AM | Registration |
09:00– 09:30 AM | Introduction |
09:30– 10:00 AM | How to screen in office practice |
10:00– 10:30 AM | The Snoring Child |
10:30– 10:45 AM | Tea break |
10:45 – 11:15 AM | Behavioural Insomnia of Childhood (BIC) |
11:15 – 11:45 PM | Parasomnias |
11:45 – 12:15 PM | Adolescent Sleep Problems |
12:15 – 12:45 PM | Sleep Coaching |
12:45 – 13:15 PM | Tools in the evaluation of pediatric sleep |
13:15 – 14:00 PM | Lunch break |
14:00 – 15:00 PM | Pediatric Polysomnography - Hook Up |
15:00 – 16:00 PM | Tools in the evaluation of pediatric sleep (sleep log, diary, questionnaires and wearables) |
16:00– 16:15 PM | Tea break |
16:15– 17:00PM | Pediatric NIV interfaces |
17:00– 17:30 PM | Q and A |
DENTAL SLEEP MEDICINE WORKSHOP
Course Coordinators: Dr. Reena Kumar
Time | Topic | Objective of the presentation |
08:30 - 09:00 AM | Registration | |
09:00 - 09:30 AM | Introduction | |
09:30 - 10:30 AM | Understanding Sleep & Its Importance in Diagnosing Obstructive Sleep Apnea | To ensure that dental surgeons understand the basics of sleep and its impact on OSA diagnosis. |
10:30 – 11:10AM | Diagnosis by PSG: Demonstration of PSG & Electrode Placement | To familiarize practitioners with the use of PSG and proper electrode placement for accurate diagnosis of OSA |
11:10– 11:20 AM | Tea break | |
11:20– 11:30 AM | Clinical Diagnosis of OSA in Dental Office | To introduce phenotype and clinical signs for screening and diagnostic approaches for OSA within a dental setting. |
11:30 – 12:15 PM | Radiological Diagnosis of OSA (2D & 3D) | To present the role of radiological tools in diagnosing OSA, focusing on 2D and 3D imaging techniques . |
12:15 – 13:00 PM | Importance of ENT Collaboration for Diagnosis of OSA | To emphasize the need for interdisciplinary collaboration with ENT specialists for best understanding adeno-tonsillar hypertrophy and accurate diagnosis using DISE |
13:00 – 13:30AM | Orofacial Pain | To discuss the relationship between orofacial pain and sleep disorders. |
13:30 – 14:15PM | Lunch break | |
14:15– 14:30 PM | Practice Guidelines for Oral Appliances | To review guidelines for oral appliances for management of OSA in a dental practice. |
14:30– 15:00 PM | Oral Appliances –Myofunctional Paediatric- Orthodontics appliances in growing patients | To present appliance options for paediatric and orthodontic OSA cases. |
15:00 – 15:30 PM | Oral Appliances – Mild to Moderate OSA in adult patients | To explore the use of oral appliances for managing mild to moderate OSA effectively. |
15:30 – 16:15 PM | Surgical — Maxillofacial Management of OSA | Surgical – Maxillofacial Management of OSA |
16:15 – 16:30 PM | Tea Break | |
16:30 – 17:00 PM | OSA in geriatric and edentulous population | Understand the risk factors, and physiological changes associated with OSA in elderly and edentulous patients its effects on overall health, cognitive function, and quality of life .Insight into oral appliances, prosthodontic considerations, CPAP therapy adaptations, and lifestyle modifications . |
17:00 – 17:30 PM | Setting Up a Dental Sleep Medicine Practice | To provide practical guidance on integrating sleep medicine services into a dental practice. |
17:30 – 18:00 PM | Valedictory |
Dr. N. RAMAKRISHNAN
Organizing Chairperson
Senior Consultant, Sleep Medicine, Apollo Hospitals,
Director, Nithra Institute of Sleep Sciences
For Registration please contact
Sleepcon 2025 Conference Secretariat
Door No. 29, Plot No. 1997, J-Block, 13th Main Road, Anna Nagar, Chennai - 600 040.
contact numbers: +91 99405 66633 / +91 90949 99955