Call for Nominations for the ESRS Board & Scientific Committee

ByESRS

In the course of the upcoming Business Meeting at the ESRS congress in Athens, Greece, 29 September 2022, new members for the Board and the Scientific Committee will need to be elected.

Nominations to the ESRS Scientific Committee

According to the ESRS Bylaws, members of the ESRS Scientific Committee are elected for a period of two years, and only one additional two-year renewal in a particular position is possible. 

The composition of the current Scientific Committee is as follows:  

NAME 

EXPERTISE 

FISRT ELECTED 

LAST RE-ELECTED 

RE-ELECTION 

Kai Spiegelhalder 

Human Clinical

2020 

N/A 

YES

Vladyslav Vyazovskiy 

Basic Animal

2018 

2020 

N/A 

Christian Baumann 

Translational Research

2020 

N/A 

NO 

Michele Ferrara 

Basic Human

2020 

N/A 

YES 

Anita Lüthi 

Basic Animal

2018 

2020 

N/A 

Maria Bonsignore 

Human Clinical

2020 

N/A 

NO 

Kerstin Hoedlmoser 

Basic Human

2018 

2020 

N/A 

Nayantara Santhi 

Basic Human

2020 

N/A 

YES 

Christina Schmidt 

Basic Human

2018 

2020 

N/A 

 

While 3 of the current Scientific Committee members indicated their interest in re-election, the top 9 nominees with the highest votes will comprise the 2022-2024 Scientific Committee. Note that since sleep is a very broad field, it is necessary that the Scientific Committee represents a wide range of expertise covering all main areas of sleep research and sleep medicine. 

The main tasks of the Scientific Committee are as follows:

For future Scientific Committees, it should be noted that members will need to commit to:

  • Review abstracts for the conference and suggest additional reviewers by topical area
  • Participate in a virtual abstract selection meeting (up to 8 hours on one day)
  • Review  late breaking abstracts (quick turnaround is expected 4 to 6 weeks before the conference date)
  • Review grant applications on an as needed basis.

In addition, the Scientific Committee is requested to take part in brainstorming sessions and making concrete recommendations to the Board relating to improvements in the Scientific Programme format for Sleep Europe (to be done in the odd year).

The Chair or Chairs are required to facilitate bi-monthly meetings with scheduling support from the ESRS office. The Chair(s) are responsible to create an agenda and lead the meetings. The Chair(s) will attend or nominate a member of he SC to attend the monthly ESRS Board meeting in order to work more closely with the Board.

The Scientific Committee should additionally provide content for at least 1 teaching course and 1 session (Case Study, Round Table, etc.) at the Conference.

Any nominations for the Scientific Committee should include the following, to be submitted via an online form (below) where the responses are directed to the ESRS Secretary: 

  • name, title, position, institute, department, nationality, address, phone, and email of the candidate 
  • name and affiliation of the nominator 
  • expertise (basic animal, basic human or human clinical) and field of interest (2- 5 key words) of the candidate 
  • acceptance, in writing, that the candidate agrees to be nominated 
Submit Nominee for ESRS Scientific Committee

Please note the following: 

  • Your proposal should be received no later than September 14, 2022. No further nominations shall be accepted after this date.
  • If you do not receive an email confirmation after submitting the form, please write to esrs{at}esrs.eu.
  • Publication of the list of the candidates will be included in the newsletter distributed one week prior to the Business Meeting at the Athens congress (September 21, 2022).  

Nominations to the ESRS Board

According to the ESRS Bylaws, members of the ESRS Board are elected for a period of two years, with only one additional two-year renewal for a particular position possible. The only exception is the Treasurer position, which can be renewed without limitation.

The composition of the current Board (that requires voting) is as follows: 

NAME 

POSITION 

FISRT ELECTED 

LAST RE-ELECTED 

RE-ELECTION 

Pierre-Hervé Luppi 

President 

2020 

N/A 

YES 

Tom de Boer 

Vice-President (Basic) 

2018 

2020 

N/A 

Dirk Pevernagie 

Vice-President (Clinical) 

2020 

N/A 

YES 

Erna Sif Arnardottir 

Secretary 

2020 

N/A 

YES 

Guiseppe Plazzi 

Assistant Secretary 

2020 

N/A 

YES 

Hans-Peter Landolt 

Treasurer 

2016 

2020 

YES 

* Since 2006, a representative of the ANSS is given a regular Board member position as an ex officio member.

One of the six current ESRS Board members (i.e. the Vice-President Basic) was re-elected in 2020, and cannot run for re-election. The President, Vice-President Clinical, the Secretary, the Assistant-Secretary were newly elected and will run for re-election. The current Treasurer was re-elected in 2020 and will run for re-election.
 
Hence, the following position must be filled: Vice-President Basic.

The Board asks you to become active, to meet and discuss with your colleagues and to help ensure the development of the ESRS by nominating dedicated colleagues best suited for the successful future of our society. Proposals for the candidates for the Board of Officers must be submitted in writing and must reach the President at least two weeks in advance of the business meeting; later proposals cannot be accepted. The Board is looking forward to receiving nominations from the membership no later than September 14, 2022. 

All ESRS members are invited to nominate candidates for the Board positions according to the following rules established by the bylaws:  

  • both the proposer and the candidate must be regular ESRS members in good standing 
  • the candidate should have his/her residence in a European country or in Israel 
  • re-election after 2 two-year terms (i.e. after 4 years) in a particular position is not possible, except for the Treasurer 

Any nominations for the Board should include the following, to be submitted via an online form (below) where the responses are directed to the ESRS President: 

  • name, title, position, institute, department, nationality, address, phone, and email of the nominated candidate 
  • name and affiliation of the nominator 
  • expertise (basic animal, basic human, or human clinical) and field(s) of interest (2-5 key words) of the candidate 
  • previous activities of the candidate in the ESRS 
  • acceptance in writing that the candidate agrees to be nominated (an acceptance email from the candidate to the secretary is valid) 
  • a statement for which position of the Board the person is being nominated 
  • a short curriculum with information relevant to the particular position on the ESRS Board.  
Submit Nominee for ESRS Board

Please note the following: 

  • Your proposal should be received no later than September 14, 2022. No further nominations shall be accepted after this date. 
  • If you do not receive an email confirmation after submitting the form, please write to esrs{at}esrs.eu 
  • Publication of the list of the candidates will be included in the newsletter distributed one week prior to the Business Meeting at the Athens congress (September 21, 2022).