ESRS 2020 goes fully virtual!

Dear colleagues and friends,

I hope you have coped well with the CoVID pandemic over recent months and we hope that the recent upsurge in cases across many European countries can be contained.

Preparations are now largely finalised for our first ESRS Virtual Congress during September 22-24 and I am grateful to my Board colleagues and the Scientific Committee for preparing a highly attractive programme. We will have 3 simultaneous tracks throughout the Congress, which ensures that all clinical and scientific areas of interest can be covered throughout the meeting. In fact, all symposia that were included in the original programme for Seville have been retained in the virtual programme and we will have 4 keynote lectures from leading world figures in sleep medicine and science. Furthermore, we have close to 700 original science presentations as oral or poster presentations and the technology will be available during the individual sessions for participants to interact with presenters.

I am pleased to see the many members of our Society who have already registered for the Congress and I strongly urge those who have not yet done so to register. Our Congress is the lifeblood of the Society and needs your support. Also, please remember that the registration fee has been reduced to 50% of the normal cost. This, together with the fact that travel and accommodation costs do not apply this year make the Congress highly attractive in terms of cost, and especially considering the extensive and attractive programme planned.

Register here to attend the virtual congress. You can find the adapted prices for the virtual congress registration here.

I look forward to welcoming you to this novel Congress later this month.

Best wishes,

Walter McNicholas
ESRS President

Update: 10 September 2020