SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 14 JANUARY 2026, 17:00 CET
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Sleep Europe 2026: Pre-Conference Master Classes: Call for Proposals
The European Sleep Research Society (ESRS) invites proposals for Pre-Conference Master Class Courses to be held in conjunction with Sleep Europe 2026 at the MECC Exhibition Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Course Overview
The Pre-Conference Master Class Courses will take place on 20 October 2026. These sessions aim to provide high-quality educational content, offering participants an opportunity to deepen their knowledge in sleep research and sleep medicine through focused, in-depth instruction.
Eligibility
- Proposal submission is exclusively open to ESRS members in good standing with the payment of membership fees.
- Courses may be proposed for either a half-day (4 hours) single course or a full-day (8 hours) double course format.
Course Scope
Courses should be educational in nature, either:
- Introductive, providing coverage of a research area, methodology, or clinical practice, requiring minimal or no background knowledge.
or
- Advanced, offering in-depth training or knowledge translation on a specific topic to attendees with significant prior knowledge.
Submission Tracks
Proposals must be submitted under one of the following tracks:
- Basic Animal
- Basic Human
- Mental Health
- Neurology
- Paediatrics
- Public Health
- Respiratory
- Sleep Technology
Requirements
Each proposal must include:
- Course title and duration
- Course coordinator(s) and faculty (including credentials and institutional affiliations)
- Faculty composition must align with the ESRS policy on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.
- Detailed course outline (limit: 1500 words)
- Detailed learning objectives (limit: 1000 words)
- Intended audience and detailed background knowledge requirements, if any (limit: 500 words)
- Disclosure of any conflicts of interest
- Information on course materials (e.g., whether digital materials will be provided)
Evaluation Criteria
Proposals will be evaluated on:
- Learning objectives and methods to achieve them.
- Scientific quality
- Broad appeal to ESRS meeting participants
- Timeliness and relevance of the topic
- The Scientific Committee reserves the right to propose alternative formats, presenters or reduced time slots based on submissions.
Priority Topics
- Analytical Methods in Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine
- Circadian Rhythm and Chronobiology
- Insomnia Management
- Paediatric Sleep
- Physiology during Sleep
- Sleep Medicine Examination
- Year in Review
Additional Information
- The proposed speakers must already have agreed to participate in person. Requests for changes to the course structure (including speakers and communication titles and content) after the submission and acceptance of course proposals should be considered as exceptional. Any such request should be duly justified and will be evaluated by the ESRS Scientific Committee, possibly resulting in rejection of the revised course proposal.
- Submitted proposals cannot be edited.
- Course faculty, up to four individuals per half day course, will each be provided with an honorarium of 200 EUR intended to offset their accommodation costs.
- The course coordinator is responsible for inviting course speakers.