Keynote and plenary presentations will take place from Monday, September 13 through Wednesday, September 15, 2027. All content will be presented in person in Montreal.
Learn more about our invited speakers below, and mark your calendars for World Sleep 2027!
Presentation titles subject to change. Last updated June 12, 2026.
Keynote Speakers
Listed in alphabetical order
Susan Redline (United States)
Epidemiology of Sleep Breathing Disorders: History and Consequences
Carlos Schenck (United States)
Historical Perspective on REM Behavior Disorder
Eus van Someren (Netherlands)
Neurobiology of Insomnia
William Wisden (United Kingdom)
Neurocircuitry of Sleep
Plenary Speakers
Listed in alphabetical order
Fernanda Almeida (Canada)
Dental Interventions
Ahmed BaHammam (Saudi Arabia)
Sleep, Diet, and Fasting During Ramadan
Sean Cain (Australia)
Light, Sleep, and Health
Peter Cistulli (Australia)
Precision Sleep Medicine in OSA: Time to Move from Concept to Clinical Roadmap
Penny Corkum (Canada)
Family-Based Interventions for Children’s Sleep
Yang Dan (China)
Importance of the Locus Coeruleus: Why We Sleep
Allison Harvey (United States)
Sleep and Circadian Health: Transdiagnostic Treatments and Implementation Innovation
Kiran Maski (United States)
Narcolepsy
Sharon Naismith (Australia)
Sleep, Cognition and Neurodegeneration
Jean-Louis Pépin (France)
Pathophysiology of Sleep Breathing Disorders
Emerson Wickwire (United States)
Health Economics of Sleep Disorders
Massimiliano de Zambotti (United States)
Wearables, Nearables, and Artificial Intelligence