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The ASSM Interim Meeting 2026 will feature three specialised workshops covering cutting-edge sleep technology, clinical polysomnography, and cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia. The workshop programme is listed below.

Time W01 - Sleep Technology - AI Wearable
14:00 - 14:45 Transforming Sleep Health: Innovations in Commercial Wearables Dr. Stijn Agus Adrianus MASSAR
14:45 - 15:30 Wearable and Multimodal AI for Sleep and Mood Detection Dr. Man Ho Tim LI
15:30 - 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 - 16:30 Multimodal AI Applications for Behavioral Phenotyping in Neuropsychiatric Disorder Dr. Lizhou Leo FAN
16:30 - 17:15 Wearable and Smartphone Digital Biomarkers for REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Dr. Bei Joanne HUANG
17:15 - 18:00 AI Wearables for Personalized Sleep Health and Sleep Disorder Screening Dr. Jae Kyoung KIM
Time W-02 Polysomnography (PSG) + Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) Therapies (Parallel Workshop)
09:00 - 09:10 Welcome speech Dr. Kate CHAN
09:10 - 09:50 Introduction to Sleep Studies: Polysomnography (PSG), Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT), Maintenance of Wakefulness Tests (MWT), and Home Sleep Test (HST) Mr. Yun Sang Alex SUM
09:50 - 10:30 PSG: Signal recognition, Adult Sleep Staging & EEG Arousal Scoring Mr. Kwok Wah Crover HO
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:10 Scoring of Respiratory events Mr. Kwok Wah Crover HO
11:10 - 11:35 Scoring of Motor events Ms. Kwai Ho Venny LAM
11:35 - 12:00 RBD updates and RSWA scoring Dr. Yaping LIU
12:00 - 12:20 Advanced video-PSG for Parasomnia & Sleep-related hypermotor Epilepsy Ms. Kwai Ho Venny LAM
12:20 - 13:00 Infant & Pediatric PSG: Practical Issues & Scoring Ms. Mei Ying CHEUNG
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:05 Introduction Mr. Kwok Wah Crover HO
14:05 - 14:30 Demonstration session: PSG scoring stations All Staff
14:30 - 15:00 Case discussion - Practical technical aspects of PSG & report interpretation Ms. Kwai Ho Venny LAM
15:00 - 15:30 Sleep Microstructures analysis Dr. Xie Chris CHEN
15:30 - 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 - 16:15 PAP acclimation and desensitization with PAP interface demonstration Mr. Yun Leung LAM
16:15 - 16:55 PAP titration: from Guidelines to Practice Mr. Chi Fong Terry CHIU
16:55 - 17:25 PAP report interpretation & compliance Mr. Wai Tong TANG
17:25 - 17:55 Beyond PAP intervention for management of OSA Dr. Kah Lin CHOO
17:55 - 18:00 Wrap-up and evaluation Ms. Kwai Ho Venny LAM

Time W-03 Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) (Parallel Workshop)
09:30 - 10:10 Basics of sleep & neurobiology of insomnia Dr. Yaping LIU
10:10 - 10:40 Pharmacological treatments of insomnia Dr. Joey Wing-Yan CHAN
10:40 - 11:10 CBT-I: 1) From theory to evidence-based practice, 2) Assessment Dr. Shirley X. LI
11:10 - 11:25 Coffee Break
11:25 - 12:55 CBT-I: 1) Behavioural strategies, 2) Single-session approach Dr. Shirley X. LI
12:55 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:50 CBT-I: Cognitive strategies Professor Sooyeon Aly SUH
14:50 - 15:40 CBT-I in special populations I Dr. Shirley X. LI
15:40 - 15:55 Coffee Break
15:55 - 16:40 How to strengthen motivations and address ambivalence for sleep behavioural changes: Introduction to Motivational Interviewing Dr. Rachel CHAN
16:40 - 17:25 Mindfulness-based intervention for insomnia Professor Sooyeon Aly SUH
17:25 - 17:55 Acceptance commitment therapy (ACT) for insomnia Miss Julia SUN
17:55 - 18:25 Latest development of CBT-I (alternative modalities & step-care model) Dr. Rachel CHAN
18:25 - 18:30 Wrap-up and evaluation Dr. Rachel CHAN

The workshop programme is subject to change without prior notice.