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IRLSSG 2024 Annual Meeting

Sunday, June 2, 2024 - Houston, Texas, USA

Register for the 2024 IRLSSG Annual Meeting

Attendance is open to all sleep professionals.

Registration is free for IRLSSG members and $100 for non-members.

A private dinner is included with registration and will take place at another location. Please find the details below in the schedule.

Why Attend?

This international meeting is devoted entirely and exclusively to Restless Legs Syndrome and other sleep-related movement disorders.
Expand your knowledge with the most recent advances in research, unpublished data and have a first-hand opportunity to discuss the topics with the authors.
Engage in pro-con debates and discussion groups
Present your ideas, your research results and receive feedback
Network with your colleagues. Meet old friends and consolidate new friendships.
Become an active participant in the IRLSSG community and help shape the future of RLS research.

Program Committee

Ambra Stefani (Austria)

Elias Karroum (USA)

Cornelius Bachmann (Germany)

Denise Sharon (USA)

John Winkelman (USA)

Location

C. Baldwin, Curio Collection by Hilton

400 Dallas St, Houston, TX 77002

ROOM: A. DEZAVALA II

Scientific Schedule

Time	Session	Chair/Speaker
8:00am	Light breakfast and coffee (included with registration)

9:00am – 9:10am	Welcome	William Ondo (United States) John W Winkelman (United States)
9:10am – 9:55am	Richard P. Allen Keynote Presentation: "Richard Allen: Scientist, Organizer, and Mentor"	Chair: John W. Winkelman (United States) Speaker: Arthur S. Walters (United States)
9:55am – 10:25am	Big Changes to the AASM Clinical Practice Guidelines for Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movement Disorder	Speaker: John W. Winkelman (United States) Moderator: Raffaele Ferri (Italy)

10:25am – 10:45am	Break

10:45am – 12:00pm	Symposium: Treatment guidelines for RLS: Possible future integrations on age and gender-related aspects from the latest research in the field	Chair: Rosalia Silvestri (Italy)
	Rationale and objectives of the new guidelines: Are age and gender related aspects missing?	Denise Sharon (United States)
	An integrated view on PLMD and RLS therapy in children	Lourdes DelRosso (United States)
	Possible insights from gender-related clinical aspects and comorbidities	Ambra Stefani (Austria)
	Evidence of different therapeutic response of medications for RLS in females versus males	Maria Paola Mogavero (Italy)

12:00pm – 1:00pm	Lunch

1:00pm – 2:00pm	Individual presentations	Moderator: Garima Shukla (Canada)
	Longitudinal Study of Buprenorphine for Severe RLS	J. Andrew Berkowski (United States)
	Opiod Treatment of Patients with Painful versus Painless Restless Legs Syndrome	Elias G. Karroum (United States)
	Tonic motor activation: A noninvasive neurostimulation therapy for restless legs syndrome	Mark J. Buchfuhrer (United States)
	An informatics Approach to Assessing Quality of Care Metrics for Restless Legs Syndrome / Willis-Ekbom Disease	Muna Irfan (United States)

2:00pm – 2:40pm	Wayne Hening Young Investigator Award winners' presentations	Moderator: Denise Sharon (United States)
	Genomic analysis identifies risk factors in restless legs syndrome	Fulya Akcimen (United States)
	Clinical features, polysomnography, and genetics association study of restless legs syndrome in clinic based Chinese patients: A multicenter observational study	Wenjun Zhu (China)

2:40pm – 3:00pm	Break

3:00pm – 4:30pm	IRLSSG projects presentations	Moderator: Diego Garcia Borreguero (Spain)
	PLMD in adults (manuscript is in preparation)	John W. Winkelman (United States)
	PLMD in children (manuscript is in press)	Lourdes DelRosso (United States)
	Inter-rater reliability of manual leg movement scorings	Ambra Stefani (Austria)
	Future of RLS Clinical Research (manuscript is in review)	Diego Garcia Borreguero
	Neuromodulation methods for treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome	Cornelius Bachmann (Germany)
	Renaming Augmentation	Ambra Stefani (Austria)
	Restless sleep disorder in adults – literature review	Lourdes DelRosso (United States)

4:30pm – 5:30pm	Business meeting
6:15pm 7:00pm –10:00pm	Reception & Drinks The Palm Houston\| 1201 Fannin Street \| On the corner of San Jacinto and Dallas St. Dinner The Palm Houston\| 1201 Fannin Street \| On the corner of San Jacinto and Dallas St.