SLTBR Annual Meetings Page

2008 Preliminary Program

Thursday June 26^th
3-5 pm	SLTBR Board meeting
6-9 pm	Registration and reception
7-9 pm	Poster session with discussion
	Guest Discussant: Dr. Norman Rosenthal A unique British Columbian wine and cheese reception will also be featured during the poster session
Friday June 27^th
7:45-8:45 am	Registration, breakfast
8:45-9:00 am	President's Welcome
9:00-11:15 am	Symposium I: (Chronobiological aspects of ADHD)
11:15-11:30 am	Break
11:30-12:00 pm	Junior Investigator Award presentation
12:00-1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30-3:30 pm	Oral presentations I
3:30-4:00 pm	Break
4:00 pm	SLTBR Annual Business Meeting
7 pm	Annual banquet
Saturday June 28^th
7:45-8:30 am	Registration, breakfast
8:30-10:00 am	Symposium II (Antidepressants, light and circadian rhythms)
10:00-10:30 am	Break
10:30-12:00 pm	Oral presentations II
12:00-1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30-3:30 pm	Symposium III (Light Therapy: Looking to the Future)
3:30 pm	Closing remarks
Optional Social event: 4-6 pm	Architectural walking tour of the 'city of glass and light'
Optional public education event: 4-6 pm	'update on SAD and hot topics from the 2008 SLTBR meeting' at UBC Robson Square

Symposium I - Chronobiological aspects of ADHD

Chair: Robert D. Levitan MD, MSc

Talks and Speakers:

1. Correlation between the DLMO phase angle displacement from mid-sleep and cognition and attention ratings in adolescents with ADHD.

George A. Keepers, M.D.
Carruthers Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry

Oregon Health & Science University

2. Are most adults with ADHD evening types? Results from a study using

actigraphy, DLMOs and sleep questionnaires.

J.J.S. Kooij, MD, PhD

Psychiatrist, Head of Program for Adult ADHD

PsyQ, Psycho-Medical Programs

The Hague, The Netherlands

3. Circadian Preference and Neuropsychological Function in Adults with ADHD: A Canadian Sample

Robert D. Levitan MD, MSc

Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto,

President, Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms

4. A Study of Light Therapy for Adult ADHD

Yuri Rybak M.D.

University of Western Ontario

Symposium II - Antidepressants, Light and Circadian Rhythms

Chair: Ray Lam, MD, FRCPC

Talks and Speakers:

1. Circadian Effects of Antidepressants

Diane Boivin, PhD

Centre for Study and Treatment of Circadian Rhythms, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

2. Evidence-based Use of Antidepressants for Seasonal Affective Disorder

Raymond Lam, MD, FRCPC

Professor of Psychiatry, University of BC, Vancouver, BC, Canada

3. Combining Antidepressants with Light Therapy

Anthony Levitt M.D.

Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Symposium III - Light Therapy: Looking to the Future

Chair: Marc Hebert, PhD

Talks and Speakers:

1. Effect of Bright Light on Fatigue in Breast Cancer

Sonya Ancoli-Israel, PhD

Department of Psychiatry 0603, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA

2. The Alerting Effects of Light

Marijke Gordjin, PhD

Department of Chronobiology, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands

3. Quantifying Circadian Entrainment and Disruption

Mariana Figueiro, PhD

Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, USA

4. Effects of Light on Brain Activity Related to Working Memory and Emotion Processing Assessed in Humans Using fMRI

Gilles Vandewalle, PhD

Centre d'etude du sommeil et des rythmes biologiques, Hopital du Sacre-Coeur, Universite de Montreal.