World Sleep Day 2013 – March 15, 2013

World Sleep Day is an annual event, intended to be a celebration of sleep and a call to action on important issues related to sleep, including medicine, education, social aspects and driving. It is organized by the World Sleep Day Committee of the World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM) and aims to lessen the burden of sleep problems on society through better prevention and management of sleep disorders.

Hungarian Sleep Society

In Hungary, for the fifth year we organize the World Sleep Day event with the recommendation of World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM).

The press conference will take place in Budapest and it’s topics are the following ones:
– Equipment and conditions of healthy sleeping
– Prevention of sleep onset in traffic accidents
– Search for the sleep friendly hotels all around the world

The opening lecture of the event will be held by Dr. Zsolt Halmosi, deputy chief police of the National Police Headquarters.

Abstracts will be held by famous experts of sleep medicine, by leaders of the national survey of sleeping quality at work, and by executives of occupational health area.

Date of the World Sleep Day Hungary: 12nd of March 2013, Tuesday, from 10 a.m. till 1 p.m.

Location of the World Sleep Day Hungary: Smybol Budapest (private hall)

Address: 56 Bécsi Road, Budapest, 1036

Several companies has very important roles in the first Hungarian sleep quality program inter alia MOL, Nuclear Power Plant of Paks, National Ambulance Service and the most significant sleep medicine device manufacturers and distributors.

This year – as always – the conference will be kept besides considerable media interest.

Yours faithfully,

György G. Németh Hungary

Budapest. 1089. Benyovszky M. u. 10. T.: 06 1 786-30 45