Who they are
The European Sleep Foundation is an international scientific network devoted to sleep and sleep-wake disorders. It brings together clinicians, researchers and institutions, with strong Swiss roots: it runs an international master in sleep medicine together with the Universities of Bern and Italian Switzerland.
What they promote
Its aim is to advance knowledge of the mechanisms of sleep, to support new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies, and to foster collaboration among professionals and public education. It does so through schools, think tanks, master programmes and research fellowships.
The World Sleep Forum
Monte Verità 2025
World Sleep Forum - Forensic Sleep Medicine
In 2025 the foundation gathered some of the world's leading sleep experts at Monte Verità in Ascona, with sessions on sleepiness at the wheel and sleep-related violent behaviours. Scientific coordination of the think tank is by Prof. Mauro Manconi (EOC). Drive Awake was there and documented the sessions and interviews. Monte Verità and the interviews.
How they connect to us
The European Sleep Foundation is the network that holds European sleep science together. Drive Awake gathers its voices and takes them beyond the conference: into culture, into story, onto the road. Same direction: knowledge of sleep in the service of alertness and prevention.
Credits and links
European Sleep Foundation - europeansleepfoundation.ch
World Sleep Forum 2025 - Forensic Sleep Medicine, Monte Verità, Ascona
On this platform
- Communications
- Documentary
- Interview: Simone Gianini (ACS)
- Interview: Michael H. Silber (Mayo Clinic)
- Interview: Carlos H. Schenck (Minnesota)
- Interview: Mauro Manconi (EOC)
- Interview: Pierre Philip (Bordeaux)
- Interview: Francesca Siclari (NIN)
- Interview: Gert Jan Lammers (Leiden)
- Interview: Raffaele Ferri (IRCCS Oasi)
- The forum in five minutes
- The 24 Hours
Your kit
Prepared for European Sleep Foundation: Drive Awake material for your channels, with a video player to embed, files to download and ready-made post texts.The episodes of «The 24 Hours» and the Monte Verità interviews are open to everyone. The partner password only opens a few extra sections of the kit: it is shared, not a personal login.
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