Sleep & Circadian Innovation Summit: Translating Evidence into Mental Health Solutions 

Event Agenda

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09:00–09:30 | Opening & Welcome

• Introduction by hosts – Circadian Mental Health Network (Daniel Smith) / MDC (Sara Imarisio)

• Overview of forum objectives and expected outcomes

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09:30–10:15 | Academic Perspectives: Current State of Research 

• Why integrating the sleep-circadian axis is essential for clinical translation (15 min) – Matt Jones and Daniel Smith

• Insights from UK Biobank sleep data (15 min) – Katrina Tse

• Discussion

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10:15–10:30 | Coffee Break 

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10:30–11:30 | Industry Perspectives Breakout Session 

• Commercially available software and hardware devices which could be applied to research: what are the important issues with data access, interoperability, and interpretation?

• Industry priorities: what is needed to progress the use of software/hardware into the clinic? (The practical/technical challenges of this)

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11:30–12:30 | Ethical, Regulatory & Data Considerations 

• Regulatory considerations for integrating digital biomarkers into clinical trials, and for digital mental health treatments (10 min) – Francesca Edelmann

• Data quality, context, and clinical relevance (10 min) – Daniel Thedie

• Practical and ethical challenges of continuous monitoring and data sharing (10 min) – Manuel Spitschan

• AI in the field – what challenges do you see here? (10 min) – Joanne Kenney

• Discussion

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12:30–13:30 | Lunch & Networking

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13:30–14:30 | Translational & Clinical Applications Roundtable discussions 

• Which data are needed, and which data are available? – Chair: Cathy Wyse & Gurprit Lall

• How digital biomarkers (wearables, nearables, actigraphy, EEG, smartphone data) can be integrated into clinical trial design – Chair: Daniel Smith & Alice Gregory

• Discussion

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14:30–14:50 | Coffee Break

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14:50–15:50 | Network & Partnership Opportunities Roundtable

• Funders’ perspectives: current and future opportunities (15 min)

  • Wellcome Trust – Lampros Bisdounis

  • NIHR – Christian Cox

• ECR perspectives on working with industry (10 min) – Aidan Nickerson

• Industry feedback on mentoring, research needs and collaboration models (15 min) – Liz Tunbridge

• Opportunities to partner with patient advocacy groups, charities and sleep-focused initiatives –  Chair: Alice Gregory & Colin Espie

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15:50–16:50 | Action Planning & Outputs – Daniel Smith, Matt Jones & Sara Imarisio

• Summary of the day:

  • Defining priority areas (for future report)

  • Identifying collaborative projects and funding pathways

  • Next steps for Network/MDC-led initiatives and broader community engagement

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16:50 | Thanks and End