2021 Sleep Professionals of Alabama

Sun, Sand, & Sleep Conference

The Port at The Wharf

Orange Beach, Alabama

Thursday, August 12, 2021 through Saturday, August 14, 2021

We at the SPA are getting geared up for our Annual Conference!! We have some great speakers and vendors lined up, who are going to be sharing some new and exciting topics with us. The venue for this year’s event is the The Port at The Wharf (virtual tour) which is located a short walk from our host hotel, Springhill Suites at The Wharf (click here for reservations). The Port is Orange Beach's hottest new event space, located just off of Main Street in the heart of The Wharf. We look forward to everyone seeing the amazing new venue!

SPA will have two time slots available for you to get registered and pick up your welcome packet. Registration will be from 4-6PM on Thursday, and Friday morning before our speakers begin. Be sure to take advantage of the special rates we have negotiated with the hotel. The link to book your reservation is below. Please be sure to do this before the deadline date, as we cannot guarantee availability and special pricing after the date listed. We will be having a private party on Friday, which will include dinner, drinks, and dessert, as well as live entertainment! We hope you will make plans to spend your evening with us!

Specialty room rates are only available until July 12, 2021 or until our group block is sold out. Reserve your room now to get the lowered rate of $199.00-$209.00. Springhill Suites at The Wharf (click here for reservations)

We have added a block of rooms at Fairfield Inn and Suites Orange Beach* (click here for reservations) AND AT Hampton Inn Gulf Shores *Fairfield Inn group rate rooms must be book before 7/21/2021.

2021 Sleep Professionals of Alabama Spring Meeting Agenda
August 12-14, 2021
The Port at The Wharf

Thursday, August 12, 2021
2:00-4:00PM	Vendor Setup, The Port at The Wharf
4:00-6:00PM	Registration, The Port Lobby


Friday, August 13, 2021
7:00AM	Registration, The Port Lobby
8:00AM	Opening Remarks, The Port
8:15AM	Sleep and School Start Times
	Brendan Duffy, RPSGT, CCSH
9:30AM	Sleep Technology in a Post-COVID World
	Emerson Kerr, MBA, RRT, RPSGT, FAAST
10:30AM	Updates from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
	Thomas Heffron, Senior Director of Marketing & Communications (AASM)
11:30AM	Lunch/Vendors
1:00PM	Sleep Clinician's Guide to Transcutaneous PCO2 Monitoring
	Eduardo Hernandez, RPSGT, CCSH - SenTec
2:00PM	Sleep and Sports
	Brendan Duffy, RPSGT, CCSH
3:00PM	Panel Discussion: What Do We Do Now? A Post-COVID Discussion
	Robbie Williams, RPSGT; Justin Thomas, Ph.D.; David Moore, RPSGT; Trevor Newton, LRRT
4:00PM	Closing Remarks


5:00-6:30PM	Meet & Greet, The Port Exhibit Hall
	Beer & Wine, light hors d'oeuvres
Saturday, August 14, 2021
8:00AM	Right Therapy for the Right Patient
	David Worley, LRCP, RPSGT
9:00AM	Sweet Dreams: How OSA Affects Diabetes
	Kate McConathy, CRNP
10:00AM	Circadian Rhythms: Why Not Rock Around the Clock?
	Justin Thomas, Ph.D.
11:00AM	The Missing Link for OSA: Dental Sleep Therapy- Is it Just for Mild to Moderate OSA?
	Amy Hartsfield, DMD, D.ABDSM - ProSomnus
12:00PM	Business Meeting




10 AAST and AARC CEUs applied for