Centre for Sleep Research, University of South Australia, City East Campus, Frome Road, Adelaide, SA

The 7th Annual Meeting of the Australasian Chronobiology Society was held on Saturday 4th to Sunday 5th September 2010 at the Centre for Sleep Research in Adelaide.
The Keynote Speaker was Professor Peter Clifton (CSIRO), and his talk was titled "The metabolic effects of poor sleep quality and time."
As usual, STUDENT PRIZES were awarded for best Honours and PhD presentations, as well as a new award for 2010, for the best conference paper.

2010 CONFERENCE ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Local Organising Committee

Charli Sargent, University of South Australia (Chair)
Stuart Baulk, Integrated Safety Support
David Darwent, University of South Australia
Sally Ferguson, University of South Australia
Georgina Heath, University of South Australia
Michele Lastella, University of South Australia
Raymond Matthews, University of South Australia
Gemma Paech, University of South Australia
Amy Reynolds, University of South Australia
Greg Roach, University of South Australia
Xuan Zhou, University of South Australia

Local Scientific Committee

Charli Sargent, University of South Australia (Chair)
David Darwent, University of South Australia
Greg Roach, University of South Australia

Members of the Conference Paper Review Panel

Dr Charli Sargent (Chair) (Research Fellow, University of South Australia)
Dr Stuart Baulk (Consultant and Systems Designer, Integrated Safety Support)
Dr Sarah Blunden (Research Fellow, University of South Australia)
Dr David Darwent (Research Fellow, University of South Australia)
Dr Jill Dorrian (Program Director, University of South Australia)
Dr Sally Ferguson (Assistant Director, University of South Australia)
Associate Professor Gerard Kennedy (Lecturer in Psychology, Victoria University)
Dr Gregory D Roach (Senior Research Fellow, University of South Australia)
Dr Tracey Sletten (Research Fellow, Monash University)

REGISTRATION

Registration for the ACS meeting is $25.00 for students and $50.00 for regular registration. This includes refreshments during the meeting and the conference dinner on Saturday 4th September.

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

The Keynote presentation will be given by Professor Peter Clifton, CSIRO. Conference papers will be published by the Australasian Chronobiology Society (Edited by: Charli Sargent, David Darwent, Gregory D Roach; ISBN: 978-0-646-53863-1), and the individual papers are downloadable by clicking on the links below.

Download ACS Conference 2010 CHAPTER 1
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The nature of the beast: Metropolitan train drivers experience, perception and recognition of fatigue
(THOMPSON, RAINBIRD, DAWSON) Pages 1 - 5

Download ACS Conference 2010 CHAPTER 2
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Subjective mood is influenced by sleep-related and circadian processes in a forced desynchrony protocol with severe sleep restriction
(HEATH, SARGENT, DARWENT, FERGUSON, KENNAWAY, HAMPTON, MATTHEWS, ROACH) Pages 7 -11

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The influence of circadian phase and prior wake on positive and negative mood during a sleep restricted forced desynchrony protocol
(HAMPTON, DARWENT, MATTHEWS, HEATH, FERGUSON, SARGENT, KENNAWAY, ROACH) Pages 13 -17

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Sleep, wake and phase dependent changes in subjective alertness
(ZHOU, FERGUSON, MATTHEWS, SARGENT, DARWENT, KENNAWAY, ROACH) Pages 19 - 23

Download ACS Conference 2010 CHAPTER 5
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Does chronotype affect elite athletes capacity to cope with the training demands of triathlon?
(LASTELLA, ROACH, HUREM, SARGENT) Pages 25 - 28

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The impact of organisational culture on fatigue management: The case of camaraderie amongst metropolitan train drivers
(RAINBIRD, THOMPSON, DAWSON) Pages 29 -33

Download ACS Conference 2010 CHAPTER 7
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Young drivers knowledge of road safety, sleepiness and fatigue: Examining the internal consistency of the Institute for Breathing and Sleep Driver Awareness Questionnaire (IBAS-DAQ)
(CORTES-SIMONET, KENNEDY, HOWARD, GILL, MCMAHON) Pages 35 - 39

OTHER DETAILS

Download ACS Conference 2010 FLYER
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Download ACS Paper Template 2010
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