mr. dennis collins to introduce the first panel. mr. collins. >> thank you, dr. price. presenters, when speaking, please push the button on the microphone. a green light indicates the microphone is on. please bring your microphone close and press the button to turn it off when you're done speaking. the first panel covers an introduction and the scope of the problem. our panelists are dr. david, chief of the division of sleep and director of the unit for experimental psychiatry at that time university of pennsylvania's perlman school of aaa and brian teft of the foundation for safety. dr. dinges. >> good morning. thank you for inviting me to speak at this important meeting. i'm going to begin by setting the stage for the biological effects of drowsiness that make it so terrificcally dangerous when we drive. next slide, please. the first thing to remind those listening and looking at these slides are that as near as we know right now, all animals need to sleep, and humans are no exception. sleep an essential part of our health and survival. we have to do it on a daily bas

mr. dennis collins, to introduce the first panel. mr. collins. >> thank you, dr. price. presenters, when speaking, please push the button on the microphone. light indicates the microphone is on. microphoneg your close and press the button to turn it off when you are done speaking. the first panel covers an introduction and the scope of the problem. our panelists is the director of unit for experimental psychiatry at the university of pennsylvania's pearlman school medicine, and brian teft, at the aaasociate safety.or traffic >> good morning. thank you for inviting me to speak at this important meeting. i'm going to begin by setting the stage for the biological that make drowsiness it so terrifically dangerous when we drive. next slide, please. remind thoseng to listening and looking at these slides are that, as near as we now, all animals need to sleep. and humans are no exception. sleep is an essential part of our health and survival. have to do it on a daily basis and we have to achieve sleepy sleep and we need that is of adequate duration to ensure we don't have andnt

mr. dennis collins to introduce the first panel. mr. collins. >> thank you, dr. price. presenters, when speaking, please push the button on the microphone. a green light indicates the microphone is on. please bring your microphone close and press the button to turn it off when you're done speaking. the first panel covers an introduction and the scope of the problem. our panelists are dr. david, chief of the division of sleep and director of the unit for experimental psychiatry at that time university of pennsylvania's perlman school of medicine and brian teft of the aaa foundation for safety. dr. dinges. >> good morning. thank you for inviting me to speak at this important meeting. i'm going to begin by setting the stage for the biological effects of drowsiness that make it so terrifically dangerous when we drive. next slide, please. the first thing to remind those listening and looking at these slides are that as near as we know right now, all animals need to sleep, and humans are no exception. sleep an essential part of our health and survival. we have to do it on a d