Our group had a very fruitful participation at the Winter Symposium “Sleep Cognition and Consciousness” (9–12 Feb.) in Werfenweng, Austria, organized by the Lab for Sleep & Consciousness Research (PLU Salzburg). Our contributions included Key Notes by Dr Christine Blume and Prof. Dr Christian Cajochen, Data Blitz presentations by Fatemeh Fazlali and Marine Dourte, as well as scientific posters presented by Ann-Sophie Loock and Rafael Lazar.