Event Program

• Event Program

  8:00 AM | Registration, Breakfast & Exhibitor Fair Opens

  8:45 AM – 2:00 PM | Kid’s Korner

  Kid’s Korner provides an opportunity for parents to enjoy the main program presentations while kids enjoy a variety of supervised age-appropriate art activities, exercise and T1D education, in another part of the conference center. Suitable for kids ages 4-12; Pre-registration is required.

  9:00 AM | Welcome and Keynote Presentation

  10:30 AM – 11:30 AM | Breakout Session 1

  Caregivers 101

  Don’t Sweat It! Exercise, Sports and T1D (ADULTS)

  Eating Healthily & Tastefully – Presented by Shop Rite

  Take Action: JDRF Advocacy & Insurance

  T1D Plus Celiac

  Toddlers, Tots & T1D

  Tricks & Tips for Tweens: A Round Table Discussion for Parents

  11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Mid-Summit Break
  Refuel with light refreshments and network with other T1D individuals and their families in the main salon. This networking opportunity will include a T1D Chat for Spanish Speaking Families & Individuals.

  12:45 AM – 1:45 PM | Breakout Session 2

  Don’t Sweat It! Exercise, Sports and T1D for the Student Athlete

  Eating Healthily & Tastefully with JDRF’s Favorite Grandmother

  Insulin Tech Management

  Take Charge of T1D at School

  Teen Talk: For Teens Only

  Where do your Fundraising Dollars Go?

• Workshop Descriptions - Session #1

  Caregivers 101

  Shelia Dennehy, RN, MSN, CDE Manager, Pediatric Diabetes Program, NYU Winthrop will provide caregiver training on the basics of managing T1D. This workshop is designed for extended family, babysitters, daycare providers, coaches, school teachers/school nurses and more. Invite anyone who wants to learn more about managing a loved one’s T1D while in their care.

  Don’t Sweat It! Exercise, Sports and T1D for Adults

  We know exercising when you have T1D can be difficult. JDRF has teamed up with local expert, Lauren Bongiorno, 20 years of living with T1D and many years of coaching others, to offer information on how you can succeed at all levels of exercise and sports while managing T1D.

  Eating Healthily & Tastefully – Presented by ShopRite

  Try something NEW-tritious with ShopRite’s in-store retail dietitians. Join the team of wellness experts for a cooking demonstration that will help make eating well, easier than ever. Make healthier happen now with ShopRite!

  Take Action: JDRF Advocacy & Insurance

  JDRF is about more than just research! Join us to learn more about JDRF’s Advocacy Agenda, navigating healthcare and health insurance, and how to use your voice to help improve the quality of life for all those affected by T1D—until we find a cure.

  T1D Plus Celiac

  Are you living with both Celiac disease and T1D? Join us for a discussion with Kimberly Philbin, RD, CDN, who will help you live well on your gluten-free journey!

  Toddlers, Tots & T1D

  Dr. Jennifer Osipoff, Peds-Endocrinology of Stony Brook Children’s Hospital will discuss the unique challenges of managing T1D in toddlers. Don’t miss this opportunity to have your questions answered by a healthcare expert and hear directly from parents who have been through it!

  Tricks & Tips for Tweens: A Round Table Discussion for Parents

  Parents will learn how T1D interacts with the ever-evolving tween. Marjorie Sugarman, LCSW-R, BCD, DCSW, will review common issues she sees with this age group and offer tips on how best to handle it.

• Workshop Descriptions - Session #2

  Don’t Sweat It! Exercise, Sports and T1D for the Student Athlete

  We know exercising when you have T1D can be difficult. JDRF has teamed up with local expert, Lauren Bongiorno, Diabetic Health Coach and Division 1 college athlete, to offer information on how you can succeed at all levels of exercise and sports while managing T1D.

  Eating Healthily & Tastefully with JDRF’s Favorite Grandmother

  Join JDRF’s favorite grandmother and Practice Dietitian of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology at Cohen Children’s Medical Center, Kimberly Philbin, RD, CDN, for fun, facts and food! This cooking demonstration – with a step by step recipe and nutritional facts – is sure to become a T1D household favorite.

  Insulin Tech Management

  As you know, living with T1D requires perpetual insulin delivery. Thankfully, T1D tech is getting smarter all the time, helping you manage the disease more easily and with better control. Join Sharon M. Blasi RN, MS, CDE, Certified Pump Trainer, for an overview of the latest information on insulin technology, followed by a brief round table discussion with representatives of insulin delivery system companies.

  Take Charge of T1D at School

  Daniel O. Phelan, Esq., founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of the Type 1 Action Foundation, will share the essentials of a Section 504 Plan. Topics covered will include what your rights are as a parent, what the school’s rights are, navigating extracurricular activities and how to work together to create a positive learning environment for your child.

  Teen Talk: For Teens Only

  Let’s dish about T1D; real life, real stories. We all know, being a teenager can be complicated, and T1D doesn’t make it any easier. Teens are invited to join Marjorie Sugarman, LCSW-R, BCD, DCSW, leading board-certified psychotherapist, in a causal and relaxed atmosphere to discuss hard-hitting topics, challenges and triumphs of navigating T1D as a teen.

  Where do your Fundraising Dollars Go?

  Hear from Frank Martin, Associate Director of Research who is putting your fundraising dollars to work and is an integral part of making funding decision for the Beta Cell Regeneration and Survival Program at JDRF.  Be part of this candid discussion, ask your questions, get your answer and get motivated to educate your donors on how they are making a cure closer than ever before!

Keynote Speakers

Kerri Sparling

Keynote Speaker

Writer and Author, Type 1 Since 1986

Bio

Kerri Sparling

Keynote Speaker

Writer and Author, Type 1 Since 1986

Kerri is a passionate advocate for all-things diabetes. She is the creator and author of Six Until Me, one of the first and most widely-read diabetes patient blogs, reaching a global audience of patients and caregivers. Her first book, Balancing Diabetes (Spry Publishing), looks at type 1 diabetes in the context of “real life.” Kerri has lived with diabetes for 30 years. She has experienced a full childhood, the teen years, the college experience, and now pregnancy and parenting, with diabetes along for the ride. Kerri aims to spread a message of hope versus fear through the power of social media, advocacy, and storytelling.

Kerri’s participation is part of Tandem Diabetes Care’s Live Life in Full Color speaker series.

Tandem Diabetes Care Contact:

Blair Ryan

858-255-6388

bryan@tandemdiabetes.com

 

Media Contact:

Steve Sabicer

714-907-6264

ssabicer@thesabicergroup.com

 

Francis J. Martin, Ph.D.

Scientist in JDRF’s Discovery Research Program

Associate Director, Research

Bio

Francis J. Martin, Ph.D.

Scientist in JDRF’s Discovery Research Program

Associate Director, Research

Francis J. Martin, Ph.D., is an associate director of research and lead of the Beta Cell Regeneration and Survival Program at JDRF. He is responsible for all aspects of the regeneration portfolio, including identifying agents that promote beta cell survival and/or proliferation, determining therapies for preclinical and clinical research, and implementing and managing industry partnerships for type 1 diabetes (T1D). He also functions as a contributing scientist to the Prevention, Complications and Immunotherapies programs, in addition to his role in beta cell regeneration. Dr. Martin has used his unique background in drug discovery, cell biology and immunology to help the JDRF mission.

Prior to joining JDRF, Dr. Martin worked in the ophthalmology department of the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (NIBR), where he designed proof-of-concept clinical trials for autoimmune and inflammatory eye diseases. He was previously a presidential postdoctoral fellow in the developmental and molecular pathways unit of NIBR, where he identified and validated novel regulators of immune cell function.

Dr. Martin was granted his doctorate with high honors from the department of pharmacology at Columbia University, where he investigated immune responses to respiratory infections and focused in particular on the role of gap junctions in these processes.

Venue

Hilton Long Island

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