Schedule

• General Schedule

  8:30 a.m. Check In

  9:00 a.m. Key Note with Gary Scheiner, CDES

  10:00 a.m. Breakout Session 1

  11:00 a.m. Breakout Session 2

  12:00 p.m. Youth Programming Pick Up & Vendor Fair

  1:00 p.m. Events Ends

• Breakout Sessions

  During the event you will have the ability to attend 2 out of the 4 Breakout Sessions presented. Below is a description of these sessions:

  T1D & Tech: Featuring the latest & greatest in T1D tech

  Early Detection and Clinical Trials: Clinical Trials are screening are essential to shaping the future of T1D. Understand how your active participation in clinical trials and screening can contribute to advancements in the field.

  Mental Health Focus: with a focus on support parents caring for T1D’s and T1D’s themselves

  Aging with T1D: Focus on the lifecycle of someone with T1D and sharing more about important needs at all life milestones

  • Breakout 1: for ages 0-21
  • Breakout 2: for ages 21+
• Youth Programing

  We are excited to host a Youth/Teen program as part of our Breakthrough T1D Community Summit this year.

  Parents, we are focused on offering a safe and secure environment and will need your help with a few things.

  • You must register your child for the Youth/Teen program using one of the following ticket types

  *YOUTH TICKET for children grades kindergarten through 7th grade.

  * TEEN TICKET for children 8th through 12th grade

  • Parents are not permitted to leave the Breakthrough T1D Community Summit premises without their child(ren).
  • Please review both the photo release and liability waiver
  • Parents/Guardians will be contacted by text or call if your child needs help with their T1D management during the program.

Keynote Speaker

Gary Scheiner, MS, CDCES

Key Note Speaker

Bio

Gary Scheiner, MS, CDCES

Key Note Speaker

An award-winning Certified Diabetes Educator, Masters-level Exercise Physiologist and person with type-1 diabetes since 1985, Gary Scheiner has dedicated his professional life to improving the lives of people with insulin-dependent diabetes. He was named 2014 Diabetes Educator of the year by the American Association of Diabetes Educators.

 

Gary earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis and a Master of Science in Exercise Physiology from Benedictine University. He received his diabetes training with the world-renowned Joslin Diabetes Center. Gary serves on the faculty of Children With Diabetes and is an active volunteer for the American Diabetes Association, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Diabetes Sisters and Setebaid Diabetes Camps. He also serves on the clinical advisory boards for several diabetes device manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies.

Venue

Rowan University - Chamberlain Student Center

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