Breakthrough T1D Community Summit – Northern CA

August 23, 2025, San Ramon, CA
8:00 am – 1:30 pm (Pacific Time)

Our Community Summit is now a free event, but please feel free to donate!

About

Breakthrough T1D’s Community Summit brings together the type 1 diabetes (T1D) community for a day of education, inspiration and connection. Learn from medical experts at a variety of breakout sessions, hear motivational messages from T1D champions, stay up-to-date on the latest technology and treatment options and meet others in the T1D community. Attend our Vendor Fair and hear about the latest in T1D research, support, and technology. Breakfast, light snacks, and lunch will be provided. We will be hosting a Teen Track for teens in grades 9th – 12th. We will be partnering with DYF to host a Youth Camp for children grades K – 8th. There will be a fee for Youth Camp and space is limited, so please make sure to register in advance. We will have translators available for those more comfortable speaking in Spanish. Si está interesado en registrarse, comuníquese con Jennifer Pliner at JPliner@Breakthrought1d.org

We are grateful to our national industry partners for making the Breakthrough T1D Community Summit possible at our chapter. If you want to learn more about our partners, please visit our vendor exhibition.

If you are interested in volunteering for the event, please reach out to Jennifer Pliner at JPliner@BreakthroughT1D.org

The Roundhouse Market & Conference Center

Please search for Bishop Parking Lot San Ramon in Apple/Google Maps to be directed to the correct address. All parking at the Roundhouse is free. The lot closest to the entrance fills up fast. We recommend parking in the overflow lot which is the first right after turning off Camino San Ramon and onto the driveway to the Roundhouse. If you’ve already circled the roundabout in front of the entrance to the Roundhouse, continue back down the driveway to the main road and turn left into the overflow lot. If you park in the overflow lot, the path to the Roundhouse will be in the Southwest corner of the lot. It is a couple minute walk, so please make sure to allot for time to park.

2600 Camino Ramon

San Ramon, CA 94583

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Schedule

8:00 – 9:00 am Check in and Vendor Fair

8:40 – 8:55 am Youth & Teen Program Check in

9:00 – 10:00 am Keynote Presentation

Accelerating Breakthroughs: Delay, Prevention, and Cell Therapies for Type 1 Diabetes – Dr. Anastasia Albanese-O’Neill

10:00 – 10:15 am Break and Vendor Fair

10:15 – 11:15 am Breakout Session #1

Advancing to a Cure Track: Panel discussion on Advances in Cell Therapy to Cure T1D with Northern California Center of Excellence, Sana & Minutia
Parent/Caregiver Track: Let them Eat Cake? – JoAnne Robb
More Than Insulin: Better Blood Sugar & Happier Lives with T1D – Dr. Marina Basina & Kim Fisher

11:15 – 11:30 am Break and Vendor Fair

11:30 – 12:30 pm Breakout Session #2

Advancing to a Cure Track: Panel discussion on Advances in Cell Therapy to Cure T1D with Northern California Center of Excellence, Sana & Minutia
Adult Track: Exercising Diabetes Resilience: Physical and Mental Strategies to Combat Diabetes Burnout – Dr. Roy Collins
New and Emerging Technologies in T1D – Dr. Anastasia Albanese-O’Neill

12:30 Youth & Teen Programming pick up

12:30 – 1:00 pm Vendor Fair

12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch & Learn – How to Engage with Breakthrough T1D

9:00 – 10:00 am Keynote Presentation

“Adulting” with Diabetes – Dr. Roy Collins

10:00 – 10:15 am Break

10:15 – 11:15 am Breakout Session #1

Ready, Set, Go – College – Dr. Tariq Ahmad

11:15 – 11:30 am Break

11:30 – 12:30 pm Breakout Session #2

Panel discussion with college students and young adults living with T1D

12:30 pm Parent Pickup

Clinical Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, UCSF Children's Hospital Oakland

Dr. Tariq Ahmad

Presenting: Teen Track "Ready, Set, Go - College"

Ph.D., APRN, CDCES, and Vice President of Medical Affairs, Breakthrough T1D

Dr. Anastasia Albanese-O’Neill

Presenting: Community Summit Keynote "Accelerating Breakthroughs: Delay, Prevention, and Cell Therapies for Type 1 Diabetes" & "New and Emerging Technologies in T1D"

Clinical Professor, Medicine - Endocrinology, Gerontology, & Metabolism at Stanford University School of Medicine, Breakthrough T1D Northern CA Board Member

Dr. Marina Basina

Co-Presenting: Community Summit "Beyond Insulin: What Else Can be Added to Make T1D More Manageable?"

Board Certified Psychiatrist & Attending Sports Psychiatrist at the Stanford University School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Dr. Roy Collins

Presenting: Teen Track Keynote - "'Adulting' with Diabetes" & Community Summit - "Exercising Diabetes Resilience: Physical and Mental Strategies to Combat Diabetes Burnout"

Co-founder and the CEO of Minutia

Katy Digovich

Presenting: Community Summit - "Advancing to a Cure Track: Panel discussion on Advances in Cell Therapy to Cure T1D"

Chair of Research, Breakthrough T1D Northern CA Board of Directors, Director of Programs at UC Davis Innovation Institute for Food Health

Kim Fisher

Co-Presenting: Community Summit "Beyond Insulin: What Else Can be Added to Make T1D More Manageable?"

KM Mulberry Professor, Professor of Developmental Biology, and Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) and, by courtesy, Pediatrics (Endocrinology) at Stanford

Dr. Seung Kim

Presenting: Community Summit - "Advancing to a Cure Track: Panel discussion on Advances in Cell Therapy to Cure T1D"

Psychotherapist and T1D Coach

JoAnne Robb

Presenting: Community Summit "Let them Eat Cake?"

Professor at the Cedars Sinai Medical Center (in the Departments of Surgery and Regenerative Medicine) and a Scientific Founder and SVP (Head of the Hypoimmune Platform) of Sana Biotechnology, Inc.

Dr. Sonja Schrepfer

Presenting: Community Summit - "Advancing to a Cure Track: Panel discussion on Advances in Cell Therapy to Cure T1D"

Breakthrough T1D Community Summit – Northern CA

About

The Roundhouse Market & Conference Center

Schedule

Dr. Tariq Ahmad

Dr. Anastasia Albanese-O’Neill

Dr. Marina Basina

Dr. Roy Collins

Katy Digovich

Kim Fisher

Dr. Seung Kim

JoAnne Robb

Dr. Sonja Schrepfer

We'd like to thank our Community Partners - DYF & Bishop Ranch

Community Partners