Scientific Program

ATTD is the leading international meeting point where clinicians, diabetes care providers, researchers, industries, investors, reimbursement authorities, and people with diabetes, assemble with the aim to be share knowledge and develop collaborations.

Presentations and discussions will be given by many distinguished professionals in the field and will include topics such as digital clinics, decision support systems/advisors, big data and artificial intelligence based decision support systems, glucose sensors, closed-and open-loop systems, artificial pancreas, devices for diabetic prevention, new insulins and new medications, insulin pumps and many more.

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List of Confirmed Speakers and Topics 

Peter Adolfsson Sweden Time in tight range in type 1 diabetes
Ramzi Ajjan UK Is it easy to use time in range (TIR) for daily management of diabetes?
Shridhara Alva USA Pre-clinical and clinical development of CGM-CKM
Lia Bally Switzerland Physical activity with long and ultra-long-acting basal insulins
Katharine Barnard-Kelly UK ·         Understanding clinical relevance on a PRO
·         Psycho-behavioral barriers to optimal glucose management in women with T1D across the ages
Tadej Battelino Slovenia Time in tight range in type 2 diabetes
Richard Bergenstal USA Use of CGM with people with diabetes type 2 not treated with insulin
Rachel Besser UK Screening of general population – current status around the world
Mithun Bhartia India SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Threats) Analysis of Blood Sugar Monitoring in India
Bruce Bode USA Management of Hyperglycemia in the hospital using closed-loop systems
Andrew Boulton UK New evidence-base therapies for complex diabetic foot wounds
Nataša Bratina Slovenia Avoiding hyperglycemia from diabetes onset
Marc Breton USA Machine learning and big data to identify individuals at risk
Rodica Busui USA SGLT inhibitors in T1D: DKA risk and DKA risk mitigation strategies, especially CGM-CKM, to enable therapy use for heart and kidney health
Eda Cengiz USA Technological gadgets: What is available to girls and women with diabetes
Antonio Ceriello Italy Cardiovascular outcome trials (CVOT): which role for risk factors control?
Manoj Chawla India Diabetes Management in India – Challenges & Tech Solutions
Pratik Choudhary UK Difference between CGM detected and patient reported hypoglycemia
Ali Cinar USA Automated detection of meals and exercise events in people with diabetes
Mark Clements USA ·         Population health management in the digital diabetes era
·         Deep learning to predict diabetes outcome
Patricio Colmegna USA Automated control meets behavior: human-machine co-adaptation of the artificial pancreas
Amy Criego USA Improved data collection: moving CGM reports from the patient directly to the EMR
Tali Cukierman-Yaffe Israel Adverse outcomes of hyperglycemia & hypoglycemia in older people with diabetes- how should the recommended target % TIR be determined?
Thomas Danne Germany What is the clinical relevance of TIR/TAR 70-140 mg/dl for T1D and T2D?
Christophe de Block Belgium Continuous Ketone Monitoring
Bastiaan de Galan The Netherlands Learnings from the HypoRESOLVE
Lois Donovan Canada Psychosocial impact of using closed-loop systems during pregnancy
Klemen Dovc Slovenia Ultra-rapid insulin and anticipatory algorithms
Steven Edelman USA Once weekly insulins in Type 1 diabetes: safety, efficacy and does it address an unmet need?
Mark Evans UK The regulations around driving and diabetes
Chiara Fabris USA Insulin dosing in women with T1D: Is there a need for tailored solutions?
Gregory Forlenza USA Data ownership and use of data aggregators in clinical care
Juan P Frias USA Unimolecular multiagonists (dual and triple) for the management of obesity and cardiorenal risk – An update
Simon Friedman USA Replacing pumps with light controlled insulin delivery
Satish Garg USA The vision of the future us of CGM in type 2 diabetes
Michal Gillon-Keren Israel Mobile application for carbohydrate counting – personalized nutrition
Amit Gupta India Personalized Medicine to Precision Medicine: India Is Changing
Ahmad Haidar USA Closed-loop with adjunct therapies
Lutz Heinemann Germany Diabetes Technology and waste: How to turn greener – for the EU
Simon Heller UK What reduction in hypoglycemia from interventions should be considered clinically meaningful
Irl Hirsch USA ·         Skin and the Insulin Pump: New Findings
·         Update on glycemic targets in the ICU
Korey Hood USA Patient reported outcomes in closed loop studies
Roman Hovorka UK Closing the loop – from cradle to mature age
Peter Jacobs USA ·         Decision support, incorporating explainability and interpretability
·         Closed-loop next generation algorithms, leveraging AI and the smart-home
Laura Jacobsen USA Emerging biomarkers of responses to immunotherapies
Mojca Jensterle Sever Slovenia GLP-1 Analogs for the treatment of Obesity
Partha Kar UK Strategies to tackle the deprivation gap in tech access
David Kerr USA The greening of diabetes care in America
Jothydev Kesavadev India Do It Yourself Artificial Pancreas: the affordable Indian experiences
Boris Kovatchev USA Fully-automated closed-loop control: challenges and potential solutions
Lori Laffel USA ·        Understanding and Overcoming Health Disparities in Use of Diabetes Technologies
·        Addressing opportunities to Improve glycemic control and limit diabetes distress
Maya Laron-Hirsh Israel Complex meal handling with advanced hybrid closed-Loop system
Julia Lawton UK Psychological impact of technology: what is most relevant?
Lalantha Leelarathna UK Use of CGM with people with diabetes type 2 treated with basal insulin only
Alon Liberman Israel Fear of hyperglycemia in parents of children with type 1 diabetes
David Maahs USA ·         ECHO study – Delivering tele-education on diabetes to primary care physicians in rural areas
·         Bridging Disparities in Type 1 Care in the US
Julia Mader Austria Monitoring of diabetic foot disease
Chantal Mathieu Belgium The new face of diabetes
Laurel Messer USA Skin integrity, tips, tricks and hacks for sustained device use
Viswanathan Mohan India Advocacy and adoption of technology and disparities in India
Medha Munshi USA Why healthy aging with diabetes is a challenge? Demographics and special considerations in older age
Helen Murphy UK ·         Automated insulin delivery in type 1 diabetes pregnancy – are we nearly there yet?
·         AID experience in pregnancy in the real world
Revital Nimri Israel Real-World Data on the use of Decision Support systems
Kirsten Nørgaard Denmark Exercise with AID
David O’Neal Australia The use of Hybrid closed systems in older people with diabetes
Rakesh Parikh India Diabetes Technology – The Make in India Story
John Pemberton UK The issues with using CE Mark as a valid proxy for continuous glucose monitoring systems accuracy for people with type 1 diabetes
Sumita Pennathur USA Long term solutions for improving infusion site challenges for insulin pumps
Sarit Polsky USA Do we need pregnancy specific closed-loop algorithms?
Walter Pories USA Bariatric surgery: an update
Frans Pouwer Denmark The impact of hypoglycemia: what do studies using patient reported outcomes tell us
Richard Pratley USA The use of CGM in older people with diabetes
Melissa Putman USA Use of CGM in the Cystic Fibrosis population
Régis Radermecker Belgium AID experience in the real world in Belgium
Robert Ratner USA Outcomes of continuous remote care in pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes
Eric Renard France AID experience in the real world in French Children
Michael Riddell Canada Closing the loop on exercise
David Rodbard USA TIR and other Times in Ranges are better than HbA1c as metrics for quality of glycemic control
Julio Rosenstock USA ·         Challenging Treatment Guidelines: Reversing Type 2 DM from Day One
·         The use of weekly basal insulin analogue BIC in T2D
Andrea Scaramuzza Italy Strategies for mitigating glycemic excursions following unannounced meals with existing technologies
David Scheinker USA Algorithm-enabled RPM for T1D; lessons from the 4T study for a continuously learning health system
Oliver Schnell Germany Cardiovascular outcome trials (CVOTs) in diabetes – A success story that has changed the landscape of diabetes therapy
Matthias Axel Schweitzer Germany Diabetes Technology and waste: How to turn greener – The industry perspective
Jay Skyler USA Stem Cell Approaches to Type 1 Diabetes
Darja Šmigoc Schweiger Slovenia Gender differences in cardiovascular risk markers in young population with type 1 diabetes
Idan Tamir Israel ·         Continuous Lactate Monitoring (CLM) – a new paradigm for monitoring high-risk diabetic patients
·         pre-clinical development of CGM-CKM
Bruno Thuillier Germany Non-invasive Glucose Monitoring: Breath, a realistic option?
Marissa Town USA What matters to the person with diabetes when choosing diabetes technologies
Prash Vas UK Developing a functional multidisciplinary foot service of the future: Integrating team working and technology
Maria Vasiloglou Switzerland What healthcare professionals and end-users need in image-based nutrition apps?
Paul Wadwa USA Challenges in implementing telehealth for diabetes care
Anders Weber Denmark Raman Ni-BGM from conception to real world clinical device; are we there yet?
Stuart Weinzimer USA Postprandial glucose control in advanced hybrid closed-Loop systems
Emma Wilmot UK ·         Helping adults choose a safe and effective CGM in light of new national guidance
·         AID experience in the real world in the United Kingdom
Leah Wilson USA Artificial intelligence and decision support systems
Jamie Wood USA Diabetes technology access in low and middle low-income countries: now or later?
Yariv Yogev Israel Should we suggest weight loss during pregnancy for obese women with diabetes?
Dessi Zaharieva USA ·         Is technology useful for breaking down barriers to exercise in diabetes?
·         Sex differences in the management of exercise in the pediatric and adult population