Pre-Summit - Sunday 14th June 2026
Time | Session/Presenter/Topic |
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19:00 - 20:30 |
Welcome Reception - Composers Suite, Edgbaston Park Hotel
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Day 1 - Monday 15th June 2026
Time | Session/Presenter/Topic |
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08:00 - 09:00 | Registration and Refreshments - Lloyd Suite |
09:00 - 09:10 | Welcome |
09:10 - 11:00 |
The Morning Session: Screening Chairs: Renuka Dias & Elizabeth Robinson, DUK The Australian Experience - Kirsty Bell, Sydney (09:10 - 9:40)
ELSA - Lauren Quinn, Birmingham (09:40 - 10:10)
T1DRA - Georgina Mortimer, Bristol (10:10 - 10:40)
The Welsh experience - Julia Platts, Wales (10:40 - 11:00)
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11:00 - 11:30 | REFRESHMENT BREAK |
11:30 - 13:00 |
NHSE Session: The rollout begins... Chairs: Mark Atkin & Parth Narendran
Plans for UK Rollout - Fulya Mehta, Liverpool (11:30 - 12:00)
Ab testing - Kathleen Gillespie, Bristol (12:00 - 12:15)
Communication and Engagement - Hilary Nathan, Breakthrough T1D (12:15 - 12:30)
Panel Discussion with all speakers (12:30 - 13:00)
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13:00 - 14:00 | LUNCH |
14:00 - 15:30 |
The Afternoon Session: Clinical Monitoring of those identified at risk Chairs: Dora Papanikolau & Kirsty Bell Managing the psychological impact of an early T1D diagnosis - Korey Hood, Stanford (14:00 - 14:30)
BSPED Monitoring guidelines and clinical champions - Rachel Besser, Oxford (14:30 - 15:00)
Diagnosing and monitoring early T1D in adults - Nick Thomas and Erin Templeman, Exeter (15:00 - 15:30)
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15:30 - 16:00 | REFRESHMENT BREAK |
16:00 - 17:30 |
Parallel Workshops in Breakout Rooms - Split into two groups and rotate - everyone will do both workshops
a) Follow of early T1D - case histories - Paeds: Renuka Dias, Ruben Willemsen and Kimber Simmons
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b) Setting up a FDR screening Programme in secondary care - Mo Elnaggar, Morecombe Bay
Then
c) Follow of early T1D - case histories - Adults: Nick Thomas and Kathryn Owen
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d) Setting up a FDR screening programme in secondary care - Mo Elnaggar, Morecombe Bay
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19:00 - 22:30 |
Conference Dinner - Fry Suite (Edgbaston Park Hotel)
Host: Colin Dayan After dinner speaker: Lucienne Chatenoud, Paris After dinner entertainment: Ryan and Friends, Birmingham
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Day 2 - Tuesday 16th June 2026
Time | Session/Presenter/Topic |
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09:00 - 11:00 |
Changing the T1D experience Chairs: Korey Hood The UK BSPED/ABCD guidelines – Renuka Dias, Birmingham & Neil Wright, Sheffield (09:00 - 09:30)
The US Experience - Kimber Simmons, Denver (09:30 - 10:00)
UK experiences - patient and family perspective - Dora Papanikolau, Birmingham & Parth Narendran, Birmingham (10:00 - 11:00)
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11:00 -11:30 | REFRESHMENT BREAK |
11:30 - 13:00 |
The Future Chair: Colin Dayan Replacing beta cells without immunosuppression - Per-Ola Carlsson, Upsalla (11.30 - 11.55) Novel approaches to protecting beta cells - Anath Shalev, Alabama (11.55 - 12.20) Regrowing beta cells - James Cantley, Dundee (12.20 - 12.45)
Panel discussion with all speakers (12.45 - 13.00) |
13:00 - 14:00 | LUNCH |
14:00 - 16:00 |
How can we move more quickly: updates and challenges… Chairs: Partha Kar PCDS – Naresh Kanumani (14:00 - 14:15) BSPED – James Yong, Leeds (14:15 - 14:30) The Children’s Network – Renuka Dias, Birmingham (14:30 - 14:45) ABCD – Parth Narendran, Birmingham (14:45 - 15:00) An International View - Esther Latres, Breakthrough T1D (15:00 - 15:15) All Party Parliamentary Group - Tom Gordon MP (15:15 - 15:30)
Panel discussion with all speakers (15:30 - 16:00) |
16:00 | Summit Close |
16:15 | Departures, hot drinks and snacks available |




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