Type 1 Diabetes Early Detection Summit 2026 15th to 16th June 2026 at the Edgbaston Park Hotel University of Birmingham

Pre-Summit - Sunday 14th June 2026

Time
Session/Presenter/Topic
19:00 - 20:30

Welcome Reception - Composers Suite, Edgbaston Park Hotel


Day 1 - Monday 15th June 2026

Time
Session/Presenter/Topic
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)

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)

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)

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

or

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

or

d) Setting up a FDR screening programme in secondary care - Mo Elnaggar, Morecombe Bay

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


Day 2 - Tuesday 16th June 2026

Time
Session/Presenter/Topic
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)

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

endorser logo ACDC
endorser logo Diabetes Wellness Foundation
endorser logo ABCD
"Diabetes UK logo"

As part of the organisation of this conference, the University of Birmingham is collecting income via registration fees and sponsorships on behalf of the Type 1 Diabetes Early Detection Summit 2026 organising committee.

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