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2015 Diabetes Technology Meeting Agenda

PMCID: PMC4773983  PMID: 28264167

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Workshop A: Business Opportunities in Diabetes Technology

Panel 1: Investing in Diabetes Technology

08:00 Moderators

   James Scott, JD   Paul Radensky, MD, JD

   Applied Policy, Alexandria, Virginia   McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Washington, DC

08:05 21st Century Technology and Early 20th Century Reimbursement

   Bruce Quinn, MD, PhD

   FaegreBD Consulting, Washington, DC

08:20 What a Venture Capitalist Looks For?

   John Ryan, MBA

   ONSET Ventures, Menlo Park, California

08:35 Investment Opportunities

   Karen Drexler

   Hygieia, Los Altos, California

08:50 What a Large Corporate Partner Looks For?

   James Petisce, PhD

   BD Diabetes Care, Andover, Massachusetts

09:05 Q & A

09:30 Break

Panel 2: Reimbursement

09:55 Moderators

   Bruce Quinn, MD, PhD   John Ryan, MBA

   FaegreBD Consulting, Washington, DC   ONSET Ventures, Menlo Park, California

10:00 Competitive Bidding for Insulin Pumps: Medicare’s National Expansion of Flawed Payment Rates

   James Scott, JD

   Applied Policy, Alexandria, Virginia

10:15 Healthcare Insurance Reimbursement for Continuous Glucose Monitoring: Getting it Right!

   Mary Ann Hodorowicz, RD, LDN, MBA, CDE, Certified Endocrinology Coder

   Mary Ann Hodorowicz Consulting, LLC, Palos Heights, Illinois

10:30 Reimbursement Update

   Paul Radensky, MD, JD

   McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Washington, DC

10:45 Coding, Coverage, and Reimbursement for CGM

   Meredith Dyer

   The Endocrine Society, Washington, DC

11:00 Q & A

11:25 End of workshop/Lunch

Workshop B: New Treatment Paradigms

Panel 1: Do It Yourself

08:00 Moderators

   Alicia Warnock, MD   Yogish Kudva, MD

   Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland   Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

08:05 Patient-Powered: How Technology is Changing the “Patient” Paradigm

   Patricia Salber, MD, MBA

   Health Tech Hatch & The Doctor Weighs In, Larkspur, California

08:20 Regulatory Aspects

   Courtney Lias, PhD

   U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland

08:35 N-of-1 Studies for Novel Technology

   Richard Kravitz, MD, MSPH

   University California Davis, Sacramento, California

08:50 Patient Perspective on DIY Artificial Pancreas

   Bryan Mazlish

   Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc., Milpitas, California

09:05 Q & A

09:30 Break

Panel 2: Big Data and Precision Medicine for Diabetes

09:55 Moderators

   Guillermo Arreaza-Rubin, MD

   National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases | NIH, Bethesda, Maryland

10:00 Mobile Technologies to Collect Data for Precision Medicine for Diabetes

   William Riley, PhD

   National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

10:15 Diabetes Care Desperately Needs Precision Medicine

   Rodney Hayward, MD

   University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

10:30 Diabetes Data Analytics using Electronic Health Records and Patient Social Media

   Hsinchun Chen, PhD

   University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

10:45 Precision Medicine Driven by Big Data, Genomics and Personalized Digital Health Tracking: Overpromised Hype or Impending New Era for Health, Wellness and Preventive Medicine?

   Robert Cuddihy, MD

   Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Raritan, New Jersey

11:00 Q & A

11:25 End of workshop/Lunch

Workshop C: Glucose Measurement Errors and Insulin Dosing Errors

Panel 1: Metrics of BGM & CGM Accuracy

12:25 Moderators

   George Cembrowski, MD, PhD   Joan Lee Parkes, PhD

   Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada   Joan Lee Parkes Consulting Inc., Bristol, Indiana

12:30 Accuracy and Precision of Blood Glucose Meters and Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGM)

   David Rodbard, MD

   Biomedical Informatics Consultants LLC, Potomac, Maryland

12:45 Does MARD Convey the Real Measurement Performance of a CGM Device?

   Luigi Del Re, PhD

   Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria

13:00 Metrics of BGM & CGM Accuracy and Their Limitations

   Rolf Hinzmann, MD, PhD

   Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Mannheim, Germany

13:15 Metrics of Accuracy

   Marc Breton, PhD

   University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

13:30 Q & A

13:55 Break

Panel 2: How to Avoid Insulin Dosing Errors

14:20 Moderator

   Patricia Beaston, MD, PhD

   U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland

14:25 Reference Systems to Improve the Accuracy of Testing in Diabetes Management

   Hubert Vesper, PhD

   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

14:40 Variability of Insulin Absorption

   Tim Heise, MD

   Profil GmbH, Neuss, Germany

14:55 Dark Side of Insulin Therapy: Insulin Dosing Errors and Unexpected Insulin Absorption

   Eda Cengiz, MD, MHS

   Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

15:10 Substances that Interfere with BG Testing

   Barry Ginsberg, MD, PhD

   Diabetes Technology Consultants, Wyckoff, New Jersey

15:25 Q & A

15:50 End of workshop

16:00–18:30 Poster session and inauguration of the 2015 Diabetes Technology Meeting

18:30–20:00 Posters remain on display for viewing

Workshop D: A Reassessment of Markers of Glycemia

Panel 1: New Developments in Hemoglobin A1C

12:25 Moderator

   David Sacks, MD

   National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

12:30 Modeling HbA1c to Explore Relationship of HbA1c and the Blood Glucose Concentration

   Piotr Ładyżyński, PhD, DSc

   Biocybernetic Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

12:45 Estimated A1C

   Boris Kovatchev, PhD

   University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

13:00 Mismatches Between HbA1c and Blood Glucose - Mechanisms

   Robert Cohen, MD

   University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

13:15 What is the Value of Home A1C Testing?

   James Anderson Jr., MD, FFPM, FACE

   PTS Diagnostics, Indianapolis, Indiana

13:30 Q & A

13:55 Break

Panel 2: Novel Markers

14:20 Moderators

   David Sacks, MD   Alicia Warnock, MD

   National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland   Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland

14:25 A Multi-Dimensional Combined Endpoint for Understanding Glycemic Control

   Robert Vigersky, MD

   Medtronic Diabetes, Washington, DC

14:40 Detection of Hypoglycemia using EEG

   Lykke Blaabjerg, MSc, PhD

   Hypo-Safe A/S, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

14:55 Combining Data Obtained by Heart Rate Variability and Continuous Glucose Monitoring Enables Prediction and Improves Detection of Hypoglycemic Events

   Jesper Fleischer, PhD

   Aarhaus University Hospital and Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

15:10 Service Dogs for Detecting Hypoglycemia

   Jaclyn Shepard, PsyD

   University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia

15:25 Q & A

15:50 End of workshop

16:00–18:30 Poster session and inauguration of the 2015 Diabetes Technology Meeting

18:30–20:00 Posters remain on display for viewing

Friday, October 23, 2015

07:00 Continental Breakfast

Session 1: Welcome & Keynote Presentation

08:00 Welcome/Opening Remarks

   David Klonoff, MD, FACP, FRCP (Edin), Fellow AIMBE

   Mills-Peninsula Health Services, San Mateo, California

   University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California

08:05 Keynote Speech: Cybersecurity

   Daniel Prieto

   The White House, Washington, DC

Session 2: DTSec (DTS Cybersecurity Standard for Connected Diabetes Devices project)

08:25 Moderator

   David Klonoff, MD, FACP, FRCP (Edin), Fellow AIMBE

   Mills-Peninsula Health Services, San Mateo, California

   University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California

08:30 Identifying and Addressing Potential Cybersecurity Legal Liability Risks for the Diabetes Device Community

   Bryan Cunningham

   Cunningham Levy LLP, Los Angeles, California

08:45 Panel Discussion

   Seth Carmody, PhD Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland

   Bryan Cunningham

   Cunningham Levy LLP, Los Angeles, California

   Barry Ginsberg, MD, PhD

   Diabetes Technology Consultants, Wyckoff, New Jersey

   David Kleidermacher

   BlackBerry Limited, Santa Barbara, California

   Jeffery Reynolds, PhD

   Bayer Diabetes Care, Tarrytown, New York

   Margie Zuk

   The MITRE Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts

09:45 Q & A

10:10 End of session/Break

Session 3: How Good Does CGM Need to be for a Primary Indication to Replace SMBG?

10:35 Moderators

   Courtney Lias, PhD

   U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland

   Andrea Facchinetti, PhD

   University of Padova, Padova, Italy

10:45 Diabetes Technology Society Leadership Award

10:50 Regulatory Considerations for Non-Adjunctive CGM Indications

   Alain Silk, PhD

   U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland

11:05 CGM Technology: Is It Ready to Replace Traditional Blood Glucose Monitoring?

   Grazia Aleppo, MD, FACE, FACP

   Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois

11:20 How Good Does CGM Need to be for a Primary Indication to Replace SMBG?

   Marc Breton, PhD

   University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

11:35 Non-Adjunctive Use of CGM: Future Directions

   Jessica Castle, MD

   Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon

11:50 Q & A

12:10 – 13:10 End of session/Lunch

Scientific Sessions Clinical Sessions
Scientific 4: Best Approach to Type 1 Diabetes: Biological or Bioengineered? Clinical 4: Debate: Is There a Role for Blinded CGM in Addition to Real Time CGM?
13:10 Moderators
   Gerold Grodsky, PhD
   University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
   John Pickup, MD, PhD
   King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
13:10 Moderator
   Stuart Weinzimer, MD
   Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
13:15 Biological Approach
   Matthias Hebrok, PhD
   University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
13:15 Overview of CGM
   Stuart Weinzimer, MD
   Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
13:30 Bioengineered Approach
   Roman Hovorka, PhD
   University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
13:35 No
   Steve Edelman, MD
   University of California San Diego, San Diego, California
13:45 Panel Discussion
   Speakers and Moderators
13:55 Yes
   Ian Blumer, MD, FRCPC
   University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
14:05 Q & A 14:15 Rebuttals
 14:25 Q & A
14:30 Break 14:40 Break
Scientific Sessions Clinical Sessions
Scientific 5: Artificial Pancreas: What is Needed? Clinical 5: Developments in Insulin Pump Therapy
14:55 Moderators
   Jeffrey Joseph, DO
   Thomas Jefferson University
   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
   Geoff Chase, PhD
   University of Cantebury
   Christchurch, New Zealand
15:05 Moderator
   Eda Cengiz, MD, MHS
   Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
15:00 Artificial Pancreas Award 15:10 How to Use Insulin Pumps
   John Pickup, MD, PhD
   King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
15:05 Need for Better Algorithms
   Claudio Cobelli, PhD
   University of Padova, Padova, Italy
15:35 A Practical Approach to Insulin Pump Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes
   Juan Pablo Frias, MD, FACE
   National Research Institute, Los Angeles, California
15:20 Artificial Pancreas: Need for Better CGMS
   Garry Steil, PhD
   Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
16:05 Which Treatment Will Dominate: New Insulin or Insulin Pumps?
   Stuart Weinzimer, MD
   Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
15:35 Artificial Pancreas: Need for Glucagon
   Ahmad Haidar, PhD
   McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
16:30 Q & A
15:50 Need for Commercializing Actual Products
   Moshe Phillip, MD
   Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, Tel-Aviv, Israel
16:40 Adjourn
16:45–19:15   Poster session
19:15–20:45   Posters remain on display for viewing
16:05 The Challenges of Using Model-Based Control for the Artificial Pancreas
   Eyal Dassau, PhD
   Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
16:20 Q & A
 16:45 Adjourn
16:45–19:15 Poster session
19:15–20:45 Posters remain on display for viewing

Saturday, October 24, 2015

Scientific Sessions Clinical Sessions
07:00 Continental Breakfast 07:00 Continental Breakfast
Scientific 6: Novel Insulins Clinical 6: Nutrition & the Microbiome
08:00 Moderator
   Dorian Liepmann, PhD
   University of California Berkeley
   Berkeley, California
08:00 Moderator
   Frank Greenway, MD
   Louisiana State University
   Baton Rouge, Louisiana
08:05 Synthetic Glucose-Responsive Insulin
   Matthew Webber, PhD
   Massachusetts Institute of Technology
   Cambridge, Massachusetts
08:05 The Diabetes Breakthrough for Successful Weight Loss
   Osama Hamdy, MD, PhD
   Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, Massachusetts
08:20 Dance 501, a New Novel Inhaled Insulin Delivery System
   John Patton, PhD
   Dance Biopharm, San Francisco, California
08:35 Altering the Microbiome to Treat Diabetes
   Frank Greenway, MD
   Louisiana State University
   Baton Rouge, Louisiana
08:35 Biosimilar Insulin, Reflection or Mirage?
   Alan Carter, PharmD
   MRIGlobal, Kansas City, Missouri
09:05 Meal Timing: Can It Protect Against Diabesity?
   Amir Zarrinpar, MD, PhD
   University of California San Diego
   San Diego, California
08:50 Stability of Insulin and Global Warming
   Andreas Pfützner, MD, PhD
   Pfützner Science & Health Institute
   Frankfurt, Germany
09:35 Q & A
09:45 End of session/Break
09:05 Timing of Meal Insulin and Its Relation to Diabetes Outcomes
   Karishma Datye, MD
   Monroe Carrell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tennessee
09:20 Q & A
09:45 End of session/Break
Scientific Sessions Clinical Sessions
Scientific 7: Importance of Hypoglycemia as an Endpoint in Clinical Trials Clinical 7: The Social Media Phenomenon
10:10 Moderator
   David Price, MD
   Dexcom, San Diego, California
   Rebecca Gottlieb, PhD
   Medtronic Diabetes, Northridge, California
10:10 Moderator
   Patricia Salber, MD, MBA
   Health Tech Hatch & The Doctor Weighs In, Larkspur, California
10:15 Diabetes Technology Society (DTS) Student Research Award 10:15 In Defense of Your Patients: How to Identify and Prevent Online Bullying (aka – Dia-Bullying)
   Kevin McMahon, B.Sc.
   MediSelf Press, Sausalito, California
10:20 Presentation by DTS Student Research Award Winner 10:40 The Reluctant Tweet(er)
   Pratik Choudhary, MD, MbbD, MRCP
   King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
10:35 Panel Discussion
   Timothy Dunn, PhD
   Abbott Diabetes Care, Alameda, California
   Alexander Fleming, MD
   Kinexum, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
   Campbell Hutton, MSPH
   JDRF, New York, New York
   Boris Kovatchev, PhD
   University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
   John Pickup, MD, PhD
   King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
11:05 Social Media for Physicians
   Patricia Salber, MD, MBA
   Health Tech Hatch & The Doctor Weighs In, Larkspur, California
11:45 End of session/Lunch 11:30 Q & A
11:45 End of session/Lunch
Scientific Sessions Clinical Sessions
Scientific 8: Mobile Apps Clinical 8: What’s Next in Diabetic Limb Salvage and Prevention
12:45 Moderators
   Richard Williams, MD
   National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington, DC
   Judith Fradkin, MD
   National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
12:45 Moderator
   Stephen Twigg, MBBS(Hons-1), PhD, FRACP
   University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
12:50 Mobile Apps in Diabetes: Quantity vs. Quality
   Ellie Strock, ANP-BC, CDE
   Voluntis, Inc., Plymouth, Minnesota
12:50 Gait Balls of Fire: Dosing Activity Like We Dose a Drug
   Bijan Najafi, PhD
   University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
13:05 Linking CGM Data with an Electronic Health Record
   Rajiv Kumar, MD Stanford University, Stanford, California
13:15 New Treatments for Diabetic Foot Disease Using Technology
   Stephen Twigg, MBBS(Hons-1), PhD, FRACP
   University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
13:20 Regulation of Mobile Apps
   Bakul Patel, MBA, MSc
   U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland
13:40 How to Treat Pain Due to Diabetic Neuropathy: Facts and Controversies
   Rodica Pop-Busui, MD, PhD
   University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
13:35 Q & A 14:05 Q & A
14:00 End of session/Break 14:30 End of session/Break
Scientific Sessions Clinical Sessions
Scientific 9: New Developments in CGM Clinical 9: SMBG & Bolus Calculators
14:25 Moderator
   Stayce Beck, MD
   Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland
14:55 Moderator
   Pratik Choudhary, MD, MbbD, MRCP
   King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
14:30 CGM Systems
   Rebecca Gottlieb, PhD
   Medtronic Diabetes, Northridge, California
15:00 Benefits and Limitations of SMBG – The Implications and Assessment of Device Accuracy
   Timothy Bailey, MD, FACE, CPI
   AMCR Institute, Escondido, California
14:42 Dexcom G5® Mobile: CGM on Your Smartphone
   Apurv Kamath, MS
   Dexcom, Inc., San Diego, California
15:25 Benefits and Limitations of SMBG
   Maurice J. O’Kane, MD
   Altnagelvin, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
14:54 New Developments in Professional Sensor Glucose Monitoring
   Scott Harper, BS
   Abbott Diabetes Care, Alameda, California
15:50 Getting the Most Out of Blood Glucose Monitors
   Kathleen Dungan, MD, MPH
   The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
15:06 Time Delay of CGM Sensors: Causes and Countermeasures
   Guenther Schmelzeisen-Rekeker, PhD
   Roche Diabetes Care GmbH, Mannheim, Germany
16:15 Q & A
15:18 BREAK 16:40 End Session
15:30 Accuracy and Longevity of an Implantable Continuous Glucose Sensor in the Precise Study: A Prospective Multi-Center Pivotal Trial
   Jort Kropff, MD
   Academic Medical Centre at the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
15:42 A Novel CGM Sensing Technology
   Shinjiro Sekimoto, MS Arkray Inc., Kyoto, Japan
15:54 Application of a Second-Generation Long Term Implantable Continuous Glucose Monitoring System in Human Subjects
   Joseph Lucisano, PhD
   GlySens Inc., San Diego, California
16:06 Q & A
16:35 End Session
Scientific & Clinical 10: Live Demonstrations
16:40 Moderator
   John Pickup, MD, PhD
   King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
16:45 The mySugr Ecosystem – Consistent All-Round Care Viamobile Tools, Education, Motivation and Coaching
   Fredrik Debong
   mySugr GmbH, Vienna, Austria
16:55 Meeting Summary
17:00 Adjourn Meeting

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