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. 2020 Mar 2;14(2):350–360. doi: 10.1177/1932296819897651

2019 Diabetes Technology Meeting Agenda

PMCID: PMC7196871

DTM 2019

19TH ANNUAL DIABETES TECHNOLOGY MEETING AGENDA

DIABETES TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY

Thursday, November 14, 2019

Workshop A: Continuous Glucose Monitoring

Location: Grand Ballroom Salon D

Panel 1: Technical

 8:00 Moderators

  Naomi Schwartz, MS

  United States Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland

  Koji Sode, PhD

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

 8:05 Technology to Improve Performance

  Peter Simpson, MS

  Dexcom, San Diego, California

 8:20 Technology to Improve Performance

  Robert Mucic, PhD

  Medtronic Diabetes, Northridge, California

 8:35 Technology to Improve Performance

  Yanan Zhang, PhD

  Zhejiang POCTech Co., Ltd., Huzhou, China

 8:50 A Novel Implanted Osmotic Glucose Sensor

  Andreas Pfützner, MD, PhD

  Pfützner Science and Health Institute, Mainz, Germany

 9:05 Technology to Improve Performance

  Alex Ghesquiere, BS

  Senseonics, Germantown, Maryland

 9:20 Q & A

 9:35 Break

Panel 2: Interstitial Fluid

 9:55 Moderators

  Jeff Labelle, PhD

  Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona

  Dorian Liepmann, PhD

  University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California

 10:00 Interstitial Fluid Physiology

  Sanjiv Sharma, PhD

  Swansea University, Wales, United Kingdom

 10:15 Limitations of Current Transdermal CGM Devices from a Tissue Perspective

  Ulrike Klueh, PhD

  Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

 10:30 Sampling Interstitial Fluid from Skin Using a Microneedle Patch

  Mark Prausnitz, PhD

  Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

 10:45 Harvesting and Assaying ISF Using Microneedles

  Philip Mach, PhD, MRSC

  US Army, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

 11:00 Q & A

 11:30 End of Workshop/Lunch

Workshop B: Diabetic Complications: Success and Failure

Location: White Flint Amphitheater

Panel 1: Success with Foot Ulcers

 8:00 Moderators

  Robert Burk, MD

  Albert Einstein College of Medicine,Bronx, New York

  Jerry Sydorak,MD

  Campus Sugery Center,Burlingame, California

 8:05 NIH Programs for Diabetes Foot Wound Technology

  Teresa Jones, PhD

  NationaI Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

 8:20 Will Smart Technologies Make Our Treatment Smarter? The Promise and Barriers of Digital Health to Manage Diabetic Foot Complications

  Bijan Najafi,PhD

  Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

 8:35 Smart Shoes and DFU Prevention

  Josh White

  Sensoria Inc.,Redmond, Washington

 8:50 Smart Mat Platform and Prevention of DFU

  Jon Bloom, MD

  Podimetrics, Cambridge,Massachusetts

 9:05 Q&A

 9:35 Break

Panel 2:Overcoming Barriers

 9:55 Moderators

  Stacey Anderson, MD, CDTC

  University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

  Ilias Spanakis,MD

  University of Maryland, Baltimore,Maryland

 10:00 Hypoglycemia Alarms

  Bruce Buckingham, MD

  Stanford University, Palo Alto, California

 10:15 Insulin Pump Occlusions

  Guido Freckmann, MD

  Institute for Diabetes Technology GmBH, Ulm, Germany

 10:30 Modeling CGM or AP Failure

  Eyal Dassau, PhD

  Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

 10:45 local Temperature Control of Insulin Absorption

  Gabriel Bitton,PhD,MS

  lnsuline Medical Ltd,Petah Tikva,Israel

 11:00 Q&A

 11:30 End of Workshop/Lunch

Workshop C: Digital Health

Location: Grand Ballroom Salon D

Panel l:Insulin Dosing

 12:30 Moderators

  Rosemarie Oshinsky, RN, CDE

  Sibley Memorial Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland

  Kayo Waki, MD, PhD, MPH University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

 12:35 Potential Benefits of Smart Insulin Pens

  David Kerr, MD

  Sansum Diabetes Research Institute, Santa Barbara, California

 12:55 Insulin Pen Technology

  Anders Toft, MD, PhD, eMBA

  Novo Nordisk, Copenhagen,Denmark

 13:15 Mobile Apps for Insulin Dosing

  Jessica Castle, MD

  Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon

 13:35 Insulin Dosing Metrics

  Jennal Johnson,FNP, MS

  Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, Indiana

 13:55 Q&A

 14:05 Break

Panel 2:Lifestyle

 14:25 Moderators

  David Kerr, MD

  Sansum Diabetes Research Institute, Santa Barbara, California

  Andrzej Kropwnicki, MA

  Alfa Communications, Warsaw, Poland

 14:30 Person-Centered Diabetes Technology: Why We Have to Do Better

  Korey Hood, PhD

  Stanford University, Palo Alto, California

 14:45 Using Digital Health to Increase Adherence

  Maureen Monaghan, PhD, CDE

  Children's National Hospital, Washington,DC

 15:00 The Benefits of Integrated Care

  Chris Boulton, BSc

  Sanofi, Bridgewater, New Jersey

 15:15 Cybersecurity of Medical Devices

  Aiman Abdei-Malek,PhD

  ThirdwayV Inc., Irvine, California

 15:30 Q&A

 16:00 End of Workshop

 16:30 Poster Session Night One,Startup Showcase,and Inauguration of the 19th Annual Diabetes Technology Meeting

 18:30 Posters Remain on Display for Viewing

Workshop D: Blood Glucose Monitoring: What Is Its Future?

Location: White Flint Amphitheater

Panell:Glucose Data

 12:30 Moderators

  Mark Arnold, PhD

  University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

  Anant Nigam, MD, FRCP

  Nigam Diabetes Center,Jaipur,India

 12:35 Strategies to Enhance the Value of Glucose Data: Integrating- Sharing- Expanding Access

  Rolf Hinzmann, MD, PhD

  Roche Diagnostics, Mannheim, Germany

 12:50 The Need for a Standard for Color-Coded Blood Glucose Values

  Larry Katz,PhD

  LifeScan, Wayne,Pennsylvania

 13:05 Glycemic Variability Metrics: Comparison of SMBG and CGM

  David Rodbard,MD

  Biomedical Informatics Consultants LLC,Potomac,Maryland

 13:20 Glucose Meter Adverse Events

  Jan Krouwer, PhD

  Krouwer Consulting, Sherborn,Massachusetts

 13:35 Q&A

 14:05 Break

Panel 2:The Future

 14:25 Moderators Kong Chen, PhD NIDDK/NIH,Bethesda,Maryland

  Robert Gabbay, MD, PhD

  Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, Massachusetts

 14:30 Debate: Does SMBG Have a Future?

  Nick Argento,MD, FACE

  Maryland Endocrine and Diabetes, Columbia, Maryland

  Timothy Bailey, MD, FACE, FACP, CPI

  AMCR Institute, Escondido, California

 15:20 New Technology for BGM

  Andreas Pfützner, MD, PhD

  Pfützner Science and Health Institute, Mainz, Germany

 15:35 What Do We Want from the Future?

  John Pickup,MA, BM, DPhil, DSc,FRCPath

  King's College London, London, United Kingdom

 15:50 Importance of Cybersecurity for BGMs

  Robert Hurtz,MS

  Ascensia Diabetes Care, Tarrytown, New York

 16:05 Q&A

 16:25 End of Workshop

 16:30 Poster Session Night One,Startup Showcase,and Inauguration of the 19th Annual Diabetes Technology Meeting

 18:30 Posters Remain on Display for Viewing

 7:00 Continental Breakfast

Session 1: Biosensing and Diabetes Data Science

 8:00 Welcome/Opening Remarks

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

  Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, San Mateo, California

  UCSF, San Francisco, California

 8:05 KEYNOTE:Research Opportunities for Diabetes Using Bioengineered Tools

  Bruce Tromberg,PhD

  Director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering,Bethesda,Maryland

 8:30 Moderators

  Wayne Bequette, PhD

  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,Troy, New York

  Robert Gabbay,MD,PhD

  Joslin Diabetes Center,Boston,Massachusetts

 8:35 Optimizing Glycemic Outcomes Through New Biosensors,Machine Learning,and Adaptive Control

  Peter Jacobs,PhD

  Oregon Health and Science University,Portland, Oregon

 8:50 Accelerating Product Innovation via Simulation

  Stephen Patek,PhD

  Dexcom, Charlottesville, Virginia

 9:05 Using Big Data for Diabetes Technology Research

  Ashutosh Sabharwal, PhD

  Rice University, Houston, Texas

 9:20 Q&A

 9:40 Break

Session 2: Regulation of Diabetes Technology

 10:05 Moderators

  Zan Fleming,MD

  Kinexum, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

  Alberto Gutierrez, PhD

  NDA Partners, LLC, Bethesda,Maryland

 10:10 MAUDE Database

  Alain Silk,PhD

  United States Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland

 10:20 Real World Evidence for Clinical Trials

  Yiduo Wu, PhD

  United States Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland

 10:30 Interoperable Devices- iCGM and ACE Designation

  Joshua Balsam, PhD

  United States Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland

 10:40 Cybersecurity

  Naomi Schwartz, MS

  United States Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland

 10:50 SaMD/Precertification Program

  Bakul Patel, MSEE,MBA

  United States Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland

 11:00 Navigating the FDA Process

  Yarmela Pavlovic, JD

  Hogan Lovells, San Francisco, California

 11:10 Q&A

 11:35 End of Session/Lunch

 Session 3: CGM Data Analysis

 12:35 DTS Leadership Award

 12:40 Moderators Will

  Cefalu, MD

  NIDDK/NIH, Bethesda, Maryland

  John Melish,MD

  University of Hawaii,Kailua, Hawaii

 12:45 Time in Range:A Critical Appraisal

  Lutz Heinemann, PhD

  Science & Co.,Dusseldorf,Germany

 13:00 The Importance of Time-In-Range in Assessing Glycemic Control

  Richard Bergenstal, MD

  International Diabetes Center, Minneapolis,Minnesota

 13:15 CGM Data Structure and Analysis of Time-In-Range and Other Metrics of Glycemic Control

  Boris Kovatchev, PhD

  University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

 13:30 FDA Perspective on CGM-Based Biomarkers

  Courtney Lias, PhD

  United States Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland

 13:40 Q&A

Session 4: Artificial Pancreas

 13:45 Moderators

  Guillermo Arreaza-Rubin, MD

  NIDDK/NIH, Bethesda, Maryland

  Jeffrey Joseph, DO

  Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 13:50 Artificial Pancreas Award

 13:55 An Overview of Recent Studies

  Boris Kovatchev, PhD

  University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

 14:05 Project Nightlight

  Sue Brown,MD

  University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

 14:15 CamAPS FX- Taking Forward the Cambridge Artificial Pancreas Experience

  Roman Hovorka, PhD

  University of Cambridge, Cambridge,United Kingdom

 14:25 Advances in Closed loop Therapies

  Patrick Weydt,MBA

  Medtronic Diabetes, Northridge, California

 14:35 Closed loop Without a Meal Announcement

  Ali Cinar, PhD

  Illinois Institute ofTechnology, Chicago,Illinois

 14:45 Did We Get What We Ordered? Insulin,Infusion lines,Modeling,and Control

  Geoff Chase, PhD

  University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

 14:55 Q&A

 15:10 End of Session/Break

Session 5: How to Increase Use of CGM

 15:35 Moderators

  Sammy Choi,MD

  Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

  Ronnie Goodstein,PhD

  Georgetown University, Washington,District of Columbia

 15:40 How to Increase Use of CGM

  Roy Beck,MD, PhD

  JAEB Center for Health Research,Tampa,Florida

  Bruce Buckingham, MD

  Stanford University, Palo Alto, California

  Francine Kaufman,MD

  Senseonics, Germantown, Maryland

  David Price, MD

  Dexcom, San Diego, California

  Andreas Stuhr, MD,MBA

  Ascensia Diabetes Care, Parsippany, New Jersey

  Robert Vigersky,MD

  Medtronic Diabetes, Washington,District of Columbia

 16:15 Q&A

 16:25 End of Session

 16:30 Poster Session Night Two and Startup Showcase

 18:30 Posters Remain on Display for Viewing

 7:00 Continental Breakfast

Session 6: Novellnsulins

 8:00 Moderators

  Gerold Grodsky,PhD

  UCSF, San Francisco, California

  Nestoras Mathioudakis, MD

  Johns Hopkins University,Baltimore, Maryland

 8:05 Welcome/Recap of First Day and Presentation of Student Award

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

  Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, San Mateo, California

  UCSF, San Francisco, California

 8:10 Gold Prize Student Presentation: A Comparison of Macronutrient and Energy Content Estimates by goFOODTM vs Dietitians: A Preliminary Analysis

  Maria Vasiloglou, MSc

  University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

 8:25 Novel Glucagon Formulations

  Jessica Castle, MD

  Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon

 8:45 Future lnsulins:Gazing into a Crystal Ball

  Tim Heise,MD

  Profil, Neuss,Germany

 9:05 An Ultra-Stable Single Chain Insulin Analog

  Michael Weiss, MD

  Case Western University, Cleveland, Ohio

 9:25 Hepatic Directed Insulin Doug Muchmore,MD Diasome, Cleveland, Ohio

 9:45 Q&A

 10:05 Break

Session 7: Novel Insulin Delivery Technology

 10:25 Moderators

  Andrew Bremer, MD,PhD

  NICHD/NIH, Bethesda, Maryland

  Julia Mader,MD, PhD

  Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

 10:30 Technologies for Improved Insulin Delivery Are Necessary, but Are They Sufficient?

  David Harlan, MD

  University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts

 10:45 Smart Insulin

  Sanjoy Dutta, PhD

  JDRF, New York, New York

 11:00 An Insulin Pill That Delivers: Micro-Injections in the Gut

  Alex Abramson, PhD

  Stanford University, Palo Alto, California

 11:15 Inhaled Insulin

  David Kendall,MD

  MannKind Corporation, Thousand Oaks, California

 11:30 Critical Factors for Insulin Delivery:Towards an Understanding of Uptake Variability

  Ron Pettis, PhD

  BD, Research Triangle Park, New Jersey

 11:45 Q&A

 12:00 End of Session/lunch

Session 8: Disposal of Waste from Diabetes Products

 13:00 Moderators

  Hubert Vesper, PhD

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

  Alicia Warnock,MD

  Stability Health, Worcester,Massachusetts

 13:05 Waste and Diabetes Technology: A Call for Action

  lutz Heinemann, PhD

  Science & Co.,Dusseldorf,Germany

 13:20 Global Burden of Diabetes -from an Environmental Perspective

  Ed Krisiunas,MPH

  WNWN International, Burlington, Connecticut

 13:35 Challenges for a Manufacturer to Reduce Waste Production

  Tobias Stumpe, BS

  Convatec, Copenhagen, Denmark

 13:50 Q&A

Session 9: Hot Topics

 14:05 Moderators

  Thanh Hoang, DO

  Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda,Maryland

  Victor Schneider, MD

  NASA Headquarters, Washington,District of Columbia

 14:10 Environmental Causes of Diabetes

  Sultan Ayoub Meo,MD, PhD, FRCP

  King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 14:25 Hypoglycemia Reduction as an End Point for Trials of Diabetes Products

  Alexander Fleming, MD

  Kinexum Services LLC, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

 14:40 A New Mathematical Link Between AlC and Blood Glucose

  Yongjin Xu, PhD

  Abbott Diabetes Care, Alameda, California

 14:55 Q&A

 15:10 Break

Session 10: Do It Yourself

 15:35 Moderators

  Carol Levy, MD, CDE

  lcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York

  John Pickup,MA, BM, DPhil, DSc,FRCPath

  King's College London, London, United Kingdom

 15:40 Factors Affecting Support of DIY Systems in Routine Clinical Care

  Katharine Barnard,PhD

  Bournemouth University, Hampshire,United Kingdom

 15:55 The Bleeding Edge: Open Source Algorithms, Research, and What's Next

  Dana Lewis,BA

  OpenAPS, Seattle, Washington

 16:10 Q&A

Session 11: Live Demonstrations

 16:20 Moderator

  John Pickup,MA, BM, DPhil, DSc,FRCPath

  King's College London, London, United Kingdom

 16:25 Glooko-The Standard for Diabetes Data Management

  Dave Conn,BA

  Glooko,Inc.,Mountain View, California

  Mark Clements, MD,PhD Glooko,Inc.,Mountain View, California

 16:40 Duodenal Mucosa Resurfacing for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

  Juan Carlos Lopez-Talavera, MD, PhD

  Fractyl Laboratories, Inc., Lexington, Massachusetts

 17:00 Adjourn


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