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The JDRF CRN Symposium 2023 Program

Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th July 2023

Swissôtel Sydney, 68 Market Street, SYDNEY, NSW 2000

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Monday 24th July

7:00 - 8:00	REGISTRATION OPEN
8.00 - 8.30	WELCOME AND OPENING • JDRF acknowledgement of country and welcome • The Hon Mark Butler, Minister for Health and Aged Care • Young T1D research advocates • Dr. Dorota Pawlak: Overview of Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Research Network (T1DCRN)
8:30 - 9:10	PLENARY Prof. Mark Atkinson - Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) state of science in 2023
9:10 - 10:35	PROGRESS TOWARDS EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND PRIMARY PREVENTION - Then and now Moderator: Dr Megan Penno KEYNOTE SPEAKERS • Patient voice • Prof Marian Rewers • Prof Jenny Couper RAPID FIRE presentations • Prof John Wentworth - An overview of the Type1Screen program since its inception in 2019 • Dr Kirstine Bell - Paving the way towards a national screening program for type 1 diabetes all Australian children • A/Prof Emma Hamilton-Williams - Targeting the gut microbiota to prevent type 1 diabetes • Dr Ki Wook Kim – Viral aetiology of Type 1 diabetes
10.40 - 11.00	MORNING TEA AND NETWORKING BREAK
11:00 - 12:30	PANEL DISCUSSION - PRIMARY PREVENTION IN T1D, COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS Moderator: Dr Kirstine Bell EXPERT PANEL – TBC RECAP OF MORNING SESSION Highlights, learnings, barriers and where to next in early diagnosis and prevention Presenter: A/Prof Emma Hamilton-Williams
12:30 - 13:00	LUNCH AND NETWORKING BREAK
13:00 - 15:00	INTERCEPTING AND DELAYING THE COURSE OF T1D DEVELOPMENT Disease Modifying Therapies Moderator: Stuart Mannering KEYNOTE SPEAKERS • Patient voice • Prof Colin Dayan • Prof Tom Kay HOT TOPIC PRESENTATIONS • Prof Ranjeny Thomas – New therapies/learnings from other autoimmune diseases • Dr Irina Buckle – RAGE targeted therapies for T1D prevention • Prof Helen Thomas – Jak inhibitors/ target validation/BANDIT • Dr Andrew Sutherland - Contemporary immunology of T1D: exploring new frontiers and opportunities
15:00 - 15:30	AFTERNOON TEA
15:30 - 17:00	PANEL DISCUSSION - INTERCEPTING AND DELAYING THE COURSE OF T1D DEVELOPMENT Moderator: Prof Josephine Forbes EXPERT PANEL TBC RECAP OF AFTERNOON SESSION Highlights, learnings, barriers and new directions in intercepting and delaying the course of T1D development Presenter: A/Prof Tony Hunyh
17:00 - 19:00	WELCOME & NETWORKING FUNCTION (including Symposium Cocktail function and Awards) Presented by the JDRF Australia Research Committee

Please note this is a preliminary program and will be updated regularly.

Tuesday 25th July

7:45 - 8:40	MEETING THE EXPERTS AND FUNDING PARTNERS - Early career researcher’s breakfast Morning welcome
8:40 - 10:45	BETA CELL REPLACEMENT AND REGENERATION Moderator: Dr Aveni Haynes KEYNOTE SPEAKERS • Patient voice • Prof Mark Atkinson - Lessons from nPOD and the Human Islet Network • Prof Natasha Rogers • Prof. Shane Grey PECHAKUCHA STYLE PRESENTATIONS • Dr Jacqui Schiesser – Stem cells • Prof Peter Thorn - How to improve beta cell function within an implant • Prof Sam El-Ostra - EZH2 Inhibition influences pancreatic progenitor capacity • Prof Anand Hardikar - Markers of beta cell decline • Ms Jacqueline Scaffidi - CAR-Tregs as a therapy for autoimmune-driven T1D
10:45 - 11:00	MORNING TEA AND NETWORKING BREAK
11:00 - 12:30	PANEL DISCUSSION - BETA CELL REPLACEMENT AND REGENERATION PANEL DISCUSSION Moderator: Prof Toby Coates EXPERT PANEL TBC RECAP OF MORNING SESSION Highlights, learnings, barriers and future directions in beta cell replacement and regeneration Presenter: Prof Natasha Rogers
12:30 - 13:00	LUNCH AND NETWORKING BREAK
13:00 - 15:00	TECHNOLOGIES, ADJUNCT THERAPIES, ADOPTION AND POLICY Moderator: Dr Mary Abraham KEYNOTE SPEAKERS • Patient voice • Prof Jeffrey Braithwaite – Implementation, adoption and policy in the health system of 2030 • Prof Mark Cooper AO • A/Prof Sybil McAuley - Advanced Technologies • Prof Tim Jones – Equity of access • Prof Louise Maple-Brown – Challenges of T1D care/disadvantaged and remote populations • Prof Josh Byrnes - Applied Health Economics
15:00 - 15:15	AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKING BREAK
15:15 - 16:55	PANEL DISCUSSION - EMBEDDING NEW THERAPIES AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES ACROSS T1D PATIENTS OF ALL AGES Moderator: Prof Elif Ekinci EMBEDDING NEW THERAPIES AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES ACROSS T1D PATIENTS OF ALL AGES – PANEL DISCUSSION • Screening • Replacement therapies • Repurposed drugs • Adjunct therapies • Advanced technologies EXPERT PANEL – TBC RECAP of all themes Highlights, learnings, barriers and where to next in implementation of outcomes in T1D – advanced technologies, adjunct therapies, adoption, and policy Presenter: Prof Liz Davis
16:55 – 17:00	CLOSING Dr Dorota Pawlak

Please note this is a preliminary program and will be updated regularly.