Conference Venue

This year’s conference is being held at Woodland Grange Conference Centre, Leamington Spa

Dates

Thursday 26th October, finishing with a Farewell Lunch on Sunday 29th October 2023

Who can attend

• Children with Type 1 diabetes and their families/friends
• Adults (aged 18+) with Type 1 diabetes and their partners/spouses and families
• Parents, Grandparents, Caregivers
• Medical Professionals

Registration Line

The Registration Line will open on Saturday 1st April 2023 at 8 am for First Timers only (including

First Timers who attended the Virtual Conferences in 2020 & 21). It will remain open until 11 am on

Saturday 8th April. Thereafter, the Line will close for an hour and then reopen at 12 noon for all

bookings. Everyone attending the Conference MUST register, it is not just our T1 heroes who require to do so.

The link to register:- https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/diabetes-together-conference-2023-tickets-

491495445107

Registration fees & what they include

£95 pp aged 6 and above: £45 pp aged 3-5 years: FOC for ages 0-2 years

• Conference t-shirt per person
• Conference Programme (one per family)
• Youth Groups Resources
• Focus Groups on Thursday afternoon hosted by our Platinum Sponsors
• Thursday Evening Adult session with Brian Kennon, our Medical Advisor, and Sponsors, on Updates in Technology 7.30 pm
• Thursday Evening Youth Group Icebreakers (ages 4-17 years) 7.30 pm
• Finger Buffet Reception thereafter in Exhibition Hall 8.30 pm
• All sessions Friday-Sunday, including a full programme for T1 Young Adults/Adults (18+) & their partners/spouses
• Full Youth Programme for Childcare, Reception, Elementary, Tweens and Teens Friday-Sunday (Teens offsite on Saturday for activities)
• Dinner Thursday, Friday & Saturday
• All snacks between sessions Friday, Saturday & Sunday morning
• Lunch Friday, Saturday & “Farewell Lunch” Sunday
• Friday Night Movie Night, early viewing for younger children and families, later viewing for teens and adults
• Family Party on Saturday night

Registration fees are for the Conference only: hotel accommodation is NOT included.

Registration Fee Refunds

Available until 14th September 2023. Please note that there is a cancellation fee of £15 per person. T-1 Today UK® is not only subsidising each registration fee, but also covering the booking fee per registered place

Conference Daily Plan

Thursday 26th October

• Conference Registration Desk open 10 am - 7 pm
• Focus Groups hosted by our Platinum Sponsors during the afternoon
• Exhibition Hall open 2.30- 6.30 pm
• “Welcome” session (18+) chaired by Brian Kennon, our Medical Advisor with the Sponsors on “Updates in Technology” 7.30 pm
• Youth Icebreakers, aged 4-17 years 7.30 pm
• Reception in the Exhibition Hall to meet our Sponsors, Faculty and Staff 8.30-10.00 pm

Friday 27th & Saturday 28th October

• Conference Registration Desk open 9 am – 5 pm
• Exhibition Hall open
• 4 Sessions each day for all delegates (18+). First session on Friday morning is the Opening Keynote, thereafter 3 breakout rooms, including full programme for Adults/Young Adults (18+) with diabetes and their partners/spouses
• Full Youth Programme (0-17 years)
• Movie Night (Friday)
• Teen Offsite Activity Trip (Saturday)
• Family Party (Saturday)

Sunday 29th October

• Conference Registration Desk open 9.30 am
• Exhibition Hall open until 11.30 am
• 2 sessions for all delegates (18+), including Closing Keynote, ending at 12.30 pm
• Full Youth Programme ending 12.30 pm
• Farewell Lunch 12.30-2.30 pm

Youth Groups

• Children must be registered as their actual age as at 26th October 2023 and cannot be moved up or down to be with other family members or friends: each group’s programme is age specific
• Childcare 0-3 years (under the leadership of Alex Stroud)
• Reception 4-5 years (under the leadership of Mike Brown & Nikki Hawtin)
• Elementary 6-9 years (under the leadership of Laura Braid & Bex Sutherland)
• Tweens 10-12 years (under the leadership of Martyn and Chelsea Carr)
• Teens 13-17 years (under the leadership of Jude Kennon)

Everyone attending the Conference MUST register, it is not just our T1 heroes who require to do so. Under 18’s MUST be accompanied by an adult.

Faculty (to date)

• Simran Bal, T1, League of Diabetes
• Douglas Cairns, T1, pilot
• Dr Mark Davies, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Belfast City Hospital
• Emma Gibb, Dietetic Clinical Team Lead – Diabetes, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow
• Dr James Greening, Paediatric Endocrinologist, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
• Professor Brian Kennon, Consultant in Diabetes & Endocrinology, National Lead for Diabetes, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow
• Scott Kyllo & David Sutherland, Type 1 Dads
• Christine Lynch, DSN, New Victoria Hospital, Glasgow
• Danni Quinn, Advocate of T1 Rights of Children in Education, & Emma Strack-Smith, Type 1 Mums
• Victoria Rixon, Midwife, University Hospitals Plymouth
• Professor Tim Tree, T1, Senior Lecturer at Kings College School Of Medicine (Opening Keynote)
• Jack Trigger, T1, Solo Ocean Racer (Closing Keynote)

Sponsors to date

Platinum - Dexcom and Insulet

Gold – Abbott, Medtronic (with Lenny), and Tandem

Exhibitors to date

Deapp

JDRF (with Rufus)

Accommodation on B&B basis

Early Bird Booking (until 31st July 2023)

• Single Occupancy (18+) - £90.00 pn
• Double Occupancy (18+) - £110.00 pn
• Child Supplement (2-4 years) - £10.00 pn
• Child Supplement (5-17 years) - £20.00 pn

Conference Rate Booking (from 1st August 2023)

• Single Occupancy (18+) - £110.00 pn
• Double Occupancy (18+) - £130.00 pn
• Child Supplement (2-4 years) - £10.00 pn
• Child Supplement (5-17 years) - £20.00 pn

Dependent on the ages of children within families of 4 and 5, two rooms may be required. Families of 6

will require two rooms. In this instance the hotel will allocate, where possible, rooms next door to each

other. However, this will depend on availability at time of booking. Where 2 rooms are required the cost

per room will be half the cost of one room. Unless the children are teens, there must be a parent per

room. The hotel will advise you if you require 2 rooms, however Z beds can be added to a room for an

additional £35.00 (per stay, not per night).

A family of 4 with children aged 8 and 10 – 1 x double occupancy @ £110.00 and 2 x child supplements

@ £40.00 = £150.00 pn (Early Bird) or £170.00 pn (Conference rate) - each room will cost £75.00 pn

or £85.00 pn respectively

A family of 5 with children aged 5 and over – 1 x double occupancy + 3 x child supplements = £170.00

pn (Early Bird) or £190.00 pn (Conference Rate), each room will cost £75.00 pn or £80.00 pn

respectively

A family of 6 with children aged 5 and over – 1 x double occupancy + 4 x child supplements = £190.00

pn (Early Bird) or £210.00 pn (Conference Rate), each room will cost £80.00 pn or £105.00 pn

respectively

Please note, the hotel does not have cots. Where possible please take your own.

Hotel Reservations

Please call the hotel on 01926 310 507 and quote 189318. The hotel reservation line will open on

Monday 5th April. Please do not attempt to book accommodation prior to then. The reservation line

will be manned between 9am- 4pm Monday-Friday, thereafter calls will be directed to a voicemail

service and the hotel will call you back.

• Accommodation to be paid in full on booking
• Full refund if accommodation cancelled up to 48 hours prior to commencement of Conference. Please notify the hotel in writing/verbally to cancel the reservations. Prepayment will be refunded to the same payment method when booked
• Anything charged to your room to be settled on departure