SPONSOR REGISTRATION - Diabetes & Technology -Sheffield - May 13th 2023

Sheffield Diabetes UK Group talks with people about diabetes all the time! We know there's a desire for more knowledge and understanding about the use and benefit of tech in managing diabetes.

We all want to know how it can help, what it does, what difference it can make, who might benefit and what's NHS policy? Those of us who use tech want to know more about different sorts, about choices, and how to get the best from it, as well as how we can integrate different tech and data to help us stay well and reduce daily burdens and longer term risks.

We want to join in the conversation! We want to understand what we hear! We want the chance to weigh up the value and the drawbacks!

Sheffield Diabetes UK Group is inviting you, as friends, experts and developers, to join us and tell us more about diabetes tech; discuss it with those of us who know very little and others who want to build on our knowledge.

More detail below

We're looking for tech companies and experts who will:

• join us on May 13th in Sheffield

• bring samples and information

• be happy to chat 1:1 with attendees and explain what you offer

• explain the pros and cons of your product/s

• discuss eligibility criteria

Ideally, you will:

o contribute to the costs of the event **

o offer a raffle prize/s

o help with publicity

o be encouraging!

o stay in touch after the event!

**Financial sponsors will have opportunities to:

• contribute product infomation to delegates' conference packs
• have their logos on different publicity
• opportunity/ies to make a five (5) minute address to the attendees
• acknowledgement as official sponsor s
• opportunity/ies to display your company signage in the room.
• Display/s publicity banner/s in prominent position/s
• company name and logo will appear on our eventbrite booking site
• promotional paragraph/s of various word lengths in our News Brief/s
• use of our event logo if we develop one
• We will offer sponsors the opportunity to provide conference bags for each attendee
• MORE INFO BELOW

Draft programme:

10am Welcome – safety/drinks/food etc. Aims of day, who it’s for, what do you want from it?

10.10 Intro to tech; its role, policy, how tech can help; who it can help; the different types and the role of information and data in looking after ourselves and in allowing HCPs to appreciate our real lives

10.25 – 10.35 A family talking about the impact of tech in their family

10.35 DIGIBETE – for children, families, people +T2

10.50 – 11.20 First level Flash and CGMs – intro from tech companies

11.20 – 11.45 Discussion – tech people/doctor/T2person

11.45 – 12.00 Coffee and touring the displays/speaking with tech experts

12.00 – 12.10 The role of CGMs; policy around them inc pregnancy/hypo unawareness etc

12.10 – 12.45 Different manufacturers etc

12.45 – 1.00 Insulin pumps – what’s their value/goal/use/why

Aims of treatment with a pump

1.00 – 1.45pm Lunch and stand viewing/chatting

(the afternoon session/s may be held concurrently)

1.45 - 2.15 Different pump manufacturers presentations

2.15 – 2.45 Intro to pumping; for people with no or little pump experience.

Experiences with pumps

2.45 - 3.00 Closed loop systems, history of and results of NHS research

3.00-3.45 Looping in general – presentation and discussion

3.45 Closing, feedback, raffle draw

Sheffield Diabetes UK Group is a locally organised group run by volunteers. We offer support, encouragement, and information to anyone in our area - and often wider afield. We are part of Diabetes UK, and we fundraise to run the group and to contribute to research grants, the national helpline and so on.

We produce a monthly News Brief, hold informative and interesting monthly meetings, offer understanding, and help to people with diabetes at diagnosis and lifelong, have a website, and offer talks and information to other groups and services.

We have accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Eventbrite and YouTube.

We can be contacted at:

• DiabetesUK.Sheffield@gmail.com

• www.SheffieldDiabetesUK.group

• by text: --0742---938---5554--

Our registered charity number is: 215199