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21-22 Nov 2022 - 6th International Conference: Diabetes Self-Management Alliance

Event Date: 
2022-11-21

The Diabetes Self-Management Alliance is delighted to announce that the 6th International Conference will be held in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on 21- 22 November 2022.  We are delighted to be be able to meet in person for the first time since our successful Stockholm conference in January 2020.

Speakers will include:

  • Dr Ebaa Al-Ozairi, Chief Medical Officer, Dasman Diabetes Institute Kuwait
  • Dr Alistair Lumb, Oxford, Co-chair of Diabetes Technology Network
  • Dr Emma McCracken, Consultant Endocrinologist and Diabetologist, Western Health and Social Care Trust

The theme for the 2022 Conference is 'The Next Generation'  and interactive workshop sessions will include:

  • Listening to the voices of children & young people with diabetes
  • Supporting young people to navigate social media
  • How to do peer support properly
  • Encouraging patient and public involvement
  • Shaping support interventions for younger adults with type 2 diabetes
  • Encouraging conversations about burn-out
  • Pregnancy and diabetes
  • Virtual DAFNE
  • Improving diabetes inpatient care: whose responsibility is it anyway?

PANEL DISCUSSION: 'The right device for the right person at the right time'

The fee to attend will be £110 excluding dinner and £130 including dinner and registration will open in August. 

Registration is now open.  REGISTER HERE and to download the flyer click here