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I have always said that San Diego is a great place to be if you’re a diabetic, and now some incredibly generous and organized local San Diegans are setting about to prove me right! That’s probably a very me-centric way of looking at things, but how could this not be about me? Seventeen of the top names in diabetes research and care are speaking in San Diego on October 15th at TEDxDelMar.<\/p>\n

But, really, me aside, it’s going to be great– Jeff Bluestone, Steve Edelman, Bill Polonsky, and Bruce Buckingham, all in one room? I am so there. And I am writing today to say you should be, too.<\/p>\n

But wait, you protest, what are you talking about, and what is TEDxDelMar? A valid question; let me start at the beginning. TED is the Technology Entertainment and Design conference that has been held annually since 1990 with the goal of bringing people together to hear “ideas worth spreading.” Speakers give eighteen minute talks on topics ranging from new technologies to music to social movements to neuroscience, and, since 2006, these brief, engaging pieces have been posted online at www.ted.com<\/a>, for all the world to see and spread. (If you’ve never seen a TED presentation, I suggest you take eighteen minutes and go watch one right now<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

So, TED is great. The only problem is that tickets to the actual conference cost $6,000, and it’s only once a year. There are more ideas worth spreading and worth hearing in person than that, so TEDx was established. TEDx is an extension of TED through which communities and organizations can hold, record, and broadcast conferences that, like the main TED, engage people in conversations about ideas worth spreading.<\/p>\n

Each TEDx is licensed for a location– TEDxSydney<\/a>, TEDxUSC<\/a>\u00a0, and so on. Thus, in 2010, the first TEDxDelMar was organized in Del Mar, the photogenic beach city in North San Diego. Speakers included V.S. Ramachandran from the UCSD Brain Center and economist David Ellerman, and proceeds went to benefit a local beach safety center.<\/p>\n

Now it’s 2011, and high time for another TEDx. But, lucky for me, one of the organizers of TEDxDelMar, Liz Eddy, is also a friend of the UCSD Pediatric Diabetes Research Center<\/a> (PDRC), and involved in the type 1 diabetes community. She, along with other members of the leadership council of the PDRC, conceived of a TEDx for type 1 diabetes– publicizing and explaining the research of scientists at the PDRC and elsewhere, so that diabetics and those who love them can access this crucial information and these crucial people in person in San Diego and online everywhere afterwards.<\/p>\n

It’s taken some time, wrestling with more than one bureaucracy, and a whole lot of moxie on the part of the organizers, but they’ve put it together, and this October 15th, we will have TEDxDelMar, with seventeen amazing speakers, all talking about what’s next<\/em> in type 1 diabetes. The event is not actually in Del Mar this year, but will be at the KPBS studios in San Diego, and tickets are only $100. So if you are anywhere nearby, or can get anywhere nearby, I urge you to buy your tickets today<\/a>. And if you can’t go in person, then be sure to watch for the videos at www.tedxdelmar.com.<\/p>\n

Without further ado, the speakers and talk titles, if you can bear waiting until October 15th after reading them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Jeff Bluestone, Ph.D. (UCSF)<\/td>\nWhy You? Why T1D is on the Rise<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matthias Von Herrath, M.D. (LIAI)<\/td>\nAttack of the Beta Cells – The Movie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richard Insel, M.D. (JDRF)<\/td>\nIs There a Vaccine?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael German, M.D. (UCSF)<\/td>\nWhere do Beta Cells Come From?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steven Edelman, M.D. (UCSD)<\/td>\nXtreme Diabetes Makeover<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Athena Tsimikas, M.D. (Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute)<\/td>\nSurviving a Hospital Stay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nigel Calcutt, M.D. (UCSD)<\/td>\nPreventing and Treating Complications \u2013 What\u2019s New?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bill Polonsky, Ph.D. (Behavorial Diabetes Institute)<\/td>\nPsyching Out Diabetes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peter Butler, M.D. (UCLA)<\/td>\nPreserving Your Beta Cells<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maike Sander, M.D. (UCSD)<\/td>\nFrom Stem Cells to Beta Cells<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peter Stock, M.D., Ph.D. (UCSF)<\/td>\nIslet Cells Transplant Update<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Daniel Anderson, Ph.D. (MIT)<\/td>\nAvoiding the Immune Attack<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bernard Hering, M.D. (U. of MN)<\/td>\nIs There a Pig in Your Future?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pamela Itkin-Ansari, Ph.D. (Sanford Burnham)<\/td>\nIslet Cell Transplants – A New Approach<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bruce Buckingham, M.D. (Stanford)<\/td>\nThe Bionic Diabetic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David Gough, Ph.D. (UCSD)<\/td>\nImplantable Long-Term Glucose Sensors<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alberto Hayek, M.D. (UCSD)<\/td>\nConcluding Remarks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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