About the Seattle Diabetes Expo: Free health screenings, advocacy, cooking and exercise demos, worksite wellness, Ask the Expert, breakout sessions and Spanish translators.
ADA World - Learn about the ADA programs, register for ADA Tour de Cure and Step Out to Fight Diabetes, free magazines and educational brochures, browse our Book Store and more!
Advocacy Zone: Find out about current initiatives, make your voice heard! Sign up and become a diabetes advocate! Learn how to advocate for your rights and the rights of your kids.
Winning at Work World (new!) Sponsored by Premera Blue Cross: learn how to detect, prevent and manage diabetes in the workplace; talk with employers implementing successful wellness programs; meet the ADA 's health partners and program sponsors; pick up information to share at your workplace.
Planet D Youth Zone (new!) – the place for youth and families at Expo! Food, fun and fitness! Information on summer camps, youth and family programs; balloon animals and face painting, breakout discussions and parent networking.
Community World (new!) - Learn from local non-profits and vendors; pick up free information on diabetes and classes taught in your native language; learn how you can help prevent diabetes in your community!
Speaker Schedule
10:30 a.m. - Exercising Successfully with Diabetes
Chris Herter, MD, Medical Director Novo Nordisk
11:30 a.m. - Metabolic Syndrome and Pre-Diabetes
Molly Carlson, MD, Endocrinology, The Polyclinic
12:30 p.m. - The Inside Passage , Completing life’s journey without running aground on a rock or a hard place!
Graham Kerr, internationally known culinary and television personality
2:15 p.m. - Taking Care of Your Diabetic Feet
William Boegel, DPM, Virginia Medical Center
3:15 p.m. - Depression and Diabetes Paul Ciechanowski, MD, University of Washington
4:15 p.m. - Women’s Health – Diabetes, Obesity and Hormones
Jennifer Lovejoy, PhD, Bastyr University
Our Sponsor
World Sponsor
Retail Sponsor
Media Sponsor
We are making every effort to provide wheelchair accessible spaces on our buses; we will provide these spaces on a first come, first serve basis.
For more information contact Mark Johnson at mjohnson@diabetes.org or 206-282-4616 ext.7212. Exhibitor or Sponsorship Information: Contact Paul Tobin at ptobin@diabetes.org or 206-282-4616 ext. 7201
