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Home > News & events > Information events > Education and Type 1 Diabetes – JDRF Virtual Discovery Event, June 2023
We partnered with DigiBete to deliver the event and to showcase both of our resources in helping the community further manage type 1 during the education settings, such as school and college.
During the session we will discuss:
As part of the session, technology companies will present devices that can help manage your type 1 whilst going through the education system. Given how varied technology can be it will be an opportunity for the community to discover what best works for them.
00:00.00 Welcome & introductions
00:04.55 DigiBete’s resources within the education setting
00:16.17 JDRF’s resources within the education setting
00:23.58 Parental experiences of type 1 diabetes in education
00:56.45 Transitioning between schools – how to prepare
Join our biggest in-person Discovery Day taking place in London on Saturday 12 September.
Watch the livestream archive from January 2026 to see how new treatments are transforming the way people manage T1D.
In this virtual event from December 2025, we reflected on a year of remarkable progress in T1D breakthroughs – and took a look ahead to what’s next.
Watch the video of our virtual event from March 2025 to learn more about T1D research and the work we are doing to drive breakthroughs towards cures for T1D.
