Dr Craig Taplin studied medicine at the University of New South Wales and trained in paediatrics and paediatric endocrinology at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead in Sydney, Australia, followed by fellowships at Children's Hospital Colorado and The Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, where he began working in the area of exercise and type 1 diabetes; specifically on strategies to reduce the risk of post-exercise nocturnal hypoglycaemia. He then spent 10 years on the staff at Seattle Children’s Hospital where he and his team investigated and published methods to improve the quality of exercise education in paediatric diabetes clinics and how fear of hypoglycaemia impacts exercise. He has a respected national and international reputation a co-author on two international consensus statements on exercise and type 1 diabetes, including the ISPAD exercise guidelines in 2018 and 2022, and was a faculty member of the Performance in Exercise and Knowledge (PEAK) program funded by JDRF to develop materials for patients and professionals around exercise. In 2019 he returned to Australia as a consultant paediatric endocrinologist at Perth Children’s Hospital where he is Clinical Lead for the Diabetes Service which provides the only statewide diabetes service in Australia, serving > 1200 youth with T1D and > 100 with T2D with a significant outreach program to regional and remote WA, and a substantial technology program with > 450 youth on hybrid closed loop therapy. He currently leads the effort to incorporate routine measures of exercise and patient reported outcomes such as health related quality of life into clinical practice, and is an Honorary Research Associate and Co-Investigator at the Rio Tinto Children’s Diabetes Centre- a JDRF Global Centre of Excellence based at Telethon Kids. He is the current co-chair of the Scientific Program Organizing Committee for ANZSPED and has contributed to other societies over the past decade including the Pediatric Endocrine Society and The Endocrine Society where he served on Council for 2 years.

Tracey Stamates-Roerty, RD, LD, CDCES has worked in the nutrition and diabetes field for over 25 years as a registered dietitian, as well as a certified diabetes care and education specialist. Tracey has been working at Tandem Diabetes Care since 2014 and has helped to launch all of the products that Tandem Diabetes has distributed in the United States. During her time at Tandem, she has evolved from a direct patient care trainer to managing the clinical staff of 6 states in the United States. In 2021, Tracey joined the International Team for Tandem to provide clinical support to the expanding international markets. She currently serves as the Senior Manager of International Clinical Support and has a passion for understanding the intricacies of the Control-IQ technology algorithm and improving patient outcomes by using the data provided through software platforms to optimize the use of the system.

Laurel Messer (Ph.D., MPH, RN, CDCES) is the Senior Director of Medical Affairs at Tandem Diabetes Care, leading clinical strategy and global evidence generation. Dr. Messer is also an Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine. She has specialized in the care of youth and young adults with Type 1 Diabetes for 18 years as a clinical scientist, nurse, and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist. In her academic role, she has served as a research investigator and clinical educator for diabetes technology trials including CGM, insulin pumps, and automated insulin delivery systems. Dr. Messer has authored over 80 publications related to diabetes, and lectures/teaches on diabetes technology at universities, hospitals, and national and international conferences. Dr. Messer also founded the PANTHERProgram (http://PANTHERprogram.org, “Diabetes Technology. Deciphered”) , a website for persons with diabetes and healthcare professionals who want to engage with diabetes technology.

I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes aged 14 and grew up not wanting to be defined by a lifelong condition for which there is no cure. Sport and exercise was my passion, and although its a bit harder, making that the centre of my life has improved my health and wellbeing.

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Samantha Oxenham is the National Clinical Education Manager for AMSL Diabetes, a Dexcom company. Sam is a credentialled diabetes educator and an accredited practising dietitian, with a background in acute care, community health, government, industry, and private practice. Sam’s passion in diabetes technology stems from having lived with type 1 diabetes for over 38 years. Sam joined AMSL in 2010, and leads a national team who continually aim to inspire, inform, and empower people to positively impact a life with diabetes.