Virtual Green Diabetes Summit

Agenda: July 21, 2021 (All Times Pacific)

7:00 AM          Welcome
                        David C. Klonoff, MD, FACP, FRCP (Edin), Fellow AIMBE
                        Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, San Mateo, California, USA

7:05 AM          Overview of Sustainability and Product Life Cycles
                        Donna A. Seid, MS
                        Sustainability Consultant, Donna A. Seid Consulting, The Hague, Netherlands

7:15 AM          Overview of Diabetes Sustainability and Waste Management
                        Lutz Heinemann, PhD
                        Science Consulting in Diabetes GmbH, Neuss, Germany

7:25 AM          How Patients Dispose of Diabetes Waste

                         Moderator:
                        Edward Krisiunas, MPH
                        WNWN International, Burlington, Connecticut, USA

                        Weronika Burkot, MFA
                        Type1EU, Brussels, Belgium

                        Curtiss B. Cook, MD
                        Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

                        Kathleen Gold, RN, MSN, CDCES, FADCES
                        Virginia Diabetes Council, Herndon, Virginia, USA

                        Andreas Pfützner, MD, PhD
                        Pfützner Science and Health Institute, Mainz, Germany

                        Jennifer Y. Zhang, BA
                        Diabetes Technology Society, Burlingame, California, USA

8:20 AM          The Role of Government

                         Moderator:
                        Kong Y. Chen, PhD, MSCI
                        National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

                        Rick Bonilla
                        Vice Chair, South Bayside Waste Management Authority; Zero Waste Committee;
                        Deputy Mayor, San Mateo, California, USA

                        Clara De Sanctis Johnson, MPH
                        NYSDOH Opioid Overdose Prevention Initiative & Expanded Syringe Access
                        Program, Albany, New York, USA

                        Doug Kobold, BS
                        Executive Director, California Product Stewardship Council
                        Sacramento, CA

                        Gina Vallone-Hood, CEHP
                        Bureau of Environmental Health, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee,
                        Florida, USA

                        David Weissman, MD
                        CDC National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, DC

9:15 AM          Break

9:30 AM          The Position of Industry

                         Moderator:
                        Lutz Heinemann, PhD
                        Science Consulting in Diabetes GmbH, Neuss, Germany

                        Marion Briggs, MBA
                        HealthBeacon, Dublin, Ireland

                        Alex Diener, BS
                        Dexcom Global Product Design, San Diego, California, USA

                        Jeff Halpern, MBA
                        Abbott Diabetes Care, Alameda, California, USA

                        Matthias Axel Schweitzer, MD, MBA
                        Novo Nordisk Pharma GmbH, Mainz, Germany

                        Vijay Thambiah, MS, MBA
                        Roche Diabetes Care, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

10:30 AM        The Role of Coalitions

                         Moderator:
                        David C. Klonoff, MD, FACP, FRCP (Edin), Fellow AIMBE
                        Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, San Mateo, California, USA

                        Laurence Bouret, MA, MS
                        CEO, DASTRI French Health Industry Coalition for Sharps, Paris, France

                        Kristin Aldred Cheek, PhD
                        Stericycle, Bannockburn, Illinois, USA

                        Lutz Heinemann, PhD
                        Science Consulting in Diabetes GmbH, Neuss, Germany

                        Edward Krisiunas, MPH
                        WNWN International, Burlington, Connecticut

                        Tobias Stumpe, BS
                        ConvaTec, Copenhagen, Denmark

11:30 AM        General Discussion

11:55 AM        Concluding Remarks
                        David C. Klonoff, MD, FACP, FRCP (Edin), Fellow AIMBE