Updated March 31st, 2025
- TCOYD’s ONE Conference and Retreat is a three-day event created for adults with type 1 diabetes (and their loved ones) to come together to connect and learn about the latest in diabetes tech, treatments, and diabetes research.
- One of the most distinctive things about ONE is the caliber of lectures from leading diabetes experts, many of whom live with type 1 diabetes themselves.
- Featured topics include hybrid closed-loop insulin pump systems for beginners and advanced users, updates in beta cell replacement therapy, strategies to improve emotional health, and medications for managing diabetes beyond insulin.
- Additional activities include group runs, beach walks, yoga classes, and evening socials. Register here!
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Join Us August 8th-10th for Our ONE Diabetes Conference 2025!
Have you ever felt like you’re living on a deserted island all alone with type 1 diabetes? People with diabetes in general experience moderate loneliness, with almost one‐fifth of people experiencing intense loneliness.
Well get ready to feel a little less lonely! TCOYD® has an island paradise waiting for you that’s filled with hundreds of other people living with T1D who are all in the same boat.
If you’ve never attended a ONE Conference & Retreat, read on to see why people keep returning to our diabetes conferences year after year.
What Is ONE?
ONE is a jam-packed three-day conference and retreat created specifically for adults with type 1 diabetes (and their loved ones). It was started by Dr. Steve Edelman and Dr. Jeremy Pettus, two endocrinologists who live with T1D themselves.
“We wanted a place where people with diabetes could come together every year to connect and learn about the latest in diabetes tech, treatments, and research,” Edelman says.
Hundreds of people with type 1 diabetes from around the world converge on the Paradise Point Resort in San Diego every August to learn, mingle, break bread, let off steam, share tips, downshift, play, and most importantly, know they are not alone in managing diabetes.
What You Can Expect at ONE
Every conference is unique, but each ONE event has the same core features that make it a life-enhancing diabetes retreat!
Exceptional Type 1 Diabetes Education
One of the most distinctive things about ONE is the caliber of lectures from leading diabetes experts, many of whom live with type 1 diabetes themselves. Not only do they talk the talk, but they walk the walk. They’re plugged into the latest advancements in diabetes research, technology, and treatments, as well as ground-breaking developments that may lead to a cure for diabetes.
Featured topics we’re covering at the ONE diabetes conference 2025 include:
- Hybrid closed-loop insulin pumps for beginners and advanced users
- Updates in beta cell replacement therapy
- Strategies to improve emotional health and managing diabetes burnout
- Medications for managing diabetes beyond insulin
A variety of breakout sessions address additional subjects in smaller group settings. All lectures and breakouts offer Q&As with the speakers.
The comprehensive educational content at the ONE diabetes conference 2025 offers a unique opportunity for people with diabetes to learn new ways to manage their condition, with the goal of impacting their quality of daily life.
Many attendees return home from the conference armed with new information and diabetes questions to ask their doctors about things they learned and therapies they’d like to implement.
Camaraderie, Connection, and New DiaBesties
If you don’t know anyone else living with type 1 diabetes, that all changes here. Whether you’re in your first week of diagnosis or you’re a diabetes legend with 50+ years under your belt, you’ve got an instant “in” to the hundreds of others here who get it.
Some of the most meaningful interactions happen at mealtimes, during group activities, in breakouts, in the Sponsor Lounge, at the bar…pretty much everywhere offers an opportunity to share insights and strategies on the day-to-day challenges (and sometimes the surprising gifts) of living with type 1 diabetes.
As one first-timer put it, “I couldn’t believe it. Everywhere I looked, I felt like I was in the majority, and that never happens. Just being around those people with type 1 diabetes and feeling the energy was incredible!”
Hobnobbing with Diabetes Experts and Exhibitors
The Sponsor Lounge is an active exhibit space where you can meet and mingle with medical professionals, pharmaceutical reps, and industry leaders to ask diabetes questions one-on-one with the people and companies who make the products and devices you use every day.
You can find out what’s coming down the pike and get insights into features of existing technology that apply directly to your personal diabetes management regimen. (And there’s cornhole 😁).
A Super Cool Vibe at San Diego’s Paradise Point Resort
Keeping the “retreat” front and center at our ONE diabetes conference 2025 is the Paradise Point Resort itself – a tropical oasis with pools, tennis courts, fire pits, lawn games, sandy beaches, beachside bars, and beach activities. Group runs, walks, and yoga classes with T1D fitness instructors offer a chance to stay active and soak in the sights.
Twist and shout on Saturday night with our favorite Beatles cover band, and be the first to hear the new release of TCOYD’s original diabetes song written and performed by Dr. Pettus and TCOYD’s resident musician Erik Berg.
Come ONE, Come All
So come see what we’re all about. As Dr. Pettus says, “This conference is different from anything else out there because there’s so much great education with world-class speakers, but there’s also all the FUN…the after-hours parties and hanging out. There’s less separation at this conference between speakers and participants…everyone is there because we are all ONE.”
Check Out Our ONE Theme Song and Music Video:
ONE is returning to Paradise Point August 8th-10th in 2025. Register here!
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Lamentablemente, no tenemos planes para uno por el momento. Disculpen la gramática de esta respuesta, ya que usamos el traductor de Google.