GENERAL INFORMATION

Background and Scope

Background and Scope of the Conference

The IFAC Workshop on Engineering Diabetes Technology is born out of the necessity of finding a space to discuss and share the latest technological advances in the area of diabetes management, aiming to bring together senior, young researchers, and industry

Diabetes is a major health issue that has reached alarming levels. According to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), today more than half a billion people are living with diabetes worldwide. Diabetes is a serious long-term or “chronic” condition where high glucose levels occur either because the body is not able to produce any or enough insulin (Type 1 Diabetes, T1D) or cannot effectively use the insulin it produces (Type 2 Diabetes, T2D). Glycemic control in diabetes remains a challenge, with a low portion of adults with the condition achieving an A1c target of <7%, despite the availability of modern glucose-lowering agents, modern insulin analogs, the improving accuracy of glucose monitoring, the widening use of intensive insulin therapy (IIT), and emerging use of closed-loop (AID) and decision support systems (DSS). While new technologies have proven benefits in avoiding diabetes-related complications and may have reduced excess mortality in some populations, excess mortality and complication rates remain higher in people with diabetes when compared to the general population.

This situation continues to pose challenges to scientists and engineers in the field, who work towards improving the life of people with diabetes, proposing technological novelties that can be transferred to the industry and reach people affected by this disease.

EDT is co-organized by the Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain, the University of Virginia (USA), and the University of Bern (Switzerland).

Main IFAC sponsoring Technical Committees

TC 8.2. Biological and Medical Systems

IFAC Co-sponsoring Technical Committees

TC 8.4. Biosystems and Bioprocesses
TC 9.4. Control Education

Sponsoring National Member Organization

CEA Comité Español de Automática

National Organizing Committee

NOC Chair

José Luis Díez
(Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain)

NOC Co-Chair

Jorge Bondia
(Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain)

NOC Vice-Chair from Industry

Pau Herrero
(Roche, Spain)

NOC Members

Clara Furió Novejarque (Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain)
Juan Fernando Martín San José (Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain)
Iván Sala Mira (Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain)
Ricardo Sanz Díaz (University of Valencia, Spain)

International Program Committee

IPC Chair

Marc Breton
(University of Virginia, USA)

IPC Co-Chair

José Fernando García Tirado
(University of Bern, Switzerland)

IPC Members

Hernán de Battista (Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Argentina)
Aleix Beneyto (University of Girona, Spain)
B. Wayne Bequette (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)
Marzia Cescon (University of Houston, USA)
Ali Cinar (Illinois Institute of Technology, USA)
Iván Contreras (University of Girona, Spain)
Chiara Dalla Man (University of Padova, Italy)
Chiara Fabris (University of Virginia, USA)
Andrea Faccinetti (University of Padova, Italy)
Simone Del Favero (University of Padova, Italy)
Antonio Ferramosca (University of Bergamo, Italy)
Pedro García (Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain)
Maira García Jaramillo (Ean University, Colombia)
Fabricio Garelli (Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Argentina)
Pantelis Georgiou (Imperial College London, UK)
Eigner György (Óbuda University, Hungary)
Ahmad Haidar (McGill University, Canada)
María Elena Hernando (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain)
Roman Hovorka (University of Cambridge, UK)
Peter Jacobs (Oregon Health and Science University, USA)
John B. Jørgensen (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)
Hans-Michael Kaltenbach (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Levente Kovács (Óbuda University, Hungary)
Boris Kovatchev (University of Virginia, USA)
Fabián León (Antonio Nariño University, Colombia)
Eleanore Maeva Doron (CEA-Leti, France)
Lalo Magni (University of Pavia, Italy)
Sven Magnus Carlsen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
Heiko Peuscher (Ulm University of Applied Sciences, Germany)
Fabio Previdi (University of Bergamo, Italy)
Mudassir M. Rashid (Illinois Institute of Technology, USA)
Beatriz Ricarte (Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain)
Sergio Romero (Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain)
Ricardo Sánchez (Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Pablo Santiago Rivadeneira (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia)
Dawei Shi (Beijing Institute of Technology, China)
Giovanni Sparacino (University of Padova, Italy)
Chiara Toffanin (Univresity of Pavia, Italy)
Josep Vehí (University of Girona, Spain)
Malgorzata E. Wilinska (University of Cambridge, UK)

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