We have now about 50 participants coming from Argentina over Europe through to India. It's really a broad range of people with different learning backgrounds. It's a great opportunity in an independent forum to bring experts together with our students and just exchange ideas. It really is, how would you say, a playground, it’s a learning curve for all of us. The EASD Tech School in Vienna can really benefit how you then address the use of technology in your patients for the coming years. Hi, I'm Julia Mader, professor of Diabetes Technology at Medical University of Graz in Austria. I'm also chairing the Training and Education Committee of EASD, and currently I'm here in Vienna at the first EASD Tech School. The Tech School should engage between partners from different countries around the globe. We have now about 50 participants coming from Argentina over Europe through to India. It's really a broad range of people with different interests and also slightly different learning backgrounds. We aim to bring the hot topics to them in the field of diabetes technology but also enable hands-on training. For the first Tech School, I was joined by four renowned experts in the field. Hello, I am Professor Pratik Choudhary from the University of Leicester in the UK, and I'm really pleased to be here as part of the EASD Tech School. We had a really interesting day talking about how to optimise the use of CGM, how we use alerts and alarms, and how to get the best from the alerts and alarms but reduce the burden on the patient. Lots of great interaction. We heard how people in different countries were doing slightly different things. It was a fantastic opportunity to exchange information, share expertise, and hopefully the students go away with some really new ideas of how to use CGM to improve care for people with diabetes. We also talked about downloads. We know lots of doctors struggle with the volume of data that you get from downloads. And we talked about some easy strategies to look to downloads and catch the important points and improve your consultations. Figure out the difference between optimal settings and behaviours that your patients might be doing to help them improve their outcomes. We know tech is such an important part of care for people with insulin-treated diabetes and actually expanding beyond, and it's a great opportunity in an independent forum to bring experts together with our students and just exchange ideas, have a discussion, look at cases and hopefully go away with some new ideas, invigorated about using technology in our day-to-day clinical practice. I'm Peter Gillard, I'm an adult endocrinologist from the University Hospital in Leuven, Belgium, and I'm happy to be here at the EASD Tech School in Vienna. I immediately wanted to participate when I was asked, because I really believe that technology is changing the lives of people with type 1 diabetes. Because of the importance of technology for people with type 1 diabetes, the first question that I addressed was: Who will you put on an AID system? And we cannot be the gatekeepers. I believe strongly that every person with type 1 diabetes should be offered an AID system, and if they want to go ahead, then you can choose which AID system is the best for them. We should avoid in-front saying, oh, this AID system is not good for you. So once you have chosen the right person, you have to start a system. It's what we as healthcare professionals have to do. We have to programme the pumps. We have to programme the sensors. How do you programme those AID systems? How do you programme the basal? How do you programme the carb ratio, the sensitivity factor, and so on? And it differs from system to system. And it was a great discussion. People were asking a lot of questions and often gave very good suggestions. So being here at the EASD Tech School is really of benefit for your future careers, for the juniors present here. You connect with people. You can ask direct questions to the faculty. I really believe that being here those 48 hours, or those three days, can really benefit how you then address the use of technology in your patients for the coming years. I'm Klemen Dovč from Ljubljana, Slovenia, and I'm a paediatric endocrinologist attending the EASD Technology School here in Vienna. We had several interesting sessions, and one of the situations that we addressed was exercise and physical activity, which is of course a fundamental part of diabetes management. And during the workshop we really highlighted current knowledge, the reason why this is an important challenge for everyday life with diabetes, and some possible, let's say, strategies that healthcare providers can offer to children and also those living with type 1 diabetes. And of course, there are numerous, very valuable resources. The most recent one is the position statement about physical activity that was led by Professor Moser and Dessi Zaharieva. And I think it's a really great resource that we should try to disseminate broadly to all healthcare providers that give advice about physical activity. We really value these EASD workshops, because it's a great opportunity, it's a smaller group, you can be really engaged on a person-to-person level. I think it really is, how do you say, a playground, it’s a learning curve for all of us. So we would like also to thank EASD and all the sponsors to make it available. I found EASD Diabetes Technology School extremely useful. The sessions were very clear and practical. Having the opportunity to share ideas with colleagues from other countries was amazing, and overall, that was a fantastic experience. It's really a blended sharing opportunity between the attendees and the faculty that has a huge experience. We could study real-life cases, that gave us also the opportunity to study the details of the management with tech in the context of diabetes. What I found most interesting is it bridges the gap between the clinical application, clinical therapeutics, and the inertia that we all experience. It empowers us to bridge the gap between therapeutics. And it is not just transformative, it is truly informative for anyone aiming to lead into the world of modern diabetes. This is the one of the best conference for diabetes technology in the world. This conference provide a comprehensive, interactive and hands-on experience about the diabetes technology What I most liked about the tech school so far is actually everything. It was very useful, especially on the clinical point of view. We learned a lot about special cases and special occasions, focusing on the AID systems, and we really got the chance to look into the cases very detailed. What I was expecting, it is much more than. It was all like a training programme, so it will help a lot in my practise. As we had a very successful first event, we aim to have this event to be held annually, and if you are interested in that kind of training and also try to mix and mingle with other people researching and working in that field, look out for our next Tech School held 2026. Engage with us, also with EASD e-Learning and our other social media channels, and be part of the EASD tech community.