MIDWEST CONNECT 2026
Tentative Schedules- speaker credentials and titles to be updated
Thursday, November 12, 2025, Time: 12:30 pm CT - 5:00 pm CT
Thursday, November 12, 2025, Time: 12:30 pm CT - 5:00 pm CT
12:30-1
Registration/Networking/Vendors
1:00-1:10 Opening Remarks
1:10-2:40 From Data to Dialogue:
Using CGM and Pump Data to Strengthen Patient Relationships and Reduce Diabetes
Distress: 1.5 CE
Jessica Henke, MBA, MSN, FNP-C, BC-ADM, Kim Richardson, RN, CDCES, Kelly
Powell, RDN, CDCES
2:50-4:50 Small Group Technology Hands-On Roundtable
4:50-5:00 Closing Remarks
CE Total 11/12 only: 1.5
Friday, November 13th, 2026, Time: 7:30 am CT- 4:40 pm CT
7:30-8:00 Registration, Exhibits, Light Breakfast
8:00-8:10 Opening remarks
8:20-9:05 Hitting a Roadblock: The
Intersection of Cortisol and Type 2 Diabetes: 0.75 CE
Wendy Mobley-Bukstein, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES, CHWC, NASM-CPT, FAPhA, FADCES
9:10-9:55 Navigating Psychosocial Issues within Diabetes Care and Education-
What to Know and Do to Make an Impact: 0.75 CE
Jennifer A. Markee, LMSW, CDCES
9:55-10:05 Ice Breaker Activity
10:05-10:50 Reframing Nutrition Care in the Age
of GLP-1 and GIP Therapies: 0.75 CE
Wendy Castle, MPH, RD, LD, CDCES
10:55-11:40 The Gut-Glucose
Connection: How to Feed the Microbiome for Better Diabetes Outcomes: 0.75
CE
Kathy Levin, RD, CDCES, DipACLM
11:40-12:00 Introduction of Industry Partners
12:00-1:15 Exhibits/Lunch/Networking
1:15-1:45 Mannkind Education Theater
1:45-2:45 Bridging the Gap:
Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) Syndrome and the Impact of Social Determinants of
Health: 1.0 CE
Alexander Maciejewski, PharmD, MS, AAHIVP; Daphne Smith Marsh, PharmD, BC-ADM,
CDCES
2:50-3:35 Pressure, Lipids, Action! Updated Hypertension and Lipid Guidelines
in Cardiometabolic Care: 0.75 CE
Jennifer Rosselli, PharmD, BCACP, BC-ADM, CDCES, FADCES
3:35-3:45 Awards Recognition
3:45-4:30 The Future of Diabetes
Care: Selected Agents in the Research Pipeline: 0.75
CE
Denise Walbrandt Pigarelli, PharmD, BC-ADM, RPh, B.S. Pharm
4:30-4:40 Closing Remarks, Drawing
CE Total 11/13 only: 5.5
7 hours of CEs total for two-day attendance.