Celebrating innovation in type 1 diabetes research

Join us in Melbourne on Monday, 20 October 2025, for the Breakthrough T1D SPARC Showcase, an inspiring afternoon spotlighting the next wave of innovation in type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Held on the eve of AusBiotech 2025, this event celebrates the culmination of the SPARC initiative - the Strategic Program for Advancing Research Commercialisation. This program is delivered in partnership with Cicada Innovations and highlights Breakthrough T1D’s mission to accelerate real-world outcomes for people living with T1D.

You’ll hear from six outstanding teams from across Australia as they present their research breakthroughs and progress toward patient impact. The event includes:

A keynote address from Professor Ranjeny Thomas
Team presentations from the inaugural 2025 SPARC cohort
Perspectives from investors and industry partners
Networking with people living with T1D, researchers, founders, and healthcare innovators

Whether you’re an industry partner, investor, supporter, or part of the T1D community, this is the moment to come together to drive change and achieve real world impact, so join us to celebrate how these teams have advanced their ideas through tailored mentoring, commercialisation support, and strategic introductions.

Seats are limited - Don't miss out!

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About the organisers:

Founded in 1970 by families whose loved ones had been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D), Breakthrough T1D is a tax-exempt nonprofit 501(c)3 organisation.

Breakthrough T1D is the leading research, advocacy, and community support organisation for type 1 diabetes (T1D) globally. Our vision is for a world without T1D. Our mission is to accelerate life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent, and treat T1D and its complications.

Since our inception over 50 years ago, we have transformed understandings of T1D and been a part of every breakthrough in T1D care. We achieve this through supporting the best and brightest researchers, advocating to ensure breakthroughs reach the hands of the community, and providing support and resource for every age and stage of T1D along the way.

Cicada Innovations is the home of deep tech in Australia, with a twenty-five year track record of developing deep tech ventures as they discover solutions to the world’s most pressing problems and promising opportunities.

Working at the forefront of innovation, our ventures seek to create life-changing technology – applying cutting-edge science such as advanced materials, synthetic biology and AI to challenges like the future of human health, food security and the climate crisis.

Special Thanks to Axis HealthCo

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