Craving that meaningful reconnection? Join us for Friends for Life Arlington from March 7-9, 2025 at the Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel.
Immerse yourself in a supportive community of world-renowned faculty, adults, children, and families living with diabetes – including siblings and children of adults with type 1 diabetes. This incredible weekend offers enriching educational sessions with cutting-edge diabetes management ideas, engaging discussion groups, and a platform to share your own story while motivating and supporting others who walk a similar path.
Registration
Registration cost for all ages: $150
Every conference participant needs to register for the conference. Registration is $150 per person. Registration will increase to $250 per person on February 20, 2025.
Note: You must register for the conference and book your hotel room. Registration for the conference does not include your hotel room.
- All sessions for adults and children
- Kiddie Kove for our youngest (ages 0-5)
- Access to the Exhibit areas
- Reception on Friday evening
- Saturday breakfast, lunch, and snack breaks
- Sunday breakfast, lunch, and snack breaks
- One t-shirt per registered person
Cancellations prior to February 20, 2025, will be refunded minus a $25 per person processing fee.
After February 20, 2025, no refunds are available.
Thanks to our 2024 Regional Conference Sponsors!
Friday, March 7, 2025
Registration opens at 7:00 pm. Stop by to pick up your name badge, conference t-shirt, and green/orange bracelets nice and early! It's very easy to find other FFLs – look for the bracelets and conference tees!
Saturday, March 8, 2025
Sessions for adults and children begin at 9:00 am and run all day. Carb counted Opening Keynote Breakfast and lunch buffet will keep you well fed. Visit exhibitors from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Sunday, March 9, 2025
Carb counted breakfast buffet starts the day off right, followed by sessions all day for parents, adults, and kids. Fond farewells at the end of the day.
Why We Wear Green + Orange Bracelets
The bracelets? They were a mix of necessity and practicality, sprinkled with some pretty significant magic. Attendees who wear green bracelets are living with type 1 diabetes, everyone else—their parent, guardian, spouse, significant other, friend, etc.—wear orange bracelets. But the “magic” is what these green and orange bracelets have come to mean. The magic has been added by this green and orange – and sometimes yellow – amazing international tribe, tens of thousands of people strong, over a span of twenty years.
Families & People with T1D
including toddlers, tweens, teens and young adults, as well as siblings
Adult with T1D Their Partners
and spouses, and their children and friends
Siblings and Children
who, even though they don't have diabetes, they still live with diabetes
Grandparents & Other Caregivers
who are supporting their family members with type 1 diabetes
Health Care Professionals
who work with people living with type 1 diabetes (CEUs are not offered)
Friends for Life Orlando is a community who truly gets it. It’s a place where you can drop your guard, share your stories, and feel completely understood without judgment. It means a lot to be around folks who truly understand and support each other.
–Jordan, Significant Other to a T1D
