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𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 & 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 – 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗮𝘁

DFCon26 invites pioneering companies to take the stage during our industry-sponsored symposia and share the latest breakthroughs in limb preservation. Whether you’re launching new data, presenting case studies, or spotlighting game-changing devices, our symposia offer unmatched visibility and engagement. Choose between:

🥗 1-Hour Lunch Symposium
Major launches and high-profile clinical research
Unopposed time slot during the extended lunch break
Hot lunch served in-room
Largest symposium room for maximum reach

🥐 1-Hour Breakfast Symposium
Deep-dive discussions with a focused audience
Intimate setting before the program begins
Continental breakfast served in-room

💡 15-Min Spotlight Theater
Short, impactful innovation updates and research summaries
Open session in the exhibit hall during break times
Casual, high-visibility setting with seated + standing audience

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲?
Taking part in an industry symposium at DFCon26 is a strategic investment in visibility, credibility, and connection. As a sponsor, you’ll engage directly with global clinical leaders and influential decision-makers who are actively shaping the future of diabetic foot care. You’ll strengthen your brand’s position as a thought leader, generate valuable leads, and unlock new partnership opportunities. More importantly, your participation demonstrates your deep commitment to innovation and patient outcomes in the fight against amputation.

📅 DFCon26 | October 22–24, 2026
📍 JW Marriott, Anaheim, California

📩 For symposium bookings and sponsorship details, please contact:
ALPS CEO, Georgia Krehbiel, MBA – [email protected]
Sponsorship & Exhibition Manager, Emilie Andersen - [email protected]

👉 View Sponsorship Prospectus: https://limbpreservationsociety.org/dfcon/sponsorship-exhibition/ -info

What ALPS Traveling Fellow 2025 Sara Mahmood, DPM, shares about her first center visit in London:

"I visited the Mike Edmonds Foot Clinic at King's College London, the first diabetic foot clinic in the world. I had a wonderful experience with all the staff and doctors there. Without the ALPS Traveling fellowship, I never would have been able to learn so much from Professor Edmonds.

That’s the power of the fellowship: learning from the best — and bringing those insights back to improve care!

🗓️ Extended deadline: 1 July 2026: https://limbpreservationsociety.org/traveling-fellowship

The ALPS Traveling Fellowship:

💠 Up to $7,500 to support travel, research, and clerical expenses
💠 Two Centers of Excellence — one week at each
💠Hands‑on mentorship + exposure to interdisciplinary care
💠 Expand your network across disciplines
💠 Build leadership capacity and advocacy impact

Who in your network would you encourage to apply for 2026?
Add @ them in the comment section!

Stop by and say hello at Booth #609 and explore your opportunities to make an impact with ALPS for and in 2026.

ALPS is live at VAM & SVN 2026 in Boston this week. Stop by and say hello at Booth #609 and explore your opportunities to make an impact with ALPS for hashtag and hashtag in 2026.

We also promise to have just as much fun as last year. 😉
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Will we see you for tomorrow's sessions?

💠Tactics to Avert the Diabetic Foot Ulcer & Limb Amputation Epidemic
📅 When: Thursday, June 11, 2026 | 3:30–5:00 PM

Don’t miss this important session tackling one of the most critical challenges in limb preservation today. Led by leading experts, the session will cover clinical strategies, interdisciplinary collaboration, and innovative approaches to improving outcomes for at-risk patients.

💠 The Great Limb Preservation Road Trip – with ALPS (American Limb Preservation Society)
📅 When: Thursday, June 11, 2026 | 8:00–9:30 AM ET

Join ALPS in collaboration with the Society for Vascular Nursing (SVN) for an engaging Toe & Flow session centered on teamwork, clinical decision‑making, and limb preservation. This interactive session explores how multidisciplinary teams navigate diabetic foot care and vascular intervention; when to act, when to reassess, and how to move forward together.

Stop by and say hello at Booth #609 and learn about you opportunities making an impact with ALPS 👋

ALPS goes live this week at VAM & SVN 2026 in Boston! This year, ALPS is proud to take part in two outstanding sessions:

One addressing today’s most urgent challenge in limb preservation—the diabetic foot ulcer and amputation epidemic and one dynamic Toe & Flow session focused on collaboration, clinical decision‑making, and multidisciplinary care

👉 Explore what’s ahead:

Session: “Tactics to Avert the Diabetic Foot Ulcer & Limb Amputation Epidemic”

Don’t miss this important session tackling one of the most critical challenges in limb preservation today. Led by leading experts, the session will cover clinical strategies, interdisciplinary collaboration, and innovative approaches to improving outcomes for at-risk patients.

📍 Hynes Convention Center, Room 302 | Boston, MA
📅 Thursday, June 11, 2026 | 3:30–5:00 PM ET

Moderators: Drs. Joseph L. Mills, MD & Nathan Kugler, MD
Speakers: Drs. Michael S. Conte, David G. Armstrong, Katharine L. McGinigle, Lyssa Ochoa, Samantha Danielle Minc & Laura Shin

Session: “The Great Limb Preservation Road Trip – with ALPS”

Join ALPS at SVN26, in collaboration with the Society for Vascular Nursing (SVN), for an engaging Toe & Flow session centered on teamwork, clinical decision‑making, and limb preservation. This interactive session explores how multidisciplinary teams navigate diabetic foot care and vascular intervention—when to act, when to reassess, and how to move forward together.

📍 Hynes Convention Center | Boston, MA
📅 Thursday, June 11, 2026 | 8:00–9:30 AM ET

Featuring: Drs. David G. Armstrong, Joseph L. Mills, Karen Bauer & Nora Dunlap
Followed by a roundtable discussion moderated by Nora Dunlap & Georgia Krehbiel, MBA, with panelists David Armstrong, Joseph Mills, Michael Conte & Karen Bauer.

Special offer: Don’t miss your chance to become an ALPS member for just $1 using the code VAM26 (use at checkout), now through June 19th! https://limbpreservationsociety.org/become-a-member/

Feeling unsure about applying? Keep it simple.

Prior ALPS Traveling Fellow Dr. Michael Siah put it plainly:

“The process was incredibly easy — I completed my essay and asked mentors for letters of recommendation.”

If the application feels big, break it into small steps:
• Draft your 500 words (objectives + career goals)
• List two centers and why they’re complementary
• Request letters (include deadline + bullet points they can use)

🗓️ Deadline: 1 July 2026
Apply: https://limbpreservationsociety.org/traveling-fellowship/

“Diabetes is a profoundly global disease, and limb preservation has to be a global team sport. What struck me in every city was the appetite — surgeons, endocrinologists, and nurses asking the same hard questions about offloading, perfusion, and how to keep people in remission rather than simply closing a wound. The science is portable. The team approach travels. That is the whole point.”

ALPS Founding President, David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD, Distinguished Professor at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has completed a 13-day academic tour of China spanning five cities and three major diabetes congresses.

Across the tour, Prof. Armstrong delivered invited keynotes on team-based amputation prevention, standardized risk classification, and advancing wound healing at the biological level.

Learn more: https://limbpreservationsociety.org/news/alps-founding-president-david-g-armstrong-completes-five-city-china-tour-delivering-keynotes-at-three-national-diabetes-congresses/

Want to discuss limb preservation education on a global level?

The best conversations start in person, and we would love to meet you.
Meet us at VAM in Boston and hear more about our conferences and strategic partnership programs.

Why the ALPS Traveling Fellowship?

Because no clinician is an island — and one of the fastest ways to grow is to visit other teams, learn what’s transferable, and build relationships that last.

This fellowship creates protected time to think bigger, compare pathways, and learn from experts tackling the same challenges across disciplines.

🗓️ New deadline: 1 July 2026
Apply: https://limbpreservationsociety.org/traveling-fellowship/

What past fellows say about the experience:

"Dr. Venita Chandra didn’t change the lives of these patients. She gave them their lives back, took their pain away, and saved their leg. I wanted to do that for other people," shares Anahita Dua, ALPS Traveling Fellow 2021. https://limbpreservationsociety.org/news/harvard-vascular-surgeon-becomes-first-recipient-of-alps-traveling-fellowship/

"Working with Roberto (Ferraresi, red.) taught me philosophically, technically, and practically, and I will be forever grateful for the opportunity and experience," shares Michael Siah, ALPS Traveling Fellow 2023. https://limbpreservationsociety.org/news/michael-siah-saving-limbs/

“I would, 100%, wake up and do it all over again, shares Dr. Meghan Brennan, ALPS Traveling Fellow 2024.

https://limbpreservationsociety.org/news/you-dont-know-what-you-dont-know-dr-meghan-brennan-on-diabetic-foot-teams-triaging-systems-and-her-alps-traveling-fellowship/

That’s the power of the fellowship: not just seeing what top teams do — but how they work together — and bringing those insights back to improve care.

🗓️ New deadline: 1 July 2026

Apply: https://limbpreservationsociety.org/traveling-fellowship/