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Association Development

  • Associations and a wider view: people with the metabolic syndrome in addition to those with diabetes (Debate)
  • Associations and a wider view: people with the metabolic syndrome in addition to those with diabetes (Meet-the-expert)
  • Associations and industry: pearls and perils (Symposium)
  • Cost-effective diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes for association use(Meet-the-expert)
  • Cost-effective strategies in diabetes care for universal application (Meet-the-expert)
  • Cost-effective strategies in diabetes care for universal application (Workshop)
  • Diagnosis of unknown diabetes or prevention: which should take precedence? (Meet-the-expert)
  • Has the IDF made a major difference to the lives of our people with diabetes? (Debate)
  • How to interact with governmental agencies (Meet-the-expert)
  • Is prevention possible in many poor and developing countries? (Debate)
  • Joining hands with other organizations with similar aims and objectives (Meet-the-expert)
  • Man-made and natural disasters: the role of associations (Symposium)
  • Sixty years of the IDF: then and now (Teaching Lecture)
  • Taking the guidelines to the masses: how are these translated to better the lives of our people with diabetes? (Meet-the-expert)
  • Taking the guidelines to the masses: how are these translated to better the lives of our people with diabetes? (Symposium)
  • The relevance of IDF guidelines in different regions of the world (Meet-the-expert)
  • The relevance of IDF guidelines in different regions of the world (Symposium)
  • The state of diabetes in different countries: problems and solutions(Symposium)
  • The UN resolution on diabetes; will it make a difference to our people with diabetes? (Debate)
  • Together we are stronger: lateral communications, twinning and collaborations (Meet-the-expert)
  • Together we are stronger: lateral communications, twinning and collaborations (Symposium)
  • What is the future of IDF and its diabetes related activities – where do we go from here? (Workshop)
  • What is the future of IDF and its diabetes related activities – where do we go from here? (Meet-the-expert)

Clinical Research

  • Assessment of cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes(Meet-the-expert)
  • Cannabinoid receptor agonists: worth the risk? (Debate)
  • Diabetes and obesity management: fat distribution, bariatric surgery, obesity drugs as glucose-lowering drugs, appetite control in diabetes (Symposium)
  • Diabetes and the brain (Symposium)
  • Ectopic fat and cardiometabloic risk in type 2 diabetes - EAS/ICCR joint symposium(Symposium)
  • Extrapancreatic effects of the incretins (Symposium)
  • First line combination therapy for type 2 diabetes?(Meet-the-expert)
  • Genetics of type 2 diabetes – relevance to clinical practice (Symposium)
  • Glucose variability: does it make a difference?(Meet-the-expert)
  • Glucose-lowering for the prevention of cardiovascular disease: positive, negative or neutral? (Debate)
  • HIV therapy and diabetes risk(Meet-the-expert)
  • Hot topics: latest clinical trial results (Symposium)
  • Inflammation and diabetes (Symposium)
  • In-hospital glycaemic management of diabetes (Meet-the-expert)
  • Intensive glucose control in the critically ill(Meet-the-expert)
  • Intervention for prevention of type 2 diabetes: periodical or lifetime? (Symposium)
  • Management of diabetes in chronic kidney disease (Meet-the-expert)
  • Management of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes in adolescence(Meet-the-expert)
  • Medical treatment of diabetic eye disease (Symposium)
  • Non-type 1 diabetes in children (Symposium)
  • Novel therapeutic approaches to prevention and management of type 1 diabetes (Symposium)
  • Novel therapies for glucose-lowering (Symposium)
  • Physical activity and diabetes: what to prescribe, why and how?(Meet-the-expert)
  • PPAR-agonists 10 years on (Symposium)
  • Prediabetes: which organ is the culprit? (Symposium)
  • Statistical interpretation of clinical trials in diabetes(Meet-the-expert)
  • The diabetic foot updated (Symposium)
  • The renin angiotensin system in diabetes: from islet to kidney (Symposium)
  • What is obesity and why? (Symposium)

Education

  • Complementary medicines: is there a place in diabetes? (Meet-the-expert)
  • Developing innovative educational materials and programmes for parents and young people with type 1 diabetes(Meet-the-expert)
  • Diabetes in indigenous communities (Symposium)
  • Diabetes in the young (Symposium)
  • Establishing diabetes education in emerging countries (Symposium)
  • Health literacy: what is its implication for education?(Meet-the-expert)
  • Helping the blind self-manage(Meet-the-expert)
  • How can we help our patients reduce hypoglycaemia unawareness? (Meet-the-expert)
  • How does culture impact on diabetes education? (Teaching Lecture)
  • IDF global diabetes education activities(Symposium)
  • Is self-monitoring useful in type 2 diabetes: what is the evidence? in whom? (Meet-the-expert)
  • Managing older people with diabetes more effectively - avoiding pitfalls and rejecting some common beliefs(Meet-the-expert)
  • Novel approaches in diabetes education (Symposium)
  • Nutrition guidelines: challenges and solutions (Symposium)
  • Peer and rural education (Symposium)
  • Psychosocial and behavioral interventions(Symposium)
  • Socratic dialogue: patient empowerment(Teaching Lecture)
  • The discovery of the antidiabetic pancreatic hormone: history, science and controversy (Teaching Lecture)
  • Training foot care assistants in Jamaica and the Caribbean (Meet-the-expert)

Foundation Science

  • Beta cell mass in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes: is it critical? (Teaching Lecture)
  • Central regulation of food intake and metabolism(Meet-the-expert)
  • Exercise and insulin sensitivity: mechanisms and potential (Meet-the-expert)
  • Generation of islet β-cells from stem cells (Symposium)
  • Genetic regulation of islet β-cell function and survival (Symposium)
  • Genome-wide association scans for obesity and diabetes(Meet-the-expert)
  • Insulin resistance, islet β-cells, and mitochondrial dysfunction (Teaching Lecture)
  • Insulin signaling - where and how to study it?(Meet-the-expert)
  • The role for endoplasmic reticulum stress in diabetes (Symposium)
  • Type 1 diabetes: from pathogenesis to intervention trials (Symposium)
  • Where now for diabetes genetics? (Symposium)
  • Which are the in vivo sources of β-cells? (Symposium)
  • Which will be the best alternatives to replace the lost β-cells in diabetes? (Symposium)

Healthcare and Epidemiology

  • Diabetes guidelines(Symposium)
  • From theory to practice: a presentation of 3 translational research projects supported by IDF BRIDGES(Workshop)
  • Grant application: practical workshop(Workshop)
  • Health Economics Task Force(Symposium)
  • International diabetes management practices study (IDMPS)(Meet-the-expert)
  • Models of diabetes care from around the world (Symposium)
  • Populations at risk: understanding why (Symposium)
  • Primary prevention programmes for diabetes: lifestyle vs drugs (Debate)
  • Redefining diabetes? what tools? what is it anyway? (Symposium)
  • Screening for diabetes: moving to reality? (Symposium)
  • Secondary prevention programmes for prevention of complications (Symposium)
  • Successful models of intervention from around the world (Symposium)

Living with Diabetes

  • Adequate nutrition: prenatal and postnatal – vital (Symposium)
  • Aetiology of type 2 diabetes - genetics vs environment (Debate)
  • Alternative medicine: its role and practice (Workshop)
  • Awareness and education through skits/song/dance/mime (Open Forum)
  • Camping: positives and negatives (Workshop)
  • Celebrating Diabetes(Speakers' Corner)
  • Dealing with diabetes through narration(Workshop)
  • Diabetes and disasters: natural and man-made (Symposium)
  • Diabetes online(Speakers' Corner)
  • Discrimination and diabetes(Open Forum)
  • Empowering youth with diabetes (Teaching Lecture)
  • Energizing IDF through youth empowerment (Open Forum)
  • Exercise in prevention and management (Symposium)
  • Food and diabetes: what’s the fuss? (Open Forum)
  • Future of type 1 diabetes: does technology hold the key?(Teaching Lecture)
  • Gestational diabetes (Symposium)
  • Handicap in golf: is vision essential? (Speakers' Corner)
  • Healthy lifestyle - diet vs exercise (Debate)
  • Hypoglycaemia - Causes and solutions(Speakers' Corner)
  • Insulin for all: can we make it a reality?(Workshop)
  • Interaction of aetiological factors in type 2 diabetes - key to prevention? (Symposium)
  • Living with diabetes and its complications: perspective of someone with diabetes (Open Forum)
  • Living with diabetes: a family approach (Speakers' Corner)
  • Living with someone with diabetes: challenges and solutions (Open Forum)
  • Music as a medium of communication (Open Forum)
  • New technologies in the management of diabetes (Symposium)
  • Prevention of type 2 diabetes and CVD – diabesity (Teaching Lecture)
  • Primary prevention of type 2 diabetes: drugs vs lifestyle (Symposium)
  • Psychological stress: cause and effect (Teaching Lecture)
  • Sexual dysfunction: psychological and physical (Open Forum)
  • Sports personalities: coping with diabetes (Speakers' Corner)
  • Stress: the critical factor in type 2 diabetes? (Symposium)
  • To D or not to D: Vitamin D and Cardiovascular risk in diabetic patients with chronic kidney disease(Debate)
  • Transitional care – adolescence to adulthood (Open Forum)
  • Turning diabetes to my advantage (Speakers' Corner)