International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) and Australian Paediatric Endocrine Group (APEG) Joint Scientific Meeting 2015

On behalf of ISPAD and APEG would all like to warmly welcome to the Joint Annual Conference of the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes and Australasian Paediatric Endocrine Group, also known as ISPAD+APEG 2015.

This is ISPAD’s 41st Annual Conference and it is a great privilege for us to jointly hold this with APEG, bringing together pediatric, diabetes and endocrinology specialists from all over the world to the southern hemisphere where ISPAD last convened in Manly in 1988!

The scientific program is reflected by the motto of the conference, "Leaping over Barriers," and is underscored by plenary sessions and symposia that highlight how biological, technological, psychological and logistic barriers can be overcome to improve outcomes of care for children and adolescents with diabetes, as well as new research findings in and practical aspects of pediatric endocrinology.

The diabetes scene is alive and up-to-date in Australia and New Zealand in both adult and pediatric medicine. Whilst the APEG membership is relatively small compared to European, North and South American, and Japanese societies, APEG members are extremely active in diabetes research and ISPAD participation.