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European Association for the study of Diabetes (EASD)

European Association for the study of Diabetes (EASD)

Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

The European Association for the Study of Diabetes e.V. (EASD) is a non-profit, medical scientific association. It was founded in 1965 and its headquarters is based in Duesseldorf, Germany.

The aims of the Association are to encourage and support research in the field of diabetes, the rapid diffusion of acquired knowledge and to facilitate its application.

EASD holds its Annual Meeting in a different European city each year with more than 15,000 delegates from over 130 countries attending. The scientific programme includes more than 1,200 talks and presentations on the latest results in diabetes research by leading experts in the field.

The first Annual Meeting took place at the same time with papers in French, German and English - it was not until 1971 that English was adopted as the single language. The list of authors of these first presentations makes interesting reading - including E.F. Pfeiffer, W.J.H. Butterfield, J.P. Felber, W. Malaisse, L.G. Heding, R. Korec, P.H. Sönksen, E.R. Froesch, J. Pirart, W. Creutzfeldt, A. Czyzyk, Z. Skrabalo, R. Oesterby and H. Keen.

Obviously the Association has grown enormously since that time with now thousands of members, a monthly journal with a high and rising impact factor, and a vast Annual Meeting. None the less the atmosphere remains similar; and the principles of friendliness and trans European collaboration laid down by our founding fathers are still adhered to today. The Annual Meeting remains the highlight of the European diabetes calendar.

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