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The mission of EASD is to promote excellence in diabetes care through
research and education

Since its foundation in 1965, EASD has been organising an Annual Meeting,
which has become the largest international annual conference on diabetes
research worldwide. Although the meetings have grown so dramatically,
they are still driven by the academic traditions of the founding members.
The EASD Meeting is a meeting of members where guests are welcome.
Chairpersons of oral presentations and poster sessions are chosen
exclusively from the EASD membership. The abstracts are evaluated on a
strictly anonymous basis and the selection is based exclusively on the
EASD
quality of the science, regardless of the place of work. The EASD Honorary
Secretary is solely responsible for inviting speakers and chairpersons for
symposia and lectures. Comments, advice and proposals from the
membership and the Programme Committee are welcome. None of the
speakers or chairpersons at the EASD Annual Meeting receives an
honorarium; reimbursement of their travel costs is exclusively provided by
the Association.

EASD and its Foundation EFSD are academic charities dedicated to
diabetes research. As an academic society, EASD encourages cooperation
with industry and other institutions conducting and funding diabetes
research. EASD is committed to transparency. In 2005, its Annual Meeting
endorsed the following policy with respect to duality of interest: prior to the
Meeting speakers invited to symposia or lectures declare to EASD the
existence of any relationship or arrangement that could be reasonably
considered to affect the content of the presentation. Invited speakers who
declare a duality of interest are asked by EASD to disclose this on a slide
of their presentation.

Any occasional, positive balance resulting from the Annual Meeting is used
to encourage further diabetes research in Europe. Increasingly, major end-
point related trials are carried out to evaluate diabetes treatments. EASD
encourages these trials and provides an outstanding forum to announce
their results to the scientific community.

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