Abstracts 2007
DOI 10.1007/s00125-007-0809-7 S1 MINUTES OF THE 42nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF DIABETES held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 16 September 2006 at 18.15 Present: Drs. E. J. D. L. E. V. Ferrannini Å krha Eizirik Gale Jörgens (President) (Honorary Treasurer) (Honorary Secretary) (Editor-in-Chief, Diabetologia) (Executive Director) The President welcomed everyone to the 42nd General Assembly. 1. MINUTES, 41st GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2005 Since there were no comments, the minutes were approved unanimously and officially signed as a correct record. 2. REPORTS a) President Dr. Ferrannini reported that a teleconference had taken place with the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) to discuss the format of the meeting in London at the EMEA offices on 22 September 2006. The EASD committee for this meeting includes Drs. C. Bailey, A. Barnett, B. Charbonnel, S. Del Prato, E. Ferrannini, R. Heine and R. Holman, U. Smith and E. Standl. The President reported on the meeting held in Vienna, Austria on 15â16 February 2006 organised by the Austrian Ministry of Health (OBIG) which had been attended by representatives from EASD, WHO and patient organisations. As a result of the meeting the recommendation had been made to set up a working group to take initiatives to increase the awareness of diabetes. The President reported that âThe case for a UN resolutionâ had been prepared by the IDF to highlight the need for a United Nations Resolution on diabetes in order to focus attention on the need to stop the growing diabetes epidemic. Dr. Ferrannini reported that ISPAD was a small, but enthusiastic organisation which had recently held a very well-attended meeting in Cambridge, UK. Following information that pediatricians are not attending the EASD Annual Meetings, discussions to organise a pediatric track in the programme of the Annual Meeting have been put forward. Dr. DahlJørgensen has also suggested...