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Diabetes diary for 2012 congresses
DATE
PLACE
CONFERENCE
8–11 February
Barcelona, Spain
5th International conference on advanced technologies and treatments for diabetes
15–17 February
Istanbul, Turkey
1st American Society of Nutrition Middle East Congress ‘Nutrition in Health and Disease’
7–9 March
Glasgow, UK
Diabetes UK professional conference 2012
19–22 March
Harrogate, UK
Society for Endocrinology BES 2012
22–25 March
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2nd Latin America congress on controversies to consensus in diabetes, obesity and hypertension
29–31 March
Riga, Latvia
AdiT 2012 – 4th International conference on advances in diabetes and insulin therapy
19–22 April
Bantry Bay, South Africa
SEMDSA/NOFSA 2012 congress
5–9 May
Florence, Italy
European congress of endocrinology
9–12 May
Lyon, France
19th European congress on obesity
24–27 May
Bonita Springs, USA
27th Annual clinical conference on diabetes
8–12 June
Philadelphia, USA
72nd American Diabetes Association scientific sessions (ADA)
23–26 June
Houston, Texas, USA
ENDO 2012
22–24 July
South Africa
Centres for Diabetes and Endocrinology (CDE)
13–16 September
Heidelberg, Germany
EMBO/EMBL Diabetes and obesity symposia
1–5 October
Berlin, Germany
48th European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual Meeting (EASD)
10–13 October
Istanbul, Turkey
ISPAD 2012 – 38th annual Meeting of the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes
7–9 November
Leeds, UK
40th Pacific Paediatric Endocrine Society biennial scientific meeting
22–25 November
Athens, Greece
Controversies to consensus in diabetes, obesity and hypertension
4–6 December
Dubai, UAE
1st American Diabetes Association Middle East Congress ‘Diabetes Prevention and Treatment’
