Save the Date! The City of Boston is Set to Welcome the 75th Scientific Sessions

Mark your calendars now for the world's foremost meeting on diabetes—the 75th anniversary of the American Diabetes Association's Scientific Sessions. Next year's meeting will be held June 5-9, 2015, at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, MA.

The program includes five days of comprehensive, unparalleled education through symposia, oral abstract sessions, interest group discussions, meet-the-expert sessions and special lectures and addresses. More than 2,000 abstracts will also be featured as poster presentations. In addition, special events will take place to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Scientific Sessions.

If you are involved in diabetes research or the delivery of diabetes care and services, you won’t want to miss this opportunity to be a part of history and join your colleagues at the world’s premier meeting focused on diabetes.

Abstract Submission Site Now Open!

Only the best, new basic and clinical science related to diabetes and its complications is presented at the Scientific Sessions, providing the latest research and investigative methods not found at any other diabetes-related meeting. There are great benefits to submitting your research:

• Accepted abstracts are published in the journal Diabetes^®, the #1 publisher of original research in the field of diabetes, endocrinology and metabolism.
• Reach to over 14,000 professional attendees and 150,000 virtual attendees.
• Travel grants are available to qualified early career investigators.

Professional Interest Group Travel Grant Awards

• Travel grants in the amount of $750 are awarded to two qualifying young investigators from the highest scoring abstracts in Foot Care by the Foot Care Interest Group in honor of Dr. Marvin Levin.
• The Michaela Modan Memorial Award, which includes $1,000 honorarium, is awarded to one outstanding abstract by the Interest Group on Epidemiology and Statistics.

Don’t miss this opportunity to submit your research to the most important, worldwide meeting focused on diabetes!

Visit our Abstract site for additional information and submission instructions.

Abstract submissions will be accepted until 5 p.m. EST on Monday, January 5, 2015.

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Registration and Housing Scheduled to Open December 2, 2014

Registration and Housing are scheduled to open December 2, 2014. Hotel reservations are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Reserve your room early to get your first choice hotel. Also, register early to take advantage of the Early Bird Registration rates.

Please note: Only those attendees who reserve rooms through the Association’s official housing company will have complimentary access to the Scientific Sessions shuttle bus service.

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Continuing Education Credit

Earn up to 35 Continuing Education Credits. Credit is available for physicians, family physicians, international physicians, podiatric physicians, nurses, pharmacists, psychologists, dietitians and certified diabetes educators.

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Networking Opportunities

No other meeting like the Scientific Sessions offers the opportunity to meet and network with your colleagues from across the country or around the world. Here are just a few ways to connect while at the meeting:

• Professional Interest Groups
  Join hot-topic discussion sessions hosted by the Professional Interest Groups on the latest research and care specific to your specialty.
• Connect and Collaborate Lounges
  Lounges will be located throughout the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center and will feature special areas for each of our eight distinct theme areas.
• Opening Reception
  Join us Friday evening, June 5, for the Opening Reception. While details on the location are still being finalized, we are excited to let you know that it’s a stunning venue unique to Boston.
• Networking Reception
  End the day on Saturday, June 6 from 6:15 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. by catching up with your colleagues from around the world. Enjoy light hors d’oeuvres and beverages while renewing connections and making new ones.

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Spotlight on Boston

America’s history begins in Boston with the Freedom Trail that includes the most important landmarks of the American Revolution—the site of the Boston Tea Party, Faneuil Hall, Old North Church, the USS Constitution and the Bunker Hill Monument.

The city’s culture is world-renowned. Boston is home to the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops, as well as great museums such as the Museum of Fine Arts, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Harvard and MIT Museums in Cambridge, the Institute of Contemporary Art and many more.

Dining is marked by astonishing diversity, ethnic variety and proximity to the convention center and hotels. The Waterfront District has famous seafood restaurants serving lobster, chowder and other New England favorites. The Back Bay neighborhood offers hundreds of restaurants from steakhouses to sidewalk bistros.

Boston is a world-class destination with endless possibilities for exploration of history, culture and dining. Come early or stay late to explore the history and culture of Boston!

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Miss Something at the 74th Scientific Sessions?

Purchase online access or a USB flash drive with content captured live at the 74th Scientific Sessions. Access 600+ presentations and oral abstracts, including audio recordings and user-friendly synchronized slides. Content is searchable by speaker name, session title and date. If you purchased the webcasts online or on USB in San Francisco, don’t forget to go online and activate your account! All you need is the card you received onsite with your unique activation code. Visit professional.diabetes.org/webcasts to access the webcasts.

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Questions

For general questions regarding the Scientific Sessions, please contact
conventionoperations@diabetes.org.

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