World Diabetes Congress Melbourne 2013: the lasting legacy The legacy of the event will be felt for years to come. The World Diabetes Congress attracted over 10,300 delegates from 140 countries making it officially the largest medical Congress ever held in Australia. The scientific programme consisted of 7 streams, a total of 332 hours of concurrently running sessions. 405 speakers from 51 countries presented at the Congress and a record number of 2,208 abstracts were submitted for peer-review. New initiatives include the launch of an IDF partnership with The Fred Hollows Foundation on diabetic retinopathy and the creation of the first ever network of Parliamentary Champions for Diabetes. The Melbourne Congress also promoted a message of healthy living to delegates. Daily morning runs were organised and healthy food was served throughout the venue. Adding to the message of healthy living, international sporting celebrities, Olympian Cathy Freeman from Australia and Pakistani cricketer Wasim Akram, both spoke at the Congress on living life to the full with diabetes. We look forward to welcoming you to the World Diabetes Congress in 2015 to build on these successes! Message from the Victorian Department of Health The World Diabetes Congress has wrapped up in Melbourne and the Victorian Department of Health is proud to have been part of Australias largest ever health conference. The Congress presented some fantastic opportunities to share Victorias work in the prevention, treatment and management of diabetes and to learn from the experiences of international delegates and speakers. Healthy Together Victoria , the Departments community-based initiative to prevent chronic diseases was a key focus of our presentations and exhibition stand. Watch the sessions online! Over 332 hours of scientific sessions were delivered by 405 world-class experts most of which are available for viewing via webcasts in our online scientific programme. Click here to view the final programme and webcasts. The Congress was accredited with 18 European CME hours. To print your CME certificate click here . Preparation for the next World Diabetes Congress in 2015 is now underway. Australias largest ever health conference The World Diabetes Congress is officially Australias largest ever health conference to date. The event attracted over 10,300 delegates from over 140 countries. Delegates came from across the globe to attend the ground-breaking scientific sessions and to learn about the latest diabetes innovations at the lively exhibition. IDF would like to thank all the delegates, sponsors and exhibitors for their participation and continued support of the World Diabetes Congress. In addition, the event experienced an unprecedented amount of feedback from the diabetes community: 1 in 10 delegates tweeted about the Congress and IDF social networks received an overwhelming number of visits. Abbott symposium Abbott sponsored the symposium “Flash Glucose Monitoring and Ambulatory Glucose Profile (AGP): EXPANDING THE GLUCOSE STORY BEYOND A1C” during the 2013 IDF World Diabetes Congress. The symposium speakers reviewed AGP – a way of interpreting glucose data and explored practical approaches of how to use AGP in clinical practice. Abbott Diabetes Care introduced a breakthrough in sensor technology: Flash Glucose Monitoring. Speakers were Dr. Richard Bergenstal, Dr. Roger Mazze, Dr. Howard Wolpert, Dr. Oliver Schubert and Mr. Steven Scott. To view the symposium and learn more information about AGP and Flash Glucose Monitoring visit www.AbbottNextFrontier.com (Products depicted are not actual devices and are design concepts only).