12,841 participants from over 100 countries!

A record number of participants attended the 41st Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) which took place in the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Athens, Greece, on 10-15 September 2005. The Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes is among the largest yearly international meetings dealing with the study of diabetes.

The 41st Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes Meeting was held under the auspices of the President of the Hellenic Republic and supported by all relevant governmental and public institutions. Participants found the congress to be a great success in terms of number of attendance, invited speakers' portfolio and scientific programme's value.

Probably the greatest challenge that C&C International met was managing to transform a basketball Stadium into a state-of-the-art congress venue in a record time of 40 days as well as to satisfy the demanding requirements posed by the extremely high number of attendance.

At the same time C&C International offered an inspiring social programme including an enactment of ancient drama in the Ancient Roman Theatre of Herodes Atticus, organised exclusively for the congress delegates. The revival of "Nostalgic Athens" on the opening ceremony made the venue resemble to the city as it was in past decades, including a shadow theatre, an open air cinema, a traditional Greek music corner with live musicians and dancers and the official band of The Municipality of Athens. Participants enjoyed this setting having the Argosaronic Sea in the backdrop.

Both the European Association for the Study of Diabetes as well as the Local Organising Committee congratulated C&C International for making the event a success story.

EASD 2005 in numbers:

• 12481 delegates from 100 different countries
• 90% foreign delegates
• 6707 booked rooms
• 1195 scientific presentations
• 218 sessions
• 390 parallel sessions
• 302 keynote speakers
• 346 accredited journalists
• 481 specialised associates
• 50 project team members
• 38 terminals
• 2 press rooms
• 2 exhibitors desk
• 5 information desks

Brief Information on the European Association for the Study of Diabetes
The European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) was founded in Montecatini, Italy in 1965 with Dr. Joseph Hoet as Founding President.

The Active Membership of the Association currently numbers more than 6,400 individuals from over 110 countries throughout the world. The Association also bestows Honorary Membership on any individual whose medical or scientific contribution to diabetes research has been outstanding; the first Honorary Member of the Association was Charles Best.

To read more about EASD you may visit http://www.easd.org/