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The Active Membership of the Association currently numbers more than 4,000 individuals from over 100 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.
The Association is governed by an Executive Committee chaired by the President.
The Annual Meeting of the Association is held in a different European city each year. Abstracts are invited from members as well as non-members. All abstracts are anonymously reviewed by a Programme Committee, chaired by the Honorary Secretary. The EASD was one of the first international Associations to introduce the anonymous review of abstracts. The high quality of scientific research presented at the Annual Meetings is attested to by the increasing participation. The scientific programme of the Meeting, providing titles of the lectures and symposia, is made available online at a very early stage. Once confirmed, the speakers' names are made available and before the start of the Meeting all abstracts accepted for presentation can be accessed online. A search function assists the visitor in finding abstracts in their field of interest.
Webcasts, poster presentations from the EASD Annual Meeting can be accessed via the EASD website.
EASD Postgraduate Education Courses have been organised by the Association since 1972 and, since then, over 25,000 medical professionals have taken part.
In 1999, the EASD increased its commitment to stimulate diabetes research in Europe by creating the European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes (EFSD).
Since its inception, EFSD has committed over Euro 100 million to diabetes research in Europe by various funding means.
