IDF recognises the value of providing continued professional education for health professionals and easy access to resources for people with diabetes and caregivers.
Building on its long track record of successful meetings, the IDF Congress Library gathers thousands of abstracts, posters and webcasts of high value and relevance.
Choose a congress below to view statistics, abstracts and posters.
The IDF World Diabetes Congress 2022 – onsite and online – was held in Lisbon, Portugal from 5 to 8 December 2022. The four day congress attracted 5429 international delegates (3512 onsite and 1917 online) and featured over 250 invited speakers from around the world. A dynamic programme, spread over eight streams, provided onsite and online participants with the latest research, treatments and tools to manage, treat and prevent diabetes.
- Browse the scientific programme
- View published abstracts in Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
- Browse the E-Poster Gallery
- IDF 2022 highlights – Flickr/YouTube
Overall feedback on IDF 2022 was very positive and participants highly appreciated the opportunity to meet again in person. The congress layout featuring the IDF Café, Diabetes Spotlight and the Global Village created inviting spaces to boost conversations and exchange.
- 90% of delegates agreed that the topics covered were highly relevant.
- 93% of delegates found that speakers were well informed.
- 98% of delegates would recommend the IDF Congress to a colleague.
Statistics
Registration – onsite and online
Programme
Session Streams:
- BTS: Basic and Translational Science
- CCT: Clinical, Therapeutic and Technology research
- DCC: Diabetes Complications and Comorbidities
- DIW: Diabetes in Women
- EIC: Education and Integrated Care
- EPH: Epidemiology and Public Health
- HSP: Health Services and Policy
- LWD: Living with Diabetes
Total number of sessions: 92
Total number of session hours: 130 hours
Speakers
- Total numbers of Speakers: 250
- Total numbers of Chairs: 76
- Total number of presentations: 107
Abstracts
- Total numbers of submitted abstracts: 1053
- Total number of abstracts included in programme: 753 e-posters, 12 oral poster presentation and 288 oral posters
The IDF Virtual Congress 2021 was held from 6 to 11 December 2021. The six day congress attracted 7000 participants from more than 140 countries.
Statistics
Registrations
Total registrations: 7072
Programme
Abstracts
- Total abstracts submitted: 521
- Total abstracts included in programme: 461
- Total abstracts selected for poster display: 361
- Total abstracts selected for oral poster presentation: 100
Sessions
The IDF Congress 2019 was held in Busan, South Korea from 2 to 6 December 2019. The 4.5 day congress attracted 5403 international participants.
Statistics
Registration
Programme
Abstracts
- Total number of submitted abstracts: 1542
Posters
- Total number of posters included in programme: 987
- Total number of reviewers: 421
Invited Speakers
- Total number of speakers: 295
- Total number of speaker slots: 337
Chairpersons
- Total number of chairpersons: 172
- Total number of chair slots: 221
Sessions
- Total number of sessions: 149
- Total number of session hours: 176
The IDF Diabetes Complications Congress 2018 in Hyderabad, India held on 25-27 October 2018 was the first in a new series of live educational events developed by IDF to tackle the issues around diabetes complications.
IDF 2018 featured over 100 invited speakers from around the world; a dynamic programme, spread over seven streams, that provided participants with the latest research, treatments and tools to limit and treat diabetes complications; and a lively exhibition showcasing the latest advances in diabetes complications care and technology.
Programme
Abstracts
- Total number of submitted abstracts: 266
- Abstracts presented in Oral Presentation: 29
- Abstracts presented in Poster Display: 104
Speakers
- Total number of speakers: 94
Chairs
- Total number of chairs: 65
Sessions
- Total hours of sessions: 65
The IDF Congress 2017 programme consisted of 160 hours of scientific sessions with presentations from over 330 high-level speakers. In addition more than 1000 posters were presented during the event.
Statistics
Registration statistics
A total of 7534 participants from 182 countries attended the IDF 2017 Congress held in Abu Dhabi, UAE from 04 to 08 December 2017.
Programme statistics
The IDF World Diabetes Congress 2015 programme consisted of 220 hours of scientific sessions with presentations from over 400 high-level speakers. In addition more than 1000 posters were presented during the event.
Abstracts
All accepted poster abstracts are available online in addition to the speaker abstracts.
Statistics
Registration statistics
A total of 8486 participants were recorded at the IDF World Diabetes Congress Vancouver 2015, held from November 30 to December 4 2015.
Programme statistics
The scientific programme was made up of 6 streams and consisted of a total of 224 hours of sessions. These took place over 3.5 days in 10 parallel session halls.
405 speakers from 50 countries presented at the Congress. The sessions were chaired by 205 people from 36 countries.
2104 abstracts were submitted for peer review. These were reviewed by 229 peers from 44 countries.
Travel grant statistics
The IDF World Diabetes Congress 2013 was held on 2-6 December 2013 in Melbourne, Australia.
Statistics
Programme statistics
The scientific programme was made up 7 streams and consisted of a total of 332 hours of sessions. These took place over 3.5 days and in 13 session halls as well as the poster area.
Registration statistics
A total of 10.216 participants were recorded at the World Diabetes Congress held in Melbourne from 2 to 6 December 2013.
The IDF World Diabetes Congress 2011 was held on 4-8 December 2011 in Dubai, UAE.
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Statistics
Programme
Registration
A total of 13.858 participants were recorded at the World Diabetes Congress 2011 held from 4 to 8 December in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The IDF World Diabetes Congress 2009 was held in Montreal, Canada. The five-day congress attracted 12,000 international delegates to access the latest data and opinion from the scientific community, discuss key issues in diabetes care, and exchange information on how available resources can best be used to tackle the global diabetes problem.
Delegates left the congress energized by the experience and ready to take key learnings back to their countries to see how local adaption and implementation can best benefit people living with diabetes and those at risk.
Statistics
A total of 10.927 participants were recorded:
A total of 11.555 participants were recorded at the IDF World Diabetes Congress 2006, held in Cape Town from 2 to 7 December 2006.