05 May 2015

200,000 virtual delegates!

A huge number that any association would be ecstatic to have! This is a clear indicator that virtual delegates' time has come, and associations need to rise to the challenge of comprehensive adoption of their virtual offering - and if they haven't started, to get moving fast. Dr Viktor Joergens will describe not only how they achieved this astounding success, but what they discovered along the way.

A huge number that any association would be ecstatic to have! This is a clear indicator that virtual delegates' time has come, and associations need to rise to the challenge of comprehensive adoption of their virtual offering - and if they haven't started, to get moving fast. Dr Viktor Joergens will describe not only how they achieved this astounding success, but what they discovered along the way.

Ref:IEAC15/TLK-3555

Speaker

Viktor Joergens

Former Executive Director, European Association for the Study of Diabetes

Dr. med Viktor Jörgens became responsible for the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in 1987 when the Annual EASD Meeting was attended by only 1700 participants. Today this conference is with 18,000 participants the largest international Meeting on diabetes research in the world.  Dr. Jörgens served as well as Executive Director of the European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes (EFSD) which was created by EASD to strengthen diabetes research in Europe. EFSD committed until now nearly 100 million Euro to top level diabetes research projects.