Welcome Addresses
A. Maldonato, Chairman of the Congress
Rome, Italy

P. Pisanti, Chair, General Direction for Planning, Health Ministry
Rome, Italy

R. Bengoa, Director, Management of Chronic Diseases for the
World Health Organisation (WHO)
Geneva, Switzerland

P. Lefèbvre, President, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF),
Liège, Belgium

J. Boavida, President, the Diabetes Education Study Group (DESG) of the EASD,
Lisbon, Portugal

D. Bruttomesso, Chair, Italian Diabetes Education Study Group (GISED) of Diabete Italia
Padua, Italy

A.M. Felton, Chair, Federation of European Nurses in Diabetes, (FEND),
London, UK

M. Peruffo, President, Alpinisti Diabetici in Quota (ADIQ), Mountaineer with T1 diabetes
Castelnovo – Vicenza, Italy