1. Dear Colleagues! The Scandinavian Society for the Study of Diabetes welcomes all to our 50 th Congress in Oslo, April 24-26th 2015. The event will take place at the Royal Christiania Hotel. We promise you a very interesting congress with renowned speakers, two Young Investigators´ Awards, The Swedish Child Diabetes Foundation’s Johnny Ludvigsson-prize, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Lecture for 2015 as well as the Knud Lundbaeck Lecture. For young scientists, there will be great possibilities for travel grants and oral presentations. The evenings will offer a social programme, all to make the congress a memorable one. Warmly welcome to Oslo in April 2015! Kåre I Birkeland On behalf of the organizing committee Please see our congress website: www.oslodiabetes.no/sssd2015 Scandinavian Society for the Study of Diabetes 50 th Annual Meeting

2. Program Preliminary program Program is subject to change and is continuously updated. Congress will start at 1 pm April 24 th and end with lunch April 26 th An emphasis will be on oral presentations of abstracts. The program also includes presentation of two Young Investigator Awards with lectures, the Novo Nordisk Foundation Lecture 2014, the Knud Lundbeck Lecture and the Swedish Child Diabetes Foundation´s Johnny Ludvigsson Prize lecture. Topics for invited speaker sessions will be: Diabetes and the brain The failing diabetic heart New long-acting insulin analogs – real benefits or emperor’s new clothes? A Nordic approach to gestational diabetes Virus as a pathogenetic factor in type 1 diabetes For Program click here

3. Abstract Call for Abstract Welcome to submit an abstract for poster presentation Your abstract should be maximum one page. See this abstract sample for instructions: Download abstract template here Deadline for abstract submission is February 15th, 2015. Please submit your abstract to: sssd2015@oslodiabetes.no

4. General information Om Oslo Praktisk om kongressen Om reise fra Gardermoen til OSLO

5. Exhibition/sponsors Exhibitors / Sponsors Please let us know if your company is interested in becoming an exhibitor or a sponsor of the congress. Welcome to contact: Professor Kåre I Birkeland k.i.birkeland@medisin.uio.no k.i.birkeland@medisin.uio.no Or CIC at:

6. Contact Scientific Commitee from the University of Oslo and the Oslo University Hospital. Kåre I Birkeland (chair), Hanne Løvdal Gulseth, Cecilie Wium, Knut Dahl-Jørgensen, Anne Karen Jenum, Kristian F. Hanssen, Elisabeth Qvigstad, Tore Julsrud Berg. Abstract submission. Sssd2015@oslodiabetes.no Sssd2015@oslodiabetes.no Congress Secretariat For administrative matters, registration & accommodation: CIC

7. Registration Lenke til CIC påmeldingssystem Info om priser og hotellpakker

8. Travel Grants Travel grants for the 50 th SSSD meeting in Oslo 2015will be available. The grants are intended to cover a significant part of the travel, accommodation and registration expenses of young colleagues that present abstracts at the meeting. The age limit is 35 years of age (inclusive). The grants amount to a maximum of ??NOK or a maximum of 75% of total expenses. Upon receipt of verification of expenses and other information (see below) the grant will be paid out in local currency AFTER the meeting by transfer to a bank account of the recipient. To obtain a travel grant, send the following data: Name, age, affiliation, postal address, bank account (IBAN and BIC MUST be given), a copy of your abstract and verifications of expenses to: SSSD, attention Berit Myren Dept of Internal Medicine University Hospital of Trondheim 7006 Trondheim, Norway