46th Annual Meeting of the European Diabetes Epidemiology Group (EDEG) 2011

Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, 15 -18 May 2011

Dates: Sunday 15 May 2011 - Wednesday 18 May

Venue: Hotel Sherry Park Avda. Álvaro Domecq, 11 11405 - - Cádiz - Spain Tel. +34 956 31 76 14 Fax. +34 956 31 13 00 www.hotelsherrypark.com

Local organising committee

Rafael Gabriel Instituto IdiPAZ, Hospital Universitario La Paz,Madrid. Manuel Aguilar President Spanish Society of Diabetes (SED), Cádiz Albert Goday Coordinator Epidemiology Working Group, Spanish Society of Diabetes, Barcelona. Fernando Álvarez-Guisasola Coordinator Diabetes Working Group, Spanish Society of Family Physicians (SEMFyC),Gijón. Pedro Mezquita Coordinator Diabetes Working Group, Spanish Society of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Almería. Pablo Aschner Coordinator Grupo Latino-Americano de Epidemiología de la Diabetes, (GLED), Bogotá,Colombia. Jaakko Tuomilehto Instituto IdiPAZ, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid. University of Helsinki, Finland.

Technical office: Belén Barallobre/Eliana Del Águila AEDEC C/General Pardiñas, 64 28001 Madrid, SPAIN Phone: +34 914025066 [email protected] ;[email protected]

Important dates 14th February: Abstract submission deadline. 28th February: Notification abstracts. 1st April: Registration Deadline

Registration Registration fees: scientific documentation, coffee-breaks, lunches, dinners and social programme.

EDEG members: €300 Non-EDEG members: €400 Registration fees MUST be paid by April 1st by bank transfer to: AEDEC CC IBAN ES92 2038 1106 1260 0059 5894

Accommodation Please note that the cost of accommodation is not included in the registration fee and MUST be paid direct to the hotel upon arrival.

Bed & Breakfast accommodation for the nights requested on your Registration Form will be booked, on your behalf, by the local organising committee.

Single occupancy room: €83 per night. Double occupancy room: €100 per night.

The special hotel rates above have been agreed for the nights of 15, 16 and 17 May only, for both members and non-members of EDEG.

Any additional nights will be charged at the normal hotel rate, which should be checked direct with the hotel www.hotelsherrypark.com

Transportation

To Jerez de la Frontera (nearest airport):

There are daily direct flights to Jerez airport from Madrid and Barcelona (several) and from London, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Munich, Frankfurt, Hannover and Bruxells (check from your city). The airport is located 8 kilometres northeast of Jerez de la Frontera.

From Jerez Airport to the hotel: By Shuttle Bus (to Jerez Bus Station): Every 30 min. (Approximately 30 min. trip). One way trip: €2 By taxi: Fare 1: Monday to Friday from 07:00 to 22:00: approximately €13, 50 + €0,47 per suitcase or piece of luggage. Fare 2: Monday to Friday from 21:00 to 07:.00, Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays: approximately €17 + €0,47 per suitcase or piece of luggage. Telephone Teletaxi: +34 956 344 860

To Airport: (for some flights from the UK)

From Gibraltar to Jerez de la Frontera: The most convenient is by car: Highway A-7, 111 Km, approximately 1h and a half. By Taxi: €150 approximately from the frontier to Jerez. By Car hire: €60 approximately from Gibraltar Airport to Jerez ( www.airport-car-hire.net ) There are also buses and trains from (nearby town of Gibraltar) to Jerez de la Frontera. Please be aware that transfers between Gibraltar and Spain involve passing through Border Customs. Please consult your travel agency for further information.

To : There are flights to Seville from many European cities. Please consult your travel agency.

From Sevilla to Jerez de la Frontera: By car: Highway A-3, 93 Km, approximately 1 h. By train: From Santa Justa Train Station to Jerez, approximately 1 h. There are several trains from 8:00 a.m. to 21:45 p.m. every day. Approximately €9 Please visit the Spanish Railway website (RENFE) for trains timetable: www.renfe.com