The Scientific Sessions are held in June each year and provide an opportunity for members of the diabetes community from around the world to participate in the largest annual research and clinical meeting on diabetes. Sessions focus on the latest information in the areas of basic and clinical research and on the application of this information to clinical practice.
Complimentary 68th Scientific Sessions Webcasts, offering synchronized audio with slides of lectures from the 2008 meeting, may be found online at DiabetesConnect.org.
Highlights Webcast
The American Diabetes Association’s Scientific Sessions:
Highlights 2008 is a continuing education webcast focused on key presentations made June 6 -10 at the 68th Scientific Sessions in San Francisco. Topical segments include: cardiovascular disease and glycemia, obesity, behavioral medicine, diabetic complications and therapeutic agents. A group of expert panelists from the Scientific Sessions Meeting Planning Committee will comment after each of the segments, providing additional insight on the application and impact of the presentations in clinical practice.
This program is available online, free of charge to registered participants. To register for the program, please visit adasessions.org.
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Abstracts
Abstracts selected for the ADA’s 68th Scientific Sessions are available to be viewed online. The searchable database includes the Oral, Poster, and Published Only abstracts. You may search the abstracts by their presentation number, keyword, author name, or category. Late Breaking Abstracts are available in the Late Breaking Abstracts Handout.
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Late Breaking Abstracts Handout (PDF)
Posters2View CD
Production of the 2008 Scientific Sessions posters on CD-ROM is complete. Poster discs were shipped via first class mail at the end of July. If you submitted a completed Posters2View voucher at the meeting and did not receive your CD, please contact the ADA.
Diabetes Dispatch
Diabetes Dispatch San Francisco, the official newspaper of the 68th Scientific Sessions, is available online. Keep up with all the news from the world's greatest annual research and clinical meeting on diabetes. 
Read the Preview
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5K@ADA
Sunday morning at 6:30 a.m., 562 runners and 158 walkers departed San Francisco's Embarcadero Plaza for the 5K@ADA fun run sponsored by novo Nordisk. Ian Lanza of Rochester, MN, was the first to complete the scenic five-kilometer course, which took participants alongside the bay, by the stadium, and past several stunning sculptures. Emily Mitchel of Hermosa Beach, CA, was the top female finisher. In all, more than 1,500 ADA attendees registered for the event.
Run Results
Top Male Finisher- Ian Lanza, Rochester, MN (16:27)
Top Female Finisher - Hermosa Beach, CA (18:44)
Walk Results
Top Male Finisher- Ralph Eccles, Klamath Falls, OR (32:26)
Top Female Finisher - Nancy Byrd, Virginia (41:22)