SESSIONS Click on the sessions below for more details

	September 15th
I:	Diabetes: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology and Socioeconomic Burden (7:45 - 10:00 am)
II:	Conventional Diabetes Therapies: Outcomes and Limitations (10:20 - 12:00 pm)
III:	(ASMBS-Sponsored) Bariatic Surgery: Diabetes and Metabolic Outcomes (12 - 1 pm Part 1; 2 - 2:45 pm Part 2)
IV:	Gastrointestinal Surgery To treat Diabetes in Patients Who are Not Severely Obese (BMI < 35) (3:05 - 4:45 pm)
	September 16th
V:	Gastrointestinal Surgery and Diabetes in Adolescents (4:45 - 6:00 pm)
VI:	Mechanisms of Surgical Control of Diabetes (7:30 - 9:15 am)
VII:	Weighing Research Priorities in an Era of Constraint (9:45 - 11:00 am)
VIII:	Novel Gastrointestinal Interventional Therapies (11:00 am - 12:15 pm)
IX:	(IDSTF-Sponsored) Clinical and Research Recommendations for Diabetes Surgery: The Rome Consensus Conference (1:15 - 2:45 pm)
X:	The Economics of Interventional Therapies and Implications for Public Health (3:15 - 4:30 pm)
XI:	Comprehensive Management of Patients with Diabetes: The Role of Interventional Therapies (4:30 - 5:45 pm)

SESSION FORMAT

1.	Introduction of Faculty
2.	Real-Time Electronic Audience Response System will be used prior to the Keynote  Lectures to evaluate the perception or opinion of the audience on the session topic covered.
3.	Keynote Lecturer(s) will present a comprehensive review of the topic assigned.
4.	Panel Discussion The Faculty Panel will discuss the implications of the information shared in the Keynote Lectures, answer questions from the audience, and discuss future actions.
5.	Real-Time Electronic Audience Response System will be used after the Keynote Lectures and Panel Discussion to examine how the lecture and discussion impacted the opinions of the Congress delegates.
6.	Summary A leading Faculty member will conclude each session by highlighting lessons learned and providing a call to action.