The 11^th International Diabetes Federation Western Pacific Region Congress(11^th IDF-WPR Congress 2016) and the 8^th Scientific Meeting of the Asian Association for the Study of Diabetes (8^th AASD Scientific Meeting) will be held by the Chinese Taipei Diabetes Association (CTDA) and the Taiwanese Association of Diabetes Educators (TADE) on October 27-30, 2016 at Taipei International Convention Center (TICC), Taipei, Taiwan. 

The main theme of the 11th IDF-WPR Congress and 8^th AASD Scientific Meeting is "Create a new dimension in diabetes: Prevention, Protection and Care". We cordially request you to mark the meeting schedule in your calendar. We value and look forward to your participation to enjoy the scientific and cultural experience in Taipei in 2016.

• Early Screening and Intervention of Prediabetes and Diabetes
• Diabetes Management: Gene and Environment
• Diabetes Performance Measures: An Update and Future Directions
• Optimizing Diabetes Therapy
• Delay Diabetes Complication: What Can We Do?
• Psychosocial Status of Diabetes: What Have We Learned? Psychosocial perspectives on diabetes caring and health behavior
• Diabetes Education: Focus on Minds
• Beta Cell Replacement Therapy and Imaging
• Obesity/diabetes & Bariatric Surgery
• Using big data for research and care in diabetes
• Others (clinical research, basic research, etc.)