1 President (elect) IDF, Brussels, Belgium; Professor, NORD University, Norway; Guest Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará (FAMED-UFC), Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil; Guest Professor & co-Chair, Centre for Global Health-Bangladesh Diabetes Association/Bangladesh, University of Health Sciences, Dhaka, Bangladesh; President: Diabetes Asian Study Group (DASG), Qatar. Electronic address: hussain.akhtar@nord.no.
2 Professor of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, Manchester University, Manchester, UK; Consultant Physician, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK; Visiting Professor of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA; President (elect) IDF, Brussels, Belgium.