After being around the world through cities such as Fiuggi (Italy), Hong Kong (China), Chennai (India), Helsinki (Finland), Dresden (Germany) and Madrid (Spain), it is now the turn for the beautiful Cartagena located in the Caribbean.There, amidst tropical scenery and a colonial walled city, we hope to offer you our best hospitality and assure a scientific meeting with the highest standards.To achieve this, our three Scientific Societies working in the field of diabetes have joined their efforts: Colombian Diabetes Association, Colombian Diabetologic Federation and Colombian Association of endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.We therefore want to invite all the health professionals working in this field to attend and present their work in this great meeting which will take place on 15, 16 and 17 October 2015 at the Convention Centre of Las Americas Hotel in Cartagena.