Dear colleagues, diabetes community members, and friends,
On behalf of the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD), we are excited to invite you to attend the 51st Annual ISPAD Conference to be held in Montreal, Canada, from November 5-8, 2025.
Canada is a land of First Nations and home to individuals from a multitude of cultures, beliefs and traditions. We acknowledge with deep respect the Kanien’keha:ka as the traditional stewards of the land and the waters of Tio’tia:ke (Montreal, where the ISPAD will be hosted). Tio’tia:ke is historically known as a gathering place for many First Nations, including the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy), Anishnabeg, and Algonquin peoples. We recognize and thank the diverse Indigenous peoples whose presence marks this territory.
Hosting the ISPAD Conference in Montreal, where 120 distinct ethnic communities are represented, provides a unique opportunity to highlight the perspectives of Minority populations living with pediatric diabetes. Our motto “Unity in Diversity” calls for innovative ways to unite the many different needs in the field of pediatric diabetes.
Since the discovery of insulin in Canada over 100 years ago, preventative, diagnostic and treatment innovations have been ever so rapidly evolving, with precision medicine approaches in all areas of diabetes care seemingly within reach. We hope that ISPAD 2025 provides an opportunity to ensure that the perspectives and lived experiences of minority population youth with diabetes and their families further shape these innovations.
The city of Montreal, set on an island in the Saint Lawrence river with the triple-peaked Mount Royal at its heart, is the world’s second largest francophone city after Paris and one of the few truly bilingual cities in the world. Seeped in history, this mosaic of cultures and traditions embraces innovation, being a world leader in such industries as aeronautics, information technology and biotechnology. Named a UNESCO City of Design in 2006, Montreal enchants with its vibrant arts scene, buzzing nightlife and rich gastronomic pleasures. Home to four universities, Montreal has a bustling student life, and two University Children’s Hospitals (one francophone, one anglophone!) that serve the majority of youth with diabetes across the province.
ISPAD 2025 will be a unique opportunity for the international pediatric diabetes community to meet, share ideas, exchange knowledge and research, in order to further advance diabetes care and research and improve the lives of children and families living with diabetes.
