Francine Kaufmann, MD, PhD: Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Communication, Keck School of Medicine and the Annenberg School of Communications , USC; and Head of the Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism at Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, CA; Chief Medical Officer for Medtronic, Inc. Phil Zeitler, MD, PhD, Section Head for the Section of Pediatric Endocrinology, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Denver, The Children's Hospital. Lilliam González de Pijem, MD- Director of Pediatric Endocrinology and Director of the Endocrinology Laboratory of the Hereditary Diseases Program, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico. Kaumudi Joshipura, BDS,MS, SCD, NIH Endowed Chair and Director of the Center for Clinical Research and Health Promotion, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, Adjunct Professor Epidemiology, Harvard University. Chandra Y. Osborn, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Diabetes Research and Training Center, Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Center for Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Sheri Colberg,PhD, Professor of Exercise Science, Human Movement Sciences Department, Old Dominion University, Norfolk VA and Adjunct Professor of Internal Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Marino De León, PhD, Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine; Director, Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity; Associate Professor, Departments of Physiology/Pharmacology and Human Pathology and Anatomy Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA. Deborah Vincent, PhD, RN, FAANP, Assistant Professor, Diabetes Research and Training Center, Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Center for Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Otegbola Ojo, MD, President and CEO Atlantis Healthcare Group Inc. y P.R. Renal Health & Research, Inc. Keynote Luncheon Speaker “The Full Care Model for the Prevention and Treatment of Type II Diabetes”. Emma Fernández-Repollet, MD Professor; RCMI and BREP Program Director, Medical Science Campus, UPR Elba Blanes, Executive Director of Puerto Rican Diabetes Association http://www.congresodiabetes2011.com