Meetings
Annual membership assemblies are an important part of SWEET to facilitate the collaboration within the worldwide network, the work on specific projects and the decision-making process. The official annual meeting takes place once a year for two days, the meeting venue changes from year to year. Please see below what has been discussed during the last meetings. SWEET members are able to download the meeting minutes in the secured member area.
The next legal entity meeting will take place on April 11th and 12th 2018 in Florence, Italy.
The ninth legal entity meeting of SWEET e.V.
The 9th meeting of SWEET e.V., the 10th anniversary meeting, was held on April 11th and 12th 2018 in Florence, Italy, where Lilly kindly welcomed us.
92 SWEET members attended the meeting.
The meeting agenda included the following topics:
- DPV workshop
- Peer Review Training and Revision
- News from the Benchmarking
- Ongoing and New Scientific projects
- Industry and Academia: How can we learn from each other?
- New Items for the SWEET Dataset
- SWEET in Emerging Countries
- Patient reported outcomes
- Centers presentations:
- Long-time SWEET center (Gun Forsander, Sweden)
- Recent participant (Elizabeth Davis, Australia)
- New-comer (Arooj Fatima, Pakistan)
- SWEET e.V. Business (Finances, Stategic planning for 2018, next meeting, conclusion)
- Case presentations from centers – what do you recommend?
Decisions taken by the SWEET members:
- New parameters for the dataset were discussed, and voted. Our data team in Ulm will update the dataset accordingly
- Election of the SWEET Executive Committee
- election of the amendment/change of bye-laws
- Next SWEET meetings:
- Small meeting during ISPAD 2018 in Hyderabad, India, date needs to be confirmed
- Next annual meeting in 2019 in Wiesbaden, Germany where Abbott kindly welcomes us
The eighth legal entity meeting of SWEET e.V.
The eighth meeting of SWEET e.V. was held on March 9th and 10th in Paris, France where Sanofi kindly welcomed us. 74 SWEET members attended the meeting, 16 from outside of Europe and 6 members from new SWEET centers. The meeting agenda included the following topics:
The main topics at this meeting in Paris were:
- Lessons from the SWEET Peer Review Process
- Ongoing and new scientific projects, upcoming abstracts, publications and research matters
- News from the benchmarking / current data / DPV
- Centers from Emerging Countries: What do they wish from SWEET and what can SWEET do?
- Peer Review Program revision
- Patient reported outcomes
- New parameters for the SWEET dataset
- Case presentations
- Centers presentations: report from the work in Paris, France; San José, Costa Rica and Denver, USA
- Publication policy and update of bylaws
- New centers, current applications, future strategies
- SWEET e.V. business (finances / strategic plan for 2017)
Decisions taken by the SWEET members:
- The SWEET members decided that centers with less than 150 patients who can’t be certified as a Center of Reference or Collaborative Center will be called: Associated Centers
- New parameters for the dataset were discussed, and voted. Our data team in Ulm has updated the dataset accordingly
- SWEET membership fee structure was revised based on the income of the country of residence according to the World Bank
- Next SWEET meetings:
- Small meeting during ISPAD 2017 in Innsbruck, Austria, date needs to be confirmed
- Next annual meeting in 2018 in Florence, Italy where Lilly kindly welcomes us
The seventh legal entity meeting of SWEET e.V.
The seventh legal entity meeting of SWEET e.V. took place on April 7th to 8th, 2016, in Tolochenaz, Switzerland. The meeting was very successful.
The main topics we discussed were:
- New centers, current applications, future strategies
- ISPAD and SWEET, Small SWEET-Centers, and small centers in emerging countries
- Ongoing and New Scientific projects
- How to achieve meaningful data sets to be a participant in the scientific projects
- Lessons from the SWEET Peer Review Process
- T1D Youth Challenge
- European Reference Networks
- Centers presentations
- Report from the work in Mali and India
- Benchmarking - learning from each other on the basis of SWEET data
- DPV Training
- Benchmarking Report
- SWEET business plan and strategy
- Case discussions
The sixth legal entity meeting of SWEET e.V.
The sixth legal entity meeting of SWEET e.V. was held March 19th – March 20th 2015 in Paris, France. SWEET would like to thank the participants for coming and contributing to a fruitful meeting. We hope to see you at our next official meeting in Tolochenaz, Switzerland on April 7th-8th, 2016. Please save the date!
SWEET e.V. funded travel costs and accommodation for all participants from SWEET centres (1 person/centre only, 1 night only). Travel costs are funded through reimbursement, therefore please do not forget to send the travel costs invoice to us.
The main topics at this meeting in Paris were:
- New centres, current applications, future strategies
- ISPAD and SWEET
- Ongoing and New Scientific projects
- Lessons from the SWEET Peer Review Process
- European Reference Networks
- Centers presentations
- How to achieve meaningful data sets to be a participant in the scienctific projects
- Benchmarking - learning from each other on the basis of SWEET data
- Publications and abstracts
- SWEET business plan and strategy
- Elections (Executive Committee and SWEET Data, Publication and Presentation Committee)
The Executive Committee:
| Name | Function | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Danne | Chairman | Kinder- und Jugendkrankenhaus AUF DER BULT |
| Peter Gerhardsson | Vice-Chairman | Lilly |
| Bärbel Aschemeier | Treasurer | Kinder- und Jugendkrankenhaus AUF DER BULT |
| Ragnar Hanas | Boardmember | ISPAD |
| Catherine Domenger | Boardmember | Sanofi |
| Natalie Papo | Boardmember | Medtronic |
| Imane Benabbad | Boardmember | Lilly |
| Michael Witsch | Boardmember | Pediatric Clinic CH de Luxembourg |
The new SWEET Data, Publication and Presentation Committee (DPPC):
| Name | Institution |
|---|---|
| Olga Kordonouri | Kinder- und Jugendkrankenhaus AUF DER BULT |
| Jannet Svensson | Herlev University Hospital |
| Gun Forsander | Queen Silvia Childrens Hospital |
| Kristina Casteels | University Hospital Leuven |
| Valentino Cherubini | Salesi Hospital, University |
The fifth legal entity meeting of SWEET e.V.
The fifth legal entity meeting of SWEET e.V. was held April 2nd to April 3rd in Berlin, Germany.
SWEET would like to thank the participants for coming and contributing to a fruitful meeting in Germanys capital city! The SWEET members will receive a report about the meeting. We hope to see you at our next official meeting on March 19th/20th 2015 in Paris. Please save the date!
SWEET e.V. funded travel costs and accommodation for all participants from SWEET centres (1 person/centre only, 1 night only). Travel costs are funded through reimbursement, therefore please do not forget to send the travel costs invoice to us.
The main topics at this meeting in Berlin were:
- SWEET achievements in the past and SWEET Pillars in the future
- Certification of Centres of Reference: progress of the peer review process, experiences of the first audit visits
- The enhancement of our benchmarking reports
- Implementation of centre collaboration for research purposes
The fourth legal entity meeting of SWEET e.V.
The fourth legal entity meeting of SWEET e.V. took place in Hannover, Germany on 19-20th November 2013. The “Hannoversche Kinderheilanstalt” was very pleased to welcome all during its 150th anniversary year.
SWEET would like to thank the participants for coming to Hannover and contributing to a very cheerful and fruitful meeting! We have discussed a lot of topics and defined how to move forward in the next year.
The main topics at this meeting in Hannover were:
- Applying Centres / Certification
- Certified Centres / Recertification
- The SWEET Paediatric Diabetes Peer Review Programme
- Benchmarking and data evaluation
- Stategic planning for 2014: targets and measures
Informal SWEET meeting at the ISPAD conference in Toronto
The first informal SWEET Meeting during ISPAD in Gothenburg was very well attended and fruitful, so we took the chance again and scheduled a meeting in Toronto. Some food and beverages helped to replace the official coffee brake at this time in the ISPAD program.
The meeting took place at Sheraton Centre Toronto, 123 Queen Street West, 2. floor, conference room Elgin on Thursday, September 4th 2014, from 9.30 am until 11 am
The main topics at this meeting were:
- SWEET News (involvement in European Initiatives)
- Process of approving SWEET Data access
- Introduction of the new SWEET IT-partner Prof. Reinhard Holl and presentation of software DPV
- Evaluation of SWEET Data: Seasonality at onset of type 1 diabetes
Informal SWEET meeting at the ISPAD conference in Gothenburg
Since many SWEET members attended the ISPAD conference in Gothenburg, Sweden, it was decided to schedule an informal SWEET meeting during the conference for all interested members.
The meeting took place at The Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre, Gothenburg, Conference room R25 floor plan, on Thursday, October 17th, 12.30h -13.30h and included a light lunch (sandwiches and coffee/tea/soft drinks).
The main topics were:
- Get together and get to know each other
- Exchanging news and getting a feeling for additional SWEET issues and topics for the November meeting
- Current Certification Process and the new centres
- SWEET Paediatric Diabetes Peer Review Proposal (Audit) by the NHS
