Sociedad Española de Diabetes (SED)

What the SED is

Sociedad Española de Diabetes (SED) is a scientific society for health professionals involved in diabetes research and care. Its work combines conferences and courses, clinical publications and consensus statements, and educational resources for both professionals and patients.

Publications and reference documents

The SED produces guidance and consensus documents, sometimes jointly with other medical societies. Recent material includes an updated guide to continuous glucose monitoring systems; recommendations on exercise for people with type 1 diabetes who use automated insulin-delivery systems; and a joint SED-SEEN-SEMERGEN-SEMFyC consensus on continuous glucose monitoring for people with type 2 diabetes using basal insulin. It also publishes the journals Diabetes and EDN.

Education and conferences

The society schedules professional education throughout the year, including:

• First Conference on Therapeutic Education in Diabetes, September 18–19, 2026, in a hybrid format at the Crowne Plaza Retiro hotel in Madrid
• Fourth course for second-year endocrinology residents and second- or third-year internal and family medicine residents, September 25–26, 2026, in person at the Occidental Barceló hotel in Aranjuez, Madrid
• Sixth Diabetic Foot Course, June 18, 2026, in person at Hospital Civil de Málaga
• Sixth introductory course on clinical and diabetes-care research, May–June 2026, online, with 30 places

The SED also holds the FSED National Congress and maintains a calendar of courses and scientific meetings.

Working groups

Specialist groups cover primary care and prediabetes, digital diabetes, therapeutic education, pregnancy, cardiovascular disease, periodontal disease, epidemiology, lifestyle, basic diabetes research, genetics, health management, young diabetologists, diabetic foot, eye health, special situations and technology applied to diabetes.

Resources for patients and professionals

The society's website provides educational material, videos, infographics—including diabetic-foot care—calculators, webinars and digital tools. It also has a job board, news section and press room.

Collaborations

Strategic partners and collaborators named by the SED include Abbott, Dexcom, Novo Nordisk, Menarini and MSD. The society also works with patient groups such as FEDE and with other scientific societies.

Contact and headquarters

Address: Calle Eugenio Salazar 23, 28002 Madrid. Phone: 914 013 342. Secretariat: secretaria@sediabetes.org. Advertising: publicidad@sediabetes.org. Public-service hours are Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m.–2 p.m. and 3–5 p.m., and Friday, 8 a.m.–3 p.m. From June 1 through September 30, hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.–3 p.m.

Course dates and enrollment limits vary by edition, while the publications and working groups provide the society's continuing clinical and scientific reference base.