Dr. Jothydev Kesavadev was invited to lecture on available and evolving technologies and how they can be effectively utilised to bring down the exhaustive cost of diabetes care. Diabetologists from Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, China and neighbouring Asian countries attended the diabetes prevention forum. Diabetes: Preventing the Preventables (DPP) convention was organized by Dr. Juliana Chan, Chief Executive Officer, Asia Diabetes Foundation, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.