Dear Friends and Colleagues, We are proud to announce that the 1st Asia Pacific Congress on Controversies to Consensus in Diabetes, Obesity and Hypertension (CODHy) will take place in Shanghai, China on June 2-5, 2011. The success of the 1st and 2nd World CODHy Congresses, which took place in Europe, paved the way for the 1st locally oriented CODHy Congress, which was held in Buenos Aires in 2010. The 1st Latin America CODHy Congress was a vibrant academic event with a regional focus and attracted approximately 2000 participants from 52 countries. Academically, the 1st Asia Pacific CODHy Congress will raise the most dynamic and controversial topics facing clinicians in the fields of Diabetes, Obesity and Hypertension in an exciting debate forum. The Congress will promote excellence in these fields by seeking to shed light on ongoing and challenging debates and to bridge gaps between the expansion of information and its consolidation in clinical practice. Allowing ample time for speaker-audience discussion, the Congress aims at reaching up-to-date and agreed-upon answers to ongoing debates even when data remains limited, through evidence-based medicine and expert opinion. Participants will have the opportunity to take part in this vibrant meeting which will facilitate discussions on the shared experiences and opinions of leading local and international experts. The 1st Asia Pacific CODHy Congress will emphasise issues related to the region in terms of epidemiology, genetics, diagnostics, typical complications and distinctive responses to treatments. Many of the Faculty members will be local in order to facilitate the involvement of a large number of participants in the debates and to discuss typical regional problems. We invite you to participate in the 1st Asia Pacific CODHy Congress in Shanghai. Sincerely,       Prof. Markolf Hanefeld, Germany  Prof. Guang Ning, China Prof. Itamar Raz, Israel   Prof. Shaukat M. Sadikot, India Co-Chairpersons On behalf of the Organizing Committee