SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATIONS - Italian Society of Diabetology (Member) - European Association for the Study of Diabetes (Member) - Italian Society of Endocrinology (presently: Member of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Scientific Committee) INVITED LECTURES: over 400 invited talks, seminars, and lectures at major national and international meetings, national and international institutions SERVICES IN SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATIONS - 1994-1998 Italian Society of Diabetology, Scientific Committee, Member (National Meetings of the Italian Society of Diabetology of 1996 and 1998) - 2008 European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Member of the Scientific Committee of the Annual Meeting of the EASD, Rome - 2010 – 2012 Italian Society of Diabetology, Scientific Committee, Chairman Elect (National Meetings of the Italian Society of Diabetology of 2011 and 2012) - 2012 – 2014 Italian Society of Diabetology, Scientific Committee, Chairman (National Meetings of the Italian Society of Diabetology of 2013 and 2014) - 2019 – 2021 Italian Society of Endocrinology (SIE), Scientific Committee, Chairman Elect (National Meetings of the Italian Society of Endocrinology of 2020 and 2021) - 2021 – 2023 Italian Society of Endocrinology (SIE), Scientific Committee, Chairman (National Meetings of the Italian Society of Endocrinology of 2022 and 2023) - 2022 European Society of Endocrinology ESE), Member of the Scientific Committee of the Annual Meeting of the ESE, Milan COLLABORATIONS WITH SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL - 2022-present Handling Editor of ACTA DIABETOLOGICA - 2007- 2021 Associate Editor of ACTA DIABETOLOGICA - 2010-2013 Associate Editor of DIABETOLOGIA - 2014-2017 Member of the Editorial Board, DIABETOLOGIA - Referee for JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION, CIRCULATION, JOURNAL OF AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, DIABETES, DIABETOLOGIA, DIABETES CARE, JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM, ENDOCRINOLOGY, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION, DIABETIC MEDICINE, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY, DIABETES NUTRITION & METABOLISM, JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION, ACTA DIABETOLOGICA