Professor Peter Schwarz is president of the International Diabetes Federation. Schwarz specializes in the prevention and care of diabetes and is a research group leader at the Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden, a partner site of the German Center for Diabetes Research. His research covers molecular and clinical mechanisms to treat and prevent Type 2 diabetes. He is also developing and evaluating digital tools such as mobile smartphone applications targeting the common lifestyle-associated risk factors of Type 2 diabetes.