Stop… en route the Via Tirolensis, at the Fernkreuzweg road in Igls, Tyrol, Austria, the route following two pilgrimage routes at once : both the St James Way (Jakobsweg , Camino de Santiago) and the Via Romea Germanica pilgrimage routes. New Year’s Eve 2025.
Short impression of the 24th Workshop of the AIDPIT Study Group (Artificial Insulin Delivery, Pancreas and Islet Transplantation), in Igls (Innsbruck) Austria, 23-25 January 2005.
Video from January 25th featuring :
(i) the Igls Congress park ;
(ii) the morning opening lecture by Mathias Brendel, with chairs Bart Keymeulen (Brussels, Belgium) and Mathias Brendel (Giessen, Germany), and, in the lecture hall : president Annika Tibell (Sweden) and honorary member Reinhard Bretzel (Germany) ;
(iii) a lunch time meeting with José Oberholzer (Chicago, USA) … not familar yet ;) with that new little Sony T1 camera with a periscopic lens inside .. ;
(iv) one of the afternoon discussion groups (Clinical Islet Transplantation) ;
(v) clips from the plenary oral abstract session with chairs Karin Ulrichs (Germany) and Richard Smith (Bristol , UK) and lectures by Norma Sue Kenyon (Miami , USA) and Piero Marchetti (Pisa, Italy) with discussion by Daniel Brandhorst.
Notes
AIDPIT was known first as AIDSPIT, short for : Artificial Insulin Delivery Systems, Pancreas and Islet Transplantation.
The AIDSPIT study group of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) was established in the early 1980s.
In 2000 the acronym AIDSPIT was replaced by ‘AIDPIT’, in order to avoid confusion with the AIDS disease.
The annual meetings are generally held in the little town of Igls, close to Innsbruck in Austria — the first years, early in February, and next, late in January. Once, in the 1990s (following a discussion ‘…why always in Igls?’, the meeting was held in Amsterdam.
From 2011, the annual workshops of AIDPIT continued as a joined meeting with the EPITA — the European Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association — part of the European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT).
From 2024 — following the 12th EPITA Symposium & 41st AIDPIT Workshop in 2023 — this symposium is referred to as the EPITA Symposium.
A second, remastered, video edition (2022) was produced by upscaling the original video file (converted to size 1920 × 1440) and adding a caption, and uploaded to YouTube Jan 25, 2022.
This second edition is published now – Jan 25th 2026 – as part of the Science series of posts at my site michelvanderburg.com, started in 2022 to make available online a portfolio of the science section of my CV, a project I hope to finish soon… in a few months.
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Angels’ Song of Jubilation … Gloria in Excelsis Deo . Getting in the mood for Igls Mountain Christmas (‘Igler Bergweihnacht’) with the St. Aegidius Choir singing Christmas carols, Dec. 23, 2025, at the Igls Village Square (Innsbruck), Tyrol, Austria.
Notes
Trad. France. Engel singen Jubellieder. Text and arrangement: Norbert Gerold.
Flying direction Igls in front of the Nordkette range of mountains, following two pilgrimage routes at once : both the St James Way (Jakobsweg , Camino de Santiago) and the Via Romea Germanica pilgrimage routes follow this route, the Fernkreuzweg road, into Igls.
Swarovski Crystal Tower, January 2026, on the right bank of the river Inn at the Market Place of Innsbruck in Tyrol (Austria) on the route of the Via Tirolensis, the route of two ancient pilgrim routes, both the Camino de Santiago and the Via Romea Germanica.
Via Tirolensis
The Via Romea Germanica pilgrimage route, goes from Stade near Hamburg in Germany to Rome, Italy. The Tyrolean section (Via Tirolensis) in Austria and Italy of the Via Romea, goes from Mittenwald (German/Austrian border) via Innsbruck to Brenner – Brenner on the Austrian/Italian border), and continues in South-Tyrol to Bolzano, Italy.
Camino de Santiago (St James Way , Jakobsweg): The route of the St James Way along the Inn in Innsbruck is part of the main (east to west) route in the Camino de Santiago network in Austria : the ‘Jakobsweg Tirol’.
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Colorful galerie of Mariahilf on the left bank of the river Inn, watched January 2026 from the right river bank, at the Market Place of Innsbruck in Tyrol (Austria) on the route of the Via Tirolensis, the route of two ancient pilgrim routes, both the Camino de Santiago and the Via Romea Germanica.
Via Tirolensis
The Via Romea Germanica pilgrimage route, goes from Stade near Hamburg in Germany to Rome, Italy. The Tyrolean section (Via Tirolensis) in Austria and Italy of the Via Romea, goes from Mittenwald (German/Austrian border) via Innsbruck to Brenner – Brenner on the Austrian/Italian border), and continues in South-Tyrol to Bolzano, Italy.
Camino de Santiago (St James Way , Jakobsweg): The route of the St James Way along the Inn in Innsbruck is part of the main (east to west) route in the Camino de Santiago network in Austria : the ‘Jakobsweg Tirol’.
Watching the Inn river from the Inn Bridge (Innbrücke) in Innsbruck, Tyrol (Austria) January 2026, with the Via Tirolensis on the right bank : the route of two ancient pilgrim routes, both the Camino de Santiago (St James Way ; Jakobsweg) and the Via Romea Germanica. On the left bank the colorful houses of Mariahilf.
Via Tirolensis
The Via Romea Germanica pilgrimage route, goes from Stade near Hamburg in Germany to Rome, Italy. The Tyrolean section (Via Tirolensis) in Austria and Italy of the Via Romea, goes from Mittenwald (German/Austrian border) via Innsbruck to Brenner – Brenner on the Austrian/Italian border), and continues in South-Tyrol to Bolzano, Italy.
Camino de Santiago (St James Way , Jakobsweg): The route of the St James Way along the Inn in Innsbruck is part of the main (east to west) route in the Camino de Santiago network in Austria : the ‘Jakobsweg Tirol’.
