The 11th meeting of the International Myotonic Dystrophy Consortium (IDMC-11) will be held in San Francisco, CA, from September 5-9, 2017. The International DM Consortium meeting brings together scientists, clinicians, associations and patients to accelerate clinical and fundamental myotonic dystrophy research. Furthermore, new active patient associations as well as, more recently, pharmaceutical companies have joined in the effort to fight against DM.