#dedoc° voices at easd

Where diabetes research meets real life

The EASD Annual Meeting brings together researchers, healthcare professionals and the wider diabetes community to share new evidence, challenge existing thinking and explore what comes next in diabetes care.

#dedoc° brings lived experience into that exchange connecting the science being presented with what diabetes looks and feels like beyond the abstract.

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Thank you

We would like to thank the European Association for the Study of Diabetes for welcoming the #dedoc° voices to its Annual Meeting, as well as our partners for helping make participation through the #dedoc° voices scholarship program possible.

WHY EASD MATTERS

Behind every data point is a life being lived

Research helps us understand what is changing in diabetes care from new treatments and technologies to prevention, complications, clinical practice and health outcomes.

Lived experience adds another layer. It shows how those advances translate into everyday decisions, relationships, access, quality of life and very different healthcare realities.

At EASD, #dedoc° voices learn directly from the science while bringing those realities back into the conversation.

2020

Opening the doors virtually

2020 marked the first #dedoc° voices scholarship at EASD. On invitation from EASD, #dedoc° enabled 40 diabetes advocates from 16 countries to attend the Annual Meeting virtually, creating access to one of the world's major scientific diabetes meetings at a time when conferences themselves were rapidly changing.

2022

Stockholm

In 2022, #dedoc° voices from 24 countries joined EASD, with 21 advocates attending in person and another 24 participating virtually.

It also marked an important milestone for lived experience at the conference.

For the first time, #dedoc° was invited to become part of the official EASD programme with its symposium.

The session shifted the traditional conference dynamic by placing people living with diabetes on stage, speaking directly to researchers, healthcare professionals and other stakeholders.

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Previous #dedoc° voices scholarship programs at EASD

  • EASD 2025 in Vienna, Austria

    In 2025, 44 #dedoc° voices from around the world joined EASD, both in person and virtually. Together, they brought lived experience into the conference, connected across countries and communities, and shared what they learned far beyond the meeting itself.

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  • EASD 2024 in Madrid, Spain

    Once again #dedoc° brought voices from around the world to attend EASD – some in person, others virtually. This diverse group of advocates shared their experiences, amplified patient voices, and connected the global diabetes community like never before.

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  • EASD 2023 in Hamburg, Germany

    Our 2023 program brought together 49 #dedoc° voices from around the world to attend EASD – some in person, others virtually. This diverse group of advocates shared their experiences, amplified patient voices, and connected the global diabetes community like never before.

    The #dedoc° voices scholarship program for EASD 2023 in Hamburg was supported by Dexcom, Diabeloop, Lilly Diabetes, Medtronic, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi and Vertex Pharmaceuticals.

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  • EASD 2022 in Stockholm, Sweden

    Our 2022 program enabled diabetes advocates from 24 countries to attend EASD. 21 of them attended in person, while an additional 24 joined the conference virtually. For the first time, #dedoc° was invited to be part of the official EASD program and host its own symposium titled “What we wish you knew — and why”. Learn more about it here.

    The EASD 2022 program was kindly supported by Diabeloop, Lilly, Medtronic, Novo Nordisk and Dexcom.

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  • Virtual EASD 2021

    The 2021 #dedoc° voices scholarship was granted to 36 advocates from 23 countries who attended the conference virtually. Following the motto #PayItForward, the scholarship recipients reported back to the community and shared their experiences online.

    The EASD 2021 program was kindly supported by DCB, Lilly, Ascensia, Diabeloop, Novo Nordisk, Tandem, Dexcom and Medtronic.

  • Virtual EASD 2020

    2020 marked the first year of the #dedoc° voices scholarship at EASD. On invitation of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, #dedoc° enabled 40 patient advocates from 16 different countries across the globe to attend the conference virtually through the scholarship.

    The EASD 2020 program was kindly supported by Diabeloop, Novo Nordisk, Ascensia and MySugarcase.

#dedoc° voices for partners

Partners contribute to the #dedoc° voices program because they wish to engage with leading diabetes advocates in a compliant way. They do so through a non-commercial, non-exclusive multi-sponsorship approach to ensure the highest degree of independence, transparency and credibility for the patient voice.

If you would like to support the #dedoc° voices scholarship program, please get in touch: mail@dedoc.org