Chair: Bastian Hauck, #dedoc°, Founder and CEO
Host: Prof. Tadej Battelino, Chair of ATTD
Session title: Beyond Innovation: Lived Realities, Community Solutions, and the Stories That Shape Diabetes Care
🔍 What you’ll learn in this session:
• Real lived experience during occupation and no Insulin
• Why innovation must be human-centered
• The impact of storytelling on perception and policy
• Community-led and grassroots solutions in diabetes
• The role of art, sport, and peer support in diabetes life
🎤 Featuring speakers from the global diabetes community:
Taylor Lawrence (USA)
Ezedien Ghalayini (Palestine)
Didier Jean Pierre (Mauritius)
Ines Jakopanec (Croatia)
Harry Bligh (UK)
#dedoc° symposia are part of leading international diabetes conferences and place people with diabetes at the centre of the conversation—bridging the gap between lived experience and innovation.