About #dedoc°

#dedoc° is an international community by and for people with diabetes.

Our #dedoc° voices scholarship program enables diabetes advocates to attend some of the world’s most renowned scientific conferences, while our #dedoc° symposia and #docdays° have established themselves as a platform for the international voice of people living with diabetes.

We believe in the core principles of peer support and the Diabetes Online Community:

#NothingAboutUsWithoutUs

#WeAreNotWaiting

#PayItForward

How it all started

#dedoc° was founded in 2012 by Bastian Hauck, who created the Twitter hashtag #dedoc to host weekly TweetChats for the German chapter of the Diabetes Online Community. It acted as a catalyst to grow a small group of diabetes bloggers into one of the strongest patient advocacy and peer support communities in Europe and beyond. Activities such as Blood Glucose Bingo, the Diaversary Project and the #dedoc° Open Blog reach thousands of PWD throughout Germany, while #docday°, the #dedoc° voices and our network of dedicated Facebook groups connect some of the most influential KOLs in the DOC across Europe and beyond.

#docday°

#dedoc° organized its first-ever #docday° in 2015. What started as an improvised get-together in a small co-working café in Stockholm is today a dedicated platform for diabetes advocates at scientific conferences such as ATTD, EASD and ISPAD. Participants present their projects, initiatives and advocacy work in search for exchange, collaboration and awareness and receive valuable feedback and support. #docdays° follow an open door policy, with HCPs, researchers and industry welcome to attend as long as they refrain from marketing talk. This approach has grown it into an open forum for exchange between all stakeholders. Learn more about #docday° here.

#dedoc° voices

In 2020, #dedoc° launched the #dedoc° voices scholarship program. Learn more about it here.

More about us

  • #dedoc° is run by Dedoc Labs, a profit for impact company. We specialise in providing person-centric, user-driven consultancy in healthcare communication, strategy and policy and building authentic, self-sustaining communities, helping our partners develop sustainable engagement strategies and impactful awareness campaigns.

  • #dedoc° Diabetes Online Community

    c/o Dedoc Labs GmbH

    Stargarder Str. 19

    10437 Berlin

    Germany

    E-Mail: mail@dedoc.org