Organising Committees

IDS Program & Local Organising Committee

Emma Hamilton-Williams

University of Queensland

Josephine Forbes

Mater Research

Tom Kay

St Vincent's Institute

Maria Craig

Sydney Children's Health Network

John Wentworth

Royal Melbourne Hospital

Irina Buckle

University of Queensland

Stuart Mannering

St Vincent's Institute

Megan Penno

University of Adelaide

Ki Wook Kim

University of New South Wales

Vale Helen Thomas

St Vincent's Institute
(1967 - 2024)

Linda Valenzisi

Australian Diabetes Society

AISG Meeting Program & Local Organising Committee

Melkam Kebede

University of Sydney

Linda Valenzisi

Australian Diabetes Society

Sof Andrikopoulos

Australian Diabetes Society

The 2026 IDS Congress will be held on the traditional lands for the Turrbal and Jagera/Yuggera Peoples, and we respect their spiritual relationship with their country. The IDS and ADS acknowledge that the Turrbal and Jagera/Yuggera Peoples are the custodians of Brisbane City, and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still important to the living Turrbal and Jagera/Yuggera Peoples today. We pay our respects to Elders both past, present, and emerging and to the members of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community