Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
20 – 22 August 2025
#25ADC
Speakers
Join us at this year’s Congress to hear an amazing line up of speakers sharing their knowledge and expertise, and learn about the latest advances in diabetes research and clinical practice.
The following speakers have already been confirmed, with many more to be announced soon.
Keynote Plenary Speakers

Professor Michael Roden ADS Plenary Speaker

Dr Petter Bjornstad ADS Plenary Speaker

Professor Chantal Mathieu ADS Plenary Speaker

Dr Amelia Linnemann ADS Plenary Speaker

Dr Mark Barone ADEA Plenary Speaker

Dr Daphne Gardner ADEA Plenary Speaker

Dr Sandro Demaio ADEA Plenary Speaker
Invited Speakers

David Burren ADEA Invited Speaker

Elif Ekinci ADS Invited Speaker

Thomas Kay ADS Invited Speaker

Joel Lasschuit ADS Invited Speaker

Dr Melinda Morrison ADEA Invited Speaker

Elaine Pretorius ADS Invited Speaker

Michaela Watts ADS Invited Speaker

John Wentworth ADS/ADEA Invited Speaker

Natalie Wischer ADS Invited Speaker

Ella Zomer ADS Invited Speaker

Sophia Zoungas ADS Invited Speaker

Jennifer Couper ADS Invited Speaker

Kate Lomax ADS Invited Speaker

Stephen Stranks ADS/ADEA Invited Speaker

Brian G. Drew ADS Invited Speaker

Melinda Coughlan ADS Invited Speaker

Emma Hamilton-Williams ADS Invited Speaker

Jen Snaith ADS Invited Speaker

Stuart Mannering ADS Invited Speaker

Professor Christopher Nolan ADS Invited Speaker

Jocelyn Drinkwater ADS Invited Speaker

Melanie Burkhardt ADEA Invited Speaker

Maria Craig ADS/ADEA Invited Speaker

Nur Abdul Jafar ADEA Invited Speaker

Rajna Ogrin ADEA Invited Speaker

Chinmay Marathe ADS Invited Speaker

Candice Hall ADEA Invited Speaker

Aveni Haynes ADEA Invited Speaker

Shannon Lin ADEA Invited Speaker

Catharine McNamara ADEA Invited Speaker

Jennifer Nicholas ADEA Invited Speaker

Uchechukwu Levi Osuagwu ADEA Invited Speaker

Amy Rush ADEA Invited Speaker

Robyn Compton ADEA Invited Speaker

Giuliana Murfet ADEA Invited Speaker

Jake O'Brien ADEA Invited Speaker

Sanjeev Balakrishnan ADEA Invited Speaker

Christopher Nolan ADS Invited Speaker

Yvette Mikaheal ADS Invited Speaker

Kirstine Bell ADEA/ADS Invited Speaker

Milan Piya ADEA Invited Speaker

Matthew Hare ADS Invited Speaker

Sian Graham ADS Invited Speaker

Grant Brinkworth ADS/ADEA Invited Speaker

Nicole French ADEA Invited Speaker

Linn Hui Lee ADS Invited Speaker

Sunita De Sousa ADS Invited Speaker

Tanya Cooper ADEA Invited Speaker

Michelle So ADS/ADEA Invited Speaker

Matthew Watt ADS Invited Speaker

Lisa Raven ADS Invited Speaker

Shamasunder Acharya ADS/ADEA Invited Speaker

Rebecca Munt ADEA Invited Speaker

Achamma Joseph ADS Invited Speaker

Stephanie Baddock ADS Invited Speaker

Lauren Cusack ADEA Invited Speaker

Richard MacIsaac ADS Invited Speaker

Virginia Hagger ADEA Invited Speaker

Mingxia Zhang ADEA Invited Speaker

Craig Taplin ADEA Invited Speaker

Tracey Stamates-Roerty ADEA Invited Speaker

Meaghan Read ADEA Invited Speaker

Amy Zheng ADEA Invited Speaker

Tim Benson ADEA Invited Speaker

Ashley Ng ADEA Invited Speaker

Yanchuan Shi ADS Invited Speaker

Sabrina Sharp ADEA Invited Speaker

Samantha Stuk ADEA Invited Speaker

Sahar Keshvari ADS Invited Speaker

Dr Pam Chen ADS Invited Speaker

Jade Eccles-Smith ADEA Invited Speaker

Kruthika Narayan ADEA Invited Speaker

Mark Shah ADEA Invited Speaker

Pratik Choudhary ADS Invited Speaker

Rachel McKeown ADEA Invited Speaker

Laurel Messer ADEA Invited Speaker

Duncan Read ADEA Invited Speaker

Alison Roberts ADS/ADEA Invited Speaker

Gael Holters ADS/ADEA Invited Speaker

Spiros Fourlanos ADS Invited Speaker

Fran Brown ADEA Invited Speaker

Elizabeth Davis ADS Invited Speaker

Erich Makemeyer ADEA Invited Speaker

Tim Jones ADS Invited Speaker

David Bloom ADS Invited Speaker

David Simmons ADS/ADEA Invited Speaker

Melkam Kebde ADS Invited Speaker

Konrad Kangru ADS Invited Speaker

Áine Peoples ADS Invited Speaker

Amelia Berner ADEA Invited Speaker

Jasmine Zhu ADS Invited Speaker

Ashley Makepeace ADEA Invited Speaker

Michael Hancock ADS Invited Speaker

Amelia Harray ADEA Invited Speaker

Beck Newton ADEA Invited Speaker

Anthony Russell ADS Invited Speaker

Martin de Bock ADEA Invited Speaker

Shane Hamblin ADS/ADEA Invited Speaker

Angela Jin ADEA Invited Speaker

Elizabeth Oliver ADEA Invited Speaker

Jacqueline Curran ADEA Invited Speaker

Mervyn Kyi ADS Invited Speaker

Laurens Manning ADS Invited Speaker

Sheryl Moore ADEA Invited Speaker

Charlotte Rowley ADEA Invited Speaker

Mahnaz Aghabozorgi ADEA Invited Speaker

Grant Morahan ADS Invited Speaker

Neda Meshgin ADEA Invited Speaker

Alicia O'Brien ADEA Invited Speaker

Natalie O'Brien ADEA Invited Speaker

Samantha Hocking ADS Invited Speaker