Aunty Rosalind Coleman is a proud Kaurna and Narungga woman. Rosalind is happily married with 5 wonderful children and 19 precious grandchildren. Rosalind's background is working in education, and she is currently a Director on the Kaurna Yerta Aboriginal Corporation's Board. She also works within her family business alongside her husband Basil and is a certified NLP life/accountability coach. Rosalind's passion is working with the Aboriginal community. She has a strong focus on developing and providing skills and practical advice to Aboriginal woman, communities and individuals in unlocking their potential and securing their future.

Jeanne is a Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University. She is the project coordinator for the Newly positive: Experiences of HIV infection and diagnosis in the contemporary era study. This study investigates the experiences of people recently diagnosed with HIV in Australia.

Associate Professor Carole Khaw is a Senior Consultant Sexual Health and HIV Physician, and, Co- Head of Unit at the Adelaide Sexual Health Centre, Infectious Diseases Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital . She is also Clinical Associate Professor at the School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide. She is Past Chair of the Advanced Training Committee, Sexual Health Medicine, R.A.C.P. She has always been passionate about Medical Education and Health Promotion of Sexual Health and HIV Medicine to healthcare professionals, undergraduate students and the community. She has research interests in the areas of Sexual Health, HIV prevention, epidemiology and Medical Education. She has published in several scientific journals and presented in national and international conferences. She has been on the advisory board for ViiV Healthcare and Gilead Sciences. She remains strong at advocate for vulnerable and high-risk populations and continues to work towards ensuring that no one is left behind in the fight against HIV .

Alexis is the current ASHM CEO and has been since 2018. Alexis started working in the HIV sector in 2000 in South Africa before moving to Australia in 2008. He has remained passionate about public health and the role social enterprise plays in enabling equity, choice and access of healthcare, free of stigma and discrimination, as basic human rights.

Miłosz Parczewski has received the MD diploma at the Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland in 2002 and was granted a Ph.D diploma in molecular epidemiology of HIV in 2007 and a title of professor of medicine in 2016 based on the scientific publications on HIV resistance and transmission networks. Current President of European AIDS Clinical Society for the term 2025-2027. National Consultant for Infectious Diseases appointed in 2023. Since 2017 to 2024 President of the Polish Scientific AIDS Society, Council Member for the European Society on Antiviral Resistance, associate editor of BMJ STI and HIV Medicine journals.

Dr Wright is a clinician and researcher in HIV medicine. Her research leadership lies in the areas of HIV dementia, early antiretroviral therapy, HIV cure and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Dr Wright is a Past President of ASHM and in 2021 Dr Wright was awarded an Order of Australia for her work in HIV Medicine and Research.

Alexander McClelland’s public-facing and community-engaged research program is focused on the intersection of life, law, and illness. As someone living with HIV, he aims to develop new qualitative knowledge to support the realization of rights to bodily autonomy for people living with HIV. A fundamental orientation of McClelland’s work the principles of Nothing About Us, Without Us, and the Greater and Meaningful Involvement of People with HIV. Bringing together the fields of critical criminology, surveillance studies, feminist social research, science and technology studies, and critical public health, McClelland’s work attends to understanding the impacts of criminalization processes and public health surveillance.