I have worked as a senior nurse in the area of HIV, Hepatitis and sexual health for more than 22 years, 9 of those years as a Nurse Practitioner. My role is varied within the sexual health service in a regional and remote setting. One of my primary roles is providing a sexual health service for Indigenous men and women, managing STI, hepatitis B and C, sexual function and reproductive health in a remote community. I am a senior clinician in the regional sexual health service and a board member of the HIV foundation QLD.

Mark has been working as a clinician in HIV medicine since 1983. He is the director of clinical research at Holdsworth House and actively involved in research in HIV and STIs. He is con-joint associate professor of medicine at UNSW and a member of medical advisory boards.

Sarah Feagan is a queer women who has been living with HIV since 2008. She is the previous chair of Positive Women Victoria and has recently joined the team at Living Positive Victoria as a Peer Navigator. She also the Vice President of the National Association of People Living with HIV, (NAPWHA). Sarah is a co-facilitator of Phoenix for Women and the Positive Leadership Development Institute, (PLDi).

Darryl O’Donnell is the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations. He has more than 25 years’ experience in HIV community, research and public sector roles. In addition to his role at AFAO he holds an Adjunct appointment as Associate Professor at the University of NSW.

Edwin J Bernard is the Global Co-ordinator of the HIV Justice Network, working with organisations around the world to abolish criminal laws that regulate, control and punish people living with HIV based solely on their HIV-positive status. Edwin, who has been living with HIV since 1983, also co-ordinates HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE, a coalition of more than 100 civil society organisations working together to end HIV criminalisation.

Shoshana Rosenberg is a sexological researcher based between Whadjuk Noongar Boodjar (Perth) and Naarm/Birraranga (Melbourne). They are currently working with the Kirby Institute (UNSW) and SiREN (Curtin) on a variety of sexual health projects. Their research interests include gender and sexual diversity, queer theory, Jewish studies, and musicology.

Teddy Cook is a health promotion specialist, regional community champion, LGBTIQ+ advocate, speaker and educator, with expertise on trans & gender diverse (TGD) health needs. Teddy has worked at ACON since April 2012, and is now Manager, Trans & Gender Diverse Health Equity. His work is particularly focussed on implementing the recommendations of ACON's recently launched Blueprint to Improve the Health and Wellbeing of the TGD Community in NSW [www.acon.org.au/TGDblueprint], as they relate to ACON’s own programs and services, as well as across government, health, legal and community settings.

Professor Mallon is an Infectious Diseases specialist, Professor of Microbial Diseases in University College Dublin (UCD) and is director of the UCD Centre for Experimental Pathogen Host Research (CEPHR). He chairs the European AIDS Clinical Society Comorbidities Guidelines Panel and is Director of the Wellcome Trust / HRB Irish Clinicial Academic Training Programme.