Armin Ariana (he/him)
WAS 2025 Congress President
President, Society of Australian Sexologists, QLD Branch
Doctor of Medicine, Associate Professor in Medical Education, Griffith University, School of Medicine and Dentistry
Accredited Clinical Psychosexual Therapist
Hanna Saltis (they/them)
Secretary, Society of Australian Sexologists, Western Australia Branch
Research Assistant & Project Officer, School of Population Health, Curtin University
PhD Candidate in Public HealthSIPS2025 Organising Committee
Merle Meyer (she/her)
President, Society of Australian Sexologists, Western Australian Branch
Accredited Mental Health Social Worker/Accredited Clinical Psychosexual Therapist
Director, TwoOceans Therapeutic Connections
SIPS2025 Organising Committee
Ella Shannon (she/her)
National Chair of Society Australian Sexologists Ltd.
Accredited Counsellor and Clinical Psychosexual Therapist
Accredited EMDR Therapist with EMDRAA
Rosediani Muhamad
President of the Asia-Oceania Federation of Sexology
Executive Committee Member of the World Association for Sexual Health
Doctor of Medicine, Associate Professor in Family Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
Head of Women and Sexual Health Clinic, Universiti Sains Malaysia Hospital
Christopher Fox (he/him)
President-Elect, Asia-Oceania Federation of Sexology
Treasurer, Asia-Oceania Federation of Sexology
Co-Director, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
Professor of Sexual and reproductive Health Research, College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Fiji National University
Director, Sex Life Therapy
Margaret Redelman OAM (she/her)
Public Officer for Asia-Oceania Federation of Sexology
Honorary Life Member of the Society of Australian Sexologists
Treasurer for the Society of Australian Sexologists, NSW
President of the 18th WAS Congress in Sydney in 2007
Elna Rudolph (she/her)
President of the World Association for Sexual Health
Medical Doctor, Sexologist and Clinical Head of My Sexual Health, South Africa
Director of the African Institute for Sexual and Gender Health, the
Southern African Sexual Health Association and Sexual Health Africa
Alain Giami
Vice President of the World Association for Sexual Health
Emeritus Research Professor at the Inserm (National Institute of Health and Medical Research) in Paris
Associate Editor: "Sexologies: European Journal of Sexology and Sexual Health"
Luis Perelman (he/him/él)
Secretary General / Treasurer of the World Association for Sexual Health
Sexuality Educator and Activist
Former President of the Mexican Federation of Sexuality Education and Sexology FEMESS
Co-founder and Co-Director of El Armario Abierto Distributor of sexuality education and reproductive health materials
Erick Janssen
WAS 2025 Scientific Program Committee Chair
Professor at the Institute for Family and Sexuality Studies
Director of IFSS & Program Director Master in Sexology
Department of Neurosciences, University of Leuven
René de Klerk (she/her)
Executive Director of the World Association for Sexual Health
Expert in Leadership, Governance and Sustainable Development
We acknowledge that the conference is being held the traditional lands of the Jagera and Turrbal people in Meanjin / Brisbane. We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' continuing connection to land, water, and community and we pay our respects to Elders past and present. ASHM acknowledges Sovereignty in this country has never been ceded. It always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.