Committee

**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 Health
Advocate for LGBTQIA+ Inclusion

SIPS2025 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.