Dr Elizabeth Holmes Truscott (Deputy Director, Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes; ACADI Behavioural Platform Lead) brings expertise in the psychosocial aspects of diabetes, focusing on stigma, barriers to self care, and embedding community voices throughout the research process. She has lived experience of gestational diabetes.

Renza Scibilia has lived with type 1 diabetes since 1998. She is a diabetes advocate and activist, and is Senior Director of Global Responsibility at Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF). She has worked for diabetes organisations for the last twenty-five years, promoting a person-centred approach to the development, design and delivery of diabetes technologies, services, resources, research and education programs. Renza is also the Global Head of Advocacy for #dedoc°, a European-based organisation which provides opportunities for diabetes advocates from across the world to become part of a peer network and attend professional conferences under the banner #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs. Renza has extensive experience as a consultant, facilitator, presenter, and media spokesperson and is frequently invited to speak at conferences where she speaks about topics including the role of peer support in healthcare, diabetes technology and digital solutions, why language and communication matters in healthcare and how to reduce diabetes-related stigma. Renza is the author of Diabetogenic, (www.diabetogenic.wordpress.com) and a regular contributor to many online and print health publications.

Leon Tribe is a passionate diabetes advocate and active researcher in diabetes technologies and management. His online writing focusses on providing clear explanations to people with diabetes on the disease, the latest research and innovations, and its management. His advocacy and passion have been recognised by his acceptance into both the Diabetes Australia Community Advisory Council, and the Australasian Type 1 Diabetes Immunotherapy Collaborative (ATIC) Community Engagement Panel. Leon has been published in The Lancet and Diabetes Management Journal, and regularly presents at international diabetes conferences, such as ATTD.

Louise has more than 30 years’ experience in health, beginning in clinical practice before moving into health promotion and education. She is passionate about clear, plain-language communication and helping people access evidence-based health information they can understand. Louise spent 15 years with a national not-for-profit women’s health organisation, concluding in 2024. She also brings lived experience, having managed type 1 diabetes for 42 years.

Tim has been an active health consumer representative & advocate for over 29 years and has been a participant in numerous clinical trials where he has seen the many benefits of research into medical advancement. Living in WA, he is extremely conscious of the limitations imposed by the vastness of the state and can see the significant importance of involving consumers despite the tyranny of distance. Amongst numerous current roles at state, federal, and international levels he is: a member of the Australian Teletrials Steering Group, and the IMPACCT Consumer Advisory Group; a Patient for Patient Safety Champion for the World Health Organisation; the Australian representative on the Six Degrees Medical T2D DEEP Virtual Advisory Board; and a member of a number of ethics committees. Former appointments include: advisor to two federal Health Ministers (as a member of the Lead Clinicians Group), member of the WA Clinical Senate Executive, member of Diabetes Australia’s Medical, Education and Scientific Advisory Council, and member of the Boards of Health Consumers’ Council WA and the Consumers Health Forum of Australia. He has presented at a number of conferences, including: the "Asia Pacific Conference on the Metabolic Syndrome"; and the United Nations conference on "Global Health Challenges - Achieving the Millennium Development Goals”.

Timothy Skinner trained as a Health Psychologist at the University of Surrey, UK, where he got his PhD in 2000. He is a registered psychologist with the AHPRA, the New Zealand Psychology Board, and a Chartered Health Psychologist with the British Psychological Society. He moved to Australia in 2007, and has worked in NSW, WA, SA, Tasmania, NT, Victoria and had a brief visit to Queensland. His clinical and research work is focused on understanding how best to help people with diabetes managing the dual demands of managing their diabetes and optimising their emotional-well-being. He is also engaged in work supporting individuals to optimise their lifestyles to prevent diabetes, and to optimise the quality of their sleep. Since 2009, this work has also had a focus on the challenges for rural and remote individuals and communities. He has current appointments with Deakin University, Western Norway University of Applied Science, and Kinunity Psychology

Georgie Peters is a diabetes advocate from Melbourne, Australia. She is passionate about raising awareness within the diabetes community about positive body image, eating disorders, and mental health. Her aim in advocacy is to support people living with diabetes to combat elements of diet culture within their everyday lives and cultivate a healthy relationship with food and their body. Georgie also talks at assorted diabetes conferences and events, shedding light on the patient experience and advocating for intersectional and diverse representation within the diabetes community. Her writing and interviews have been published in both Australia and overseas, and she continues to push for healthcare that is non-judgmental, weight neutral, and takes all aspects of wellbeing into account.