Saturday, 11th October Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society and Society of Obstetric Medicine Australia and New Zealand Joint Scientific Meeting 2025

• One physicians journey in the AIDPS world - Janet Rowan

• Consensus guidance for use of technology in diabetes in pregnancy - Arianne Sweeting
• Peri-partum management of inslin pumps - Cecily Foged

Session followed by discussion panel – Pumps in Pregnancy

Panellists:

Arianne Sweeting - University of Sydney & Royal Prince Hospital, Sydney
Cecily Foged - The Mercy Hospital for Women, VIC, Australia
Helen Murphy - University of East Anglia
Saleen Nottingham - Waikato Hospital, New Zealand

• Smoking in Australian Women in Pregnancy - Angela Ratsch
• Drugs of addiction in pregnancy (IV drug use) - Adam Pastor

Poster presenters are requested to stand with their poster, especially if eligible for a conference award. A complete list of poster abstracts is available at the end of the interactive program (under Sunday).

• Pregnancy Loss and Thrombophilia - What's the evidence? - Saskia Middeldorp
• Anaemia In Maternity Patients: SOMANZ Position Statement - Alexis Shub

• Managing the acutely unwell pregnancy: An ICU Perspective - Michael Borrie

Lived Experience of GDM - What do women want?

• Serum biomarkers (PlGF & sFlt-1), Uterine artery Doppler and fetomaternal outcome with 75mg and 150mg of LDA in women at high risk for developing preeclampsia - A prospective cohort study - Sasirekha Rengaraj
• Pregnancy rates and outcomes for women using oral isotretinoin in Australia: A population-based study - Laura Gerhardy
• Association Between Rate of Change in sFlt-1/PIGF Ratio, Pre-eclampsia risk, and Latency to Delivery: A Retrospective Cohort Study - Maiysha Craig
• Understanding pregnancy outcomes in women with secondary hypertension - Madeleine M Cosgrave

• Influence of adherence to tight or less tight glycaemic targets in women with gestational diabetes mellitus on maternal and infant health. - Lisa Douglas
• Improving HbA1c on 3^rd trimester type 1 diabetes pregnancy with CamAPS FX: clinical outcomes and economic impact for the Australian healthcare system. - Helen R Murphy
• Ethnic differences in glucose regulation across the perinatal period among women with GDM: A retrospective multicentre  analysis from Sydney - Manimegalai Manoharan
• Retrospective Audit on Congenital Anomalies in pregnancies affected by diabetes - Rosalyn Ly

• Hapū māmā and whānau health  - Elizabeth Lewis-Hills
• “If you turn I into we, illness becomes wellness” – Co-designing healthy lifestyles strategies with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women to reduce diabetes risks - Loyla Leysley and Diana MacKay
• Renal Disease in Pregnancy: Dialysing the Difficult - Jo Dunlop

• Remote blood pressure monitoring in women at high risk of preeclampsia – a randomised controlled trial (REMOTE CONTROL trial) - Angela Makris
• Maternal and infant outcomes for childhood cancer survivors: a NSW population-based record linkage study - Sarah Pont
• Predicting Placental Insufficiency in Pregnancies with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Using Angiogenic Biomarkers: A Prospective Cohort Study - Ruth Hughes
• Continuous glucose monitoring to improve pregnancy outcomes: A scoping review of the inclusion of non-white ethnic minority and indigenous groups in research - Emily Gossen-Perez

• NZ GDM guideline update - Rosemary Hall
• ADIPS GDM guideline update - Matthew Hare

Session followed by Q&A on New Guidelines

Panellists:

Shona Cole - Wellington, NZ
Rose Elder - Wellington, NZ
Rosemary Hall - Wellington, NZ
Susie de Jersey - Brisbane, Australia 
Jo Laurie - Brisbane, Australia
Diane Selves - Auckland, NZ

Conference Dinner

Date: Saturday 11 October 2025

Location: Jade Rooms, Cordis Hotel

Time: 6:30pm - 10:30pm 

Dress Code: We want to see everyone decked out in their favourite Pacific dress 
There will be a guest list at the door to mark off for anyone that has purchased a ticket. Please enter Jade Rooms via Jade Room 1 (behind the front Reception desk near the lists and entrance to Eight Restaurant)

Includes dinner and beverages

The Conference Dinner theme, My Island Home, Is inspired by the song that Australian artist Christina Anu performed at the 2000 Olympics, the lyrics referring to her island heritage.

Auckland is one of the world’s great Pacific cities. Home to the largest Polynesian population of any city globally, Pacific people are among its most vibrant threads.
Weaving in colour, song, dance, humour, family, and warmth. We would like you to join in the food, dance and laughter, and spirit of the pacific people.

We want to see everyone decked out in their favourite Pacific dress — whether it’s a crisp puletasi, bright sulu, lavalava or any robe, shirt, dress, or combination that celebrates our Pacific identity. Add some flair with flowers behind the ear, a leafy lau headpiece, a colourful headband, or a handcrafted necklace or kahoa — let your adornments shine.
Floral garlands and leis carry deep meaning across the Pacific, symbolising love, respect, welcome, and community. We welcome everyone to be part of the community and enjoy the night. We will have flowers and garlands and headgear if you don't have your own to bring along.

The night starts with dance troupe Anuanua who will perform authentic Cook Island dancing and drumming.

Followed by the band for the night, Raa Charmain - They perform a blend of soul, pop, reggae-infused styles, along with covers and original work. Their use of Māori language (te reo) in songs adds emotional weight and cultural resonance. They will also do covers, classics like Stand By Me, Hey Jude, and What a Wonderful World, but with their own arrangements and often infused with soulful/reggae or Māori‑language elements.

This promises to be a fantastic night of fun, food and laughter immersed in culture.