Joint ADIPS/SOMANZ Annual Scientific Meeting

The joint congress between the Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society (ADIPS) and the Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (SOMANZ), is excited to invite you to Aotearoa, the land of the long white cloud to ‘Look  Beyond’ in 2025. Join our globally renowned speakers to provide an exceptional conference experience that enhances your knowledge and provides up to date and best evidence for patient care.  

We have selected a program that highlights the importance of multidisciplinary, holistic care in pregnancy and beyond, in the management of diabetes and an array of complex maternal medical conditions that will appeal to allied health professionals, diabetes educators and nurses, dietitians, endocrinologists, general physicians, general practitioners, midwives, obstetricians and obstetric medicine physicians from New Zealand and Australia. 

We look forward to seeing you there!

Briony Cutts
SOMANZ President

Matthew Hare
ADIPS President

Conference Highlights

Prof Saskia Middeldorp
from the Netherlands

  • Pregnancy Loss and Thrombophilia – What’s the evidence? 

  • VTE diagnosis and prevention in pregnancy

Assoc Prof Sharleen O’Reilly
from Dublin, Ireland

  • Obesity and Diabetes in Pregnancy

Other exciting and innovative presentations will include: 

  • Cardiovascular issues in Pregnancy including Rheumatic Heart Disease and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) 

  • New Drugs in Diabetes  

  • Addiction Medicine 

  • New National New Zealand diabetes in pregnancy guideline 

  • Hepatitis B and C Management 

  • The diabetes Journey and lived experiences 

  • Steroids in pregnancy  

  • New technology and Digital advances in diabetes in pregnancy