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The Immunology of Diabetes Society Congress brings together international health care professionals, consumers and research leaders in Type 1 Diabetes.

About the Immunology of Diabetes Society

The Immunology of Diabetes Society (IDS) is an international scientific community dedicated to advancing the understanding, prevention and treatment of type 1 diabetes (T1D). Since 1995, the IDS convenes a biennial Congress, rotating among major centres in Europe, North America, and Asia/Oceania with up to 500 attendees.

The strength of the IDS lies in our global, multi-disciplinary and cooperative vision of addressing the greatest challenges in type 1 diabetes.

The biennial IDS Congress meetings are pivotal incubators for seminal discoveries, trial networks, and have fostered a vibrant community of global leaders with the mission to improve the lives of individuals at risk for and with type 1 diabetes.

About the Australian Diabetes Society

The Australian Diabetes Society (ADS) is the peak national medical and scientific body in Australia for diabetes. The ADS is a member-based organisation consisting of endocrinologists, scientists, researchers, diabetes educators, primary care practitioners and allied health professionals. The ADS mission is to prevent diabetes and its complications; provide excellence in education for health professionals; promote collaboration, research and clinical guidelines and standards; work with our unified partners Diabetes Australia and the Australian Diabetes Educators Association committed to improving diabetes treatment and care; advocate for health policies around diabetes and its prevention; and to support the person with diabetes to live well.

About the Australian Islet Study Group

The Australian Islet Study Group (AISG) Meeting is the premier meeting for researchers interested in all aspects of islet and beta cell function; including secretion pathway mechanisms, islet structure and function, morphology, in vitro and in vivo models, omics and big data considerations. We invite you to attend this exciting annual meeting discussing islet biology as it relates to clinical situations including diabetes and challenges in islet transplantation. The AISG Meeting is hosted under the management of the Australian Diabetes Society.

The AISG Meeting 2026 will be held in-conjunction with the 21 st Immunology of Diabetes Society Congress and will take place on Thursday 23rd & Friday 24th April 2026 at Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre in Brisbane, QLD.

Australian Islet Study Group

About the 2026 IDS Congress Logo

The 2026 IDS Congress will be held on the traditional lands for the Turrbal and Jagera/Yuggera Peoples, and we respect their spiritual relationship with their country. The IDS and ADS acknowledge that the Turrbal and Jagera/Yuggera Peoples are the custodians of Brisbane City, and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still important to the living Turrbal and Jagera/Yuggera Peoples today. We pay our respects to Elders both past, present, and emerging and to the members of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community