 Other member societies of IBMS are the Spanish Research Society for Bone and Mineral Metabolism (SEIOMM) and the Japanese Society for Bone and Mineral Research (JSBMR).In 2017, the ANZBMS will host a joint IBMS/ANZBMS meeting in Brisbane.The ANZBMS maintains close links to Osteoporosis Australia, a not-for-profit organisation that is the main consumer body in the bone area in Australia.