Events

The Towards an HIV Cure initiative, along with its partners, collaborates to plan, host and convene meetings at regional and international AIDS conferences, including scientific symposia, interactive workshops, and meetings for the Stakeholder’s Advisory Board and the initiative Working Groups.

Upcoming Events

2021 HIV Cure & Gene Therapy Forum
19 & 20 July | 11th IAS Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2021e

The HIV Cure & Gene Therapy Forum, taking place at the 11th IAS Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2021), will focus on the intersection between gene-based therapies and HIV cure research.

Recent Events

Pathways to an HIV cure: tools for community and clinicians
1 – 3 July | AIDS 2020: Virtual Pre-Conference

The IAS Towards an HIV Cure initiative is partnering with international and local civil society organizations to organize an interactive online meeting, Pathways to an HIV Cure: Tools for Community and Clinicials, 1-3 July 2020, as an offical AIDS 2020: Virtual pre-conference.

2019

2019 Research-for-Cure Academy
7 – 9 November 2019 | South Africa
The Towards an HIV Cure initiative of the International AIDS Society (IAS), in partnership with the South Africa Department of Science and Innovation, and the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witswatersrand, South Africa, organized the 2019 Research-for-Cure Academy, 7-9 November, in South Africa.

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2019 HIV & HBV Cure Forum
20 & 21 July 2019 | Mexico City, Mexico
In 2019, the IAS Towards an HIV Cure initiative, in collaboration with the International Coalition to Eliminate Hepatitis B (ICE-HBV), organized a 1.5 day HIV & HBV Cure Forum on 20 & 21 July 2019, immediately preceding the 10th IAS Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2019).

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2019 Advocacy-for-Cure Academy
29 April – 1 May 2019 | BotswanA
The Towards an HIV Cure initiative of the International AIDS Society (IAS), in partnership with AVAC, organized an Advocacy-for-Cure Academy in Botswana on 29 April – 1 May 2019.

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2018

Research-for-Cure Academy
31 October – 2 November 2018 | South Africa
The IAS partnered with DST, Sidaction and the School of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand to host the 2018 Research-for-Cure Academy in South Africa, October 2018. The academy awarded fellowships to talented investigators and clinical scientists conducting HIV research in resource-constrained settings to participate in a three-day interactive workshop on HIV cure research.

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HIV Cure Research with the Community workshop
21 July 2018 | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
The Towards an HIV Cure initiative partnered with international and local civil society organizations to host an interactive HIV cure research literacy workshop on 21 July 2018 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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Advocacy-for-Cure Academy
28–30 May 2018 | Uganda
The International AIDS Society (IAS) Towards an HIV Cure initiative and AVAC organized an Advocacy-for-Cure Academy in Uganda on 28-30 May 2018, a three-day training and development course on HIV cure advocacy.

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2017

IAS HIV Cure & Cancer Forum: Highlights & Discussion (Satellite Symposium)
24 July 2017 | Paris, France
This satellite symposium at IAS 2017 provided an overview of the research presented and discussions held at the IAS HIV Cure & Cancer Forum preceding the conference.

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IAS HIV Cure & Cancer Forum
22 & 23 July 2017 | Paris, France
An evolution of the annual Towards an HIV Cure Symposia, the Forum focused specifically on the interface and similarities between HIV cure and cancer research, and sought to merge these two disciplines to accelerate the pace of discovery in HIV cure research.

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Towards an HIV Cure: Global Fellows Research Academy
29–31 May 2017
The Towards an HIV Cure: Global Fellows Research Academy is an interactive three-day workshop designed to provide training on state of the art HIV cure research for talented early to mid-career investigators and clinical scientists conducting research in resource-constrained settings.

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2016

Understanding HIV Cure Workshop
18 July 2016 | Durban, South Africa
Hosted at the Research Literacy Networking Zone in the Global Village at the AIDS 2016 Conference, the interactive workshop was open to the general public and offered a first step into the understanding of what HIV cure research is.

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2016 Towards an HIV Cure Symposium
16 & 17 July 2016 | Durban, South Africa
The symposium continued to showcase the latest research in HIV cure, aligned with the research priorities outlined in the 2016 Global Scientific Strategy, but also provided a platform for presenting the progress of the initiative working groups and creating a fertile setting for dialogue with the broader community, through abstract driven sessions, poster exhibition sessions and roundtable discussions

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Towards an HIV Cure: Engaging the Community Workshop
16 July 2016 | Durban, South Africa
Co-organized with AVAC, EATG, Sidaction, the Martin Delaney CAB and TAG, the workshop highlighted the research priorities outlined in the IAS Global Scientific Strategy: Towards an HIV Cure 2016 and included an interactive panel discussion to address key topics pertinent to HIV cure research.

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2015

Towards an HIV Cure: Canadian <-> Global Stakeholder’s Engagement Workshop
21 July 2015 | Vancouver, Canada

Co-organized with CANFAR, CIHR, CanCURE and CATIE, the workshop focused on two specific topics. The workshop created a fertile ground to share knowledge on engagine and generating advocacy for cure research with specific populations’ histories and approaches in mind, and also provided an opportunity for dialogue regarding the need for biomedical research to acknowledge complex individual health outcomes and determinants.

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2015 Towards an HIV Cure Symposium
18 & 19 July 2015 | Vancouver, Canada

Co-chaired by Prof. Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (Institut Pasteur & Inserm), Dr. Steven Deeks (University of California, San Francisco), and Prof. Sharon Lewin (Doherty Institute, The University of Melbourne).

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2014

HIV R4P Satellite - Help End AIDS Together: Towards Vaccine and Cure For HIV/AIDS
27 October 2014 | Cape Town, South Africa

The most recent breakthroughs highlighted how approaches to prevent infection and to control viral replication and transmission are closely associated. New insights into the induction and role of bnAbs, T-cell repsonses and immune-based therapies are proving crucial in both vaccine and cure research. To this end, the International AIDS Society (IAS) Towards an HIV Cure initiative and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) hosted a joint satellite session during the HIV R4P Conference in Cape Town, South Africa on Monday 27 October 2014.

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2014 Towards an HIV Cure Symposium
19 & 20 July 2014 | Melbourne, Australia

Co-chaired by Prof. Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (Institut Pasteur & Inserm), Dr. Steven Deeks (UCSF), and Prof. Sharon Lewin (Alfred Hospital, Monash University & Burnet Institute).

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Towards an HIV Cure Community Workshop
30 January 2014 | Chennai, India

The Towards an HIV Cure initiative organized a community training workshop on the topic of HIV cure in Chennai, India, in conjunction with the HIV Science 2014 Symposium on HIV and Infectious Diseases, organized by YRG Care.

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2013

2013 Towards an HIV Cure Symposium
29 & 30 June 2013 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Co-chaired by Prof. Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (Institut Pasteur), Dr. Steven Deeks (UCSF), and Prof. Sharon Lewin (Alfred Hospital, Monash University & Burnet Institute).

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Think-Tank
20 & 21 May 2013 | Paris, France

Co-chaired by Prof. Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (Institut Pasteur) and Dr. Jack Whitescarver (NIH-OAR).

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2012

2012 Towards an HIV Cure Symposium
20 & 21 July 2012 | Washington D.C, USA

Co-chaired by Prof. Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (Institut Pasteur) and Dr. Steven Deeks (UCSF).

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2010

Towards an HIV Cure Workshop: HIV Reservoirs and Strategies to Control Them
16 & 17 July 2010| Vienna, Austria

Chaired by Prof. Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (Institut Pasteur).

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