Past conferences

From 20 to 26 July, over 11,000 participants from 163 counties gathered in Munich, Germany, and virtually for AIDS 2024, the 25th International AIDS Conference. A total of 864 scholarship recipients joined us from 101 countries.

AIDS 2024 offered more than 40 oral abstract sessions, 50 invited-speaker sessions, 22 workshops, 100 satellite sessions, 2,200 posters and 200 Global Village activities. It showcased exciting community-led innovations alongside scientific breakthroughs and game changers. Activists drew attention to pressing issues of equal access to the latest advances. And politicians renewed commitment to sustaining an effective response to HIV. 

Links:
Conference website | YouTube channel | Photo gallery
 

AIDS 2022, the 24th International AIDS Conference, took place in Montreal, Canada, from 29 July to 3 August 2022 with the theme, Re-engage and follow the science. This was the first fully hybrid IAS-organized conference, and almost 12,300 people from 161 countries took part in person and/or virtually. Delegates drew on their combined expertise in science, policy and activism to move towards the shared vision of a world in which HIV no longer presents a threat to public health and individual well-being.

Links:
Conference website | YouTube channel | Photo gallery

Reports:
AIDS 2022 conference report

HIVR4P // Virtual, the 4th HIV Research for Prevention Conference, took place on 27-28 January and 3-4 February 2021. It brought together over 1,800 delegates from 92 countries virtually to focus on the latest research on HIV prevention science. HIVR4P // Virtual replaced the planned HIVR4P 2020, to take place in Cape Town, South Africa, in October 2020. The conference showed the enormous contribution of HIV research to develop COVID-19 treatments and vaccines, building on HIV research and trial infrastructure. It also showed that despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, HIV prevention research continued to advance, bringing a greater choice of prevention methods closer for millions.

Links:
Programme

Reports:
HIVR4P // Virtual conference report

On 21-24 July 2019, close to 6,000 HIV professionals and community members met at IAS 2019, the 10th IAS Conference on HIV Science, in Mexico City. The conference had returned to Latin America for the first time since it was held in Brazil in 2005. It presented latest advances in HIV science and drew attention to the global need for political leadership to overcome cuts in HIV funding, advance a human rights-led response to HIV and address the structural and social barriers that continue to impede the response.

Links:
Conference website | YouTube channel | Photo gallery

Reports:
IAS 2019 conference report

Nearly 8,000 researchers, advocates, policy makers, funders and community leaders from more than 140 countries attended IAS 2017, the 9th IAS Conference on HIV Science, in Paris, France, from 23 to 26 July 2017. The conference was organized by IAS – the International AIDS Society – in partnership with ANRS (France Recherche Nord & Sud Sida-HIV Hépatites).

Links:
Conference website | YouTube channel | Photo gallery

Reports:
IAS 2017 conference report

More than 6,000 HIV professionals from around the world gathered for IAS 2015, the 8th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, in Vancouver, Canada, from 19 to 22 July 2015. The programme included 1,200 scientific abstracts and dozens of satellite sessions addressing every aspect of HIV research and global responses to the pandemic. IAS 2015 was organized by the IAS, in partnership with the University of British Columbia Division of AIDS, based at St. Paul’s Hospital, Providence Health Care.

Links:
YouTube channel

Reports:
IAS 2015 summary report | IAS 2015 evaluation report

IAS 2013, the 7th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 30 June to 3 July 2013. The event was organized by the IAS, in partnership with the Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), University of Malaya, established in 2007 to undertake HIV-related research with a particular focus on HIV and substance use and co-morbidities, including tuberculosis and hepatitis C. IAS 2013 featured many topics specific to the Asian region, such as addressing problems associated with injecting drug use and people living with HIV and tuberculosis or hepatitis C.

Reports:
IAS 2013 conference summary report | IAS 2013 evaluation report

IAS 2011, the 6th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, brought together 7,482 participants from 142 countries in Rome, Italy, on 17-20 July 2011. It was organized by the IAS in partnership with Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Italian National Institute of Health), the leading technical and scientific body of the Italian National Health Service. At IAS 2011, advocates called for required investments to translate scientific promise into real programmes. Significant activism focused on the failure of Italy to fulfil its outstanding financial pledge to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (EUR 260 million from the 2007 replenishment) or commit any new funding.

Links:
YouTube channel

Reports:
IAS 2011 conference summary report | IAS 2011 evaluation report

IAS 2009, the 5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, took place in Cape Town, South Africa, from 19 to 22 July 2009, attracting more than 5,800 participants from 123 countries. It offered more than 1,550 reports on original research in four areas: Basic Sciences (Track A), Clinical Sciences (Track B), Biomedical Prevention (Track C), and – new at this meeting – Operations Research (Track D). The programme was particularly rich in research that may affect the path of the pandemic in low- and middle-income countries. The IAS organized the conference with Dira Sengwe.

Reports:
IAS 2009 impact report | IAS 2009 evaluation report

IAS 2007, the 4th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, was held in Sydney, Australia, from 22 to 25 July 2007. It was organized by the IAS in association with the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine. More than 5,000 delegates from 133 countries came together to examine the latest developments in HIV-related research.

Reports:
IAS 2007 evaluation report and Appendix

IAS 2005, the 3rd IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment, was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 24-27 July 2005. It was organized by the IAS with the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and Sociedade Brasileira de Infectologia.

Reports:
IAS 2005 evaluation report

IAS 2003, the 2nd IAS Conference on Pathogenesis and Treatment, was held in Paris, France, on 13-16 July 2003. The IAS organized the conference with the local host, the French National Agency for AIDS Research (ANRS). It attracted around 5,000 participants. Research presented covered topics such as complications of antiretroviral therapy, preventing perinatal HIV transmission and HIV drug resistance.

IAS 2001, the first IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment, took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 8-11 July 2001. It attracted about 3,300 participants, including more than 600 supported by the conference’s scholarship programme. IAS 2001 focused on a better understanding of the mechanisms of HIV disease and new strategies to enhance the current therapeutic approaches promoting the concept of "translational research: from basic to clinical science”. IAS 2001 was chaired by Pedro Cahn.