IAS Digest: IAS programme-led events and activities at AIDS 2026
Preparations are well underway for AIDS 2026, the 26th International AIDS Conference, taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and virtually from 26 to 31 July 2026.
This edition of the IAS Digest brings together everything you need to know about what IAS programmes have in store at AIDS 2026. Join us across a range of sessions and events to see how our work is shaping the HIV response, from the latest scientific advances to advocacy that drives real-world change.
We encourage you to connect with our programmes at these sessions and make the most of every opportunity to engage with the global response to HIV, whether you are joining us in person or virtually.
Amid a severe funding crisis and threats to HIV services, the world’s largest conference on HIV and AIDS will unite people living with HIV, researchers, policy makers, healthcare professionals, funders, media and communities.
Sustainability of an evidence-based HIV response
- Satellite – “Prioritization under pressure: Rethinking HIV service delivery with TIER-Plus”, 27 July, 11:30-12:30
- Workshop – “Bead the change: Messages of hope from the HIV response”, 30 July, 16:30-17:30
Prevention at scale
- Satellite – “Bridging the implementation gap: Practical insights to strengthen HIV prevention access for key populations”, 28 July, 12:00-13:00
- Satellite – “Person-centred HIV prevention for key populations in Latin America and the Caribbean”, 28 July, 13:30-14:30
- Satellite – “A new era of prevention: Reimagining women’s health through long-acting solutions”, 30 July, 12:00-13:00
People-first and stigma-free services
- Satellite – “Barriers and facilitators of person-centred care for key and vulnerable populations”, 27 July, 13:00-14:30
- Satellite – “The future of HIV service delivery is…simplification, self-care, integration, and AI in practice”, 29 July, 12:00-13:00
- Satellite – “Unfinished business: Ending preventable deaths from advanced HIV disease in a changing HIV response” , 29 July, 18:00-19:30
Continuous scientific innovation
- Pre-conference – “Advancing HIV prevention science and access”, 26 July, 08:00-19:00
- Pre-conference – “HIV cure without borders: Science, community and Latin America and Caribbean perspectives”, 26 July, 09:30-19:00
- Pre-conference – “12th Symposium on Children and Adolescents with Perinatal HIV Exposure”, 26 July, 14:00-19:00
- Workshop – “How to write and submit a research manuscript”, 28 July, 10:00-11:30
- Satellite – “AI and HIV: Who owns the future of public health?”, 28 July, 13:30-14:30
- Workshop – “Communicating HIV science with impact: 120 minutes hands on for early-career researchers”, 29 July, 14:30-16:30
- JIAS Impact Awards presented during plenary session – “New realities, new responses”, 31 July, 08:30-10:00
Pre-conferences
The AIDS 2026 programme features eight pre-conferences on Sunday, 26 July. Pre-conferences are independently organized meetings that offer an in-depth focus on key topics.
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