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** IAS Science 2023 Conference: What you need to know
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July 17, 2023

Dear Advocate,

The 12th annual conference of the International AIDS Society (IAS) on HIV science ([link removed]) takes place July 23 – 26 in Brisbane, Australia, and virtually. This year’s conference will offer the latest on vaccine and cure science, research updates on broadly neutralizing antibodies, important discussions on trial design in the era of PrEP, the potential of community-led models of care and the importance of integrating services for HIV and sexual and reproductive health (SRH). AVAC and partners will be there ([link removed]) ! Read on for an overview.

Just ahead of the conference, UNAIDS released their annual state of the epidemic report,The Path That Ends AIDS ([link removed]) . The report charts a path that can end AIDS, and documents important progress, but challenges remain. Among them, global resources for HIV are marking another year of decline. With anti-LGTBQIA+ legal actions increasing in the US and in several African countries and reduced resources, efforts to end the epidemic will fail. See AVAC’s new graphic ([link removed]) on the issue.

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IAS Resources
* Use AVAC’s Roadmap ([link removed]) to find sessions where prevention, pandemic preparedness and the larger issues of global health equity are in the spotlight. You can download it as a sortable spreadsheet ([link removed]) or PDF ([link removed]) .
* Follow events in real time, AVAC will offer comments and updates on Twitter ([link removed]) , and our friends at NAM/AIDSMAP will be reporting throughout the conference. Join the conversation using the conference hashtag #IAS2023 ([link removed]) .


Satellites, Sessions and Panels featuring AVAC and Partners
(All times listed are local in Brisbane, Australia. See the time zone converter here ([link removed]) .)

Sunday, July 23
Taking prevention to the next level: Packaging PrEP with primary health care services as a pathway to achieving 2030 HIV prevention and universal health coverage goals ([link removed])
Satellite session, 11:30-12:30 pm AEST, Plaza Auditorium Channel 4

Regaining lost ground for HIV prevention: Acting on lessons learned from oral PrEP scale-up new PrEP method mix ([link removed])
Satellite session, 1:00-2:30 pm AEST, Plaza Auditorium Channel 4

Tuesday, July 25
Next Gen HIV Prevention research: Clinical Trials in an era of highly effective standards of care ([link removed])
Satellite session, 6:30-8:00 pm AEST, Plaza Ballroom Channel 3

bnAbs: From prevention to cure ([link removed])
Satellite session 6:30-8:00 pm AEST, Boulevard Auditorium Channel 7

Wednesday, July 26
Our bodies, our science: Empowering and promoting community engagement and practices in science ([link removed])
Symposium session 17, 10:30-11:30 am AEST, Plaza Terrace Room/Ch. 2

Immune responses critical for viral control and approaches to harness them in vivo ([link removed])
Symposium session 20, 10:30-11:30 am AEST, Auditorium/Ch. 7

Poster Presentations
* No data no more: a tool to end the exclusion of trans and gender-diverse people in HIV research ([link removed])
* Raising new voices in HIV cure research: a review of an advocacy-for-cure academy and grant program ([link removed])
* The value of measuring outcomes of HIV advocacy: utilising a novel and participatory approach for advocacy evaluation ([link removed])
* HIV prevention research & development investments 2001-2021: shifting investment priorities fund innovation in a challenging global health landscape ([link removed])
* Revolution of Transgender health programming: the role of transgender activists in Health programming for Malawi ([link removed])


Be sure to look out for two new reports tracking investment in HIV research and development. The Resource Tracking for HIV Prevention R&D Working Group, a collaboration among AVAC, IAVI and UNAIDS, will share details on overall 2020 investment and analysis of funding trends. And the Cure Resource Tracking Group, a collaboration between AVAC and the International AIDS Society, will also release its report of 2020 cure R&D funding trends.

Access these resources, conference highlights and more at AVAC’s dedicated #IAS2023 page ([link removed]) . And watch this space for further updates. Hope to see you in the halls!

Best,
AVAC

P.S. While many will be gathering in Australia for the IAS conference, the 27^th ISSTDR (International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research ([link removed]) ) is happening in Chicago at the same time – and AVAC will be there, too. Stay tuned for an update later this week for AVAC’s STI Roadmap and dedicated STI conference ([link removed]) . Advocates, implementers and researchers in both fields have much work to do together.

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