HIVR4P // Virtual

HIVR4P // Virtual – the 4th HIV Research for Prevention Conference – took place on 27-28 January and 3-4 February 2021. The conference brought together over 1,800 delegates from 92 countries in a virtual format to focus on the latest research on HIV prevention science. HIVR4P // Virtual replaced the planned HIVR4P 2020, scheduled 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 prior HIV research and existing trials infrastructure. The conference also showed that despite the challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, HIV prevention research has continued to advance, bringing a greater choice of prevention methods closer for millions.

IAS 2019

On 21-24 July 2019, close to 6,000 HIV professionals and community members met at the 10th IAS Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2019) 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-lead response to HIV and address the structural and social barriers that continue to impede the response.

IAS 2017

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

IAS 2015

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

IAS 2013

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

IAS 2011

The world’s largest open scientific conference on HIV/AIDS – the 6th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2011) was held in Rome Italy in July 2011. It was organized by the IAS, in partnership with Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Italian National Institute of Health), which is the leading technical and scientific body of the Italian National Health Service, and attracted 7,482 participants from 142 countries. The conference provided an opportunity for advocates to call 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 (€260 million from the 2007 replenishment) or to commit any new funding.

IAS 2009

The 5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2009), organized by the International AIDS Society in association with Dira Sengwe, was held in Cape Town, South Africa from 19 to 22 July 2009 and attracted 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) and was particularly rich in research that may affect the path of the epidemic in low- and middle-income countries.

IAS 2007

The 4th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2007) was organized by the International AIDS Society 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.

IAS 2005

The 3rd IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment, was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil on 24-27 July 2005 and was organised by the International AIDS Society (IAS) with the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and Sociedade Brasileira de Infectologia.

Report:
IAS 2005 Evaluation Report

IAS 2003

The 2nd IAS Conference on Pathogenesis and Treatment, held in Paris, France, was organised by the International AIDS Society (IAS) and the local host organisation, the French National Agency for AIDS Research (ANRS) and attracted around 5,000 participants. Research presented covered topics such as complications of antiretroviral therapy, preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission and HIV drug resistance.

IAS 2001

The first IAS conference, chaired by Pedro Cahn, took place in Buenos Aires and attracted about 3,300 participants, including more than 600 supported by the conference’s scholarship programme. The conference 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.”