IAS 2025 – IAS programme-led events and activities

Get ready for IAS 2025, the 13th IAS Conference on HIV Science, taking place in Kigali, Rwanda, from 14 to 17 July 2025. This page showcases all IAS programme-led activities at the conference. Explore how our programmes are driving progress in the global HIV response – from impactful satellite sessions to youth engagement and implementation-focused dialogue.

Whether you are attending in person or virtually, this is your go-to guide to make the most of IAS 2025 and connect with the latest in HIV science, innovation and implementation.
 

Closing scientific gaps

Towards an HIV Cure

• Pre-conference – “Co-infections, viral and host factors: Impact on HIV cure strategies” – 13 July, 09:00 – 17:45

Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise

• Pre-conference – “Success stories and future directions in African HIV vaccine research” – 13 July, 09:00 – 12:45
• Satellite session in collaboration with IAS Corporate Partnership Programme – “The role of artificial intelligence (AI) in HIV vaccine research and development” – 15 July, 18:00 – 19:30

CIPHER

• Pre-conference in collaboration with Penta – Child Health Research, Mass General Brigham, Paediatric-Adolescent Treatment Africa (PATA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) – “Taking action to ensure that children and adolescents with perinatal exposure thrive” – 13 July, 09:00 – 12:45

Disseminating the latest research

Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS)

• Workshop – “How to write and submit a research manuscript” – 16 July, 16:30 – 17:30
• JIAS Impact Awards – “Getting to grips with prevention” – 17 July, 09:00 – 10:30

Improving health services

Differentiated Service Delivery

• Satellite session – "Building forward: Differentiated service delivery as a catalyst for sustained and integrated HIV services amid funding uncertainty” – 14 July, 09:30 – 11:00
• Satellite session – "Launch of the JIAS supplement: Differentiated service delivery – beyond HIV treatment for integration and other health needs" – 16 July, 12:15 – 13:15

Person-Centred Care

• Satellite session – “The future of person-centred HIV prevention: Latest evidence from the African continent” – 14 July, 11:30 – 12:30
• Poster presentation – “A roadmap to scale up person-centred care in the HIV response: Recommendations from a global consensus process” – 17 July, 12:15 – 13:15

Community-Led Monitoring

• Satellite session in collaboration with Unitaid – “From freeze to forward: Ensuring HIV commodity access and service delivery in a changing funding landscape” – 15 July, 12:15 – 13:15

Youth Hub

• IAS 2025 Young Leaders Programme – “Young Leaders kick-off” – 14 July, 18:45 – 20:15
• IAS 2025 Young Leaders Programme – “Q&A with IAS 2025 speakers” – 15 July, 15:00 – 16:00
• IAS 2025 Young Leaders Programme – “Solutions at your fingertips – An ideation workshop” – 16 July, 15:00 – 16:30
• IAS 2025 Young Leaders Programme – “Q&A with IAS leadership” – 17 July, 13:30 – 14:30