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Wednesday, 27 July
OFFICIAL PRESS CONFERENCE
Scientific Highlights
- (Chair) Sharon Lewin, IAS President-Elect (Australia)
- Núria Climent, Hospital Clinic-IDIBAPS/ University of Barcelona (Spain)
Exceptional post-treatment control associated with strong NK and ϒɗ cytotoxic T-cells - Jana Dickter, City of Hope (USA)
The “City of Hope” Patient: Prolonged HIV-1 remission without antiretrovirals (ART) after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (aHCT) of CCR5-Δ32/Δ32 donor cells for acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) - Annie Luetkemeyer, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, UCSF (USA)
Doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis for STI prevention among MSM and Transgender Women on HIV PrEP or living with HIV: High efficacy to reduce incident STI’s in a randomized trial - Eli Boritz, Vaccine Research Center, NIAID (USA)
Transcriptional programs of HIV silencing and cell survival in HIV-infected memory CD4 T cells under antiretroviral therapy - Madisa Mine, Botswana Ministry of Health and Wellness (Botswana)
Botswana achieved the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 95-95-95 targets: Results from the Fifth Botswana HIV/AIDS Impact Survey (BAIS V), 2021 - Anchalee Avihingsanon, HIV-NAT, Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre (Thailand)
Week 48 Results of a Phase 3 Randomized Controlled Trial of Bictegravir/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir alafenamide (B/F/TAF) vs Dolutegravir + Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (DTG+F/TDF) as Initial Treatment in HIV/HBV-Coinfected Adults (ALLIANCE)
14:30 – 15:30 EDT / 20:30 – 21:30 CEST
Format: In person & virtual
Location: Delta Marriott Hotel, 475 Av. du Président-Kennedy, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1J7, Canada
(Media may join in person or via the Zoom link below)
Launch of “In Danger” UNAIDS 2022 Global AIDS Update
- Adeeba Kamarulzaman, University of Malaya (Malaysia)
- Winnie Byanyima, UNAIDS (Switzerland)
- Anthony Fauci, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- John Nkengasong, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Special Representative For Health Diplomacy (USA)
- Andriy Klepikov, Alliance for Public Health (Ukraine)
- Anita Vandenbeld MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development (Canada)
- Keren Dunaway, International Community of Women Living with HIV (Argentina)
Thursday, 28 July
OFFICIAL PRESS CONFERENCE
Long-Acting PrEP for HIV Prevention: New Evidence, New Momentum
- (Chair) Adeeba Kamarulzaman, IAS President and AIDS 2022 International Co-Chair (Malaysia)
- Sinead Delany-Moretlwe, University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa)
Long acting cabotegravir: updated efficacy and safety results from HPTN 084 - Beatriz Grinsztejn, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases – Fiocruz (Brazil)
Transgender Women (TGW) in HPTN 083: An Evaluation of Safety, Efficacy, and Gender Affirming Hormonal Therapy (GAHT) Interactions with Long-acting Cabotegravir (CAB-LA) - Meg Doherty, World Health Organization (Switzerland)
Launch of WHO CAB-LA Guidelines - Charles Gore, Medicines Patent Pool (Switzerland)
Deborah Waterhouse, ViiV Healthcare (USA)
Update on ViiV Healthcare and Medicine Patent Pool negotiations on CAB-LA for PrEP in Low- and Middle-Income Countries - Tenu Avafia, Unitaid (Switzerland)
New Plans and Partnerships to Speed Equitable Access to Longer-acting HIV Prevention Products
Friday, 29 July
08:00 – 09:00 EDT / 14:00 – 15:00 CEST
Format: In person & virtual
Room: Media Centre press conference room
Registration: Register here
OFFICIAL PRESS CONFERENCE
AIDS 2022 Official Opening Press Conference
- (Chair) Adeeba Kamarulzaman, IAS President and AIDS 2022 International Co-Chair (Malaysia)
- Ambassador John N. Nkengasong, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Special Representative for Health Diplomacy (USA)
- Winnie Byanyima, UNAIDS (Switzerland)
- Maurine Murenga, Executive Director of Lean on Me Foundation and Coordinator, TB Women Global (Kenya)
Update on the revolutionary global U=U movement
12:00 EDT / 16:00 CEST
VIRTUAL THIRD PARTY PRESS CONFERENCE
Report launch on interlinkages of climate change with sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and bodily autonomy in Asia and the Pacific
Organizer: CNS
16:00 EDT / 22:00 CEST
VIRTUAL THIRD PARTY PRESS CONFERENCE
Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic: How can we ensure uninterrupted HIV services during health emergencies?
Organizer: National Coalition of People Living with HIV in India and CNS
17:00 EDT / 23:00 CEST
VIRTUAL THIRD PARTY PRESS CONFERENCE
Organizer: AIDS Society of India
Saturday, 30 July
12:00 EDT / 18:00 CEST
VIRTUAL THIRD PARTY PRESS CONFERENCE
Overview of the host country of the upcoming International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA 2023)
Organizer: Society for AIDS in Africa
Sunday, 31 July
12:00 EDT / 18:00 CEST
VIRTUAL THIRD PARTY PRESS CONFERENCE
Adolescents living with HIV: Are there gaps in addressing social, economic, and cultural realities?
Organizer: Gujarat AIDS Prevention Unit
Monday, 01 August
01:00 EDT / 07:00 CEST / 13:00 HKT
VIRTUAL THIRD PARTY PRESS CONFERENCE
Unacceptable: People living with HIV but at risk of dying of tuberculosis and noncommunicable diseases
Organizer: Asia Pacific Media Alliance for Health and Development
13:00 EDT / 19:00 CEST
VIRTUAL THIRD PARTY PRESS CONFERENCE
Reshaping Global Public Health and HIV
Organizer: AIDS Healthcare Foundation
16:15 EDT / 22:15 CEST
HYBRID PRESS CONFERENCE
Government of Canada to make an announcement to advance the domestic HIV response
Organizer: The Government of Canada
Find out more here.
14:15 – 15:15 EDT / 20:15 – 21:15 CEST
Format: In person & virtual
Room: 517a/Channel 3
MEDIA SYMPOSIUM
The future of HIV media coverage
- (Chair) André Picard, The Globe and Mail (Canada)
- Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times (USA)
- Roxanne Khamsi, Nature; The Atlantic; and WIRED (Canada)
- Sipokazi Fokazi, Sunday Times; and TimesLIVE, (South Africa)
- Jon Cohen, Science, (USA)
- Su Lyn Boo, Code Blue, (Malaysia)
- Sarah Boseley, The Guardian, (UK)