Satellite symposia

A huge thank you to all satellite organizers who supported us at AIDS 2022!

The satellite symposia programme offered over 100 sessions, focused on community-led responses, HIV prevention and treatment, the ongoing search for an HIV vaccine, HIV and COVID-19, and many more timely topics. Satellite sessions also provided unique opportunities for delegates around the world to learn and engage with distinguished HIV leaders.

Sponsor satellites

Satellite title Satellite organizer
Conversations on healthy aging with HIV Clinical Care Options Independent Medical Education supported by ViiV Healthcare
Impact of innovations on quality of life for People Living with HIV Virology Education Independent Medical Education supported by ViiV Healthcare
One size cannot fit all MERCK
Working together to end the epidemic: Guided by the voices on the ground Gilead

Commercial satellites

Satellite title Satellite organizer
Accelerating the pace toward the end of the HIV epidemic Clinical Care Options Independent Medical Education supported by Gilead Sciences, Inc
Advanced HIV care & monitoring optimization: Fast and accurate results Abbott
Ending the HIV Epidemic: Thinking outside of the box Abbott
HIV and COVID-19: A private sector example of transferable and new solutions Chevron
How catalytic partnerships address market inefficiencies and lead to sustainable and affordable access to healthcare Hologic
Integrated, innovative, resilient – how we can leverage health infrastructure for integrated disease response and epidemic management Abt Associates
Let’s get back on track – Perspectives from Brazil, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda on achieving 2030 UNAIDS goals Thermo Fisher Scientific
The Future Is Now: Improving the Lives of People with HIV Theratechnologies
To End AIDS by Reaching Key Populations Through Decentralized Testing Cepheid

Non-commercial satellites

Satellite title Satellite organizer
30/80/60 targets on community-led responses to HIV UNAIDS
8th workshop on children and adolescents with perinatal HIV exposure IAS – the International AIDS Society/CIPHER, WHO, PATA, UNICEF, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, PHACS
A new global Roadmap for combination HIV prevention. Intensified actions towards achieving UNAIDS 2025 targets. Global HIV Prevention Coalition / UNAIDS
Accelerating investigation of novel therapeutics in pregnancy: from theory to action The World Health Organization (WHO); Unitaid; The International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) Network
Accessing long-acting HIV prevention and treatment innovations: Landscape, service delivery, and pathways to affordability IAS – the International AIDS Society – in collaboration with the Medicines Patent Pool
Achieving an AIDS-free future: African leaders championing sexuality education and challenging misinformation Frontline AIDS, UNESCO ESA Region, Global Affairs Canada
Achieving health equity for 2SLGBTQI+ communities: Lessons learned from the HIV response in Canada Public Health Agency of Canada, in collaboration with Women and Gender Equality Canada
Addressing context in implementation research to inform global HIV service delivery priorities Washington University in St. Louis and John Hopkins University
Africa HIV cure research: Strengthening industry-community engagement in clinical research IAS – the International AIDS Society
Anti-racism and decolonizing the AIDS response: Moving from rhetoric to reformation UNAIDS, WHO, Frontline AIDS and ARASA
Behavioral economics and conditional incentives to strengthen HIV treatment and prevention: Actioning the science U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Mental Health, Division of AIDS Research & Fogarty International Center
Beyond theory: People, providers and policymakers share practical perspectives on delivering responsive, person-centered HIV primary healthcare JSI, PATH
Bringing the future forward: Accelerating progress toward HIV cure cell and gene therapies for all HIV Cure Africa Acceleration Partnership (HCAAP)
Catching up on the third 95 target for children and adolescents living with HIV Pact
Cervical Cancer Screening and HIV Integration:  Country Experiences with HPV testing in the SUCCESS Project Jhpiego, Expertise France, UICC
Communities leading the way: The importance of key population community-led responses in HIV 2022 MPact: Global Action for Gay Health & Rights, Global Network of Sex Worker Projects, International Network of People who Use Drugs
Community-based participatory research: Good science for appropriate response ANRS | Maladies Infectieuses Emergentes
Comprehensive Advanced HIV Disease Programming Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF)
Demand, delivery and data for decision-making: How market preparation for the Dual Prevention Pill is reimagining prevention programs for a future with MPTs AVAC, CHAI, Population Council, Expanding Effective Contraceptive Options (EECO) Project, Catalyst Global, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Differentiated service delivery for Advanced HIV Disease: a health systems strengthening approach to improving the coverage and quality of AHD services ICAP at Columbia University
Differentiated Service Delivery for People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) in Africa: Priorities and Lessons Learned ICAP at Columbia University, FHI 360’s Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) project, the South-to-South HIV prevention learning network, and the International Network of People who Use Drugs
Differentiated Testing Services: Optimizing program design to enhance testing and linkage ICAP at Columbia University and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)
Doing the right thing: Mitigating HIV-related stigma in clinical settings IAS – the International AIDS Society / Getting to the Heart of Stigma and Me and My Healthcare Provider
Don’t call me resilient : HIV, resiliency, connection and diversity The Positive Leadership Development Institute (PLDI) | L’Institut de développement du leadership positif (IDLP)
Drugs, HIV and community involvement: a 360 degree vision on how to approach harm reduction practices and policies Coalition PLUS
Empowering communities in global and national policy and implementation: lessons from the Unitaid Optimal Project Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI), Unitaid, and AfroCAB
Ending HIV stigma: we know what works, we need to do more of it GNP+, ICW, Y+ Global
Evidence for PrEP Implementation in Latin America: ImPrEP Project Results Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases / Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz)
Evidence to action: Focus on emerging HIV research leaders in Canada Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Expanding access to HIV self-testing MedAccess
Expanding access to PrEP through differentiated service delivery: Lessons from COVID-19 adaptations IAS – the International AIDS Society and the World Health Organization (WHO)
Expanding COVID-19 vaccination coverage among key populations and people living with HIV EpiC and OutRight Action International
Expanding the strategies of testing and telemonitoring at primary health care to contribute to the fight against COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries Federal University of Bahia; State University of Bahia; Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases/Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz)
Experimental medicine trials in Africa: ethical considerations and community engagement IAS – the International AIDS Society/Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise with AVAC – AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition
Fight For What Counts: Maximizing health equity, gender equality and human rights in the HIV response The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
Fun and friendship:  An innovative health and psychosocial intervention for young people living with HIV ASHA Foundation, Bangalore, and SeriousFun Children’s Network
Getting person-centred care right: Good practice models of integrating HIV and other health needs IAS – the International AIDS Society
Harm Reduction on the Front-Lines in Canada Co-lead Public Health Agency of Canada & Health Canada
Harnessing the power of strategic marketing and U=U to strengthen ART Programmes Population Services International, Prevention Access Campaign
Health concerns of transgender people not frequently addressed Fundación Huésped
Highlights from thought leadership symposium on getting to the heart of stigma IAS – the International AIDS Society
HIV and Integration: new WHO Strategies for a sustainable health sector response for 2030 and beyond World Health Organization
HIV and Viral Hepatitis: integrating programmes and financing to accelerate achievement of twin goals to eliminate HIV and viral hepatitis by 2030 WHO, PATH, The Hepatitis Fund, CHAI
HIV cluster sizes in Sub-Saharan Africa PANGEA-HIV 2 Consortium
How inequalities perpetuate pandemics: Why we need a new approach to end AIDS UNAIDS
How lessons learned from the global HIV/AIDS response over the past four decades must inform the global response to COVID-19 and future pandemics Global Affairs Canada
HPTN071(PopART): Where are we, what have we learnt and what is the way forwards for HIV, TB and UTT? HPTN 071 (PopART) Study Team
Implementing needle and syringe programs in Canada: Voices From the Front Line Correctional Service Canada
Improving access to HIV/AIDS medicines with a control tower and data analytics i+solutions and KPMG
In the driver’s seat – Redoubling our investments in the leadership and agency of adolescent and young key populations everywhere UNICEF, UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNDP, youth networks
Innovation in integration: How people-powered services can end AIDS and deliver universal health coverage mothers2mothers
Insights and innovations from Global and U.S. domestic efforts to reach and sustain HIV epidemic control U.S. Dept. of State, Dept. of Health and Human Services, and the White House Office of National AIDS Policy
Launch of the 2022 AJPH Special Issue: Addressing HIV-related intersectional stigma and discrimination to improve outcomes and inform public health efforts National Institutes of Health Office of AIDS Research and the National Institute of Mental Health
Launch of the Global Alliance Initiative to end AIDS in children by 2030: Building partnerships, communities and innovation WHO, UNICEF, UNAIDS
Launching new WHO guidelines for key populations: Focus for impact World Health Organization
Leveraging implementation science to end the HIV epidemic in the United States: Highlighted findings from a JAIDS special issue. Implementation Science Coordination Initiative (ISCI) at Northwestern University
Leveraging the PEPFAR platform:  Advancing HIV gains, fighting COVID-19, and strengthening global health security PEPFAR
Mental health and HIV: the emerging and critical dimension in fighting HIV United for Global Mental Health, The Lancet, STOPAIDS, Elton John AIDS Foundation, The Global Fund
Next Generation PrEP: From Science to Community Impact The Forum for Collaborative Research
No time to lose: Action to diagnose and treat the missing 800,000 children UNICEF, PEPFAR
Nudging our way to 95-95-95: a behavioural economics capacity building and implementation research initiative in South Africa The Indlela team led by the University of Pennsylvania and the Health Economics & Epidemiology Research Office (HE2RO)
Our Rights Matter: Advancing Commitments on HIV-AIDS Responses in the UN System Aidsfonds – GNP+
PANDEMICS & HIV: Failure is not an option AIDS Healthcare Foundation
PrEP-ing for 2030: Why optimization and scale-up of the PrEP service and product mix is critical to addressing unmet PrEP need and supporting effective use towards 2030 HIV prevention goals. PATH, AVAC, International AIDS Society
RADIAN: Supporting the community-led response to HIV in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Elton John AIDS Foundation and Gilead Sciences
Recent infection surveillance as a tool to monitor trends and sharpen prevention strategies to reach and sustain HIV epidemic control? Tracking with Recency Assays to Control the Epidemic (TRACE) UCSF, ICAP and CDC
Reducing inequalities, advancing equity:  What it will take to achieve sustained epidemic control of HIV PEPFAR
REPORT LAUNCH: Protectors or Perpetrators? The Impact of Unlawful Policing on HIV, Human Rights and Justice Frontline AIDS
Robert Carr Memorial Lecture and Award Ceremony ICASO
Save lives, decriminalize: Pathways to achieving the 10-10-10s UNAIDS
Self-testing to enhance HIV, Hepatitis C and Covid-19 diagnosis and integrated, differentiated service delivery Unitaid and Population Services International
Sexual and reproductive health and rights, Young People and HIV: The Need for a Comprehensive Response IPPF
Smart Money: Donor commitments to children and adolescents affected by HIV in the COVID era The Coalition for Children Affected by AIDS
South African HIV, TB and STI Progress Beyond COVID-19: Rising Against All Odds South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) Trust
Starting and managing needle and syringe programmes in prisons and other closed settings – country experience Clinical Services & Public Health Branch, Correctional Services Canada, Government of Canada and UNODC HIV/AIDS Section
Stories of Leadership: Making an Impact for Women and Girls in the HIV Response UN Women
Strengthening health systems for holistic HIV prevention, cervical cancer and female genital schistosomiasis prevention and control services Frontline AIDS, WHO, UNAIDS, Avert, Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, PARSGO, ICASO
Swinging into full gear: Strengthening industry engagement in HIV vaccine research and development IAS – the International AIDS Society
Telehealth innovations for HIV services EpiC Project, WHO, and UNAIDS
The Blantyre Prevention Strategy: A New Way of Doing Business in HIV Prevention Georgetown University Center for Innovation in Global Health and the Malawi National AIDS Commission
The impact of COVID-19 on access to STBBI-related health services: Results from surveys in Canada Public Health Agency of Canada
The Journey to Ending AIDS, Community Cooperation and Empowerment in China Chinese Preventive Medicine Association
The Key Populations Investment Fund: Progress, pitfalls, and future directions for key population programs EpiC Project, Johns Hopkins University, and MPact
The next frontier for HIV treatment optimization: Lessons from the past and visions for the future Clinton Health Access Initiative Inc. (CHAI) and Unitaid
The Road to Zero: successes, learnings, and the work ahead to end advanced HIV disease-related mortality Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) and Unitaid
The Robert Carr Fund “Funding what’s possible” Celebrating a decade of supporting regional and global civil society and community led networks in the HIV response The Robert Carr Fund for Civil Society Networks
The science of differentiated service delivery: Where we are and where we’re going IAS – the International AIDS Society
Trans Inclusion in National HIV Policy and Planning: A collaborative discussion between activists, researchers, and policy makers Global Action for Trans Equality
Treatment Optimisation: Lessons from ADVANCE, DolPHIN 2 and NAMSAL trials The TRIO team led by Ezintsha
What has COVID-19 changed in vaccine R&D and what remains to change for an HIV vaccine? IAS – the International AIDS Society/Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise
What the HIV Movement Brings to Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response Frontline AIDS
What’s new in WHO guidelines: innovations, access and monitoring World Health Organization
Why and how to educate about U=U in clinical, advocacy, and community spaces COCQ-SIDA, Prevention Access Campaign, Terrence Higgins Trust
Will mRNA lead to a long-awaited HIV vaccine? IAS – the International AIDS Society/Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise
Youth resilience: learning from young people’s leadership in tough times Global Network for Young People Living with HIV (Y+ Global)