Daily Plenary Session
The daily plenary sessions feature some of the world’s most distinguished HIV scientists, policy specialists and community leaders. Plenary sessions will bring together all conference delegates at the first session of every morning.
The daily plenary topics will set the tone for the week's programme. Presentation dates and titles are subject to change.
MONDAY, 23 JULY: Ending the Epidemic: Turning the Tide Ending the HIV Epidemic: From Scientific Advances to Public Health Implementation Anthony S. Fauci, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), United States
Deciding Moment: Ending the AIDS Epidemic in America Together Phill Wilson, Black AIDS Institute, United States
Turning the Tide in Affected Countries: Leadership, Accountability and Targets Sheila Tlou, UNAIDS
Read more about the speakers of the day TUESDAY, 24 JULY: Challenges and Solutions Viral Eradication – the Cure Agenda Javier Martinez-Picado, AIDS Research Institute IrsiCaixa and ICREA, Spain
Implementation Science: Making the New Prevention Revolution Real Nelly Mugo, University of Nairobi and Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya
What Will It Take to Turn the Tide? Bernhard Schwartländer, UNAIDS
Read more about the speakers of the day WEDNESDAY, 25 JULY: Turning the Tide on Transmission The Way Forward For Development of an HIV-1 Vaccine Barton Haynes, Duke Human Vaccine Institute, United States
Turning the Tide for Children and Youth Chewe Luo, UNICEF
Making Women Count: A Comprehensive Agenda Linda H. Scruggs, A Woman Diagnosed with AIDS, United States
Turning the Tide for Women and Girls Geeta Rao Gupta, UNICEF
Read more about the speakers of the day THURSDAY, 26 JULY: Dynamics of the Epidemic in Context Turning the Tide for MSM and HIV Paul Semugoma, Global Forum on MSM and HIV, Uganda
The Tide Cannot Be Turned without Us: HIV Epidemics amongst Key Affected Populations (Public Health, Human Rights and Harm Reduction) Cheryl Overs, Monash University, Australia
People Who Use Drugs Debbie McMillan, Transgender Health Empowerment, United States
Expanding Testing and Treatment Gottfried Hirnschall, WHO
Read more about the speakers of the day FRIDAY, 27 JULY: HIV in the Larger Global Health Context TB and HIV – Science and Implementation to Turn the Tide on TB Anthony Harries, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, France
Intersection of Non-Communicable Diseases and Ageing in HIV Judith Currier, University of California, Los Angeles, United States
Optimization, Effectiveness and Efficiency of Service Delivery – Integration of HIV and Health Services Yogan Pillay, National Department of Health, South Africa
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