Joint with: Vaccinology: Next-Generation Advances in Transforming Immunity
Ending HIV: At the Crossroads of Innovation and Delivery

May 16–19, 2027 | Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Scientific Organizers: Julie Ake, Esper Georges Kallas, Devi SenGupta, and Darrell J. Irvine

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May 16–19, 2027 | Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Scientific Organizers: Julie Ake, Esper Georges Kallas, Devi SenGupta, and Darrell J. Irvine

Supported by the  Directors' Fund

***Meeting program subject to change.

Available Formats:     = Livestream   = In Person     = On Demand
Sunday, May 16, 2027
Registration
4:00–8:00 PM
Welcome Mixer
6:00–8:00 PM
Monday, May 17, 2027
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Welcome Remarks (Joint)
8:00–8:10 AM
Keynote Address (Joint)
8:10–9:00 AM
Michel C. Nussenzweig, HHMI/Rockefeller University
Immune Strategies to Combat Infectious Diseases: What Works and What Doesn't
Transformative Technologies for Infectious Disease Therapeutics and Vaccines (Joint)
9:00–11:15 AM
Debora Marks, Harvard Medical School
Beating Viruses at their Own Game
Kevin Wiehe, Duke University
Mutation Guided Immunogen Design
Pamela J Bjorkman, California Institute of Technology
Structure based Vaccine Design
Darrell J. Irvine, Scripps Research Institute
Harnessing Novel Vaccine Dosing and Adjuvant Strategies
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:30–9:50 AM
Panel Discussion: Vaccine Hesitancy and Distrust (Joint)
11:15–12:15 PM
Poster Setup
11:15–1:00 PM
On Own for Lunch
11:15–5:00 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
Symposia Spotlight 1: Monoclonal Antibody Focus - Prevention or Cure Indications: Multi-Specific Antibodies, mAb Escape
2:30–4:30 PM
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Emerging Cure Concepts
5:00–7:00 PM
Thumbi Ndung'u, University of KwaZulu-Natal
HIV Cure Strategies for the Global South
David D Ho, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center (ADARC), Columbia University Medical Center
Novel Small Molecules for Cure
Lishomwa C Ndhlovu, Weill Cornell Medicine
Transcriptional Silencing to Advance Remission
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
Tuesday, May 18, 2027
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
HIV Preclinical Pipeline Progress
8:00–11:00 AM
Raiees A Andrabi, University of Pennsylvania
Broad HIV Neutralization by Targeted Sequential Vaccination
Nicole A Doria-Rose, NIAID, National Institutes of Health
High throughput Monoclonal Antibody Discovery
Mohamad-Gabriel Alameh, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Optimizing mRNA Vaccines for Cure and Preventive Indications
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
Poster Setup
11:00–1:00 PM
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
Career Roundtable
3:00–4:30 PM
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Frontiers of HIV Cure
5:00–7:00 PM
Devi SenGupta, Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Combination Therapy for Post Intervention Control
Charity Wambui Kanyoro †, Moi University College of Health Sciences
Dual Affinity Re-Targeting Proteins and Latency Reversal
Michael J Peluso, University of California, San Francisco
Emerging Clinical Data: Cytokines and CAR-T Cells in HIV Cure
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
Wednesday, May 19, 2027
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Clinical Innovation in Immunologic HIV Countermeasures
8:00–11:00 AM
Margaret J McElrath, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Emerging Data from the HVTN Discovery Medicine Portfolio
Julie Ake, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Rapidvax: Learning from the Lymph Node
Esper Georges Kallas, University of São Paulo
Global Health Vaccines: Lessons from Instituto Butantan
Richard M Dunham, ViiV Healthcare
The N6 Clinical Experience
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Symposia Spotlight 2: Emerging Data from Vaccine and Cure Phase 1 Clinical Trials: GrAd Vectored HIV Vaccines, T Cell Engagers for Cure
2:30–4:30 PM
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Wrangling the Reservoir
5:00–6:45 PM
Nadia R Roan, University of California, San Francisco
The Reservoir across Compartments: Everything Everywhere all at Once
Amanda M. Brown, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fundamental Mechanisms Shaping Complex Sex-Dependent Inflammatory and Neuroendocrine Responses in HIV Infection
Katharine J Bar, University of Pennsylvania
Strategies for Reservoir Reduction: Lessons from the ACTG Cure Portfolio
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions
6:45–7:00 PM
Social Hour with Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
Thursday, May 20, 2027
Departure
12:00–11:59 PM

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