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
The Relentless Pursuit of Neutralization
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 Juliana McElrath, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research 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
Determinants of HIV CNS Reservoirs
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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