2015 www.hivamericas.org 16 –18 April 2015 | Hotel Royal Pedregal, Mexico City, Mexico CONFIRMED PROGRAMME Why is there immune activation when the virus is suppressed and does it matter? Mike Lederman, Cleveland, USA Quantifying drug adherence to ARV therapy: what is new and what could help us? Jose Castillo-Mancilla, Aurora, USA What will it take to end the AIDS epidemic? Carlos del Rio, Atlanta, USA Cancers and HIV infection: clinical care Patricia Volkow, Mexico City, Mexico Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) – the latest data/evidence Roy Gulick, New York, USA A review of key data presented/published since the last HIV in the Americas Congress Anton Pozniak, London, UK HIV and vulnerable populations Chris Beyrer, Baltimore, USA Progress of the dual elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV and congenital syphilis in Latin America and the Caribbean Mónica Alonso González, Washington DC, USA New treatment strategies and targets Daniel Kuritzkes, Boston, USA HIV and ageing populations Rafael Campo, Miami, USA Long-term outcomes (10 years) of a cohort of AIDS patients on ART in Haiti Jean William Pape, Port-au-Prince, Haiti ARV regimens after first-line failure. Current status and remaining questions Juan Sierra-Madero, Mexico City, Mexico Most important infectious comorbidities in the region and how to manage them Omar Sued, Buenos Aires, Argentina Resistance testing in Latin America Santiago Avila-Rios, Mexico City, Mexico Treatment as prevention: can antiretrovirals control the epidemic? Guidelines: Regional differences/changes Carlos Beltran, Santiago, Chile Debate: Treatment for all or treatment for some Pedro Cahn, Buenos Aires, Argentina Mauro Schechter, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Hepatitis / HIV Co-infection Workshop Co-ordinated by Mark Nelson, London, UK and Jorge Santana, San Juan, Puerto Rico CONTACT US +44 (0) 1625 664390 [email protected] @HIVAmericas TM HIVDrugTherapyTV 2015 www.hivamericas.org 16 –18 April 2015 | Hotel Royal Pedregal, Mexico City, Mexico This meeting promises a programme with regional relevance, via plenary sessions, interactive case study panels, debates and informal discussion. Networking issues for the region will be a very important part. The meeting will be conducted in English and Spanish with simultaneous interpretation between these languages. CORE COMMITTEE Pedro Cahn – Buenos Aires, Argentina Mauro Schechter (Co-Chair) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Roy Gulick – New York, USA Juan Sierra-Madero (Co-Chair) – Mexico City, Mexico Peter Reiss – Amsterdam, The Netherlands Ian Weller – London, UK SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Monica Alonso Gonzalez – Washington DC, USA Mark Nelson – London, UK Carlos Beltran – Santiago, Chile Jean Pape – Port-au-Prince, Haiti Rafael Campo – Miami, USA Anton Pozniak – London, UK Carlos del Rio – Atlanta, USA Ricardo Sobhie Diaz – São Paulo, Brazil Beatriz Grinsztejn – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rafael Napoleón Guevara – Caracas, Venezuela Jorge Sanchez – Lima, Peru Jorge Santana – San Juan, Puerto Rico Nestor Sosa – Panama City, Panama Daniel Kuritzkes – Boston, USA Luis Soto-Ramirez – Mexico City, Mexico Marcelo Losso – Buenos Aires, Argentina Monica Thormann – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Ernesto Martinez Buitrago – Santiago de Cali, Colombia Patricia Volkow – Mexico City, Mexico DATES FOR THE DIARY Standard fee deadline – Friday 13 March 2015 Receipt of abstracts deadline – Friday 30 January 2015