IAS virtual COVID-19 Conference

The programme for the IAS COVID-19 conference is now out!

The International AIDS Society (IAS) will host a virtual COVID-19 Conference on breaking COVID-19 research, policy analysis and frontline experience on the final day of AIDS 2020: Virtual

The COVID-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented global emergency that has now infected more than 3 million people worldwide and is already the most lethal new pandemic since the emergence of AIDS nearly 40 years ago.

In recognition of the urgent need to analyse research, review policy and exchange frontline experiences related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IAS will host a virtual COVID-19 Conference shining a spotlight on the latest science, policy and practice of the pandemic.

The COVID-19 Conference will be held on 10-11 July 2020, depending on your time zone. The programme is currently scheduled to run from 7 am (PDT) / 4 pm (CEST) / 10 pm (CST) on Friday, 10 July, until 3 am (PDT) / 12 pm (CEST) / 6 pm (CST) on Saturday, 11 July.

The virtual COVID-19 Conference will take place online on the last day of AIDS 2020: Virtual. It will feature a free-of-charge, stand-alone programme of plenary, invited-speaker and abstract-driven sessions exclusively dedicated to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Confirmed speakers include Dr Anthony Fauci and Ambassador Deborah Birx, MD, who are both members of the US White House COVID-19 Task Force, and Professor Salim Abdool Karim, Director of CAPRISA and Chair of the South African Ministry of Health COVID-19 Advisory Committee/COVID-19 MAC, among other experts working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response.

Many of the global experts gathering for AIDS 2020: Virtual are also leading voices in SARS-CoV-2 virology, immunology, vaccines, clinical care and therapeutic guidelines, and trials. The virtual conference will provide a unique opportunity to help shape the evolving global response to COVID-19.

COVID-19 abstract submissions, including exploratory studies, are now open until Monday, 25 May 2020. Abstracts for the special one-day COVID-19 Conference will be considered in one of the following tracks:

· Track A: Basic science, pathogenesis, virology, immunology, inflammation

· Track B: Clinical science, testing (RT-PCR and serologic) and diagnoses, natural history, clinical care, ARDS care, therapeutics

· Track C: Epidemiology, transmission dynamics, prevention, vaccines

· Track D: Public health responses including physical distancing and community level efforts, programmes, policies, lifting restrictions, modelling

· Track E: Social, economic, political, human rights impacts of the pandemic and the response Register today and submit your COVID-19 abstract to the world’s first abstract-led conference on COVID-19 as we come together to advance the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. More information on the COVID-19 Conference can be found here.

Register today and submit your COVID-19 abstractto the world’s first abstract-led conference on COVID-19 as we come together to advance the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.