The track category is the general heading under which your abstract will be reviewed and later published in the Conference printed matters if accepted. Please choose the category that best describes the subject of your abstract.

Track A: Biology and Pathogenesis of HIV
This track will encompass all aspects of fundamental HIV-1 biology and the host response to HIV-1. Areas of focus will include HIV-1 genetics, evolution, structure and function, the pathogenesis of HIV-1 disease, adaptive and innate immune responses to HIV-1 genetic susceptibility to HIV, and progress in animal models. Preclinical vaccine, microbicide and drug development will be important themes of this track.

Track A Categories

Track A Committee

Track B Categories

Track B Committee

Track C: Epidemiology, Prevention and Prevention Research
This track will focus on HIV/AIDS epidemiology, prevention research (both qualitative and quantitative) and issues related to the design, implementation and evaluation of prevention programmes. This track will examine methodological advances in epidemiology and surveillance, as well as the effective application of evidence to national and local prevention efforts. Sessions in this track will encompass the full continuum of prevention research from socio-behavioural research through intervention trials and evaluation studies. Best practices in the prevention of HIV for vulnerable populations - especially in resource limited settings - will be emphasized. Strategies to increase HIV prevention capacity, approaches to translate prevention research into practice and efforts to promote preparedness for new prevention technologies, such as microbicides, will also be discussed.

Track C Categories

Track C Committee

Track D: Social, Behavioural and Economic Science

Within the multiple disciplinary perspectives in the social, behavioural and economic sciences, this track will encompass four core areas along with crosscutting perspectives. The first core area will focus on the drivers of the epidemic, including poverty, sexuality, gender relations and globalisation, and how these drivers impact on vulnerability and risk. Second, the track will address the impact of disease and the pandemic with the goal of understanding and mitigating these impacts. The third core area will examine how resources (financial, technical, educational and human) are allocated to and within the epidemic; how they are being tracked and monitored; and how these processes are being evaluated. In these three core areas, sessions will examine economic, social and political determinants at all levels––individual, family, community, national, and global. The fourth core area will consider advances in theory and critical perspective that help inform evolving discussions on HIV/AIDS in social, behavioural and economic science. Crosscutting issues will include stigma, gender, race, religion and exclusion, among others.

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Track D committees

Track E: Policy
This track will highlight progress, lessons learned, and challenges in HIV/AIDS-related policy and advocacy. It will examine how policies and programmes are developed, debated, implemented, and evaluated, addressing the roles and responsibilities of all parties. Among the topics to be debated are the role of advocacy in shaping policy, the central role of human rights and ethics in the policy and programmatic response to HIV/AIDS, and the role of law, regulation, and codes of practice. Sessions will focus on policy development and decision-making; analysis and evaluation of successful policies; human rights and legal and ethical issues; capacity development; commitment and accountability; meaningful involvement of people living with HIV/AIDS and vulnerable populations in policy development and implementation; and interactions between HIV/AIDS and other policy areas, such as gender, race, development and poverty alleviation, security/conflicts, education, social welfare, substance use, incarceration, globalisation, public health, sex work and sexual minorities, migrant workers, and violence.