In 2003, a group of researchers launched the first “International Workshop on HIV Persistence during Therapy” held every 2-year in Saint Martin, French West Indies. Over the years, this meeting has been recognized as the reference workshop on HIV reservoirs, HIV persistence, and strategies toward an HIV cure.
Tackling the issue from models of HIV latency to clinical trials of new drugs, the workshop combines short updates given by renowned researchers and presentation of new data selected among the abstracts submitted by participants.
For its sixth edition, the Steering Committee (Alain Lafeuillade, France; Mario Stevenson, USA; David Margolis, USA) is helped by a Scientific Committee of 31 researchers coming both from academia and industry.
The 2013 edition in Miami will welcome 250 participants and is supported by the French Agency for AIDS Research (ANRS) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It has also already received the support of abbvie, ViiV Healthcare and Gilead.
The Informed Horizons, LLC, is in charge of the logistics. This company is recognized for several workshop that they also organize, like the International HIV Resistance Workshop, the DART and HEP-DART meetings.
The meeting website gives an overview of the different topics of the 2013 program as well as opportunities for support. Firms can back up financially this meeting, invite participants, insert advertisements in the abstract book or bags of participants, or organize satellite symposia.
Supporting this major scientific event is a rare opportunity for your firm to help researchers in the fight of HIV and AIDS.
