International AIDS Society

Published purpose

This project supports the 23rd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2020) and the 11th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2021). The International AIDS Conference is the largest conference on any global health or development issue and brings together approximately 20,000 delegates every four years. The IAS Conference on HIV Science is the world’s most influential meeting on HIV research and brings together approximately 6,000 delegates every other year. The conference presents advances in basic, clinical and operational research to translate science into policy. AIDS 2020 was to occur in Oakland and San Francisco, USA, from July 6-10, 2020. However, they switched to a virtual format due to COVID-19 health measures and travel restrictions. IAS 2021 was to take place on 18-21 July 2021 in Berlin, Germany; however, due to COVID-19 health measures and travel restrictions, this event also switched to virtual in collaboration with a local partner hub in Berlin. As key platforms for engaging various stakeholders and beneficiaries at the intersection of science, advocacy and human rights, these conferences play an important convening role in enabling stakeholders to review progress and scientific evidence and to identify course corrections in science, policy and advocacy, to promote a human rights-based and gender-informed HIV response.