Asia Pacific AIDS & Co-Infections Conference (APACC) 2020

Dear colleagues,

It is our pleasure to announce that the Asia Pacific AIDS & Co-Infections Conference (APACC) 2020 is scheduled to take place in Bangkok, Thailand on 15 - 17 October 2020.

Over the years, enormous progress has been made in the fight against HIV and co-infections with HIV. Both academia and industry have contributed greatly to equipping the medical community with the best medications and expertise possible to optimally treat their HIV and co-infected patients. However, the international platforms for scientific interchange are not always accessible to medical professionals worldwide due to budget and travel restrictions. Also, most major conferences do not usually address local and regional issues. In particular, the Asian medical community in this field of research currently has very few platforms that serve the needs of HIV healthcare professionals in this region.

APACC provides a much-needed scientific platform that focuses on the developments, issues, and needs in the Asia Pacific region. Researchers have the opportunity to present and discuss the latest developments and are offered opportunities for interaction, networking, and building collaborations. Top experts integrate science and clinical practice through state-of-the-art lectures, clinical case discussions, round table discussions, and debates in order to reach consensus on best practices and inform how treatment guidelines are implemented.

We look forward to welcoming you at APACC 2020!

• Medical professionals involved in the daily care of individuals infected with HIV and HIV-HCV, HIV-HBV, HIV-TB, and other HIV co-infections
• Clinical, translational, and basic researchers
• Clinicians, physicians, general practitioners, and nurses
• Residents, post-graduates, and PhD students
• Government agency personnel, NGO representatives, and  health authority personnel
• Industry representatives
• Social workers, advocates, and community workers
• Other healthcare professionals involved in treating HIV and co-infected patients

This meeting aims to:

• Promote dissemination and successful translation of new knowledge regarding HIV and co-infections while facilitating a neutral environment
• Foster new and lasting cross-disciplinary partnerships and collaborations between researchers in HIV, hepatitis, tuberculosis, policymakers, and NGOs, among others, in order to improve  knowledge sharing, with the end goal of improving healthspan within the rapidly growing HIV/AIDS population
• Attract, showcase, and maintain new, early career, and underrepresented investigators to this multidisciplinary area of research and to translate novel findings into clinical practice