1. Global Advocacy “Towards an HIV Cure” Marie-Capucine Penicaud, IAS Community Scientific Literacy Workshop July 22, 2012

2. What have we done so far? What is our message? What are we going to do next? What can you do? Global Advocacy “Towards an HIV Cure”

3. The Global Scientific Strategy “Towards an HIV Cure” was launched on 19 July 2012! Visit the IAS website for more information and sign the Rome Statement for HIV Cure research to be accelerated: www.iasociety.org. “Towards an HIV Cure”

4. Launch of the Global Scientific Strategy. The International AIDS Society scientific working group on HIV Cure. Towards an HIV cure: a global scientific strategy. Nature Rev. Immunol. 18 Jul 2012 (doi: 10.1038/nri.3262)

5.  20 signatories: funders, activists, universities  3 press conferences in 3 languages  Webcast and media kit  Impact so far => 2500 hits Media Launch, July 19 th

6. Symposium, 20 and 21 July

7. Increase Investements for a Safe, Scalable and Affordable cure. The timing is right scientifically Novel short-course treatment strategies allowing life-long drug-free remission of patients will bring individual, global and economical benefits Treatment and prevention must remain priorities : HIV Cure research should be the 4th pillar of the response Message

8. -Science-focused press conference on Thursday 26th: stem cell transplant, SAHA, Visconti, etc… -Booth: distribution of policy papers and scientific strategy, HIV cure desk for Q & A’s What’s next @ AIDS 2012

9. “Towards an HIV Cure” sessions Community Scientific Literacy Workshop Sunday July 22, 3:45-5:45pm, Session Room 8 Plenary session « Viral eradication: the cure agenda » by J. Martinez Picado Tuesday 24 July 22, 8:30-10:30am, Session Room 1 HIV Reservoirs: where & how is the virus hiding? Thursday 26 July 22, 2:30-4:00pm, Session Room 9 Mechanisms of HIV latency Tuesday 24 July 22, 4:30-6:00pm, Session Room 2 HIV Persistence and eradication Thursday 26 July 22, 11:00-12:30pm, Session Room 9

10. What’s next Stakeholders Advisory Board  Funding Coordination Focus  Coordination of all components Ethics Working Group Cost-Effectiveness Working Group Information Exchange Database Social Sciences Research Team Industry Collaboration Group

11. -Sign-on the Rome Statement to accelerate investments in HIV Cure research on www.iasociety.org -Endorse the scientific strategy by providing your logo to hivcure@iasociety.org -Circulate the information in your networks: policy papers @ IAS booth How to contribute?

12. Françoise Barré-Sinoussi Steve Deeks Mark Harrington Richard Jefferys Bernard Kadasia Rosanne Lamplough Olivier Rescaniere & all Towards an HIV Cure Group Members. Acknowledgements