Track A Orientation Guido Silvestri, M.D. Track A Co-Chair

Key Issues in Basic AIDS Research  Virology:.New functions of viral gene products.Biology of reservoirs/latency.Drug resistance  Immunology.Correlates of protection (EC, VNP, EU, etc).Vaccines  Pathogenesis.Immune activation.Mucosal immune dysfunction.Pattern of infected cells.Natural non-pathogenic SIV infections

Monday July 18 th Reservoirs and Mechanisms of Disease Progression HIV and Co-Infections or Pathogenesis and management of long- term complications of ART Thirty years later: What we know and don’t know on how HIV causes AIDS Controversies on HIV cure research

Tuesday July 19 th New drugs and strategies or Preventative and therapeutic HIV vaccines Molecular virology and host restriction factors Antiviral immunity and transmission or Immune activation/inflammation & HIV disease NIH grantsmanship workshop or HIV-2: a model of attenuated infection

Wednesday July 20 th Towards an HIV cure: new strategies or Models of protection HIV Co-Infections: the axis of evil Emerging trends in HIV/HCV co-infection or Late Breakers A/B bridging or Towards and HIV cure: role of reservoirs Late Breaker A Rapporteurs and closing session