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Sunday, November 7, 2021 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2021 PRE-CONFERENCE SESSIONS TBA 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM TBA TBA 10:30 AM - Noon TBA Noon - 1:00 PM Lunch OPENING REMARKS 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM Welcome to Adherence 2021 1:15 PM - 1:20 PM Break KEYNOTE ADDRESS Making Up for Lost Time: Critical Steps to Regain Momentum in HIV Prevention and Treatment 1:20 PM - 1:50 PM Meg Doherty, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland* 1:50 PM - 1:55 PM Break HIV TREATMENT ADHERENCE Moderator : Jessica Haberer, Massachussetts General Hospital* and Jean Bisimwa Nachega, University of Pittsbur State-of-the-Art: A Review of Long-Acting Antivirals for HIV Treatment from an Adherence Perspective Susan Swindells, Nebraska AIDS Education Training Center, Omaha, NE, USA* Paradigm Shift: Asssessing Acceptability and Creating Demand for Long-Acting and Extended Release Formulations for HIV Treatment 1:55 PM - 3:10 PM Delivette Castor, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA* Antiretroviral Drug Resistance: Managing the Clinical Challenges of Long-Lasting Drug Concentrations Charlie Flexner, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA* Discussion (15 minutes) 3:10 PM - 3:40 PM Break IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE Moderator : Elvin Geng, Washington University of St. Louis* and Juliet Iwelunmor, Saint Louis University* Reaching Youth through Crowd Sourcing Juliet Iwelunmor, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, USA COVID-19 and HIV Services: Disruptive Thinking for Disruptive Times 3:40 PM - 4:55 PM Matt Golden, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA Renewing Commitment to Equity in the HIV Response Lisa Bowleg, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA Discussion (15 minutes) 4:55 PM - 5:00 PM Break THREE TOP-RATED ABSTRACTS 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM 6:00 PM Adjourn MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2021 GARY S. REITER AND ANDREW KAPLAN MEMORIAL LECTURE Commitment to Care: Reflections on Delivering HIV Care and Support in the Midst of COVID-19 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Viraj Patel, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA* 9:30 AM - 9:35 AM Break THEMATIC PANEL: NEW TARGETS, NEW OPPORTUNITIES Moderator: Peter Ghys, UNAIDS, Geneva, Switzerland* The 10's: Addressing Punitive Laws, Stigma, and Gender Inequality as Barriers to Progress against HIV Omar Syarif, GNP+, Amsterdam, The Netherlands* 9:35 AM - 10:35 AM The 95's: Accelerating HIV Prevention and Treatment, Sexual and Reproductive Health, and PMTCT Wafaa El-Sadr, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA* Integration: Linking People Living with and At Risk to Patient-Centered, Context-Specific Integrated Services Adèle Benzaken, AHF Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil* HIV PREVENTION Moderator : Faith Kiruthi, Nairobi City County Health* and Jean-Jacques Parienti, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen* State-of-the-Art: A Review of Long-Acting Antivirals for HIV Prevention from an Adherence Perspective Chloe Orkin, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom Optimization: Improving Uptake, Engagement, and Adherence to PrEP Offered After Population HIV Testing 10:35 AM - 11:50 AM Patrick Eshikumo, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya* Lessons Learned: Employing Telehealth Innovations to Improve PrEP Availability, Uptake, and Adherence TBD Discussion (15 minutes) 11:50 AM - 12:00 PM Break ORAL ABSTRACT SESSION 1 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Lunch ORAL ABSTRACT SESSION 2 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM Break HIV CARE CONTINUUM Moderator : Dorina Onoya, University of Witswatersrand* and Aadia Rana, University of Alabama, Birmingham* Big Data Science: Innovations Using Big Data Science to Re-Engage and Retain People with HIV Bankole Olatosi, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA Models of Care: Enhancing Multi-disciplinary Patient-Centered Collaboration Sophie Pascoe, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa* 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM Behavioral Economics: The Role of Economic Incentives to Improve Service Uptake and Retention Across the Care Continuum Omar Galarraga, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA* Discussion (15 minutes) 5:00 PM Adjourn TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2021 MARIO S. COOPER MEMORIAL COLLOQUIUM 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Confined by COVID-19: Exploring the Pandemic's Impact on Women and Girls Living with HIV Moderator: Dázon Dixon Diallo, SisterLove, Atlanta, GA, USA* Speakers: Fungai Murau, Beyond Stigma, Hove, England, UK 10:00 AM - 10:05 AM Break COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Moderator : Erika Castellanos, GATE* and Stephaun Wallace, University of Washington* Community-Led Monitoring: Increasing Domestic Oversight and Advocacy to Improve HIV Treatment Rosemary Mburu, WACI Health, Nairobi, Kenya Hear Us: Voicing Community Interests in the Global, National, and Municipal Responses to HIV 10:05 AM - 11:20 AM Trevor Stratton, International Indigenous Working Group on HIV/AIDS, Toronto, ON, Canada* Beyond Living: Improving the Quality of Life of People Living with HIV in All Their Diversity Sasha Volgina, GNP+, Amsterdam, Netherlands Discussion (15 minutes) 11:20 AM - 11:30 AM Break ORAL ABSTRACT SESSION 3 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch ORAL ABSTRACT SESSION 4 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM 3:00 PM - 3:10 PM Break LATE-BREAKER ABSTRACTS Abstract 1 3:10 PM - 4:10 PM Abstract 2 Abstract 3 4:10 PM - 4:15 PM Break HIGHLIGHTS FROM ADHERENCE 2021 4:15 PM - 4:55 PM Rapporteur Session 4:55 PM - 5:00 PM Closing Remarks 5:00 PM Adjourn *Denotes Confirmed Faculty.
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