CROI 2026 - CROI 2026

Symposium: In and Out of the Capsid

"5-Minute Moderator Opening: Background and Setting the Stage" by Theodora Hatziioannou Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA

Symposium: In and Out of the Capsid

"Questions and Answers" by Theodora Hatziioannou Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA

Symposium: In and Out of the Capsid

"Integrase Anchors Viral RNA to the HIV-1 Capsid Interior" by Peter Cherepanov The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK

Symposium: In and Out of the Capsid

"Capsid-Mediated Protection of HIV-1 Nucleic Acids From Innate Immune Detection" by Sebla Kutluay Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA

Symposium: In and Out of the Capsid

"HIV-1 Uncoating Site Dictates Sites of Integration" by Vinay K. Pathak National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, MD, USA

Symposium: Strategic and Resilient Responses to the Funding Crisis Across Africa

"Sustaining Successful HIV Programs Across Africa: The Impact of Shifts in Funding" by Geoff P. Garnett London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Symposium: Strategic and Resilient Responses to the Funding Crisis Across Africa

"Questions and Answers" by Ruanne V. Barnabas Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

Symposium: Strategic and Resilient Responses to the Funding Crisis Across Africa

"Global Cuts, Local Consequences: Community Impact and Response to the HIV Funding Crisis" by Solange L. Baptiste ITPC Global, Johannesburg, South Africa

Symposium: Strategic and Resilient Responses to the Funding Crisis Across Africa

"Circumventing the Cascading Crisis: Impacts of US Government Policies on Research and Adaptations in Africa" by Andrew D. Kambugu Infectious Disease Institute, Kampala, Uganda

Symposium: When I'm 64: Neurodegeneration, Epigenetic Aging, and Cognition in Older People With HIV

"Neurodegeneration and Dementia Risk in Older Adults With HIV: Biomarkers and Epidemiology" by Alan Winston Imperial College London, London, UK

Symposium: When I'm 64: Neurodegeneration, Epigenetic Aging, and Cognition in Older People With HIV

"Questions and Answers" by Paola M. P. Cinque IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Symposium: When I'm 64: Neurodegeneration, Epigenetic Aging, and Cognition in Older People With HIV

"Epigenetic Aging of the Brain in HIV: Methylation Clocks and Antiretroviral-Related Changes" by Michael J. Corley University of California San Diego Medical Center, La Jolla, CA, USA

Symposium: When I'm 64: Neurodegeneration, Epigenetic Aging, and Cognition in Older People With HIV

"Cognitive Aging in HIV: Clinical Assessment and Management" by Shibani S. Mukerji Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

Symposium: 30 Years of Viral Suppression: A Biologic Reset?

"HIV Reservoir: Persistence and Expansion Under Long-Term ART" by John W. Mellors University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Symposium: 30 Years of Viral Suppression: A Biologic Reset?

"Questions and Answers" by Michael M. Lederman Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

Symposium: 30 Years of Viral Suppression: A Biologic Reset?

"HIV-Specific T-Cell Responses in People With HIV on Long-Term ART" by Victor Appay University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

Symposium: 30 Years of Viral Suppression: A Biologic Reset?

"Beyond Undetectable: Chronic Inflammation and Multimorbidity in People With HIV on ART" by Irini Sereti National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Baltimore, MD, USA

Symposium: Counting and Caring for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Individuals

"Epidemiology" by Stefan Baral The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA

Symposium: Counting and Caring for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Individuals

"Questions and Answers" by Jade Ghosn Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

Symposium: Counting and Caring for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Individuals

"Clinical Management" by Asa E. Radix Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, New York, NY, USA

Symposium: Counting and Caring for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Individuals

"Community Evidence, System Change: Transgender Leadership in Sustaining HIV Care" by Rena Janamnuaysook Institute of HIV Research and Innovation, Bangkok, Thailand

Symposium: The Long Game: Progress and the Promise of Long-Acting ART for Treatment

"Clinical Trials and New Drugs in the Pipeline" by Onyema Ogbuagu Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

Symposium: The Long Game: Progress and the Promise of Long-Acting ART for Treatment

"Panel Discussion" by Eric S. Daar University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Symposium: The Long Game: Progress and the Promise of Long-Acting ART for Treatment

"Panel Discussion" by Gastón Devisich Fundación Huésped, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Symposium: The Long Game: Progress and the Promise of Long-Acting ART for Treatment

"Panel Discussion" by Rosie Mngqibisa Enhancing Care Foundation, Durban, South Africa

Symposium: The Long Game: Progress and the Promise of Long-Acting ART for Treatment

"Challenges and Solutions to Implementation" by Aadia Rana University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

Symposium: Hot Takes on the Clinical Highlights From CROI 2026

"Panel Discussion Plus Questions and Answers from the Audience" by Joseph J. Eron, Jr University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Fatima Kakkar Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Canada

Anne F. Luetkemeyer University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

Chloe M. Orkin Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

Deborah Persaud The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

Paul E. Sax Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

Symposium: Masters of Immunity: The Many Faces of T Cells

"Nonconventional T Cells: Functional Shape Shifters and Conductors of Cytokine Orchestras That Dance With Herpesviruses in People With HIV" by Jennifer Snyder-Cappione Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

Symposium: Masters of Immunity: The Many Faces of T Cells

"Questions and Answers" by Pamela J. Skinner University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Symposium: Masters of Immunity: The Many Faces of T Cells

"The T-Cell Identity: Conventional T Cells in Action" by R. Brad Jones Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA

Symposium: Masters of Immunity: The Many Faces of T Cells

"Engineering T Cells: Improving on Nature" by Anjie Zhen University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Symposium: Time for a Paradigm Shift for Young Pregnant and Breastfeeding Cisgender Women

"HIV Prevention and Treatment Among Young Mothers: Dynamics of Biologic, Psychosocial, and Structural Determinants Across the Life Course" by Elona Toska University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Symposium: Time for a Paradigm Shift for Young Pregnant and Breastfeeding Cisgender Women

"Questions and Answers" by Lynn T. Matthews Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

Symposium: Time for a Paradigm Shift for Young Pregnant and Breastfeeding Cisgender Women

"Continuity of Care During Pregnancy and Postpartum" by Aleny Couto Ministry of Health of Mozambique, Maputo, Mozambique

Symposium: Time for a Paradigm Shift for Young Pregnant and Breastfeeding Cisgender Women

"Ethical and Regulatory System Changes for the Inclusion of Pregnant Women in HIV Research and Development" by Cordelia Katureebe Ministry of Health Uganda, Kampala, Uganda