International AIDS Society

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International AIDS Society
Founded
1988; 30 years ago (1988)
Stockholm, Sweden
Headquarters
Geneva, Switzerland
Key people

Chris Beyrer (President)
Number of employees

52 [1] (2016)
Website
www.iasociety.org

The International AIDS Society (IAS) is an association of HIV professionals, with 11,035 members from 160 countries working at all levels of the global response to AIDS.[1] IAS members include researchers from all disciplines, clinicians, public health and community practitioners on the frontlines of the epidemic, as well as policy and programme planners.


The IAS is the custodian of the biennial International AIDS Conference and the lead organizer of the IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention.


The current IAS President is Chris Beyrer. Past presidents have included Helene D. Gayle, Joep Lange, Peter Piot and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi. The IAS's headquarters are located in Geneva.




Contents





  • 1 History


  • 2 Conferences

    • 2.1 International AIDS Conference

      • 2.1.1 List of International Aids Conferences



    • 2.2 IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention



  • 3 Publications and other resources


  • 4 Other activities


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links




History


The IAS is a non-profit organization founded in 1988, with a mandate to organize the International AIDS Conference. Initially the IAS headquarters were in Stockholm, and Lars-Olof Kallings was the secretary general from 1988 until 2003.


In 2004, the IAS restructured its organization, expanded the number of professional staff and moved the headquarters to Geneva. The move was intended to strengthen organizational links with other health NGOs and (United Nations) multilateral agencies.



Conferences





Global Village at 2012 International AIDS Conference.



International AIDS Conference


The International AIDS Conference (abbreviated AIDS 2012, AIDS 2014 and so on) is the world's most attended conference on HIV and AIDS.[2] These conferences started in 1985 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. They were held annually until 1994 when they became biennial. The most recent conference was in Durban, South Africa, in July 2016.


The twenty-second conference is scheduled for Amsterdam in July 2018


The International AIDS Conference is the largest regular conference, and it provides a forum for the interaction of science, community, leadership, and the strengthening of an evidence-based policy and programmatic responses to the epidemic. The conferences also allow an opportunity to intensify political and financial commitments to AIDS, and include the largest international conference scholarship program in HIV/AIDS.


Joep Lange, a former president of the International AIDS Society was killed en route to the 20th Conference in Melbourne while on board Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shot down over Ukraine.



List of International Aids Conferences


Below is the list of International Aids Conferences and their venue:



































































































International AIDS Conferences
№
Year
Location
Theme and link
I
1985

United States Atlanta, United States
(no theme)
II
1986

France Paris, France
(no theme)
III

1987

United States Washington, D.C., United States
(no theme)
IV
1988

Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
(no theme)
V
1989

Canada Montreal, Canada
The Scientific and Social Challenge of AIDS
VI
1990

United States San Francisco, United States
AIDS in the Nineties: From Science to Policy
VII
1991

Italy Florence, Italy
Science Challenging AIDS
VIII
1992

Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
A World United Against AIDS
IX
1993

Germany Berlin, Germany
(no theme)
X

1994

Japan Yokohama, Japan
The Global Challenge of AIDS: Together for the future
XI

1996

Canada Vancouver, Canada
One World One Hope
XII

1998

Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland
Bridging the Gap
XIII

2000

South Africa Durban, South Africa
Breaking the Silence
XIV

2002

Spain Barcelona, Spain
Knowledge and Commitment for Action
XV

2004

Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
Access for All
XVI

2006

Canada Toronto, Canada
Time to Deliver
XVII

2008

Mexico Mexico City, Mexico
Universal Action Now
XVIII

2010

Austria Vienna, Austria
Rights Here, Right Now
XIX

2012

United States Washington, D.C., United States
Turning the Tide Together
XX

2014

Australia Melbourne, Australia
Stepping up the Pace
XXI

2016

South Africa Durban, South Africa
Access Equity Rights Now
XXII

2018

Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges
XXIII

2020

United States San Francisco and Oakland, United States


IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention


The IAS also organizes the IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention. This conference occurs biennially and focuses on the biomedical aspects of HIV. It aims to bring together participants from around the world by providing an environment for researchers and clinicians to address current issues in HIV research, prevention and treatment. The conference was held in Buenos Aires in 2001, Paris in 2003, Rio de Janeiro in 2005, Sydney in 2007, Cape Town in 2009, Rome in 2011, Kuala Lumpur in 2013, and Vancouver in 2015.



Publications and other resources


The society financially supports the publication of the Journal of the International AIDS Society, an online, open-access, peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of research on HIV and AIDS.


The IAS Online Resource Library is an online collection of abstracts and other resources from international conferences, as well as numerous other materials produced by the IAS launched in January 2010.



Other activities


The IAS works with other regional HIV/AIDS societies and networks to strengthen the capacity of HIV professionals to respond to the epidemic at the regional level. The society runs the Industry Liaison Forum, whose mission is to remove barriers to research investment by the pharmaceutical industry in resource-limited settings. The IAS also provides professional development and training opportunities for HIV professionals at both international and regional AIDS conferences through its education programme.



References



  1. ^ ab "Annual Report July 2016-2017". International AIDS Society. Retrieved 20 March 2018. 


  2. ^ 2008 UNAIDS Annual Report, p.13, WHO



External links




  • Official website

  • AIDS 2016 conference in Durban, South Africa







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