Event Description

Following the success of the 2017 HIV Cure & Cancer Forum, the 2019 Forum will focus specifically on the intersection between the scientific efforts in hepatitis B HBV and HIV cure research, and seek to merge these two disciplines to accelerate the pace of discovery in cure research for the two fields.

The Forum co-chairs represent an international cohort of experts in the HIV and HBV cure fields:

• Dr. Steven Deeks, Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco UCSF, United States
• Prof. Anna Kramvis, Director of the Hepatitis Virus Diversity Research Unit at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
• Prof. Sharon Lewin, Director of the Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Australia
• Prof. Seng Gee Lim, Director of Hepatology at the National University Health System, Singapore

Forum Objectives

• Accelerate research on similar curative strategies being tested in both domains;
• Create an environment to foster collaborations and merge the HIV cure and HBV cure disciplines;
• Provide an opportunity for the next generation of investigators to launch their careers through interaction and discussion with peers;
• Promote increased investments in cure research;
• Provide a platform for information sharing, debate and network among peers.