WELCOME

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

We are happy to announce that the 12th International Conference on HIV Persistence & Eradication will take place in person on December 6-9, 2026.  We will be partnering with HIV-DART for this meeting and look forward to growing the community through the partnership of two long-standing conferences.  This year the International Conference on HIV Persistence will be followed by a separate conference Respi-DART.  Each meeting will have a separate registration and abstract session.  

As we seek additional venues for future meetings, our next meeting will be in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. A community actively engaged in the response to the HIV pandemic. As we enter a new chapter for the conference, we will be holding the conference in a new venue, Hacienda del Mar, in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. As this is an international conference, we feel the location for this year will allow easy access for international travelers.  Though this conference is in Mexico all session will be held in english.  

We anticipate that our presence in Cabo San Lucas will be a continuous expression of support for the community members and scientists who benefit from this meeting.

Since the first edition of this workshop in 2003 in St Maarten, the issues of HIV persistence and reservoirs have become increasingly relevant, not only for biologists but also for clinicians facing the problem of long-term control of this persistent retroviral infection.

Several meetings now include sessions on these topics in their program, but this biennial workshop is unanimously recognized as THE original workshop focused exclusively on HIV reservoirs and eradication strategies.

To this end, the program format will continue to follow the past successes and include presentations of new, unpublished data and a panel of experts to sum up the current data in the field. Priority will be given to the quality of scientific research and new data.

We encourage robust scientific exchange, in a relaxed and friendly environment. To achieve these goals, the number of participants is limited and participants must have submitted abstracts for selection as either an oral or poster presentation. As in previous years, selection will be extremely rigorous and conducted by the Scientific Committee.

We continue to prioritize the participation of young and newer investigators, through abstract-driven sessions and scholarship assistance. These scholarships have been made possible by our funding partners and the Steering Committee involvement. We are all very grateful for your participation, and hope to bring new energy, thinking and ideas to the field.

We are looking forward to meeting with you again in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico in December 2026, for what will be another successful edition of this unique meeting.

The Steering Committee

Ann Chahroudi, Mary Kearney, Alain Lafeuillade, David Margolis, Karl Salzwedel, Mario Stevenson