HIV: Immunotherapy for Prevention and Cure (D2)
April 3-6, 2028  | INEC Killarney Convention Centre, Killarney, KY, Ireland
Katharine J Bar, Mirko Paiardini and Rogier W. Sanders
* Session Chair † Invited but not yet accepted | Program current as of October 13, 2026 7 PM | For the most up-to-date details, visit https://www.keystonesymposia.org
Monday, April 3, 2028
4:00–8:00 PM Registration
6:00–8:00 PM Welcome Mixer
Tuesday, April 4, 2028
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast
8:00–8:10 AM Welcome Remarks
8:10–9:00 AM Keynote Address
  Drew Weissman †, University of Pennsylvania
Nucleic Acid Approaches to HIV Prevention, Cure, and Equity
 
9:00–11:15 AM HIV Vaccines: Clinical Advances
  Rogier W. Sanders, University of Amsterdam
Induction of CD4bs-Directed bNAbs in Humans by Vaccination
 
  Douglas S Kwon †, Harvard Medical School
Leveraging Mucosal Immunity for HIV Prevention and Cure
 
  Penny L Moore †, University of the Witwatersrand and National Institute for Communicable Diseases
BRILLIANT Consortium Vaccines for HIV Prevention and Cure
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
9:30–9:50 AM Coffee Break
11:15–1:00 PM Poster Setup
11:15–5:00 PM On Own for Lunch
1:00–10:00 PM Poster Viewing
2:30–4:30 PM Symposia Spotlight 1: Vaccines
  Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
 
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available
5:00–7:00 PM HIV Vaccines: Pre-Clinical Innovation
  Neil P King †, University of Washington
AI-based Vaccine Design
 
  Torben Schiffner †, The Wistar Institute
Development of MPER Targeting Vaccines
 
  Amelia Escolano †, Wistar Institute
Development of V3 Targeting Vaccines
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Dinner
7:30–10:00 PM Posters
Wednesday, April 5, 2028
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast
8:00–11:00 AM Combination Immunotherapy
  Lillian B. Cohn †, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Immunology of HIV Rebound and Control
 
  Elena Vendrame †, Gilead Sciences, Inc
Combination immunotherapy approaches at Gilead
 
  Steven G Deeks †, University of California, San Francisco
CART Cells for HIV Cure
 
  Thumbi Ndung'u †, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Advances in HIV Cure studies in Africa
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
9:00–9:20 AM Coffee Break
11:00–1:00 PM Poster Setup
11:00–5:00 PM On Own for Lunch
1:00–10:00 PM Poster Viewing
3:00–4:30 PM Career Roundtable
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available
5:00–7:00 PM HIV Therapeutic Vaccines
  Katharine J Bar, University of Pennsylvania
Individualized Antibody Vaccines
 
  Tariro Makadzange †, Africa Clinical Research Network
Clinical trials of Networked Epitope Vaccines for Cure in Africa
 
  Beatriz Mothe Pujadas †, IrsiCaixa and Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital
Combination Therapeutic Vaccines
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Dinner
7:30–10:00 PM Posters
Thursday, April 6, 2028
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast
8:00–11:00 AM Reservoir Biology
  Nicolas Chomont †, Université de Montréal
Gut Reservoir Biology
 
  Michaela Müller-Trutwin †, Institut Pasteur
Low-Level NGK2A Expression NK Cells in Non-Pathogenic SIV and as Interventions
 
  Valentin Le Douce †, BioNTech SE
Strategies for Enhanced Anti-HIV Immunity
 
  Xu Yu †, Massachusetts General Hospital
Sex Determinants of the Reservoir and Immunity
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
9:00–9:20 AM Coffee Break
11:00–5:00 PM On Own for Lunch
2:30–4:30 PM Symposia Spotlight 2: Cures
  Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
 
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available
5:00–6:45 PM Cellular and Gene Therapy
  Mirko Paiardini, Emory University, ENPRC
Targeting Negative Regulators of the Immune System for ART-Free HIV Remission
 
  Melanie M Ott †, Gladstone Institutes
Gene Therapy Approaches to HIV Cure
 
  Carl Balibar †, Merck
TACK Approaches for Reservoir Reduction
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
6:45–7:00 PM Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Dinner
8:00–11:00 PM Entertainment
8:00–11:00 PM Cash Bar
Friday, April 7, 2028
12:00–11:59 PM Departure