We are pleased to invite you, as a BC health care provider interested in HIV and related issues, to attend the Special 30th Anniversary Edition of the BC-CfE/Antiretroviral Update. Unless the Public Health guidance changes, this is planned to be primarily an in-person event. As it has been the case at past updates, to promote wider knowledge dissemination, we will be webcasting the proceedings, as well. Please note that in-person attendance is limited, and therefore, we urge you to pre-register. This is an open educational event sponsored by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and accredited by the College of Family Physicians of Canada.

The event will take place:

Friday, June 9, 2023

11:00 am to 11:50 am Check-in & lunch
12:00 pm to 5:00 pm Program
Reception to follow

Grand Ballroom – North Tower *
Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel (across from St. Paul’s Hospital)
1088 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC

* in-person attendance is limited

Public health guidelines with regards to COVID-19 will be followed and it is a possibility that this event will be postponed or cancelled should the situation change.

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Program

Program Committee: Julio Montaner, MD (Chair), Val Montessori, MD (Co-Chair), Marianne Harris, MD (Co-Chair)

11:00 AM- 12:00 PM	CHECK-IN AND LUNCH
MODERATOR – MARIANNE HARRIS
12:05-12:15	LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT	ELDER ARTHUR STOGAN & FELICIA STOGAN
12:15-12:20	WELCOME REMARKS
12:20-13:10	KEYNOTE ADDRESS	NORA VOLKOW
13:10-13:40	BC-CfE HOPE TO HEALTH OVERVIEW	ROLANDO BARRIOS
13:40-14:10	RESEARCH & INNOVATION AT H2H	POUYA AZAR
14:10-14:40	CASE PRESENTATION & PANEL DISCUSSION
14:40-15:00	BREAK
MODERATOR – SILVIA GUILLEMI
15:00-15:30	THE LATEST ON COVID-19	PETER PHILLIPS
15:30-16:00	CLIMATE CHANGE & INFECTIOUS DISEASES	VAL MONTESSORI
16:00-16:30	HIV CURE RESEARCH: AN UPDATE	ZABRINA BRUMME
16:30-17:00	TASP® UPDATE	JULIO MONTANER
17:00-17:05	CLOSING REMARKS
17:30	BC-CfE 30TH ANNIVERSARY RECEPTION FOUNTAIN SQUARE COURTYARD

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