BC-CfE co-hosted The Impact of Science & Innovation in the Evolving Global Health Paradigm: HIV & AIDS-A Global Challenge of Olympic Proportion on February 26th. The 2010 Olympic Games provided a rare platform to cast light on international collaborative efforts to halt the progression of HIV and what can be accomplished in the arena of global health when nations participate together. With the backdrop of the 2010 Games, we demonstrated how HIV serves as an example of a truly global health challenge, how the effective implementation and adoption of science and innovation is required to overcome it, and how local excellence is making a global impact. World leaders in HIV health and innovation, including Dr. Michel Sidibé, UNAIDS Executive Director and Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the US National Institutes of Health, and others, convened at UBC to share their perspectives on the challenges we face under a shifting global health paradigm.B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS in Vancouver, is the new president of the Geneva-based International AIDS Society (IAS).