Video presentations of the event are now available in the link below
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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.
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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