(Vancouver, BC) – The Fall HIV/Antiretroviral Update will take place on Monday November 17, 2008 from approximately 8:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel located across from St. Paul’s Hospital in Downtown Vancouver.
This is an open educational event sponsored by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. A light breakfast, lunch and refreshments throughout the day will be provided on site.
Registration will be on-line only and will close on November 3, 2008 or sooner when maximum capacity has been reached. Please note that seating availability for this event is limited to 230 people and, therefore, pre-registration is strongly recommended. On-site registration will not be available.
Registration is now closed
We hope that you can attend, and are sure that you will find these presentations informative and helpful.
ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY UPDATE
November 17, 2008 (8:00a.m. to 5:00p.m.)
Grand Ballroom, Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel
Vancouver, BC
08:00 – 08:30 Registration and breakfast
08:30 – 08:40 Introduction Dr. Julio Montaner
Opening Remarks – Ms. Dianne Doyle, CEO, Providence Health Care
Morning Program – Chair: Dr. Marianne Harris
08:40 – 09:10 ABC’s of HIV Primary Care, Dr. Silvia Guillemi
09:10 – 10:00 BC-CfE HIV Treatment Guidelines Update, Dr. Julio Montaner
10:00 – 10:20 Break
10:20 – 10:50 Cardiovascular disease and HAART, Dr. Marianne Harris
10:50 – 11:20 Case Presentation, Dr. Michael Burns
11:20 – 12:00 HIV/AIDS and Injecting Drug Use: Update on Interventions and HAART use, Dr. Thomas Kerr
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break
Afternoon Program – Chair: Dr. Silvia Guillemi
13:00 – 13:30 HIV Primary Care Part II: Screening, Immunization and Prophylaxis for OIs, Dr. Rolando Barrios
13:30 – 14:10 Immune Reconstitution Syndrome Update & Considerations in Starting ART at Low CD4s, Dr. Peter Phillips
14:10 – 14:40 Case Presentation, Dr. Michael Madsen
14:40 – 15:00 Break
15:00 – 15:40 Perspectives on the Global HIV Epidemic & International Activities of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Dr. David Moore
15:40 – 16:30 Expanding HAART to STOP HIV/AIDS¨, Dr. Julio Montaner
16:00 Wrap-up and close, Dr. Julio Montaner
Each talk includes time for Q&A