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Call for speakers at the HIV Stigma Symposium

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The HIV Stigma Symposium will be held on Friday 15 March 2024 at the ICC in Birmingham.

This event brings together community experts, activists, healthcare professionals, and people with lived experience to discuss the impact of HIV stigma and explore effective stigma reduction strategies, providing a platform to share ideas, best practice, and connect with others. We aim to foster solution focused discussions throughout the day.

The call for speakers is now open.

We welcome presentation proposals that make relevant contributions to the following areas:

  • Stigma and stigma reduction in different communities
  • Stigma in health and social care, employment, and statutory services
  • Policy and practice

We encourage presentation proposals from people who rarely or have never presented at a conference / event.

We also encourage presentation proposals from geographically underserved areas or low prevalence areas.

Submissions

Before you submit your presentation proposal please read the guidance [PDF]
Please use this template to submit your presentation proposal.

The deadline for submissions is 23:59 GMT on Friday 23 February 2024.

Register to attend the HIV Stigma Symposium. 

If you have any questions please email [email protected] 

Our webinar on Trends and Developments in HIV Testing is now available to watch.

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Our webinar on Trends and Developments in HIV Testing is now available to watch.

Ahead of this year’s National HIV Testing Week, we hosted a webinar on the latest HIV testing data and an update on emergency department opt-out HIV testing. We were joined by speakers Dr Alison Brown, Interim Head of HIV Surveillance at UK Health Security Agency, Steve Hindle, Project Manager for opt-out HIV testing at NHS England, and Gabriel Willis, Senior Research Liaison Manager at the Department of Health and Social Care.

Watch the recording to learn about:

• the latest HIV testing trends
• an overview of what we have learned from latest data
• an update on opt-out HIV testing
• research on the expansion of Emergency Department testing.

Trends and Developments in HIV testing presentation slides [PDF]

Register now for the HIV Stigma Symposium

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On Friday 15 March 2024 we are hosting the HIV Stigma Symposium at The ICC in Birmingham, where we will come together to address the challenges surrounding HIV stigma.

At the HIV Stigma Symposium, we aim to foster open and solution focused conversations. This event brings together experts, activists, healthcare professionals, and affected individuals to discuss the impact of HIV stigma and explore effective stigma reduction strategies. The topics that will be discussed include:

• Stigma within different communities
• Structural or institutional stigma
• Stigma in healthcare
• Ensuring policy is put into practice.

Event information

When: Friday 15 March 2024, 09:00 – 17:30
Where: ICC, 8 Centenary Sq, Birmingham B1 2EA

This event is free to attend but there are limited places available so register early to avoid disappointment. Please register by Monday 4 March. If you are no longer able to attend, please notify us in advance so we can release your ticket.

If you have any questions, please email [email protected]

Register now.