ABSTRACT
Support is requested for a Keystone Symposia conference entitled Next Generation HIV Vaccines &
Therapies, organized by Drs. Michel C. Nussenzweig, Robert F. Siliciano, John R. Mascola and Margaret E.
Ackerman. The conference will be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico from February 21-25, 2021.
Despite the many years of research, a successful vaccine or cure for HIV-1 remains among the highest priority
areas of unmet need in infectious disease. As such, this Keystone Symposia conference was designed to bring
together scientists working in the fields of HIV vaccines and/or the pathway to a cure. The program was
designed to highlight recent results in both areas. The conference seeks to foster collaborations that will build
upon these new results to help accelerate progress and treatment methods. The sessions in this program
were developed to include a focus on novel approaches to vaccine development including vaccine
immunology, passive therapies, and genetic vaccination. Additionally, results from ongoing human vaccine
clinical trials will also be integrated into the conference. Moreover, sessions focused on a cure for HIV will
address the problem of viral latency and how it is controlled and will emphasize cure-related human clinical
trials. The conference organizers hope to elicit and identify areas of future investigation, encourage new
partnerships, and collectively generate the knowledge required to design better vaccines, treatment methods,
and networks that will facilitate transformative approaches to prevention and cure for this disease.