Monday

Monday 14 September 2015

Please be aware that only presentations from those speakers who gave permission are available below. Please view the conference program here.

7.30am - 9.00am	Roche Satellite Symposium
Edward Hook III	Defining the medical value of molecular and serologic testing of STIs for patient management
Chen Xiang-sheng	Diagnostics for chlamydial and gonococcal infections in China: Current status and future perspectives
Basil Donovan	Sexually Transmitted Infections: Getting worse or getting better?

7.30am - 9.00am	Symposium Y01
William Miller	What is the new editor of Sexually Transmitted Diseases going to do with the journal?

9.15am - 10.45am	Plenary 1
Helen Rees	Gollow Lecture: STI and sustainable development in 2015 and beyond
Philip Giffard	Trachoma strains in Indigenous Australian populations are variants of urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis

11.15am - 12.45pm	Spread of antimicrobial resistant gonorrhoea
Matthew Golden	Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) in Seattle, Washington: 2014–2015
Xiaohong Su	High–Level Azithromycin Resistance In Neisseria gonorrhoeae Clinical Isolates In Nanjing, China, 2013–2014
Alje Van Dam	Recent Rise in Reduced Susceptibility to Ceftriaxone In Neisseria gonorrhoeae Is Not Caused By Strains With A PenA Mosaic Gene
Ella Trembizki	An Australia-wide molecular study of Neisseria gonorrhoeae identifies frequent occurrence of a key cephalosporin resistance mechanism
Ben Hui	Exploring the benefits of molecular testing for gonorrhoea antibiotic resistance surveillance in remote settings

11.15am - 12.45pm	Point-of-Care Testing
Steven Badman	Immediate Treatment of Curable Sexually Transmitted and Genital Infections among Antenatal Women in Papua New Guinea
Louise Causer	Operational Performance of a New Molecular-Based Point-Of-Care Test for Diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infection: Concordance with Conventional Laboratory Testing
Jiunn-Yih Su	Are Rapid Point-of-Care Tests for Syphilis Useful in Outbreak Settings in Remote Australia? – An Experience from the Northern Territory
Vivian Black	Field Evaluation of Standard Diagnostics Duo HIV and Syphilis Test Among Female Sex-Workers in Johannesburg
Yetunde Fakila	Evaluation of Five Rapid Point-Of-Care Tests for Syphilis: Two Treponemal only, and Three Dual Treponemal / HIV Assays

11.15am - 12.45pm	Extragenital STIs
Fabian Kong	Correlates of repeat anorectal infections among men who have sex with men
Melanie Bissessor	The contribution of Mycoplasma genitalium to the aetiology of sexually acquired proctitis in men who have sex with men
Juan Jiang	The Prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium and Chlamydia trachomatis at Various Anatomical Sites of Men Who Have Sex with Men in Five Cities of China
Carolien Wind	Timing of Test of Cure for Anogenital Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infections – A Prospective Cohort Study Using Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests

11.15am - 12.45pm	Adolescent Sexual Health
Renata Arrington-Sanders	Longitudinal Experiences of Social Support and Sexual Risk in a Sample of Young Black Gay and Bisexual Males
Taraneh Shafii	A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of an Interactive Computer Based Intervention for Sexual Health in Adolescents and Young Adults
Tunishe Mudzviti	Pill Dumping in Adolescents Receiving a Boosted Protease Inhibitor Regimen as part of Second-Line Antiretroviral Therapy: Experiences from an Urban HIV Clinic
Vicky Jespers	The Influence of Sexual Debut on Selected Vaginal, Rectal and Oral Microbiota and Vaginal Inflammatory Markers in Belgian Adolescent Girls: A Cohort Study
Suzanna Francis	High Prevalence of Bacterial Vaginosis among Adolescent Girls Attending Secondary School in Tanzania

11.15am - 12.45pm	Revealed: Neglected and emerging STIs
Allan Pillay	New diagnostics for syphilis and yaws and detection of Haemophilus ducreyi in cutaneous lesions in children
Philip Giffard	Trachoma strains in Indigenous Australian populations are variants of urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis

11.15am - 12.45pm	STIs in vulnerable and high risk populations in the USA (CDC)
Patricia Dittus	Adolescent chlamydia rates adjusted for sexual experience and activity
Lizzi Torrone	Adolescent chlamydia rates adjusted for screening heterogeneity
Harrell Chesson	Potential incongruities in relative measures of disparities in sexually transmitted diseases
Ian Spicknall	Network formation as a determinant of spatial disparity

1.45pm - 3.15pm	Detecting antimicrobial resistance and treatment failure
Peera Hemarajata	Real-time PCR and Melt Curve Analysis Targeting gyrA gene for Prediction of Ciprofloxacin Resistance in Clinical Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolates
Valentina Dona	Multiplex Real-Time PCR with High Resolution Melting Analysis for Detecting Resistance Mechanisms in Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Philip Read	Treponema pallidum Strain–Types in Australia and Association with Macrolide Resistance

1.45pm - 3.15pm	STI therapy: New and old
Isabelle Leduc	Host-Directed Therapeutics as Adjunctive Therapy for Antibiotic-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Jennifer Balkus	Periodic presumptive treatment for vaginal infections may reduce chlamydia and gonorrhea incidence: A secondary analysis from the Preventing Vaginal Infections trial

1.45pm - 3.15pm	Sexual behaviour and STI in men who have sex with men
Jesse Clark	New and Traditional Notification Tools Improve Partner Notification Outcomes among MSM with Syphilis Infection in Lima, Peru
Fengyi Jin	Can Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Biomarkers Help Predict Patterns of Anal High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion (HSIL) Detection in Homosexual Men?
Samuel Turner	Detection of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in Semen From HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) During Acute HCV Infection
Matthew Golden	Incident HIV Associated with Rectal Gonorrhea (GC) and Chlamydia (CT) Independent of Sexual Behaviors in Men who have Sex with Men (MSM)
Stephanie Cohen	Sexual Risk Behaviour and Sexually Transmitted Diseases among Men Who Have Sex with Men Participating in a Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Demonstration Project

1.45pm - 3.15pm	Violations of human rights in relation to STI and HIV
James Hargreaves	Overlapping HIV and sex work stigma: Experiences from 14 sites across Zimbabwe
Loyd Brendan P. Norella	The ISEAN Hivos Stigma and Discrimination Study (SADS) in Health Care Settings (SADS-HCS-2015) in South East Asia Island Countries – Initial Findings From Indonesia
Ken Moala	Our Voices, Our Communities, Our Rights

1.45pm - 3.15pm	STI vaccines: Advancing the global agenda (WHO)
Sami Gottlieb	The global roadmap for STI vaccine development: Moving forward
Christine Johnston	Herpes simplex vaccine development: Pipeline and possibilities
Scott Gray-Owen	New technology innovations and Neisseria gonorrhoeae vaccine development

1.45pm - 3.15pm	Hooking up with new technology: Influences on young people’s sexual health (ASHA)
Megan Lim	New technologies and sexual health promotion
Rose Stewart	Better, sooner, more convenient: Increasing youth friendliness of Family Planning Services in New Zealand
Jami Leichliter	Sociocultural context and sexual health information among adolescents and young adults

3.45pm - 4.15pm	Plenary 2
Kerry Arabena	Falling between the gaps: An overview of issues for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women who want to be sexually healthy
Yang Bin	Syphilis elimination in China

5.15pm - 6.45pm	Evening Satellite: The Use of Rapid Diagnostics to Transform the Management of STDs
Edward Hook	New CDC Guidelines and the Emerging Need for Rapid CT/NG Testing

5.15pm - 6.45pm	New global health sector strategies for STI, HIV and viral hepatitis epidemics: changing the trajectories
Nathalie Broutet	WHO global highlights and challenges in relation to HIV, hepatitis and STIs
Sarah Hawkes	Ensuring equity, realising rights, and promoting evidence: How can the new WHO strategies respect principles of equity and justice and still be effective?