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 |
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 |
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? |