Thursday

Thursday 17 September 2015

This page primarily shows the powerpoint slides and a limited selection of videos from the conference. Please be aware that only the powerpoints from those speakers who gave permission are available below. Please view the conference program here.

8.30am - 10.30am	Plenary 2
Eric Hunter	HIV-1 transmission - Lessons from heterosexual couples in Africa Video Presentation
Edward Gane	Using DAA therapy to eliminate HCV – reality or dream?
Jeffrey Klausner	New Technologies and Innovative Methods to Facilitate HIV Prevention, Testing and Care Video Presentation
Midnight Poonkasetwattana	FastTrack the MSM Response in Asia! Video Presentation

11.00am - 12.35pm	Theme A - Interferons/ Inflammation
Patricia Price	Understanding and measuring the footprint of CMVin a positive life

11.00am - 12.35pm	Theme B - ARV Guidelines Session 1 - When and What to Start
Jennifer Hoy	Strategic Timing of AntiRetroviral Treatment (START) Study - Primary Results
Julian Elliott	When to start
Mark Boyd	What to start? HIV integrase inhibitors in initial therapy
James McMahon	What to Start: A broader look from the Australian perspective

11.00am - 12.35pm	Theme C - HIV Epidemiology in the Region
Nicole De La Mata	Survival Trends for HIV+ Patients Receiving First Line ART from the TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD-LITE) (466)
Kevin Miles	Sexual Behaviour, Condom Use and HIV Prevalence in Remote Areas of Papua New Guinea (997)
Ni Wayan Septarini	Integrating Couple HIV Counseling and Testing (CHCT) on Ante Natal Care (ANC) service in Bali - Indonesia (312)
Angie Pinto	Evolution of HIV-1 Drug Resistance Mutations in NSW Over 10 Years (447) Video Presentation

11.00am - 12.35pm	Theme D - Criminalisation
Charles Chauvel	Continuing to punish vulnerability: The futility of criminalisation
Heather Worth	Trafficking in Persons protocols - what effect do they have on sex work and HIV prevention in the Pacific
Michael Frommer and Linda Forbes	Spitting and Mandatory BBV Testing – Dragging us Back to the 80s (837)
Larissa Sandy	Criminalisation and Responsibilisation: A Case Study of Victorian Responses to Intentional HIV Transmission (550)

11.00am - 12.35pm	Satellite Session - Undiagnosed HIV among Australian gay and bisexual men: Results from the COUNT study
Martin Holt	The prevalence and correlates of undiagnosed HIV among Australian gay and bisexual men
Jason Asselin	A tale of two studies – assessing results from two studies of undiagnosed HIV among gay and bisexual men in Melbourne in 2008 and 2014
Ian Down	Comparing behavioural and demographic characteristics of gay and bisexual men in Australia with undiagnosed HIV infection with those recently diagnosed
Kim Wilson	HIV Oral Fluid Confirmatory Testing Algorithm, Assay Development, Validation and Epidemiological Applications (832)

2.00pm - 3.30pm	Theme B - Issues in HIV Management
James McMahon	Clinic Network Collaboration and Patient Tracing To Maximize Retention in HIV Care
Mark Bloch	Patient Retention in HIV Medical Care in a Primary Care Practice in Sydney, Australia (753)
Krista Siefried	Factors associated with adherence to antiretroviral therapy in HIVinfected Australian adults: The PAART study (351)
Awachana Jiamsakul	Effects of HIV Treatment Interruption in the Asia-Pacific Region – results from TAHOD (074)
Tanya Millard	Primary results of the Positive Outlook study: A randomised controlled trial of online selfmanagement for gay men with HIV (321) Video Presentation
Sarah Smith & Michelle Merry	Self-Management for People Living with HIV: A Pilot of the Flinders Program™ in HIV Clinical Services (757)

2.00pm - 3.30pm	Theme C and D- Drug and Alcohol Session
Cecilia Moore	Drug-related Hospital Admissions in HIV-infected and Uninfected Gay and Bisexual Men (691)
Toby Lea	Crystal Methamphetamine Use Among Gay and Bisexual Men in Australia: Patterns of Use and Harm Reduction Responses (226)
Toby Lea	Treatment outcomes from ACON’s Substance Support Service: Working with HIV positive and at risk clients (240)

2.00pm - 3.30pm	Theme D - Sex, Identity and Resistance
Stephen Bell	Working from young people’s ‘local knowledge’ – towards a new agenda for sexual health research (181)
Teddy Cook & Jeremy Wiggins	PASH.tm: Gay, bisexual and queer transgender men in the HIV response (239)
David Fowler	The Social and Sexual Dynamic between Gay Men/Transgender People and Their Straight-Identifying Male Partners in TimorLeste (448)
Sally Cameron	Shifting Identity among Young Same Sex Attracted Men and what it Means for HIV Risk: Building an Evidence Base for Effective HIV Prevention (833)

2.00pm - 3.30pm	ASHM International Session - Opportunities and challenges for HIV diagnostics, monitoring nd management in the Asia & Pacific regions
Levinia Crooks	Challenges in HIV diagnostics monitoring in resource limited settings in Asia Pacific – setting the scene Video Presentation
Oscillah Kaminiel	Challenges in HIV diagnostics experiences from: Papua New Guinea Samoa
Philip Cunningham	Experiences & opportunities in the use of dried blood spots in resource limited settings
Berhan Ayele	Development and Evaluation of a Simple, Filter Paper-Based Method of Plasma Separation and Storage to Enhance Accurate Virological Monitoring of HIV Patients in RLS (536)
Riwanti Estiasari	Cognitive evaluation needs in HIV patients; experience from Indonesia Video Presentation

2.00pm - 3.30pm	Cognitive evaluation needs in HIV patients; experience from Indonesia
James Ward	STI/HIV Concordance Testing: Findings from the Strive Study Video Presentation
Joanne Leamy	Improving the Treatment Cascade for HIV Positive Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People at Cairns Sexual Health (452)
Darren Russell	Gumbuya: Improving the treatment cascade for Aboriginal and Torres Straight Island people

4.00pm - 5.45pm	Theme A - Cure/Latency/CNS
Sharon Lewin	HIV cure research: Current strategies and challenges
Sarah Palmer	Measuring the HIV reservoirs: New and improved methods
Lachlan Gray	HIV Infection of the CNS: Implications for Cure
Renee van der Sluis	PD-1 Identifies Latently HIVinfected Non-proliferating and Proliferating CD4+ T-cells (345)

4.00pm - 5.45pm	Theme B - Antiretroviral Therapy
David Nolan	HIV treatment revision: As simple as old versus new?
Don Smith	Switching from a Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (TDF)-Based Regimen to a Tenofovir Alafenamide (TAF)-Based Regimen: Data in Virologically Suppressed Adults Through 48 Weeks of Treatment (432)
Mark Bloch	Consistency of Dolutegravir Treatment Difference in HIV+ Treatment Naives at Week 96 (729)
Mark Bloch	Tenofovir Alafenamide Vs Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate, Each Co-Formulated with Elvitegravir, Cobicistat and Emtricitabine, for Initial Treatment of HIV-1 Infection: Two Randomised, Double-Blind, Phase 3, Non-Inferiority Trials (246)
Sri Utami	Mortality among HIV Patients on Antiretroviral (ARV) Treatment in Bali, Indonesia 2006-2014: Incidence and Predictors (912) Video Presentation

4.00pm - 5.45pm	Theme C - Evaluating Rapid HIV Testing
Kathleen Elizabeth Ryan	Who’s Coming and Who’s Coming Back? Characteristics of Rapid Testers and Return Testers at the Pronto! Community-Based HIV Testing Service (806)
Kathleen Elizabeth Ryan	Missed Opportunities for STI Testing: A Mixed Methods Study of the Impact of a Stand-Alone HIV Testing Service (808)
Muhammad Shahid Jamil	HIV Testing Self-Efficacy is Associated with Higher HIV Testing Frequency and Perceived Likelihood to Self-Test Among Gay and Bisexual Men? (720)
Rebecca Guy	Sexual Risk Behaviour Predicts More Frequent use of HIV SelfTesting: Early Findings from the FORTH Trial (722)