All events will be held at The Westin Riverwalk unless otherwise noted.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
| 6:00 pm | Welcome Reception | Navarro Ballroom |
| 7:00 pm | Keynote Address Beatrice H. Hahn, MD Professor of Medicine and Microbiology University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Keynote Title: Consistent Induction of Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies by Designer SHIVs: The Essential Role of Non-Human Primates in Advancing HIV Vaccine Development | Navarro Ballroom |
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
| 7:00 am โ 5:00 pm | Registration Open | Navarro Foyer |
| 7:15 am | Poster Session Setup | Hidalgo Ballroom |
| 7:15 am | Continental Breakfast | Navarro Foyer |
| 7:15 am | Sponsor/Exhibitor Setup | Navarro Foyer |
| 8:00 am | Welcome to the Conference | Navarro Ballroom |
| 8:15 am | Named Travel Award Presentations | Navarro Ballroom |
| 8:30 am | Acute Infection & Mucosal Immunology Chair: Jason Brenchley, PhD & Co-chair: Megan OโConnor, PhD | Navarro Ballroom |
| 8:30 am | Microbiome Alterations Influence SIV Acquisition | Dr. Jason Brenchley |
| 9:00 am | SIV and HIV Proviruses Preferentially Persist in Host Genes Repressed during CD4 T Cell Proliferation | Maggie Hallmets |
| 9:15 am | Charge-Controlled Fc Engineering Redirects Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies to Mucosal Tissues | Claudia Stroupe |
| 9:30 am | Mucosal BCGโBCG1419c vaccination enhances tuberculosis control in juvenile SIV-infected macaques, with efficacy associated with lower plasma viremia | Dr. Solomon Jauro |
| 9:45 am | Heterogeneity at initial infection sites shapes early SIV replication | Dr. Brandon Keele |
| 10:00 am โ 10:30 am | Morning Break Coffee Break โ Navarro Foyer Poster Viewing โ Hidalgo Ballroom Sponsor/Exhibitor Tables Open | |
| 10:30 am | Next-Generation SigH-Deficient Mtb Vaccines Confer Enhanced Protection Against Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Macaques | Caden Munson |
| 10:45 am | Decoupled Evolution of Viral Infectivity and Macrophage Fusogenicity in Early Acute SHIV AD8 Infection | Grace Marshall |
| 11:00 am | Renewal of virally inflamed gut and mucosal immunity through a microbial biotherapeutic lipid metabolite-PPARฮฑ-histone crotonylation axis | Abigail Lising |
| 11:15 am | Studying the Role of CD4-Binding Site Proximal Glycans in Mucosal Transmissibility and Pathogenicity of a Subtype C SHIV in Rhesus Macaques | Dr. Aimee Pepper |
| 11:30 am | Lunch (On Your Own) | |
| 11:30 am | Poster Viewing | Hidalgo Ballroom |
| 11:30 am | Sponsor/Exhibitor Tables Open | Navarro Foyer |
| 1:30 pm โ 4:30 pm | Prevention: Next-Gen PrEP, bNAbs & Vaccine Platforms Chair: Marie-Claire Gauduin, PhD & Co-chair: Mauricio Martins, PhD | Navarro Ballroom |
| 1:30 pm | Novel Durable HIV Vaccine Platform Targeting Mucosal Epithelium | Dr. Marie-Clair Gauduin |
| 2:00 pm | Administration of an anti-HIV-1 V3 monoclonal antibody with afucosylated Fc glycans controls pathogenic SHIV infection and heterologous SIV superinfection by inducing long-term CD8+ T-cell immunity | Dr. Yasuhiro Yasutomi |
| 2:15 pm | The DART Program: Enabling Standardized Ultra-Long-Acting Antiretroviral Delivery for HIV Research in Nonhuman Primate Models | Dr. Thi Thao Linh Nguyen |
| 2:30 pm | Adeno-associated virus delivery of Env-specific antibodies affords durable protection against simian immunodeficiency virus challenge | Natasha Clark |
| 2:45 pm | Protecting Brain Development from SHIV in Infant Rhesus Macaques through Nanocapsule-Enhanced CNS Delivery of bNAbs | Abby LeBlanc |
| 3:00 pm โ 3:30 pm | Afternoon Break Coffee Break โ Navarro Foyer Poster Viewing โ Hidalgo Ballroom Sponsor/Exhibitor Tables Open | |
| 3:30 pm | From Naรฏve to neutralizing: Tracing the development of HIV broad neutralization in germline-targeting vaccine induced B cell lineages in non-human primates | Dr. Patrick Madden |
| 3:45 pm | Limited plasma ADCC activity and Fc receptor engagement following passive infusion of ADCC-mediating monoclonal antibodies in SHIV-challenged rhesus macaques | Dr. Kali Crofts |
| 4:00 pm | Enhanced immune protection during the โgolden windowโ for HIV-1 intervention can result in elite control or protection | Dr. Sara Sawyer |
| 4:15 pm | Lipid nanoparticle delivery of SIV Gag DNA induces a potent and persistent CD8 T cell response in non-human primates | Dr. Tiffany Styles |
| 4:30 pm | Trainee Session: Resilience and Flourishing During Tough Times Dr. Dr. Satya Dandekar and Dr. Smita Iyer | Madero |
| 5:15 pm โ 7:15 pm | Poster Reception | Hidalgo Ballroom |
Thursday, October 22, 2026
| 7:00 am โ 5:00 pm | Registration Open | Navarro Foyer |
| 7:15 am | Poster Viewing | Hidalgo Ballroom |
| 7:15 am | Sponsor/Exhibitor Tables Open | Navarro Foyer |
| 7:30 am | Continental Breakfast | Navarro Foyer |
| 8:30 am โ 11:30 am | Pathogenesis & HIV Co-Infections Chair: Smita Iyer, PhD & Co-chair: Riti Sharan, PhD | Navarro Ballroom |
| 8:30 am | Defense, Disease, and Discovery: A Story in Three Acts | Dr. Smita Iyer |
| 9:00 am | Novel Rhesus Macaque Model of JC Polyomavirus Infection Reveals Mechanisms of Early Neurological Infection and Disease | Elizabeth Wagstaff |
| 9:15 am | Administration of a zonulin inhibitor to SIVmac-infected rhesus macaques on antiretroviral therapy improves gut status and alleviates the hypercoagulant status | Dr. Mohammad Daira |
| 9:30 am | Incomplete pulmonary immune recovery despite treatment identifies IL-21 as a host-directed therapeutic target in TB/HIV | Dr. Shashi Prakash Singh |
| 9:45 am | Plasmodium fragile malaria in pregnant rhesus macaques induces maternal-fetal immune activation and adverse fetal outcomes | Sallie Fell |
| 10:00 am โ 10:30 am | Break Coffee Break โ Navarro Foyer Poster Viewing โ Hidalgo Ballroom Sponsor/Exhibitor Tables Open | |
| 10:30 am | Western Diet and SIV Co-infection Alter Immune Responses to SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Enhance Pathogenesis in Macaques | Dr. Kelsie Brooks |
| 10:45 am | Conserved Sex-Specific Networks in the Aging Rhesus Macaque Hippocampus Reveal Glial and Mitochondrial Mechanisms Relevant to HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder | Victoria Harper-Alexander |
| 11:00 am | Peripheral Cytokine Immunotherapy Reshapes SIV-infected Rhesus Macaque Brain Immune Response | Allison Rux |
| 11:15 am | Deep spatial profiling of granuloma architecture in the tuberculosis lung identifies distinct immunometabolic and cellular niches | Dr. Prashant Bajpai |
| 11:30 am | Lunch (On Your Own) | |
| 11:30 am | Poster Viewing | Hidalgo Ballroom |
| 11:30 am | Sponsor/Exhibitor Tables Open | Navarro Foyer |
| 12:45 pm | Journal of Medical Primatology | Navarro Ballroom |
| 1:00 pm โ 4:00 pm | Cure and Substance Abuse Effects on HIV Reservoirs Chair: Mirko Paiardini, PhD & Co-chair: Siddappa Byrareddy, PhD | Navarro Ballroom |
| 1:00 pm | Combination Immune-Based Strategies for HIV Cure: Insights from Translational Preclinical Models | Dr. Mirko Paiardini |
| 1:30 pm | Modeling the Impact of Substance Abuse on SIV Viral Reservoirs | Dr. Siddappa Byrareddy |
| 1:45 pm | Modeling Ultra-Small Latent SIV Reservoirs in Rhesus Macaques and Evaluating Viral Rebound | Ally McCullen |
| 2:00 pm | Combined SMACm and gp120 targeting Tri-specific killer engager treatment limits the intact SIV reservoir in ART-treated rhesus macaques | Dr. Julien Clain |
| 2:15 pm | Targeting the CNS with AAV-Delivered Anti-HIV Antibodies in SHIV-Infected Rhesus Macaques | Dr. Luanna Vidal |
| 2:30 pm โ 3:00 pm | Break Coffee Break โ Navarro Foyer Poster Viewing โ Hidalgo Ballroom Sponsor/Exhibitor Tables Open | |
| 3:00 pm | Building a Kitchen Sink: Iterative Development of Combinatorial HIV Cure Approaches in Nonhuman Primate Models | Dr. Christopher Peterson |
| 3:15 pm | Adjunctive cannabinoids remodel the neuroimmune landscape in HIV/ART: A single-cell multi-omic study | Dr. Lakmini Premadasa |
| 3:30 pm | CSF1R inhibition reduces myeloid reservoirs and suppresses viral rebound in virally suppressed chronic SIV infection | Dr. Hai Duc Nguyen |
| 3:45 pm | Autologous Expanded NK Cell Therapy Delays Viral Rebound and Restricts Reservoir Reactivation Following ART Interruption in a Molecularly Barcoded SIV Model | Dr. Tricia Burdo |
| 4:30 pm | Shuttles: Ralston Congo Falls | Outside Westin |
| 4:45 pm | Gala Reception & Dinner (Please note that the gorillas naturally head indoors for the evening around 6:00 pm) | The Ralston @ Congo Falls |
Friday, October 23, 2026
| 7:00 am โ 11:00 am | Registration Open | Navarro Foyer |
| 7:15 am | Sponsor/Exhibitor Tables Open | Navarro Foyer |
| 7:30 am | Continental Breakfast | Navarro Foyer |
| 8:30 am โ 11:30 am | Translational Innovations & Model Optimization Chair: Deepak Kaushal, PhD & Co-chair: Davide Pisu, PhD | Navarro Ballroom |
| 8:30 am | Next-Generation SigH-Based Double and Triple Knockout Vaccines Targeting TB and TB/HIV | Dr. Deepak Kaushal |
| 9:00 am | Development of Long-Acting Antiretroviral Therapy for Sustained SIV Suppression in Rhesus Macaques | Dr. Gabriela Webb |
| 9:15 am | A Dual-Reservoir Long-Acting Implant for Sustained Combination Antiretroviral Treatment in SHIV-Infected Nonhuman Primates | Dr. Yongbin Liu |
| 9:30 am | PD-L1-based immune shielding confers durable AAV-vectored bNAb expression and protection against SHIV challenge in rhesus macaques | Michael Kuipa |
| 9:45 am โ 10:15 am | Refreshment Break Refreshments Served โ Navarro Foyer Sponsor/Exhibitor Tables Open | |
| 10:15 am | Optimization of Imaging Cytometry for Cross-Species Translational Tissue Analyses | Dr. Harikrishnan Balachandran |
| 10:30 am | T cell receptors derived from HBV-infected rhesus macaques recognize cognate antigen presented by HLA-A2 on HBV-infected HepG2-hNTCP cells | Sofiya Yusova |
| 10:45 am | Developing novel CD8 binders for in vivo delivered anti-HIV T cell gene therapies in the macaque model | Lidiia Gagarina |
| 11:00 am | Single-nucleus RNAseq of the Maternal-Fetal Interface in Rhesus Macaques | Dr. Orlando Cervantes |
| 11:15 am | Pharmacokinetics and Protective Efficacy of Fc-Engineered HIV-1 bNAb 3BNC117-LS in Pregnant Rhesus Macaques | Dr. Patricia Hahn |
| 11:30 am | Closing Remarks & Preview of 2027 Symposium | Navarro Ballroom |
| 11:45 am | Lunch (On Your Own) | |
| 11:45 am | Remove Sponsor/Exhibitor Tables | Navarro Foyer |