13th International union against sexually transmitted infections (IUSTI) world congress

• Date:

  15 - 17 October 2012

• Location:

  Melbourne, Victoria

• Category:

  Possibility of Indigenous content

Overview

This meeting will be the 13th IUSTI world congress incorporating the Australasian sexual health conference held from Monday 15 to Wednesday 17 October 2012. The conference will be run back-to-back with the Australasian HIV/AIDS conference 2012 with one full day of overlap on Wednesday 17 October.

This congress welcomes the five IUSTI regions (Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America) to share information on the medical, scientific, social, and epidemiological aspects of sexually transmitted infections and their control.

Over three days, 700 specialists and trainees in sexual health, HIV medicine, public health, microbiology, epidemiology, and behavioural science from the northern and southern hemispheres will convene to discuss the latest developments in research, clinical manifestations, prevention, testing, and treatment of STIs.

Highlights for this congress include:

• internationally renowned keynote speakers from the USA, UK, South Africa and Singapore
• a special focus on: HPV vaccine-the future, HPV vaccine and anal cancer, adolescent STI vaccines, anal cancer screening, partner notification, control of STIs in lower income countries, gonorrhoea resistance, sexual networks and STI control, MSM in Asia, controversies in chlamydia control
• career networking sessions
• a packed social and educational agenda including the poster viewing evening and the famous Australasian sexual health conference gala dinner.

Abstract submissions close Friday 8 June 2012.

Early bird registration closes Thursday 23 August 2012.

Final registrations close Thursday 4 October 2012.

Contacts

Conference Secretariat
Australasian Society for HIV Medicine
Locked Bag 5057
Darlinghurst NSW 1300
Ph: (02) 8204 0770
Fax: (02) 9212 4670
Email: info@iusti2012.com

Links

• View website: 13th International union against sexually transmitted infections world congress
• View website: Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (ASHM)