EU2CURE HIV SYMPOSIUM GHENT

14 -17 September - Belgium

Welcome

The HIV Cure Research Center Ghent is very pleased to invite you to the EU2Cure HIV Symposium that will be held in the beautiful city of Ghent, Flanders, Belgium on September 14-17, 2025.

This 11th HIV Cure symposium offers a broad view of the different aspects associated with HIV reservoir assessment and HIV cure. HIV stably integrated within the host cell genome is considered the final hurdle to cure one of the most important infectious diseases mankind has ever faced. The latent HIV reservoir is able to refuel infection once treatment is stopped and therefore a better understanding of both the composition and the size of this reservoir will be important to aid the development of cure strategies as well as to monitor the efficacy of therapeutic interventions to reduce the HIV reservoir. The HIV Cure Symposium will comprehensively summarize the state of the art in HIV cure strategies and tools to monitor therapeutic interventions. 

The symposium will take place in the picturesque city of Ghent, Belgium, where an international expert panel will guide you through the newest developments in the HIV cure field, focusing on reservoir characterization and novel clinical strategies to achieve HIV cure.

Location and Venue

The EU2Cure HIV Symposium will take place in Ha Concerts, Kouter 29, Gent, Belgium

How to get there:

From Sint-Pietersstation – Ha Concerts: 2.3 km

From the trainstation you can take:

  • Tram 1 stop Korte Meer or Tram 2 stop Zonnestraat, both 15 min from station Gent-Sint-Pieters

Important Dates

Early Bird Registration Closes: Monday, July 17, 2025

Late Bird Registration Closes: Sunday, September 13, 2025

Abstract Submission Deadline: Wednesday, July 10, 2025

Scientific Committee

                      Prof. Dr. Linos Vandekerckhove – Head of the HIV Cure Research Center – Ghent University – Belgium

 

                      Prof. Dr. Sarah Gerlo – PI HIV Cure Research Center – Ghent University – Belgium

 

                      Prof. Zeger Debyser – Head of the Molecular Virology and Gene Therapy Unit – KU Leuven – Belgium

 

                      Prof. Carine Van Lint – Head of the Laboratory of Molecular Virology – University Of Brussels – Belgium

 

                     Prof. Sarah Fidler, Imperial College London – United Kingdom

 

                     Prof. Ole Sogaard, Aarhus University – Denmark          

 

                      Prof. Rafick Sékaly, Emory University – USA

 

                      Jan van Lunzen, UMC Hamburg, Germany and Radboudumc Nijmegen, the Netherlands

 

                       Maria Salgado, IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute – Spain

 

Contact

Karen Vervisch
Karen.vervisch@uzgent.be
+32 (0) 9 332 94 25

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