IAS announces Geneva as host city for IAS 2027 By Hope Mafaranga GENEVA, Switzerland The International AIDS Society (IAS) has announced that Geneva will host the 14th IAS Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2027), scheduled for July 11–15, 2027. The conference will take place in person in Geneva and virtually, drawing an estimated 5,000 participants from more than 130 countries. IAS President-Elect and IAS 2027 International Co-Chair Prof. Kenneth Ngure said the meeting comes at a critical moment in the global HIV response, marked by major scientific advances but persistent barriers to access. “We now have a game-changing toolkit that includes long-acting treatment and prevention options that could end the HIV pandemic. But for many of the people who need them the most, these innovations remain behind a door locked by abiding access issues and shrinking funding ,” Ngure said. Ngure, an associate professor of global health and former dean of the School of Public Health at...