Report of the Conference Protection from HIV: Targeted Intervention Strategies; March 20-25, 2011, Canada

Introduction The Protection from HIV: Targeted Intervention Strategies conference was held at the Whistler Conference Center in Canada, from March 20th to 25th, this year. It was part of the meeting season in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Keystone Symposia. Two hundred and seven researchers from all continents were present at the meeting. Current topics in viral pathogenesis, therapeutics and vaccine candidates were discussed. The activities started in the afternoon of March 20th, with a pre-meeting workshop. The opening ceremony was in the evening. The key lecture was delivered by Dr. Haase. It was followed by fi ve days of working sessions for lectures where 56 speakers showed their latest results and also four poster sessions with a total of 1 172 presentations.