STEPS 12: A Community Initiative to Design the Pathway to a Durable ART-Free Control of HIV Infection

STEPS 12: The Giulio Maria Corbelli Workshop – A Community Initiative to Design the Pathway to a Durable ART-Free Control of HIV Infection

HIV GLASGOW CONGRESS
SEC Armadillo
Clyde Auditorium, Scottish Events Campus
Sunday 08 November 2026, 1:45- 3:15 pm GMT 

The 12th STEPS HIV Cure community-led workshop will take place on Sunday 8 November 2026, from 13:45 to 15:15 in Glasgow (Scotland) at Scottish Events Campus (Clyde Auditorium), opening the programme of the HIV Glasgow Congress.

The purpose of the workshop is to hear different approaches to research on the path towards giving people with HIV virological control without the use of antiretroviral therapy and in the years ahead, reaching a cure. We will first hear about a network called EU2Cure and then short perspectives from different speakers – scientists from universities and research centres, including a person living with HIV. There will be time for questions and discussion on key issues after all the presentations.

This workshop is part of the official HIV Glasgow 2026 programme, and it is organised by the European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG).

PROGRAMME

1:45 – 1:50

Welcome Note & Introduction to the Programme

Sean Hosein, CATIE and EATG

1:50 -2:00

An introduction to the EU2Control Platform

Casper Rokx MD PhD, associate professor at the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam. As an EU2Cure founder, he will be speaking on this European network bringing researchers, clinicians and the HIV community together to accelerate the search for a safe and effective HIV cure.

2:00 – 2:10

A summary of selected approaches in HIV cure research

Mark Janse MD, is a PhD candidate at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam. He will introduce and summarize several current approaches to controlling HIV.

2:10 – 2:20

HIV trial platform and CAR-T

Marius Trøseid MD, works at the Oslo University Hospital in treating comorbidities and HIV cure. He will talk about HIV cure trial platform and the possibility of exploring CAR-T therapy.

2:20 -2:30

What can we learn from pregnancy and the fetus about HIV cure?

Marion Pardons PhD, conducts research with women living with HIV at the Charité Universitätsmedizin in Berlin. will be speaking about the importance of research with women during pregnancy and the insights that might help HIV cure research.

2:30 – 2:40

Why studying quality of life of people in HIV cure research is important

Kevin Moody PhD, is at the Academic Medical Centre in Amsterdam and a person living with HIV. He does research on quality of life.

2:40 – 2:50

The IDUNN clinical trial

Ole Søgaard MD, PhD, has been engaged in HIV cure research for over a decade. He will tell us about an exciting clinical trial that will start soon.

2:50 to 3:00

Engaging with the community

Tomer Einav is a pharmacist and PhD candidate at BeCURE – Berlin Centre for HIV Cure Research. He will talk about engaging with the community for HIV cure research.

3:00 to 3:15

Discussion

Check out the HIV Glasgow 2026 Programme

The workshop is open to everyone with an HIV Glasgow 2026 registration. 

STEPS series of workshops is dedicated to Giulio Maria Corbelli.