Mark your calendar for the 3rd Annual L.I.F.T. “Leadership, Innovation, and Future Trends” HIV Summit! This free, day-long event will bring the Washington, D.C. HIV prevention community together to explore leadership, innovation, and future trends in HIV prevention and care.

More information, including the agenda and registration link, will be coming soon!

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

The 3rd Annual L.I.F.T. “Leadership, Innovation, and Future Trends” HIV Summit

The 3rd Annual L.I.F.T. HIV Summit advances the fight against HIV in Washington, D.C., through three distinct yet interconnected paths: Leadership, Innovation, and Future Trends. The Summit is designed to inspire and equip participants with the knowledge and tools needed to make meaningful strides toward ending the HIV epidemic.

We welcome abstract proposals that highlight expertise, innovative strategies, cutting-edge ideas, research, and implementation experiences related to HIV prevention and care. Showcase your work at this dynamic and impactful Summit! 

This year, the Summit will spotlight organizational sustainability as a critical foundation for advancing and sustaining HIV prevention efforts.

Abstract submissions may include work in progress with anticipated outcomes. Abstracts featuring original research, innovative projects, and/or novel programs related to HIV prevention and care will be considered for presentation.

Abstracts may be submitted in any one of the following three tracks:

TRACK 1: LEADERSHIP: Sessions focused on strategies to strengthen organizational leadership, workforce capacity, and program sustainability.

Sessions in this track may focus on, but are not limited to:

• Mentorship 
• Succession planning 
• Workforce development
• Incorporating lived experience into program leadership
• Applying health equity principles into resource allocation, program design, and decision-making
• Long-term sustainability
• Using program, clinical, surveillance, and community data to set priorities and improve outcomes
• Addressing burnout, workforce shortages, psychological safety, and staff well-being
• Using QI, implementation science, and change-management approaches to strengthen HIV prevention programs

TRACK 2: INNOVATION: Sessions highlighting innovative approaches focus on new, creative, or improved approaches to HIV prevention, service delivery, and implementation.

Sessions in this track may focus on, but are not limited to:

• Innovative approaches to PrEP initiation and/or retention
• Rapid or same-day PrEP models
• Integrated HIV/STI/hepatitis testing and prevention
• Telehealth, mobile health, and digital prevention interventions
• Innovative approaches to reaching people not engaged in traditional healthcare
• Peer-led and community-designed HIV prevention programs
• Innovative approaches to addressing stigma and medical mistrust
• Innovative models for providing HIV prevention services to people who use drugs
• Innovative partnerships that strengthen HIV prevention services

TRACK 3: FUTURE TRENDS: Sessions exploring emerging or evolving trends, strategies, and interventions shaping the future of HIV prevention and care.

Sessions in this track may focus on, but are not limited to:

• Long-acting and next generation HIV prevention technologies
• Emerging HIV/STI epidemiologic trends
• HIV prevention for emerging and changing priority populations
• Artificial Intelligence, predictive analysis, and HIV prevention
• Future models for integrated sexual health services
• Technology, social media, and changing patterns of sexual health communication
• New models for community engagement and community-led prevention
• Emerging approaches to addressing social and structural determinants of HIV

Submission Deadline: October 13, 2026

Notification of Acceptance: October 20, 2026

Presenter Commitment Deadline: October 26, 2026