14.00 – 15.30    Registration and lunch (10^th floor)

Opening lectures

Chairs:  Prof. Justyna Kowalska (Poland), Prof. Cristiana Oprea (Romania), Prof. Andrzej Horban (Poland)

15.00 – 15.30   Preventing opportunistic diseases across patients with varied causes for their immune impairment
                               Prof. Jens Lundgren (Denmark)
15.30 – 15.50   Antibiotic prophylaxis for STIs: Could it affect the STI epidemic ?
                               Prof. Jean-Michel Molina (France)
15.50 – 16.10   HIV and substance use – co-factors or co- morbidity?
                               Prof. Jason Blackard (USA)
16.10 – 16.20   Discussion

16.20 – 17.20   Satellite Symposium (GSK-ViiV)
16.20 – 16.40   Confidence in Modern ART - Hitting the Dolce Spot 
                             Dr. Adam Stubbs – ViiV Healthcare
16.40 – 17.10   Listening to the Experts - Virology in the era of modern ART and Modern ART in Central and
                             Eastern Europe HIV care
                             Prof. Anna Maria Geretti (UK/ Italy)
                              Prof. Justyna Kowalska (Poland)
17.10 – 17.20   Q&A

17.20 – 17.30   Coffee break (10^th floor)

17.30 – 18.15   Satellite Symposium (Gilead)
                              Bridging the Knowledge Gap: HIV Awareness in the General Public
                             and among PWH
                              Chair: Prof. Justyna Kowalska (Poland)
17.30 – 17.45   Bridging the gap: HIV awareness in Czechia and Slovakia
                              Dr. David Jilich (Czech Republic)
17.45 – 18.00  Patients’ insights from the GoHolistis-GoBeyond project
                             Dr. Dominik Bursa (Poland)
18.00 – 18.15   Discussion: All

19.30                    Official dinner and networking (10^th floor)

Saturday (14.06 2025)

8:45 – 9.45        ECEE Network Group General Assembly (members only)

9:45 – 10:15      Satellite symposium (MSD)
                              Panel Discussion: HIV & Healthy, Can We Have Both?
                              Redefining Wellbeing for People Living with HIV
                              Moderator: Prof. Justyna Kowalska (Poland)
                              Panelists: Dr David Jilich (Czech Republic) and Dr Botond Lakatos (Hungary)

10.15 – 11.15     HIV prevention across Central and Eastern Europe 
                              Chairs: Deniz Gokengin (Turkey), Sime Zekan (Croatia), Milan Zlamal (Czechia)
                               Poland: ECDC stigma survey - Agata Skrzat-Klapaczyńska
                               Greece:  ECDC stigma survey – Antonios Papadopoulos
                               Latvia: new PrEP initiative - Viesturs Zvirbulis
                               Estonia: stigma around HPV prevention among MSM -  Kerstin Aimla
11.15 – 11.25     Coffee break (10^th floor)
11.25 – 12.30   Politics and HIV in Central and Eastern Europe 
                             Chairs: Milena Stevanovikj (N. Macedonia), Daniela Maric (Serbia), Arjan Harxhi (Albania)
                               Turkey - Deniz Gokengin
                               Serbia - Gordana Dragovic
                               Bosnia&Herzegovina – Velida Mulabdic
12.30 – 13.15    Strategic development goals and CEE reality – a debate
                              Moderators: Teymur Noori and Mike Youle
13.15 – 13.30    Coffee and lunch break (10^th floor)
13.30 – 14.45   ECEE projects’ workshop
                                MANAGE-TBI Study – Gabriel Zaremba-Wróblewski
                                HCWs – Agata Skrzat-Klapaczyńska
                                HPV&HIV – Constantinos Protopapas
                                Other projects & proposals
14.45 – 15.00    Closing Remarks

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