Join over 650 development professionals representing the private sector, non-governmental organizations, think tanks, government agencies, multilateral institutions, and universities actively engaged in the field at the SID-Washington 2013 Annual Conference. Attendees will hear from keynote speakers and subject area experts on timely issues such as the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals agenda, the future of foreign aid, global health challenges, development financing, the role of the private sector, and many more.

This 3-day educational scientific meeting will build upon the Glasgow heritage to establish an accessible and regionally relevant programme focusing on a range of aspects relating to HIV treatment.

A truly global faculty of established experts and newer colleagues from within and beyond the region will join to establish a regional programme targeted at clinical practitioners, healthcare workers, scientists, and community representatives.

Held every two years, the conference attracts about 5,000 delegates from all over the world. It is a unique opportunity for the world’s leading scientists, clinicians, public health experts and community leaders to examine the latest developments in HIV-related research, and to explore how scientific advances can – in very practical ways – inform the global response to HIV/AIDS.

This one-day symposium is envisaged as a dialogue between researchers, international organizations, and policy makers with a goal of moving forward discussion on the performance of health markets in low- and middle-income countries and of interventions aimed at improving this performance.