AIDS 2026 · International AIDS Society (IAS)
International AIDS Conference
ConferenceAwardedGovernmentIn-personBiennial
Rio de Janeiro, BR26 Jul 2026 – 31 Jul 20266 days
Duration
6 days · 26 Jul 2026 – 31 Jul 2026
Frequency
Biennial
About this congress
AIDS 2026, the 26th International AIDS Conference, taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and virtually on 26-31 July 2026, comes at a crucial time for the HIV response. In the face of an unprecedented funding crisis and major cutbacks to HIV programmes, the world's largest conference on HIV and AIDS will unite people living with HIV, researchers, policy makers, healthcare professionals, funders, media and communities.
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Key details
- City & country
- Rio de Janeiro, BR
- Dates
- 26 Jul 2026 – 31 Jul 2026
- Duration
- 6 days
- Frequency
- Biennial
- Format
- In-person
- Rotation pattern
- Global rotation among five world regions – Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the US and Canada – and will not take place consecutively in any region.
- Commercial type
- ConferenceScientific ConferenceMedical ConferencePublic Health Event
- Official website
- www.iasociety.org/conferences/aids2026 — register free for link access
Who attends
People living with HIVresearcherspolicy makershealthcare professionalsfundersmediacommunitiesscientistscivil society advocates and NGOsgovernment leaders
Programme
20 workshops
Networking events
- Global Village
- Youth Pavilion
- Satellite Symposia
- Pre-conferences
Host city history — 18 congresses since 1985
2024MunichDE← current
2022MontrealCA
2020VirtualN/A
2018AmsterdamNL
2016DurbanZA
2014MelbourneAU
2012WashingtonUS
2010ViennaAT
2008Mexico CityMX
2006TorontoCA
2004BangkokTH
2002BarcelonaES
2000DurbanZA
1992AmsterdamNL
1990San FranciscoUS
1989MontrealCA
1987WashingtonUS
1985AtlantaUS
EuropeNorth AmericaOtherAfricaOceaniaLatin AmericaAsia
US ×4CA ×3NL ×2ZA ×2DE ×1N/A ×1AU ×1AT ×1MX ×1TH ×1ES ×1
Based on the rotation history, the next congress is likely to move to Oceania.