All sessions are subject to change. More information will be added as it becomes available.
Wednesday, Nov. 13: Pre-conference day
2 - 4 p.m.: New to ANAC welcome and mingle
Thursday, Nov. 14
7:30 - 9 a.m.: Satellite breakfast*
Organized by ViiV Healthcare
9 - 10 a.m.: Committee meetings
Global Committee
9 - 10 a.m.: New to ANAC meeting
10:15 - 11:30 a.m.: Opening plenary
Taking Care: The Story of Nursing and its Power to Change Our World
Sarah Degregorio
11:30 a.m - 1 p.m.: Posters open/Lunch in exhibit hall
12 - 1 p.m.: Committee meetings
Rural Nursing Committee
DEI Committee
Bylaws Committee
1:15 - 2:15 p.m.: Movie with panel discussion
"Unexpected"
Panel Discussion: Masonia Traylor and Bridgette Picou
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.: Business meeting
3 - 4 p.m.: Exhibits/ Posters open
4:15 - 5:15 p.m: Invited speakers
Implementing Long-Acting ART in Clinical Practice
Myra Rutland, DNP, FNP-BC and Nate Albright, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, AAHIVS
Update from IAS 2024
Carole Treston, RN, MPH, ACRN, FAAN, Mitchel Wharton, PHD, RN, FNP-BC, CNS, ACRN, AAHIVE, FAAN and Mwikali Kamami
Action for Inclusion - ANAC DEI Action Club
Michele Crespo-Fierro, PhD, MPH, RN, AACRN, CNE, FAAN, Bridgette Picou, LVN, ACLPN, Darcel Reyes, PhD, ANP-BC, AACRN and Deb Wafer, PA, RN, NP
What Matters Most - Integrating Geriatrics into HIV Care Models
Meredith Greene, MD
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.: Afternoon plenary
Accelerating Progress Towards Health Equity Through HIV Policy
PACHA co-chairs
Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MPH, RN
Marlene McNeese, MBA
7:30 - 9 p.m.: Awards Dinner
Friday, Nov. 15
7:15 - 8:45 a.m.: Satellite breakfast*
Organized by ViiV Healthcare
8 - 9 a.m.: Research Committee panel
Navigating the Future of AI Innovations in HIV Research
Rasheeta Chandler, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN
Zhao Ni, PhD, BMedSci, RN
8 - 9 a.m.: Committee meetings
Chapter committee
8 - 9:15 a.m.: Exhibits/ Posters open
9:15 - 10:15 a.m.: Morning plenary
Canary in the Coal Mine: Forgotten Communities, Hidden Epidemics
William Cooke, MD, FAAFP
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.: Concurrent abstract sessions
12:45 - 2 p.m.: Satellite lunch*
Organized by Gilead
2 - 2:30 p.m.: Snack break in exhibit hall (poster winner announced at 2:15 p.m.)
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.: Afternoon plenary
Advancing Towards a Cure and a Vaccine in HIV Research
Carl Dieffenbach, PhD
Director of Division of AIDS, National Institutes of Health
3:45 - 5:45 p.m.: Concurrent abstract sessions
6 - 7 p.m. Informal Mingle
7:15 - 8:30 p.m.: Satellite dinner*
Organized by ViiV Healthcare
Saturday, NOV. 16
7:30 - 9 a.m.: Satellite breakfast*
Organized by Gilead
8:30 - 9:30 a.m.: Committee meetings
Clinical Nursing Committee
Advocacy and Policy Committee
8:30 - 9:30 a.m.: HANCB session
9:45 - 10:45 a.m.: Morning plenary
Expanding and Empowering Nursing Leadership in Africa: Insights from PEPFAR
Panelists: Keoagetse Kgwabi, RN, MSN, RN, Adou Kobenan Valery and Lucy Mkutumula, MSN, BSN
10:45 - 11:30 a.m.: Break and drawings in exhibit hall
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.: Invited speakers
STI's, DoxyPEP and PrEP
Rodney Perkins, PhD, MPH, RN
HIV Criminalization and Stigma
Carrie Foote, PhD and Phoenix Schlebecker
Decolonizing HIV Nursing
Noriel P. Calaguas, PhD, MHSHA, RN, ACRN
JANAC Article of the Year/Researcher of the Year
Rasheeta Chandler, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN and Pam Kohler, RN, MPH, PhD
1 - 2:15 p.m.: Satellite lunch*
Organized by Gilead
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.: Invited speakers
HIV and Aging Scholars: Project that make a difference for people living and aging with HIV
Sheila Tumilty, BSN, RN, ACRN, Lepena Reid and Jenn Sobolik, CNP, AACRN
Broadly Neutralizing Anti-Bodies
Daniel Driffin, PhD
The Power in U=U: Clinican-Patient Partnerships, Shifting the Stigma Landscape
Roque Anthony F. Velasco, MS, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, CNS, ACRN, AAHIVS, Bridgette Picou, LVN, ACLPN and Christopher Hetzer, MSN, RN, ACRN
Late Breaker Abstracts
3:45 - 5 p.m.: Closing plenary
Climate Change Justice & Health Equity: A Call to Action for Nurses
Ann Kurth, PhD, CNM, MPH, FAN
President, NY Academy of Medicine
5:15 - 6:15 p.m.: Celebration of Life
7 - 10 p.m.: ANAC gala
*Industry event - no NCPD contact hours provided
