Agenda and Tracks

Information about the Participant Support application process is forthcoming in May 2026

2026 USCHA Agenda

Theme: “United and Unbreakable: The HIV Movement at 45”

The program will consist of Institutes and Workshops based on the 7 tracks.

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Registration Open
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm	Welcome Reception

Thursday, September 17, 2026

7:00am – 7:45am	AM Praise
7:30 am – 4:00 pm	Registration Open
7:30 am – 4:00 pm	Exhibit Hall Open
8:00 am – 11:00 am	Institutes Session 1
11:30 am – 1:30 pm	Opening Plenary 1 Luncheon
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm	iPoster Session 1
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm	Session 1 Workshops
3:45 pm – 5:15 pm	Session 2 Workshops

Friday, September 18, 2026

7:00am -7:45am	AM Praise
7:30 am – 4:00 pm	Registration Open
7:30 am – 4:00 pm	Exhibit Hall Open
8:00 am – 11:00 am	Institutes Session 2
11:30 am – 1:30 pm	Plenary 2 Luncheon
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm	iPoster Session 2
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm	Session 3 Workshops
3:45 pm – 5:15 pm	Session 4 Workshops
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm	Affinity Sessions 1

Saturday, September 19, 2026

8:00am – 8:45am	AM Praise
8:00 am – 3:00 pm	Exhibit Hall Open
8:30 am – 10:00 am	Session 5 Workshops
9:00 am – 2:00 pm	Registration Open
10:15 am – 11:45 am	Session 6 Workshops
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm	Plenary 3 Luncheon
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm	iPoster Session 3
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm	Session 7 Workshops
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm	Affinity Sessions

Sunday, September 20, 2026

8:00am – 8:45am	AM Praise
9:00 am – 10:30 am	Session 8 Workshops
11:00 am – 1:00 pm	Closing Plenary Luncheon

2026 USCHA Tracks

The 2026 USCHA theme is “United and Unbreakable: The HIV Movement at 45” and many tracks are aligned with this theme. You can pick any of these tracks to base your abstract on. While you can submit multiple abstracts, you have to select one track for each abstract.

(in alphabetical order)

Track 1: Whole Person Health: Prevention and Care Without Silos

This track brings together whole-person health and syndemic approaches to HIV prevention and care. It focuses on integrated, person-centered models that address physical, mental, behavioral, and social health alongside interconnected epidemics. Sessions will highlight coordinated care strategies that break down silos, strengthen continuity of care, and respond to the realities of overlapping health needs. Emphasis will be placed on trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and community-centered approaches that improve health outcomes for all communities.

Track 2: Unbreakable Bridges: Closing the Gap in Healthcare

This track centers on advancing and protecting the progress in access to HIV prevention, treatment, and care. It explores strategies to address persistent gaps shaped by structural (and social) determinants of health. Grounded in the HIV movement’s history of advocacy, sessions will focus on actionable solutions that expand access for historically underserved communities and reinforce the collective responsibility to ensure no one is left behind.

Track 3: The Power of Us: Storytelling and Community Engagement

This track uplifts the leadership, advocacy, and organizing power of communities most impacted by HIV. Reflecting 45 years of community-driven progress, it highlights grassroots mobilization, leadership development and storytelling as essential forces in sustaining and advancing the HIV response. Sessions will explore how community leadership continues to shape solutions, hold systems accountable, and drive the movement forward in complex times.

Track 4: Unbreakable Foundations: Strengthening Organizational Capacity

This track focuses on strengthening the systems, workforce, and infrastructure that sustain the HIV response. It emphasizes building resilient, adaptable, and well-supported organizations capable of responding to emerging challenges. Sessions will address capacity-building, workforce development, funding models, and operational excellence to ensure long-term impact and a durable foundation for ending the epidemic.

Track 5: Turning Evidence into Impact through Science and Policy

This track bridges research, policy, and practice by focusing on how scientific advances and evidence-based interventions are translated into real-world impact. The track underscores the importance of advancing and safeguarding science-driven approaches and policies through effective implementation. Sessions will highlight innovation, scale-up strategies, and the translation of evidence into better health outcomes and the use of evidence and data to advance policy.

Track 6: Crosscutting Track: The Future of the Movement, Innovation, Urgency & What’s Next

This crosscutting track looks toward the future of the HIV movement by centering emerging leaders, innovation, and urgency. Building upon 45 years of progress, it explores bold strategies, new ideas, and evolving approaches needed to end the epidemic. Sessions will highlight the importance of unity, intergenerational leadership, and sustained community engagement to ensure the movement remains strong, and unbreakable for decades to come.

Track 7: Advancing HIV Care: Clinical Updates Pathway

Designed for healthcare professionals, this clinical update series delivers concise, evidence-based updates in HIV prevention, treatment, and care, with accredited continuing medical education for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, and other members of the care team. Grounded in a person-centered approach and shaped by the USCHA community context, it integrates lived experience and real-world implementation into clinical decision-making, highlighting emerging science and evolving standards of care through case-based, interactive sessions that engage clinicians across levels of experience.

2026 USCHA Theme

2026 USCHA serves as both a commemoration and a call to action—honoring 45 years of community‑led progress while strengthening the path toward ending the HIV epidemic. Rooted in a legacy of community engagement and resilience, the conference creates space to reflect on the milestones, challenges, and voices that have shaped the movement, particularly those of communities most impacted. It also elevates capacity development as a core pillar, equipping participants with the skills, tools, and partnerships needed to sustain leadership, expand community expertise. From expanding access to care, to advancing policy, science, and community‑driven solutions, the conference aims to inspire a stronger, more community‑driven, and unbreakable movement for the decades ahead.