The AIDS 2012 Rectal Road Map put together by IRMA - International Rectal Microbicide Advocates - is a quick guide to rectal microbicide-related research and advocacy content + other selected sessions of interest at the upcoming International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC.

1. The AIDS 2012 Rectal Road Map
o This is your quick guide to rectal microbicide-related research
and advocacy content + other selected sessions of interest
(forgive us for any omissions – they were unintentional.) Please
use it to plan your conference agenda – with a rectal lens.
o Sessions directly connected to IRMA will be noted with
o Please visit IRMA and partners in the Global Village at Booth
#637 – devoted to all new prevention technologies. If you would
like to volunteer at our booth, contact Jim Pickett at
jpickett@aidschicago.org.

2. Sunday July 22nd 2012
 11:15 – 13:15
 Satellite:
New Frontiers in NIH AIDS Research
 Session Room 6
 Satellite:
From Revolution to Reality: How Will New Science Impact the U.S.
National HIV/AIDS Strategy?
 Mini Room 4
 13:30 – 15:30
 Satellite:
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV Prevention: Maximizing Success
 Mini Room 9
 Satellite:
No ‘Getting to Zero’ without Scale-Up of Stigma Reduction
 Session Room 8
 15:45 – 17:45
 Satellite:
Rectal Microbicides: Making HIV Prevention Gel
 Mini Room 8

3. Monday July 23rd 2012
 7:00 – 8:30
 Satellite:
Research for New HIV/AIDS Prevention Technologies: Community
Perspectives
 Mini Room 8
 12:30 – 14:30
 Poster Exhibition:
High prevalence of rectal Chlamydia trachomatis, rectal Neisseria
gonorrhea and HIV infection among men who have sex with men in
Columbus, Ohio
 MOPE286
 Poster Exhibition:
Africa needs rectal microbicides too: Strategies to ensure Africa is
on the rectal microbicide research and advocacy map
 MOPE582
 Poster Exhibition:
How men and women view a potential microbicide: Implications for
marketing in south and east Africa
 MOPE356
 18:30 – 20:30
 Satellite:
Getting Real About Getting to the End of AIDS
 Session Room 2

4. Tuesday July 24th 2012
 10:30 – 12:00
 Session:
On The Map: Ensuring Africa's Place in Rectal Microbicide Research
and Advocacy
 MSM Networking Zone - Global Village
 11:00 – 12:30
 Scientific Interactive Program:
Implementing Pre-exposure Prophylaxis: Current Progress and Future
Challenges
 Mini Room 2
 12:30 – 14:30
 Poster Exhibition:
Model projections of the population-level impact, on HIV and herpes
simplex virus type-2 (HSV-2) and cost-effectiveness of tenofovir gel, an
antiretroviral microbicide
 TUPE214
 Poster Exhibition:
Rectal gonorrhoea as a lead indicator of HIV trends
 TUPE134

5.  Poster Exhibition:
Flawed decisions: condoms, lubricant and HIV status among Indonesian
MSM
 TUPE550
 Poster Exhibition:
Sometimes it's painful: Painful anal intercourse and sexual decision
making among black men who have sex with men in South African
townships
 TUPE516
 Poster Exhibition:
Findings from a global internet survey on rectal douching patterns
for anal intercourse
 TUPE131
 Poster Exhibition:
Adherence to topical microbicides and oral pre-exposure prophylactic
HIV preventative treatments: what are the barriers and how are they
addressed?
 TUPE079
 13:00 –14:00
 Oral Poster Discussion:
Drugs, Sex and HIV
 Mini Room 10

6.  Oral Poster Discussion:
Use of Rapid HIV Home Test to Screen Potential Sexual Partners
Prevents HIV Exposure High-Risk Sample of MSM
 TUPDC0304
 14:00 –16:00
 Networking Session
Join IRMA and Project ARM to network and learn about our new
priority action called GLAM – Global Lube Access Mobilisation…
And Lube!
 Global Village Booth #637
 16:30 – 18:00
 Symposia Session:
The Lancet 2012 Special Theme Series: Men Who Have Sex With Men
and HIV
 Session Room 1
 18:30 – 20:30
 Satellite:
Microbicides: The Road Ahead
 Mini Room 2

7. Wednesday July 25th 2012
 10:30 – 12:00
 Event:
Is it “Celebration Time”? What needs to happen for MSM to make
the of ARV-based prevention (PrEP, rectal microbicides and treatment
as prevention) around the world
 MSM Networking Zone – Global Village
 12:30 – 14:30
 Poster Exhibition:
Lubricant use among men who have sex with men and transgender
persons reporting having anal intercourse and willingness to participate
in future rectal microbicide trial in northern Thailand.
 WEPE281
 Poster Exhibition:
Advancing an implementation science of rectal microbicides: the social
ecology of rectal microbicide acceptability among men who have sex
with men (MSM) and transwomen in Thailand
 WEPE280
 13:00 – 14:00
 Special Session:
Microbicides and PrEP: Back to Basics
 Session Room 3

8. Thursday July 26th 2012
 17:00 – 18:30
 Session:
Beyond Consultation: African MSM Community in the UK Informing
Healthcare Design and Implementation
 Session 19
 18:30 – 20:30
 Satellite:
Health Sector Partnerships: Creating local Clinical Service Networks for
MSM in Diverse Global Settings
 Session Room 4
 Satellite:
Choice Matters: Expanding the Method of Mix of ARV-Based Prevention
for Women in 2012 and Beyond
 Mini Room 7