This conference will focus on recent advances in our knowledge of HIV immunology and preventive techniques. Topics to be discussed include: Molecular Basis of HIV replication, Innate Recognition and HIV infection, Adaptive Immunity and Immune Regulation, Chromatin Environment & HIV, HIV Persistency, Biomarkers of HIV Infection, Immunity & MTCT , Update of HIV Therapeutics: Immunotherapy, HIV Vaccine & Microbicides, Socio-behavior Basis of HIV/AIDS, HIV Research: From bench to bedside, Nursing Care of HIV/AIDS Infection