Accepted Pre-Congress Symposia

• Accelerating development and implementation of point-of-care tests for sexually transmitted infections: Challenges, achievements, and way forward – Igor Toskin

• BS21 Network: Behavioural surveillance for HIV and STIs in the 21st century – Lisa McDaid

• Highlights of selected topics from the Canadian STI guidelines – Ameeta Singh

• Innovative platforms and interventions against gonorrhea – Jo-Anne Dillon & IUSTI-Canada

• Phase specific strategies for STI and HIV control redux: Resurgence, concentrations, networks, key populations, and magic bullets – Sevgi Aral & James Blanchard

• Preparing sexual health services for antimicrobial resistance bacteria: A global perspective – Katy Turner

• Proteomics – Leonard Foster

• Sexually transmitted infection vaccines: Opportunities for research, development and implementation – Gina Ogilvie

• Shaking the trees: Optimizing treatment and antimicrobial stewardship for STIs – Arlene C. Seña

• The global challenges and opportunities of STIs in pregnancy – Jeffrey Klausner

• Ibero-American Network on Gay Men, others MSM and Trans Studies (RIGHT) and the Latin American Men Who Have Sex With Men Internet Survey (LAMIS) – Valeria Stuardo Ávila

• The next frontier of treatment and prevention of sexually transmitted infections: Expedited partner therapy use in heterosexuals, adolescents, men who have sex with men, and transgender Women – Okeoma Mmeje

• The resurgence of syphilis – what have we learnt and how can we respond? – David Lewis

• The role of brief behavioural interventions in a combination prevention approach to sexually transmitted infections, including HIV – Igor Toskin

• Understanding the costs and benefits of sexual health services and interventions: A guide for clinicians and researchers – Louise Jackson

• Understanding variability and improving reproducibility of genital microbiome research – Jen Balkus