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SESSION 1 - KICKOFF LIVING2026 PRE-CONFERENCE:

PLHIV Political Moment and the 10-year Milestone of U=U

• This panel celebrates the huge milestones of the PLHIV community U=U campaign and its impact on policy, programs and service delivery.
• Asserts with strong evidence why sustaining U=U is not only a scientific achievement but a political mandate, requiring coordinated global solidarity, aligned institutions, and strengthened PLHIV-led systems.

SESSION 2 - OPENING PLENARY PLHIV LEADERSHIP AND THE GLOBAL HIV AGENDA Format

Panel Presentation Panel objectives:

• Bring in global HIV response leaders who have supported U=U to celebrate their partnership and cement commitments for continued collaboration beyond 2031, positioning U=U as a political pathway to epidemic control.
• Challenge global actors to uphold GIPA by elevating PLHIV leadership and agency through the 2026 Political Declaration on Ending AIDS, including meaningful PLHIV influence in data collection, research agendas, evidence generation, and the shaping of implementation guidelines.
• Assert that PLHIV leadership is the driving force behind the next decade of U=U, in Integrating HIV services and in shaping the political, scientific, and moral direction of the global HIV response.