Much has changed in the fields of medicine, science, and technology since the first AIDS cases were reported in 1981. While certain success has been achieved around prevention and treatment innovations, great hurdles remain, including the development of an effective AIDS vaccine. The changing character of the AIDS pandemic requires the adoption of a long-term view making it critical to have an understanding of what technologies are in the pipeline and what opportunities and challenges exist in making them available to effectively address the pandemic by 2031.

To support the aids2031 goal of establishing an “Agenda for the Future,” the Science and Technology Working Group has convened leading thinkers and practitioners in the field to respond to questions around the future of science and technology that include:

• What critical trends in discovery science and new technology may contribute to ending the pandemic or mitigating its human consequences? And what will be their programmatic and financial implications?
• How can local communities be more engaged in efficacy and effectiveness trials and in building demand for newly available interventions and technologies?
• How can programs better anticipate and prepare for the introduction of new technologies and interventions in order to ensure timely access by those most critically affected by the AIDS pandemic?