2026 Engage & Connect: Community Roundtable Series
About this Event
Join us for a dynamic two-day community-focused event bringing together community members, local organizations, businesses, and leading researchers to discuss the latest developments in HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and cure research. Enjoy engaging panel sessions, valuable networking opportunities, and meaningful conversations designed to educate, empower, and strengthen connections between the community and the research world.
Thursday, September 10
🕑: 08:00 AM
Breakfast
🕑: 09:00 AM
Project SHARE Keynote Presentation
Host: Kathryn Macapagal, PhD
Info: “Partnering to disseminate a teen-centered, educational PrEP social marketing and community mobilization campaign”
🕑: 10:20 AM
Project SHARE Community Panel
Info: Jim Pickett, Senior Advisor, AVAC; Lisa Sanders, MD, USF; Danielle Lewald, Healthy Start Coalition of Hillsborough County; Kristin Kosyluk, PhD, USF
🕑: 11:25 AM
Break
🕑: 11:45 AM
Cecily Cooper, PhD
Info: “Trust: A Foundation of Leadership, Relationships, and Partnerships”
🕑: 12:50 PM
Lunch
🕑: 01:55 PM
Around the World Tabling Event
Info: Note: This tabling opportunity is not supported by federal, state, or institutional funds.
🕑: 03:00 PM
Community Bridge Panel
Info: Sandra Anderson, EdD, MS, Florida Department of Health; Emelina Martinez, Care Resource Community Health Center; Uriel Spak, MD, AHF Healthcare Center; Jessica Altamirano, MD, CAN Community Health
🕑: 03:55 PM
Raffle Prize Winner & Closing Remarks
Friday, September 11
🕑: 08:00 AM
Breakfast
🕑: 09:00 AM
Queenie Jo-Yun Li, PhD
🕑: 10:20 AM
Break
🕑: 10:40 AM
Practitioner Bridge Panel
Info: Janet Diaz-Martinez, MD, FIU; Lawrence Friedman, MD, UM
🕑: 11:45 AM
Lunch
🕑: 12:50 PM
Denise Christina Vidot, PhD
🕑: 01:55 PM
Around the World Tabling Event
Info: Note: This tabling opportunity is not supported by federal, state, or institutional funds.
🕑: 02:55 PM
Raffle Prize Winner & Closing Remarks
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