The International Conference on HIV/AIDS, STDs & STIs  which was recently held during October 24-25, 2013 at Holiday Inn Orlando International Airport, USA has received an overwhelming and immense participation from scientists, researchers, young researchers and foremost, the Editorial Members of OMICS Group Journals.

The conference was marked by the attendance of young and brilliant researchers, business delegates and talented student communities representing more than 18 countries, who have driven this event into the path of success. The conference highlighted through various sessions and workshops on HIV/AIDS.

Special thanks to the honorable guests as the conference was set in motion with a warm welcome note from Jiang Yan, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, China CDC, Geoffrey W. Hoffmann, Network Immunology Inc., Canada, Huynh Vu, Genomeplex Research Institute.GRI, USA.

On October 24^th,  the conference moved on with Keynote-presentations which remained as one of the highlights and were put forward by:

Daniel Bauer, Motivational Speaker and Activist, USA
Vladimir Zajac, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
Gregory J. Tobin, Biological Mimetics, Inc., USA
Jiang Yan, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, China CDC
Geoffrey W. Hoffmann, Network Immunology Inc., Canada

OMICS Group has taken the privilege of felicitating STD-AIDS-2013 Organizing Committee, Editorial Board Members and Keynote Speakers who supported for the success of this event.

The conference proceedings were carried out through various Scientific-sessions and plenary lectures. Also the conference was featured with Workshops.

Workshop: A workshop on“Manufacturing of HIV-1 Real-Time PCR test kit, ED DNA-Availue, to support HIV/AIDS project in Vietnam” was headed by Huynh Vu, Genomeplex Research Institute, Inc. (GRI), USA.

The flawless contributions from the renowed  speakers Maria Jose Miguez, Florida International university, USA,  Pilar S. Horner, Michigan State University, USA, Safiya George Dalmida, CFAR, Emory University, USA, Mona Hassan, Case Western Reserve University, USA, Stela Halichidis, Ovidius University, Romania, Jiatong Zhou, CDC, China and many such  have unveiled the inquisitions from the  arena of HIV/AIDS which enthralled the delegates.

OMICS Group, on behalf of STD-AIDS-2013, congratulates the Best Poster awardees  Dr. Safiya George Dalmida, Emory University, Nell Hodgson School of Nursing, USA, Dr. Elucir Gir, University of Sao Paulo at Ribeirao Preto College of Nursing, Brazil, and Malataji S. P.S., University of Venda, South Africa  for their outstanding performance in the field of HIV/AIDS, STDs & STIs and appreciates all the participants who put their efforts in poster presentations and sincerely wishes them success in future endeavors.   

Our warm gratitude to our Ad. Sponsor, Be the generation (To end the AIDS epidemic)  and Media partners, ICAAP 11, Bentham Science, Medtube, Labroots.com for associating with the conference.

With the unique feedback from the conference, OMICS Group would like to announce the commencement of "2^nd International Conference on HIV/AIDS, STDs & STIS" which is to be held during October 27-29, 2014 at Las Vegas, USA.