Human Retroviruses, Immune-Based, and CPCRA Meetings, Washington D.C. Late January

The Third Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, which may be the second most important AIDS meeting of 1996 (after the International Conference in Vancouver in July) will be held at the Sheraton Washington Hotel in Washington, D.C., January 28-February 1; preregistration deadline is December 29, later registration is on site if space is available. For nonmembers of the Infectious Diseases Society of Americas (IDSA), the sponsoring organization this year, the conference registration fee is $425, for IDSA members, $375. The conference rate for the hotel is $118 for a single or double, $138 for a triple or quadruple room. For more information, call the IDSA, 703/299-0200, fax 703/299-0204.

Registrants for this meeting should also know about the Third HIV Immune-Based Therapies Workshop, which will be held in the same hotel on January 26-28; registration is $160 for non-members of the Clinical Immunology Society. For registration information, call SLACK Incorporated, 609/848- 1000 ext. 208, or fax to 609-251-0278.

Also in the same hotel, the 19th meeting of the Terry Beirn Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS (CPCRA) will be held on January 18 and 19. No fee is required to register for this conference. For more information, call Social & Scientific Systems, 301/986-4870, ext. 342.