Participants at a non-abstract session at AIDS 2008. © IAS

Non-Abstract Driven Sessions (NADS) are 90 minute sessions on special topics chosen and designed by the Programme Committees and the Conference Coordinating Committee. They are intended to deal with topics and issues not well covered by the abstracts. The Community Programme Committee will be responsible for 11 NADS, 4 in the Global Village and 7 inside the conference. NADS are also intended to be more interactive sessions and include Symposia, Bridging Sessions, Controversy and Common Ground sessions (debates), and Learning from Practice sessions.