The World AIDS Conference (AIDS 2024) will be held in Munich from July 22 to 26. For five days, experts from science, politics, affected groups, and counseling organizations will gather to discuss HIV. Prof. Christoph Spinner, an infectious disease specialist at the Technical University of Munich’s Klinikum rechts der Isar, serves as the local co-chair. In this interview, he explains why the conference remains essential after more than 40 years of AIDS and highlights some of the latest encouraging research findings.