On Wednesday 12 October from 9.30 to 11.00 am, during the EACS conference in Belgrade, Serbia, will take place the satellite session “Advances in HIV biomedical prevention research: why involving the Community is key”.The session is organised by EATG, within the framework of the EU funded CHAARM project - Combined Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Microbicides, and will be chaired by Jur Strobos, from the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research.The satellite will focus on the ways affected communities can be involved in the design, promotion and implementation of studies of new prevention methods.Key researchers will present how consultation and involvement with the proposed study population is an essential part of trial design, looking at successful models of Community involvement and discussing the way Community consultation is being incorporated into forthcoming and proposed prevention trials. Full programme available on Chaarm website CHAARM PROJECT:Combined Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Microbicides, is a project that aims at supporting and promoting research on combinations of new and existing microbicides. It is a large scale collaborative project co-funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme (FP7), which brings together some of the top researchers and scientists from 31 organisations around the world. More info on Chaarm website