This meeting was held to follow-up on recommendations from prior discussions between website and app owners and public health leaders regarding opportunities for partnership in HIV and STD prevention; in September 2014, HIV and STD prevention experts and owners from seven sites and apps had convened to develop these recommendations. At this meeting, owners and managers of websites and apps clearly stated their desire to know which prevention strategies would have the greatest impact, as well as their interest inimproving and streamlining communications with public health.

The goals of the meeting were:

1. Identify areas for increasing coordination of HIV/STD prevention efforts on gay dating sites and apps
2. Give input on BHOC’s planned activities
3. Create a dissemination plan for engaging other public health stakeholders

The group identified specific action steps in the following areas:

• Coordination of advertising and messaging
• Determining best practices for profile options and other structural features of sites and apps
• Online partner notification
• Research and evaluation
• Disseminating information through communication between health departments and sites regarding online prevention

Detailed feedback and recommendations in each of these areas can be found in the full report of this meeting.