MSM Pre-Conference Program

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Friday, August 1, 2008

7:00 - 8:45 AM	Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30 AM	Welcome (mp3) Jorge Saavedra, Centro Nacional para la Prevención y el Control del VIH/SIDA, CENSIDA (mp3) Transcript: Jorge Saavedra, Centro Nacional para la Prevención y el Control del VIH/SIDA, CENSIDA (pdf) Craig McClure, Executive Director of the International AIDS Society (mp3) Transcript: Craig McClure, Executive Director of the International AIDS Society (pdf)
9:30 -10:45 AM	Opening Plenary “Overview, Changing Environment, and Cross Issue Strategic Alliances” David Wilson, World Bank (mp3) Transcript: David Wilson, World Bank (pdf) Overview of MSM Epidemiology in the Global South (pdf) Question & Answer Session (mp3) Transcript: Question & Answer Session (pdf)
10:45 - 11:30 AM	Poster Gallery, Information Exchange & Networking
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM	Concurrent Workshops
1:30 - 2:00 PM	Mid-Day Plenary Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS (mp3) Transcript: Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS (pdf) Question & Answer Session (mp3) Transcript: Question & Answer Session (pdf)
2:15 - 3:15 PM	Banquet Lunch
3:30 - 5:00 PM	Concurrent Workshops
5:15 - 6:15 PM	Closing Remarks, Summaries, Announcements

Saturday, August 2, 2008

8:00 - 9:45 AM	Registration & Continental Breakfast
10:00 -10:10 AM	Welcome
10:10 -10:25 AM	UN’s Strategic Direction for HIV/AIDS needs of MSM Jeffrey O'Malley, United Nations Development Programme (mp3) Transcript: Jeffrey O'Malley, United Nations Development Programme (pdf) Presentation: Jeffrey O’Malley, United Nations Development Programme (pdf)
10:25 - 10:40 AM	The Katmandu Consultation: Outcomes and Implications for MSM and Global Fund Funding David Winters, The Global Fund for AIDS, TB, and Malaria (mp3) Transcript: David Winters, The Global Fund for AIDS, TB, and Malaria (pdf) Presentation: David Winters, The Global Fund for AIDS, TB, and Malaria (pdf)
10:40 - 11:10 AM	Question & Answer Session (mp3) Transcript: Question & Answer Session (pdf)
11:10 -11:40 AM	Closing Plenary “Hope and Ways Forward” by the MSM Global Forum Co-Chairs (mp3) Transcript: “Hope and Ways Forward” by the MSM Global Forum Co-Chairs (pdf) Don Baxter, Australian Federation of AIDS Organizations Robert Carr, Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition Juan Jacobo Hernandez, Mexico ALLIANCE - Colectivo Sol Mexico Joel Nana, South Africa IGLHRC & Alternatives-Cameroon
11:40 AM-Noon	Closing Comments & Open Microphone
1:00 PM	Anti-Homophobia March

 

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