DC Debrief: 2006 International AIDS Conference

If you didn't get a chance to attend the International AIDS Conference this month, don't worry. The conference is coming to you. The Kaiser Family Foundation and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will host a roundtable discussion on the policy, programmatic, and scientific outcomes of the conference to assess implications for the future. Lucky for us, this event takes place in DC. Jennifer Kates, vice president and director of HIV Policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation will moderate a panel discussion that will include:

• Helene Gayle, conference co-chair, outgoing president of the International AIDS Society and president and CEO of CARE USA.



• Todd Summers, senior policy officer for global health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.



• J. Stephen Morrison, executive director, HIV/AIDS Task Force and director, Africa Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies.



• Phil Nieburg, senior associate, Center for Strategic and International Studies.

This event will take place Wednesday, September 6, 2006 from 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM at the Barbara Jordan Conference Center, Kaiser Family Foundation Building, 1330 G Street, NW, Washington, D.C. (one block west of Metro Center)

If you would like to attend this event please RSVP to Claire Pontius by e-mail or at (650) 854-9400 by Friday, September 1, 2006.

And if you want to read up on the conference a little before you come. There is some great information available on the Kaiser Family Foundation International AIDS Conference Website, and some great blogging at Time to Deliver.