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IAS Mission and Vision
OUR MISSION
WHO WE ARE
The International AIDS Society (IAS) is the world’s leading independent association of HIV professionals
14.700 individual members
WHAT WE DO
We connect. By convening the world’s foremost international conferences on HIV and AIDS and
specialized meetings, we provide critical platforms for presenting new research, promoting dialogue
and building consensus to advance the global fight against HIV.
We promote. By promoting dialogue, education and networking, and providing access to best practice,
professional development and skills building, we help build capacity and close gaps in knowledge and
expertise at every level of the HIV response.
We mobilize. By advocating for the right to an evidence‐ based response to HIV, and for a concerted
research effort to build that evidence base, we contribute to continuously improving the global
response to HIV.
OUR VISION
A global movement of people working together to end the HIV epidemic,
applying scientific evidence and best practice at every level of the HIV
response.
International permanent IAC Partners
Secretariat
+ two co-sponsors
World’s largest, most comprehensive AIDS conference
Nkosi Johnson,
1988-2001,
put an African face
on AIDS at
AIDS 2000
in Durban
Impact of an IAC
AIDS 2000
did
change practice
in SA Government
and made many
African leaders recognize
the
challenge
Impact of an IAC
AIDS 2004
made many
Asian leaders recognize
the
challenge
Impact of an IAC
AIDS 2008
made many
LA leaders
change view on
MSM and sex
education at
schools and
rolled out
Mexican
treatment
Why are media so important?
Disseminate information
gained Undertake advocacy
pacity
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www.aids2010.org
AIDS 2010 Theme
www.aids2010.org
Why Vienna ?
Conference Programme Overview
Plenary Concurrent
Opening/Closing Abstract-driven
Youth Programme
Sessions Sessions
Workshops
www.aids2010.org
Programme Highlights:
Plenary Sessions
Broad range of plenary session topics, including:
– Research towards a cure
– Human rights
– Treatment advances, access to treatment and treatment as
prevention
– Harm reduction and drug policy
– Violence against women and girls
– New prevention strategies
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Special Sessions
and Satellite Meetings
• 15 sessions on the most pressing issues in the epidemic
Highlights include:
A roadmap for HIV prevention with Bill Gates on Monday, 19 July at 13:00 hours.
IAS Members Satellite - Presentation on HIV Reservoirs and Strategies to Control them, 21 July, 18:30-20:30,
with Professor Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, 2008 Nobel Laureate for Medicine and IAS Governing Council
Member.
Among Highlights:
Youth Pavilion and Networking Zones, including human rights, harm
reduction, multi-faith, people with HIV in EECA, film screenings, live
performances, sessions and exhibitions.
Opening ceremony on 19 July, 11:00 to 12:00 noon.
Highlights Youth Programme
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Lounge for Delegates Living with HIV (PLHIV lounge)
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Vienna Cultural Programme on the occasion of AIDS 2010
One of the highlights: „We must eat our suckers with the wrappers on”
Robyn Orlin und die City Theater & Dance Group Johannesburg
A contribution by ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival, on
20 and 22 July, 21:00 hours, at MuseumsQuartier Wien/Halle E.
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Can you help…
“The partnership with Kaiser Family Foundation is
central to our ability to extend the reach of the
International AIDS Conference well beyond the
conference venue and dates, said IAS Acting
Executive Director, Mats Ahnlund. “In conjunction
with our other online resources, the webcasts
ensure that those unable to attend the conference
have access to its key resources, while providing a
lasting record of conference proceedings - Kaiser’s
substantive and technical expertise, along with their
well-earned reputation for high-quality coverage,
makes them the ideal webcasting partner.”
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