Programme: Opening and Closing Ceremonies [International Conference on AIDS (12th: 1998: Geneva, Switzerland)]

Chair:
Warren H. Lindner
Rapporteur Track A:
Jay A. Levy
Rapporteur Track B:
Richard Horton

Closing
Ceremony
Friday, July 3
11.00 to 12.45 in the Arena
Chip Lindner was seconded by the
Norwegian Government as Senior
Advisor to the Conference Chair,
particulary regarding "North - South"
issues. He previously worked as
Executive Secretary of the Brundtland
Commission. He is HIV-positive.
J.A Levy is a basic science
investigator on HIV/AIDS from
the USA.
Richard Horton is the editor of the
medical journal The Lancet in the U.K.

Awards Awards for the best abstracts
submitted in each Track by Young
Investigators will be presented
by Mark Wainberg, President of
the International AIDS Society.
Additional awards from the
"Aujourd'hui pour demain" art
competition will also be presented.

Rapporteur Track C:
Catherine Hankins
Rapporteur Track D:
Ana-Luisa Liguori
Rapporteur
Community Program:
Winstone Zulu
On to Durban:
Hoosen Coovadia
Video:
Welcome to Durban

Catherine Hankins is an
epidemiologist from Canada.
Ana-Luisa Liguori is an anthropologist
from Mexico.
Winstone Zulu is a community activist
from Zambia.
Hoosen Coovadia is a pediatrician
from Durban and Chair of the
13th World AIDS Conference 2000,
Durban, South-Africa.