Press Conference Schedule [International Conference on AIDS (16th: 2006: Toronto, Canada)]

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Speakers

Dr Peter Piot, UNAIDS Executive Director;
Indian Minister of Health and Family Welfare,
Anbunmani Romdass;
SiphQ Mtathi, TAC, South Africa;
Private sector TBC;
Moderator: Richard Burzynski, Chief Executive,
ICASO Global Headquarters;
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Title Toronto - August 12, 2006: The Heroes Project South Asian Panorama: Mobilizing Perspectives UNAIDS
and Star TV make an important announcement around HIV
regarding the partnership of their stigma reduction
and prevention campaign against HIV/AIDS in
India. Origihally launched in 2004, the Heroes
Project is the largest nongovernmental public
service campaign in India which is responsible for
mainstreaming HIV/AIDS messaging throughout
the country.

Speakers

Richard Gere: Co-Chair, Heroes Project; Peter
Mukerjea: CEO, STAR India; Askok Alexander:
Director, Avahan: India AIDS Initiative of the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation; Matt James: Senior
Vice President, The Henry J. Kaiser Family
Foundation
FRENCH AND SPANISH INTERPRETATION

Firdaus Ali - media coordinator - ASAAP;
Seema Opal - Executive Director - ASAAP;
Vijaya Chikermane - prevention education
coordinator - ASAAP;
Vijay Saravanamuthu - Tamil Outreach
Coordinator - ASAAP;
Rounak Khan - PHA Support Coordinator -
ASAAP

JVR Prasada Rao, Director, UNAIDS Regional
Support Team for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok
(moderator);
Dr Tim Brown, Epidemiologist and senior research
fellow, East West Centre, Hawaii;
Maire Bopp Dupont, Journalist and Chief
Executive Officer, Pacific Islands AIDS Foundation
(PIAF)

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(CUrrent as of 4 August 2006 -- information subject to change. Please see the Media Centre Information Booth for the most up-to-date schedule.)