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

WEDNESDAY, 16 AUGUST

7:00 - 8:30 Satellite Session: Revising the ABC to meet the demands
of today's epidemic: 'Two steps forward, one step back'
(International Planned Parenthood and Others)
Location: Skills Building Room 7
8:45 - 10:15 Plenary - Advancing Treatment and Universal Access: A
Report on State-of-the-Art and Progress
Location: Session Room 1
* Julio Montaner, Canada, Re-evaluating the cost-effectiveness of HAART
- The case for expanding treatment access to curb the growth of the
qpidemic
* Ruth Nduati, Kenya, Children and AIDS
* Agnes Binagwaho, Rwanda, Prevention and Universal Access
* Kevin De Cock, United States, From "3 by 5" to Universal Access
10:45 - 12:15 Sessions
Bridging Session: Access to Treatment: People Before Trade
Location: Session Room 1
Controversy and Common Ground: Stigma and Discrimination: The
Undoing of Universal Access?
Location: Session Room 2
11:00 - 12:00 OFFICIAL DAILY PRESS CONFERENCE: MEET THE
PLENARY SPEAKERS
Location: Press Conference Room 1d
12:45 - 13:45 SPECIAL SESSION: 25 Years of AIDS: Reflecting Back
and Looking Forward
Location: Session Room 1
A dynamic panel discussion featuring five international leaders representing
various perspectives and experiences, including: Anthony Fauci, Science
Response (United States); Dr. Peter Piot, Global Response (Switzerland);
Hydeia Broadbent, A Lifetime of Living with HIV (United States); Gregg
Gonsalves, Activist Response (United States); and Elizabeth Madraa, Early
Developing Country Response (Uganda).
14:15 - 15:45 Sessions
Oral Abstract: Routine and Rapid HIV Testing?!
Location: Session Room 8
Oral Abstract: STIs - Is it Smart to Stop HAART?
Location: Session Room 11
Oral Abstract: Delivering HAART in Women Following Delivery
Location: Session Room 4
Symposium: TB & HIV: Overlapping Epidemics, Overlapping
Challenges
Location: Session Room 1

Bridging Session: Human Resources and HIV/AIDS: Advancing
Health Workforce Capacity in Delivering Care, Treatment and
Support
Location: Session Room 3
Symposium: The Developing World Epidemic in the Developed
World
Location: Session Room 1
Symposium: Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights & HIV/AIDS:
Surmounting the Challenges
Location: Session Room 2
15:00 - 16:00 OFFICIAL PRESS CONFERENCE: NEWSMAKERS
OF THE DAY
Location: Press Conference Room 1
Briefing with Conference Co-Chair Dr. Helene Gayle and other major
newsmakers of the day from today's Special Session, 25 Years of AIDS:
Reflecting Back and Looking Forward.
16:15 - 17:45 Sessions
Oral Abstract: Microbicide Development
Location: Session Room 9
Bridging Session: The Forgotten Epidemic: HIV/AIDS in Prisons
Location: Session Room 8
Controversy and Common Ground: Integration of HIV/AIDS and
Sexual and Reproductive Health, Finding Common Ground: Risk or
Reality?
Location: Session Room 3
18:00 - 20:00 Satellite Session: Scaling Up To Reach Universal
Access-Role of the Global Fund
Location: Session Room 11
18:00 - 18:50 Press Conference: IAS Sydney 2007 (The 4th IAS
Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, Australasian
Society for HIV Medicine/IAS)
Location: Press Conference Room 3