Dear All

This is a reminder email that the deadline for submission on non-
abstract driven session for the Toronto conference is 31st
December. As mentioned before, you can submit these directly and do
not need to go through any committee member. Unfortunately, as has
been raised many many times, the IAS has not provided this in any
other lanuguage than English.

The online submission form is at:
http://www.aids2006.org/subpage.aspx?pageId=351

You can submit something under the Scientific, Community or
Leadership programmes. However, I am also providing below some
additional guidance infromation related to the Leadership programme
that is not easily accessible on the website.

The overall conference theme is Time to Deliver .

Within this the Leadership Programme Committee (LPC) adopted three
objectives:

1. Building Commitment and Accountability: engaging established
leaders. This objective will focus on shifting those who have
influence into a place of action, by engaging political and
community leaders on their past commitments and by generating new
commitment and action from established leaders.

2. Building Power and Influence: empowering committed HIV/AIDS
leaders. This objective will focus on identifying committed leaders
who have little or no influence and help to shift them from
commitment to a place of greater influence. This will be done by
empowering successful community leadership, highlighting best
practices, and supporting the next generation of leaders.

3. Celebrating Champions. This objective serves to highlight and
sustain leaders with commitment and influence. It will celebrate
global, national and local champions, highlight successful community
leadership and share best practices.

Most of the following can be found on the online form, but I have
layed it out below with additional information:

A. Title

B. Type - four session types have been agreed upon:
i. Bridging Sessions
These sessions will connect the three conference programme areas of
science, community and leadership to provide an opportunity for
multi-disciplinary, multi-perspective dialogues on topics of common
interest. Through moderated panel discussions, speakers will share
knowledge and perspectives on the issue at hand. Together with
contributions and ideas from delegates, panel members will be
encouraged to find linkages and synergies between their different
areas of expertise and look for practical ways forward. Speakers
will be drawn from a diverse set of stakeholders involved in the
response to AIDS, including representatives of community, science,
leadership, research, human rights, people living with HIV/AIDS,
youth, government, policy-makers, pharmaceutical, faith, medicine
and others.

ii. Learning from Practice
Sessions in this stream will identify lessons from the field and
explore how they can be shared, adapted and implemented in different
contexts. Sessions will review examples of innovative and successful
practices in policy and programme work, examine potential
applications of new knowledge gained from research, and identify
useful lessons from less successful approaches. In addition,
sessions may consider how new programmes can be planned to generate
lessons and evidence to inform future practice.

iii. Controversy and Common Ground
These sessions will explore some of the major controversies in the
response to HIV/AIDS. Activists, policy makers and others with a
keen interest in a specific issue will take part in a facilitated
dialogue with a frank and open exchange of views. The discussion
will do more than simply present the arguments ?for and against.?
Rather, those taking part will be encouraged by the moderator to get
beneath the surface of the issue to uncover the needs and interests
behind different positions. These sessions will aim for deeper
understanding of contentious issues, the discovery of common ground,
and strategies for moving forward. Sessions may be preceded by pre-
Conference dialogues with invited speakers, and will be conducted in
a spirit of mutual respect.

iv. Symposia
These sessions will deal with critical issues that defy simple
solutions. Focusing on a single, clearly defined topic or issue,
speakers and delegates will share experiences, contribute relevant
research findings and brainstorm ideas to identify possible ways
forward. Sessions will also report new findings and announce
forthcoming research and new initiatives.

C. Key Challenge - there are four for the conference:
1. Accelerating Research to End the Epidemic
2. Expanding and Sustaining Human Resources to Scale Up
Treatment and Prevention
3. Intensifying Involvement of Affected Communities
4. Building New Leadership to Advance the Response*
D. Session Description (max 150 words)

E. Outline of purpose and outcomes (max 100 words)

F. Session process (methods - max 150 words)

G. Facilitator/moderators (with contacts)

H. Details of speaker topics (up to five)

I. Logistical details (documentation, room layout, number of
participants)

J. Submitter contact details.

Kind regards
Kieran
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Kieran Daly
Director, Policy & Communications

International Council of AIDS Service Organisations - ICASO
International Secretariat
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Toronto, Ontario
Canada M4Y 1G7

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