The 2012 MSMGF Pre-Conference
“Stigma to STRENGTH: Strategies for MSM, Transgender People and Allies in a Shifting AIDS Landscape”
Saturday July 21st, 2012
8:00am – 5:00pm
FHI 360. 1825 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, D.C. 20009-5721
7:00am – 8:30am Registration
Opening Session
8:30am – 8:40am Welcome
8:40am – 8:45am Introduction
8:45am – 9:00am Remarks by the Hon. Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA)
9:00am – 9:05am Introduction by the MSMGF Pre-Conference Planning Committee
9:05am – 9:15am Remarks
Morning Plenaries
9:15am – 9:20am Introduction by Dr. Debbie Birx, Director of CDC’s Division of Global HIV/AIDS (DGHA) in the CDC Center for Global Health (CGH)
9:20am – 9:35am Plenary
9:35am – 9:40am Introduction by Robert Suttle,Case Manager/Prevention Specialist at Philadelphia Center, Northwest Louisiana’s HIV/AIDS Resource Center
9:40am – 9:55am Plenary >, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Morning Coffee Break
10:00am – 10:30am
Morning BreakOut Streams
10:30am – 12:00 Noon
Networking Lunch
12:00 noon – 1:30pm
Afternoon Breakout Streams
1:30pm – 3:00pm
Afternoon Coffee Break
3:00pm – 3:30pm
Afternoon Session:
3:30pm – 3:50pm
Video presentation: A History of ACT UP
The Robert Carr Memorial Lecture
3:50pm – 4:00pm Introduction by JoAnne Keatley, Director, Center of Excellence for Transgender Health
4:00pm – 4:30pm Keynote: Maurice Tomlinson
Closing and Way Forward
4:30pm – 5:00pm Reporting Back from Breakout Sessions & MSM Action Platform
5:00pm – 5:15pm Video presentation: Looking to Australia 2014