Brent Allan, Local Co-Chair of the Community Programme Committee for AIDS 2014, provides an overview of the plans for the conference with suggestions for how Australian organisations can be involved.

1. Conference Overview
COMMUNITY PROGRAMME COMMITTEE (CPC)
10 May 2013 - AFAO
BRENT ALLAN –LOCAL CO-CHAIR

2. BACKGROUND: IAC
• The largest regular conference on any
health or development issue.
• A unique forum for the interaction of
science, community and leadership.
• A mechanism to strengthen an
evidence-based policy and
programmatic response to the
epidemic.
• An opportunity to intensify political
and financial commitments to AIDS,
and provide leadership on the national,

3. BASIC FACTS: IAC
• Numbers
• 17-20,000 delegates for 6 days
• Breadth
• researchers/health professionals
• people living with HIV and AIDS
• Political leaders
• welcoming activists
• Truly global
• unlike most other health related conference
• large scholarship programme

4. A key platform for activism impacts the public
opinion, politicians, research, and pharma
industry
IAC is the largest scientific conference on HIV
(6000 abstracts presented, 70% of sessions)

5. High level leaders and
their commitments are important

6. ....up to 1,200 media
representatives
…15,000 articles from an IAC keeps HIV
high on the global political agenda…

7. Durban, 2000
Access to treatment in
low income countries
SOME EXAMPLES OF ENDURING LEGACIES FROM THE IAC
Bangkok, 2004
Criminal justice and
public health
Vienna, 2010
Injecting drug use and
harm minimisation
Mexico, 2008
Homosexuality and
criminalisation

8. WHAT LEGACY DOWHAT LEGACY DO
YOU WANT TOYOU WANT TO
SEE FROM AIDSSEE FROM AIDS
2014?2014?

9. AIDS 2012 SNAPSHOT
• 23,767 participants
• 17,066 delegates
• 1,904 media
• 851 scholarships
• 3,887 abstracts accepted out of
12,433 submitted
• 183 countries represented
• 49% North America
• 22% sub Saharan Africa
• >70% of delegates were health
care workers, researchers, policy
administrators and media
• 77,945 visits to the conference
website (70.5% rise from 2010)
• HUBS – 6,700 + participants
involved in 41 countries at more
than 150 events

10. AIDS 2014 | 20-25 JULY 2014 | MELBOURNE,
AUSTRALIA
AIDS 2014 Committee
Composition
Community
Programme
Committee
Community
Programme
Committee
1 member
appointed by
Local and
Regional Partners
1 member
appointed by
Local and
Regional Partners
2 members
appointed by
International
Partners/IAS
2 members
appointed by
International
Partners/IAS
LAPC
Representative
LAPC
Representative
SPC
Representative
SPC
Representative
3 Co-Chairs
Local
Regional
International
3 Co-Chairs
Local
Regional
International
1 member
appointed by
UNAIDS
1 member
appointed by
UNAIDS
Leadership &
Accountability
Programme
Committee
Leadership &
Accountability
Programme
Committee
1 member
appointed by
Local and
Regional Partners
1 member
appointed by
Local and
Regional Partners
2 members
appointed by
International
Partners/IAS
2 members
appointed by
International
Partners/IAS
CPC
Representative
CPC
Representative
SPC
Representative
SPC
Representative
3 Co-Chairs
Local
Regional
International
3 Co-Chairs
Local
Regional
International
1 member
appointed by
UNAIDS
1 member
appointed by
UNAIDS
Scientific
Programme
Committee
Scientific
Programme
Committee
3 Co-Chairs
Local/Regional
International
IAS
3 Co-Chairs
Local/Regional
International
IAS
CPC RepresentativeCPC Representative
LAPC RepresentativeLAPC Representative
2 Track B Co-Chairs
Local/Regional
International
2 Track B Co-Chairs
Local/Regional
International
2 Track A Co-Chairs
Local/Regional
International
2 Track A Co-Chairs
Local/Regional
International
2 Track E Co-Chairs
Local/Regional
International
2 Track E Co-Chairs
Local/Regional
International
2 Track D Co-Chairs
Local/Regional
International
2 Track D Co-Chairs
Local/Regional
International
2 Track C Co-Chairs
Local/Regional
International
2 Track C Co-Chairs
Local/Regional
International

11. AIDS 2014 OPPORTUNITIES - CPC
• Themes which resonate differentially locally,
regionally and globally
• Better access to the global village for delegates and
public
• Increased prominence of gay male identities and
cultures
• Increased participation from marginalised
communities – sex workers, IDU, prisoners, sexually
diverse cultures
• Increased dialogues between civil society, political
and clinical streams in the conference – hypothetical
and hot house sessions
• Ensure evidence based programs get highlighted but
also increase a focus upon innovation,
entrepreneurial and promising practices

12. AIDS 2014 - DRAFT CPC VISION
• Our vision is focused upon the greater involvement and meaningful
engagement of people living with HIV who we recognize have been at the
vanguard of AIDS responses around the world for the past three decades.
• We are committed to a conference programme that provides a positive learning
experience for all participants and translates words into actions that are a catalyst for
change. We will strive for transparency and accountability throughout our work as
a committee.
• We will celebrate the successes of the global community responses to HIV and build
upon what has been shown to work. We will support the innovation, creativity and
the extraordinary potential of partnerships that have exemplified the
community response to HIV. We will seek opportunities to link diverse communities
together, to build and reinforce networks and to learn from each other.
• Our work is unfinished business and we seek the explicit political will, commitment and
necessary resources to achieve universal access to treatment, prevention,
care and support and to tackle the human rights abuses, criminalisation, stigma and
discrimination which continue to differentially drive HIV infections locally, regionally
and globally.
• We believe in an inclusive human family -- embracing the most vulnerable and
marginalized, acknowledging each individual’s humanity, and ensuring that no one gets
left behind in our collective efforts to end AIDS.

13. AIDS 2014– DRAFT CPC
PRIORITY POPULATIONS
The Community Programme, while reflecting the inclusive human family
affected by the epidemic, will embrace the most vulnerable and
marginalized populations in the response.
All over the world there are populations who are at higher risk of being
infected or affected by HIV and play a key role in how HIV spreads.
Their involvement, locally and globally, is vital for an effective and
sustainable response to HIV. Their vulnerability to HIV is a result of a
combination of factors that may differ from region to region, from
community to community, etc. and that may limit their access to
culturally appropriate prevention, care, and treatment services.

14. CPC - communities to be profiled at
AIDS 2014
• People living with HIV
• Young people
• Men who have sex with men (MSM)
• Sex workers
• People who inject drugs
• Prisoners
• Women
• Transgendered individuals
• Indigenous people

15. CPC - other key communities to focus
upon
• Gay communities
• Older people (+50 years)
• Orphans and vulnerable children
• Older people living with HIV
• Young people born with HIV
• People who buy or trade for sex
• Ethnic minorities
• People with disabilities
• Migrant and mobile populations
• Homeless
• Family members, partners and friends of PLHIV
• Those at the front lines of HIV healthcare, prevention services
and community mobilization
• Those that advocate, legislate ad negotiate on behalf of PLHIV

16. Programme
Activities
Programme
Activities
Programme
Sessions
Programme
Sessions
Professional
Development
Workshops
Professional
Development
Workshops
Abstract Driven SessionsAbstract Driven Sessions
Oral Abstract
Presentations
Oral Abstract
Presentations
Non Abstract Driven
Sessions
Non Abstract Driven
Sessions
Oral Poster
Discussions
Oral Poster
Discussions
Special/Regional
Sessions
Special/Regional
Sessions
Plenary SessionsPlenary Sessions
Rapporteur &
Closing Session
Rapporteur &
Closing Session
Opening SessionOpening Session
Symposia SessionsSymposia Sessions
Bridging SessionsBridging Sessions
AIDS 2014 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Scientific SkillsScientific Skills
Community SkillsCommunity Skills
Leadership SkillsLeadership Skills
Performances
and Film
Screenings
Performances
and Film
Screenings
Sessions and
workshops
Sessions and
workshops
NGO BoothsNGO Booths
Networking
Zones
Networking
Zones
Marketplace
Booths
Marketplace
Booths
Art ExhibitsArt Exhibits
Poster ExhibitionPoster Exhibition
40
70
2
~32
~10
~16
5
4,000
40 Public/20 DesignedPublic Submissions
1
~ 23
~ 28
~ 27
~ 90
~ 50
~ 50

17. GLOBAL VILLAGE/YOUTH
WORKING GROUP
• The Global Village is a space for community to highlight the
application of science and good leadership. It is a space that invites
conference participants to see how science translates into
community action and intervention. It is also a space to strengthen
the participation of youth and the profile of youth issues in the
conference.
• This section of the conference is open to the public.
• The working group develops key objectives and criteria for the
application, review and selection process of activities.
• Identifies potential programming ideas and initiatives.
• Review and select submitted applications.

18. WORKSHOPS WORKING GROUP
• The conference will offer 60 workshops that will
promote and enhance opportunities for knowledge
transfer, skills development and collaborative
learning.
• Each programme committee (the CPC, LAPC and
SPC) will design 5 workshops. The CCC will also
have five workshops slots available. N=20
• The remaining workshops (40) will be selected from
proposals submitted through the conference website.
The proposals will be reviewed by an independent
reviewing committee with each proposal assessed by
at least two reviewers. The final selection will be
conducted by the professional development
workshop working group.

19. SCHOLARSHIPS
• The Scholarship Review Committee is
responsible for ensuring the overarching
CCC scholarship criteria are being met and
review general delegate scholarship
applications.
• Their task is to work with the secretariat to
review all general scholarship applications to
ensure the selection process does not rely
completely on the automated system.

20. RED RIBBON AWARDS
• The Red Ribbon Award is designed to honour and celebrate
community based organizations for their outstanding
initiatives that show leadership in reducing the spread and
impact of AIDS.
• The award is a joint effort of the UNAIDS family and as such
a Red Ribbon Award Special Session is coordinated by
UNAIDS at the conference. A Special Session in the official
programme is allocated to celebrating the RRA winners and
focus on community issues. The Community Dialogue
hosted by the winners is located in the Global Village.

23. COMMUNITY ORGANISED
EVENTS
Affiliated Independent Events
• Not clashing with the program
• HIV related
• Application process on the AIDS 2014
website soon
• Cultural activities
• Candlelight Vigil
• Public forums
• Business sponsored events
• Mobilisation March
• Fundraising activities
• General public education
• Volunteer opportunities – get in quick!
• Warm clothes depot
• Home billeting options
• Positive Lounge
• AIDS Footy match
• Dance party

24. WHAT TO DO TO PREPARE?
• Service continuity plans – service influx
• Securing partners for abstract and
workshop submissions
• Visa “over-stayers”
• Managing staff participation
• Other?

25. AIDS 2014 KEY DATES
Month Activity
June 2013 • CPC decides upon 2-3 key topics and speakers for
plenaries
July-
September
2013
• CPC decides upon 5 workshops/symposia and 2
bridging sessions
November
2013
• Affiliated Independent Events and Abstract Mentor
Programme submissions open
December
2013
• Opening of: Abstract submissions/ Registrations/
Accommodation bookings/ Workshop applications/
Global Village applications/ Youth Programme
applications/ Satellites applications/ Exhibition
applications/ scholarship application
February
2014
• Registrations standard fee deadline
March 2014 • Hubs applications open
April 2014 • Volunteer applications open/Satellites applications
close
May 2014 • Registrations late fee deadline/Abstract late breaker