Key Dates & Events

Key Dates:

• Oral presentation and workshop abstract submittal deadline: June 27, 2008 [ Closed ]
• Poster abstract submittal deadline: September 18, 2008
• Hotel reservations deadline: September 19, 2008
• Online Registration Closes: September 19, 2008 (After this date registrations will be handled onsite.)

Events

Community Day

Monday, October 6, 2008, 8:00-5:00pm.

Keynote speaker: Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy (invited)

The meeting will also feature speakers on HIV prevention, mental health, and the criminal justice system.

Community providers and academic researchers will address the challenges of responding to the social context of HIV risk and enhancing the role of families, broadly defined as networks of mutual commitment, in preventing and treating HIV/AIDS.

The sessions will be interactive to develop strategies to respond to HIV/AIDS and family related problems, to identify ways to offer evidence-based programs, and to stimulate new research ideas that will benefit families and support networks.

Community day will also include skill-building workshops and a Town Hall meeting. During the workshops, attendees can learn evidence-based skills such as:

• How to apply for government grants.
• New skills for HIV prevention with vulnerable populations.
• How to partner with community-based organizations to help families prevent and cope with HIV.

The Town Hall meeting will give attendees a forum in which to discuss the challenges that they encounter in their work and to share effective practices.

Research Days

Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 8:30-5:00 pm

Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 8:30-1:00 pm

Scientific findings from HIV/AIDS family-based studies will be presented in symposia, workshops, and a poster session.