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XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) Calendar of Press Events

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SATURDAY, JULY 21st, 2012

WHAT: TIME: WHERE: WHO: Press Conference: AIDS Healthcare Foundation to Welcome 500 AIDS Advocates from Across U.S. at DCs Union Station Saturday, July 21st at 2:45 pm (EDT) Union Station, 50 Mass Ave, NE, Washington, DC Michael Weinstein, President of AIDS Healthcare Foundation Terri Ford, Senior Director of Global Policy and Advocacy HIV/AIDS advocates from across the U.S.

SUNDAY, JULY 22nd

WHAT: TIME: WHERE: WHO: AIDS Healthcare Foundation: Keep the Promise on HIV/AIDS March on Washington 2:00 PM - Opening Day of International AIDS Conference Washington Monument on National Mall - Route will go down Pennsylvania Ave.

Wyclef Jean, Musician & activist

Ambassador Andrew Young, Keynote Speaker, Former U.S. Congressman Reverend Al Sharpton, Civil rights leader Tavis Smiley, Broadcaster and author Dr. Cornel West, Democratic intellectual Archbishop Desmond Tutu (pre-recorded), Nobel Peace Laureate Margaret Cho, Host, Comedienne Leaders of prominent HIV/AIDS organizations & people living with HIV/AIDS

TUESDAY, JULY 24th

WHAT: TIME: WHERE: Press conference: Timothy Ray Brown, aka The Berlin Patient, & World AIDS Institute to Announce Major New Effort to Find a Cure for AIDS Tuesday, July 24th at 11a.m. (EDT) Westin City Center National Ballroom (Lower Level) 1400 M St, NW, Washington, DC 20005 World AIDS Institute AIDS2012 Reunion Timothy Ray Brown

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 25th

WHAT: TIME: Press Briefing: Assessing Domestic Policy Efforts to End AIDS in the U.S. Press conference: 10am - 11am EDT (Press check-in: 9:30am ET) **MUST be IAS credentialed press attending the XIX Intl AIDS Conference to gain admittance to attend this event. XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) Walter E Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt. Vernon Place, PCR #3, Washington, D.C. Carl Schmid, Deputy Executive Director, The AIDS Institute Julie Scofield, Executive Director, Nat. Alliance of State & Territorial

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Ronald Johnson, Vice-President of Policy & Advocacy, AIDS United Daniel Montoya, Deputy Executive Director, Nat. AIDS Minority Council C. Virginia Fields, President/CEO, Nat. Black Leadership Commission

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Thursday, July 26th

WHAT: Intl Assoc. of Physicians in AIDS Care Press Conference: IAPAC to Release Consensus Statement on TasP & PrEP Implementation at AIDS 2012 Thursday, July 26th at 12noon to 1p.m. (EDT) **MUST be IAS credentialed press attending the XIX Intl AIDS Conference to gain admittance to attend this event. WHERE: XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) Walter E. Washington Convention Ctr, 801 Mt. Vernon Place, Media Center, Press Conf Room 1 Kenneth Mayer, MD Visiting Professor of Medicine, Harvard University, Boston Medical Research Director, Fenway Institute, Boston, and Chair, IAPAC TasP/PrEP Advisory Committee Julio Montaner, MD Director, British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, Past-President, International AIDS Society (IAS), and Member, IAPAC TasP/PrEP Advisory Committee Jos M. Zuniga, PhD, MPH President, IAPAC, Washington, DC, and Member, IAPAC TasP/PrEP Advisory Committee WHAT: TIME: Achieving the Goals of the U.S. National HIV/AIDS Strategy: A Community Perspective Thursday, July 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m. (EDT) **MUST be IAS credentialed press attending the XIX Intl AIDS Conference to gain admittance to attend this event. XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) Walter E Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt. Vernon Place, Mini Room 10, Washington, D.C. Special Guest: U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA) Moderator: Carl Schmid, Deputy Exec Dir, The AIDS Institute Reducing New HIV Infections: Terrance Moore National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) Increasing Access to Care & Improving Health Outcomes for People Living with HIV: Andrea Weddle, HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA) Reducing HIV-Related Health Disparities:Kali Lindsey,National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) The Role of Private Sector Partnerships: Victor Barnes, Acting Executive Director, AIDS United.

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