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ICAAP11. a quick postmortem. What did we want from the conference?. Wish we had asked that question more emphatically a few months ago!!. Expectations. Highlight need for focus (geographic, key pops, cities focus) Position MSM issues at the centre of the Asian response
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ICAAP11 • a quick postmortem
What did we want from the conference? • Wish we had asked that question more emphatically a few months ago!!
Expectations • Highlight need for focus (geographic, key pops, cities focus) • Position MSM issues at the centre of the Asian response • Need for innovation - community based testing and treatment • Smarter investments, highlight diminishing external financing and need to move towards innovative financing ICAAP11, Leadership Forum, Lancet, Community consultations pre conference…..
Participants: over 3800 delegates Countries represented: over 74 Countries Key Stats Plenary: 3 Symposiums: 26 Satellite Sessions: 57 Skills Building Workshops: 45 Oral sessions: 30 E-poster Discussion sessions: 23 Presentation Statistics Symposium presentations: 91 Satellite presentations: 220 Skills Building workshops: 34 Oral Presentations: 144 E-Poster Discussions: 51 e-posters discussed E-Posters displayed: 913 uploaded Over 500 Presentations viewed
The good, bad and ugly • Excellent participation, dynamics and engagement of key stakeholders • Significant number of ‘new’ participants • Excellent media coverage • Excellent use of technology • Too many sessions • NATO - So what? • Poor accountability and follow up systems
Pulse…. • HIV is still relevant and should not be left out of the post 2015 agenda • Broad consensus on need for greater focus – both geographical and emphasis on key populations • Need for scaling up treatment and centrality of community in testing and treatment scale up • Recognition of the changing financial landscape and need for prioritization and moving beyond dependency • Recognition of need for human rights centered responses and need to address stigma discrimination issues
So, what does all this mean? • Do regional conferences in current environment have an impact? • What do conferences really aim to achieve? Are there different business models that can be explored? • What was the transaction cost and is this a good investment? • How can we make the most of what we have?