Human Security Challenges of AIDS and Communicable Disease in Asia
—Exploring Effective Regional and Global Responses
Tokyo, Japan
March 22, 2004
Agenda
Sunday, June 18 | |
| 9:30-9:45 | Welcome • Nicholas Platt, President, Asia Society, • Tadashi Yamamoto, President, Japan Center for International Exchange |
| 9:45-10:45 | Opening Remarks • Yoshiro Mori, Former Prime Minister, Japan Keynote Address • Tommy Thompson, Chairman of the Board, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| 11:00-12:30 | Session I: Human Security Impact of AIDS and other Communicable Diseases in Asia
• Helene Gayle, Director, HIV/AIDS, TB and Reproductive Health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation • Nafis Sadik, United Nations Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Asia; former Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) • Naruo Uehara, Professor, Division of International Health, Department of Public Health, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Japan |
| 14:00-15:30 | Session II: Innovative Responses to Human Security Impact of AIDS and Other Communicable Diseases in Asia
• Marina Mahathir, President, Malaysian AIDS Council • Trevor Neilson, Executive Director, Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GBC) • Mollie Shields-Uehling, Senior Vice President, Resource Development, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative |
| 15:45-17:45 | Session III: Effective Regional and Global Responses to the Human Security Challenges of AIDS and Communicable Diseases in Asia
• Christoph Benn, Director, External Relations, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria • Shigeru Omi, Regional Director, Western Pacific Regional Office, World Health Organisation (WHO) • Helene Rossert-Blavier, General Director, AIDES; Board Member, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria |
| 18:00 | Reception hosted by Ichiro Aisawa, Senior Vice Minister, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs |