CII Leadership summit on HIV/AIDS

[Guest guest]

New Leadership in India's Fight Against HIV/AIDS

Simultaneous Satellite Panel Discussions between New York and New

Delhi In cooperation with the Center for Strategic and International

Studies, the Confederation of Indian Industry, and the Global

Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS. Tuesday, October 14, 2003

New York Venue New Delhi Venue

Asia Society Confederation of Indian Industry

725 Park Avenue 23 Institutional Area, Lodi Road

New York 10021 New Delhi 110003

8:00-10:30 am EST 5:30-8:00 pm IST

DRAFT SCENARIO.

Participants: India

· Ashok , Director, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, India

· Nafisa Ali, Social Activist

· Cyrus Broacha, VJ, MTV India

· Burns, Senior Vice President, Booz Hamilton

· Fernandez, Member of Parliament

· Holbrooke, Chairman, Asia Society President and CEO, Global

Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS

Mr. Pawan Singh, Member of Parliament

· Geeta Sodhi, Director, Swaasthya

· Mark Tully, Author and Journalist

· Jaspal Rana, Sportsman

Participants: New York

· Seth Berkley, President and CEO, International Aids Vaccine

Initiative

· Trevor Neilson, Executive Director, Global Business Coalition on

HIV/AIDS

· Nick Platt, President, Asia Society

· Anil Purohit, Executive Director, François Xavier Bagnoud

Association, USA

· Allan Rosenfield, Dean, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia

University

· Teresita Schaffer, Director, South Asia Program

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Via Telephone from Thailand:

· Helene Gayle, Director, HIV, TB, and Reproductive Health Program,

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

· Piot, Executive Director, Joint United Nations Programme on

HIV/AIDS

WELCOME:

8:00 - 8:03 New York: Platt welcomes New York and India

8:03 - 8:05 India: Holbrooke introduces Piot and

Helene Gayle

8:05- 8:10 Thailand: Remarks by Piot and Helen Gayle (Via

telephone)

8:10 - 8:12 India: Holbrooke Introduces Burns

8:12-8:17 India: Remarks by Burns

8:17-8:22 India: Remarks by Holbrooke

8:22-8:25 New York: Remarks by Teresita Schaffer

8:25-8:30 New York: Teresita Schaffer introduces program format

and discussion themes.

Turns program to India panel.

REMARKS BY PANELISTS:

Panelists give 3-minute introduction and preliminary comments on what

are the implications of HIV/AIDS in their sector of work, and how are

they responding.

8:30-8:55 Remarks - India Panelists (moderated by

Holbrooke)

8:30-8:33 Cyrus Broacha, MTV, VJ

8:33-8:36 Pawan Singh, Member of Parliament

8:36-8:39 Name, Olympian Arch Shooter

8:39-8:42 Ashok , Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

8:42-8:45 Geeta Sodhi, Swaasthya

8:45-8:48 Mark Tully, Author and Journalist

8:48-8:51 Nafisa Ali, social activist

8:51-8:54 Fernandes, Member of Parliament

Holbrooke turns program to New York panel.

8:55 - 9:10 Remarks - New York Panelists (moderated by Teresita

Schaffer)

8:55-8:58 Trevor Neilson, Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS

8:58-9:01 Seth Berkley, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative

9:01-9:04 Allan Rosenfield, Mailman School of Public Health,

Columbia University

9:04-9:07 Anil Purohit, François-Xavier Bagnoud Association,

USA

Teresita Schaffer starts the interactive discussion.

INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION:

9:10 - 9:15 New York: Teresita Schaffer will reiterate major

themes for discussion and direct the questions to the relevant

panelists in New York and Delhi.

Major themes for discussion:

· HIV/AIDS and National Leadership in India

· International Response and Leadership

· Women and Other Vulnerable Populations

· Vaccine Development and the Status of Treatment Options

· Business Response

· New Voices of Leadership

9:15-9:25 HIV/AIDS AND NATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN INDIA (10

minutes)

Given the raise of HIV/AIDS in India, how has the Indian government

responded with new leadership and initiatives? What have been

successes and limitations?

Fernandes (India)

Pawan Singh (India)

9:25-9:35 INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE AND LEADERSHIP (10 minutes)

What has been India's experience in mobilizing donor communities and

international agencies in the fight against HIV/AIDS? What are the

implications of India's leadership in bridging the resource gap for

other countries in the region?

Ashok (India)

Anil Purohit (New York)

Seth Berkley (New York)

9:35-9:45 WOMEN AND OTHER VULNERABLE POPULATIONS (10 minutes)

What steps are being taken to ensure a comprehensive response to

women's risk of HIV/AIDS? How are other vulnerable communities being

responded to?

Geeta Sodhi (India)

Allan Rosenfield (New York)

9:45-9:55 VACCINE DEVELOPMENT AND THE STATUS OF

TREATMENT OPTIONS (10 minutes)

How are the issues of treatment costs, drug patents and vaccine

development being addressed within the South Asian context?

Seth Berkley (New York)

Ashok (India)

Allan Rosenfield (New York)

9:55-10:10 BUSINESS RESPONSE (15 minutes)

What have been initiatives taken by Indian industry to fight

HIV/AIDS? What are some successful models of public-private

partnerships that can be applied to the Indian context? Are there

incentives to be put into place in order for businesses to respond

more effectively on this issue?

RCH (India)

Burns (India)

Trevor Neilson (New York)

10:10 - 10:20 NEW VOICES OF LEADERSHIP FROM INDIA (10 minutes)

What is the role of media in generating awareness and mobilizing

action on HIV/AIDS in India?

Cyrus Broacha (India)

Nafisa Ali (India)

Mark Tully (India)

Arch Shooter (India)

CLOSING REMARKS

10:20 India: Final Comments

Holbrooke

10:25 NY: Teresita Schaffer thanks all participants and

audience and ADJOURNS

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