Community Partners of AIDS2010 Call for Nominations for Programme Committees - CORRECTED URL

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Community Partners

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR AIDS2010. International AIDS Conference, Vienna

1. Member of Programme Committees and Tracks

2. Speaker

[Full nomination form can be found at http://www.icaso.org/conferences.html.

Vienna, Austria, has been chosen to host the XVIII International AIDS

Conference (AIDS 2010), the largest international meeting on HIV, where every

two years 25,000 participants representing all stakeholders in the global

response to HIV meet to assess progress and identify future priorities.

AIDS 2010 will be held from 18-23 July, 2010, at the Messe Wien.

AIDS2008 is being organised in a partnership between the International

AIDS Society (IAS), as the convenor, the international community

partners including the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities (CWC), the

Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (GNP+) the International

Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW), the International Council of AIDS

Service Organizations (ICASO), the World Young Women's Christian Association

(World YWCA), the regional partners the East European and Central Asian Union

PLWH (ECUO) and the European Commission, local Austrian partners, and UNAIDS and

its co-sponsors.

As the Conferences have evolved, so has the planning process.

Increasingly the programme committees (Community, Leadership and

Accountability, and Scientific) have a central role in defining the

conference programme. Community involvement is an important part of

this evolution of the planning process[1]. As such, the international

and regional community partners of the conference are initiating an open call

for nominations for the Programme committees and for possible speakers.

The role of the committee member will be to participate in a committee

of around fourteen people to plan and execute the programme for

AIDS2010. The role of committee members is as a volunteer and there is no

payment for participating in the committees. Travel to committee

meetings and related expenses will be covered by the Conference.

Registration and travel to the conference is not guaranteed for

committee members, however the Conference often assists committee

members to find funding for conference attendance. Previous committee

members have found that the position can be intermittently demanding and

requires dedicated time. There will likely be at least 2-3 in person meetings in

2009 and the same in 2010. Additional time (2-5 hours a week) will be required

to participate in teleconferences and frequent email communication, review

documentation, plan work, and consult with broader community constituencies.

Although committee members will be appointed as individuals they are

expected to consult with a wide variety of constituencies and community

stakeholders.

Application Process

Individuals are asked to apply on their own behalf and must complete and return

the application form. Full nomination form can be found at

http://www.icaso.org/conferences.html.

Partners of AIDS2010 have established this open call for

nominations for the programme committees. Nominations will be considered first

by the community partners by reviewing applications on the basis of the

established criteria. The partners will submit a shorter final list of

nominations for discussion and agreement by the Conference Coordinating

Committee.

The final selected members of the programme committees will be made

public. It will not be possible to reply individually to every

applicant.

In addition, the community partners are using this call for nominations as an

opportunity to identify a broader list of potential speakers that will be

identified later in 2009 and 2010 for a number of different conference sessions.

Deadline and contact details

Applications must be completed and received no later than 13 January,

2009.

Only email applications will be accepted. Please send the application

with all required information in English to:

E-mail: AIDS2010community@...

For future information on the conference go to www.aids2010.org

Contacts of the AIDS2010 international and regional community partners:

Caribbean Vulnerable Communities (CWC)

Marcus Day marcus.p.day@...

Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (GNP+)

Mauro Guarinieri mauro.guarinieri@...

International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW)

Beri Hull beri@...

International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO)

Kieran Daly kierand@...

World Young Women's Christian Association (World YWCA)

Sophie Dilmitis sophie.dilmitis@...

East European and Central Asian Union PLWH (ECUO)

Terry White

twhite@...

The International Council of AIDS Services Organizations (ICASO)

E-mail: AIDS2010community@...