USCA: Master Series for Leadership
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USCA: Master Series for Leadership September 10 – 13, 2015 Washington, DCThe 2015 United States Conference on AIDS (USCA) will be in Washington, DC September 10-13 . A new and innovative program for this year’s conference is its version of the TED Talks for the HIV Movement series. Registration for this program can be paid online with our secure payment gateway, Clarity USA. This program seeks to replicate, but has no affiliation with TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Talks which were started with the vision of “Ideas Worth Spreading”. The unique lecture series is for high functioning organizations that understand the urgency behind the work. It’s not basic capacity building; instead, the TED Talks for the HIV movement will be a forum to build leadership. The talks will look the big questions. • Where are we going? • What is our future? • What issues should the community address as we look at HIV after the Affordable Care Act, but before we end the epidemic?
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 10:30 A.M. – 12 NOON Master Series on the Future of the Ryan White Care Act with Dr. Laura Cheever, HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau Location: Georgetown University, Meeting Level 1 Track: Retention in HIV Care Leading to Viral Suppression Level: Advanced
10:30 A.M. – 12 NOON Master Series on Ending the HIV Epidemic with former heads of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy Location: University of DC/Catholic University, Meeting Level 1 Track: High Impact Prevention Level: Advanced
Sandy Thurman, Dr. Grant Colfax, and Jeff Crowley all hold unique perspectives as former heads of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy. They were privy to what happens behind the scenes. We’ve asked them to talk about their time in the White House and to share their thoughts and recommendations on what it’s going to take to end the HIV epidemic.
2:30 P.M. – 5:30 P.M. Master Series on the Future of HIV Prevention in the U.S. with CDC’s Dr. Eugene McCray Location: University of DC/Catholic University, Meeting Level 1 Track: High Impact Prevention Level: Advanced
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2015 2:30 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Master Series with Dr. David R. Williams Location: LeDroit Park meeting, Meeting Level 1 Track: Race and Health Level: Advanced
2:30 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Master Series on Cure Research Presenters: Timothy Ray Brown Dr. Jeremy Sugarman Location: University of DC/Catholic University, Meeting Level 1 Track: Science and Research Translation Level: Advanced
HIV cure research holds the hope that HIV can be managed without continuous antiretroviral therapy. In this session hosted by the Office of AIDS Research, NIH, presenters will address cure research from distinct yet complementary viewpoints. Timothy Ray Brown—who was known as the Berlin Patient and who hopes that he will not be the only one cured—will tell his story from the patient’s point of view. Dr. Jeremy Sugarman, an internationally renowned expert on biomedical ethics, will address the compelling ethical concerns. Other session speakers will discuss issues such as gender and ethnicity in the context of cure research. Also included in the session will be an HIV cure primer and an update on current research and clinical trials. Time will be set aside for panel discussion and audience questions.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2015 8:30 A.M. – 11:30 A.M. Master Series on Race with NMAC Presenters: Victoria A. Cargill, M.D., M.S.C.E., AAHIVS Director of Minority Research and Clinical Studies Acting Chair, Therapeutics Coordinating Committee Office of AIDS Research, NIH Location: University of DC/Catholic University, Meeting Level 1 Track: HIV Research for Ethnic and Racial Communities Level: Advanced  NMAC leads with race. Dr. Victoria Cargill will provide a presentation on HIV research in racial and ethnic communities and NMAC’s senior staff will talk about race , racism, health equity, and racial justice within the context of HIV. They will outline what our movement needs to do to normalize discussions on these important topics. NMAC sees this as an urgent first step towards bending the curve of new HIV infections and retaining HIV positive people of color in care.
Jaqueline Coleman, Dr. Kim Johnson, Moises Agosto
2:30 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Master Series on Activism Location: University of DC/Catholic University, Meeting Level 1 Track: Retention in HIV Care Leading to Viral Suppression Level: Advanced
4:30 P.M. – 6:00 P.M. Master Series on State/City Efforts to End the HIV Epidemic Presenters: Dawn Fukuda, Sc.M., Director, Office of HIV/AIDS, Bureau of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, MA Mark Harrington, Treatment Action Group, New York, NY Charles King, Housing Works, New York, NY Location: University of DC/Catholic University, Meeting Level 1 Track: High Impact Prevention Level: Advanced
This master series is a follow up to the successful session conducted at the 2014 USCA addressing New York’s plan to end the HIV Epidemic. This year we’ve invited leaders from additional jurisdictions to update us on their various state/city efforts.
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What is the future of the Ryan White Care Act? This is one of the biggest questions facing our movement. USCA is pleased that Dr. Laura Cheever, the administrator of Health Resources and Services Administration’s HIV/AIDS Bureau, will be here to lead the discussion. The Ryan White Care Act is essential to our ability to provide comprehensive services for People Living with HIV/AIDS. Many in our movement are concerned about its future. This session will provide an opportunity to hear Dr. Cheever’s thoughts on the big issues and to dialogue with her and other leaders about the future of this important program.
What is the future of HIV prevention in the U.S.? How can we reduce HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM), particularly young black MSM? Why are black women twenty times more likely then white women to get HIV? These are just some of the questions we’ve asked Dr. Eugene McCray to address. As the director of Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Dr. McCray leads the CDC’s response to slow, and eventually end, the transmission of HIV through the implementation of high-impact prevention in the U.S.
Peter Staley is a long-term AIDS and gay rights activist – first as a member of ACT UP New York, then as the founding director of the Treatment Action Group (TAG). USCA asked Peter to talk about the history of HIV activism to ensure we never forget our past. More importantly, we’ve asked him to put activism into a context that is relevant today. What happened to the urgency of our movement and how can we get it back? What is the role of activists in light of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Treatment as Prevention (TasP), Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP), and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)?
