17 July 2010, Technical University, Vienna, Austria
Centered on the theme ‘Rights Here, Right Now: What’s faith got to do with it?’, this one-day multi-faith pre-conference will allow some 250 people of faith to:
- Explore, with a diverse range of plenary speakers, how faith traditions compel us to achieve universal access to HIV treatment, care, support and prevention, and can overcome existing barriers to such access
- Actively participate in breakout sessions to discuss theological and practical responses to HIV and AIDS in more depth
- Network with people of faith involved in the global response to HIV and AIDS
- Prepare and strategize for faith-based participation in the IAC
- Take part in opening and closing prayer and reflection
The conference will open at 9am and close at 6pm. There will be simultaneous interpretation in English and German for all plenary sessions and most breakout sessions.
A Global Multi-Faith Working Group is planning the event. The group includes:
Dr. Kezevino Aram, India
Ms. Natalia Cherednicnenko, Russia
Rev. Makeba D'Abreu, United States
Ms. Anggia Ermarini, Indonesia
Rev. JP Mokgethi-Heath, South Africa
Dr. Jochen Kramm, Austria
Dr. Christoph E. Mann, Germany
Dr. Dhally Menda, Zambia
Rev. Lisandro Orlov, Argentina
Ms. Nuraan Osman, South Africa
Ms. Caroline Nyambura Thuo Reggy, Kenya
Ms. Viktoria Sargsyan, Armenia
Dr. Erlinda Senturias, Thailand
Mr. Jan Bjarne Sødal, Norway
Ms. Deepika Singh, United States
Ms. Lisa Sterzinger, Austria
Registration for the Multi-Faith Pre-Conference is now open. To begin, click the link to the right. You will be directed to a PayPal site to pay your registration fee. Once the registration fee is paid, you will be re-directed to the pre-conference registration form. Please note, there is a 3 Euro admin fee for refunds.
Questions? Please contact aids2010@who-needs-spam.e-alliance.ch.
