DAILY PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS

Transcription

1 DAILY PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS Please visit the programme page on the conference website for a full list of conference sessions and satellite meetings taking place at the CCIB or offsite, as well as a daily programme listing: The organizers reserve the right to amend the programme. Document updated as of 21 October, please confirm all details and times on the Schedule-at-a-Glance.

2 MONDAY, 27 OCTOBER GLOBAL TB SUMMIT An inaugural meeting co-organised by The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease & the UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Global TB bringing together elected from nine countries drawn from both developed and developing countries to discuss research and development of new medicines, diagnostics and vaccines. The Summit will be opened by Jose Luis Castro, Executive Director of The Union, and the Honourable Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, Minister of Health for South Africa. NB: This event is not open to delegates or media. However, a number of Parliamentarians will be available for media interviews after the summit has concluded. TUESDAY, 28 OCTOBER GLOBAL TB SYMPOSIUM, (WHO) In May 2014 the World Health Assembly approved the WHO s Post 2015 Global TB Strategy which aims to end the global TB epidemic by 2035 with an associated 95% decline in TB incidence and the elimination of catastrophic costs for TB-affected households. This session will focus on strategies aimed at reaching those targets. OCTOBER 28 NOVEMBER 1 PHOTO EXHIBITION Location: CCIB Lobby Entrance Exhibition Title: Cured - A Celebration of Life After MDR- and XDR- TB

3 WEDNESDAY, 29 OCTOBER OFFICIAL OPENING PRESS CONFERENCE Location: Press Conference Room (M214) Report Launch: The Looming Co-Epidemic of TB-Diabetes: a Call to Action (The Union & World Diabetes Foundation) CONFERENCE OPENING CEREMONY Location: Auditorium Highlights include keynote addresses from Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, Minister of Health for South Africa & Chair of the Stop TB Board, Nick Herbert, MP Co-Chair of the UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Global TB and Ria Grant, Senior Advisor for South Africa s TB/HIV Care Association, member of the Developing Country NGO Delegation to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, South Africa. THURSDAY, 30 OCTOBER HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE Location: South America Meeting Room, Hotel Diagonal Zero Barcelona - Plaça de Llevant Making the Global Fund's New Funding Model Work for TB featuring South African Health Minister, Aaron Mostsoaledi and Global Fund Executive Director Mark Dybul, chaired by Financial Time Journalist Andrew Jack PRESS CONFERENCE Location: Press Conference Room (M214) Report launch: Out of Step (MSF) PLENARY SESSION 1 Mukuund Uplekar, WHO s New End TB Strategy Aamir Khan, New models of Lung Health and Diabetes Care for the Poor Accessing Private Providers in Asia

4 ORAL ABSTRACT PRESENTATION SESSION 9 Location: Room 120/121 TB and diabetes: the new deadly duo (Abstracts OAP &OAP 266/30 &OAP ) ORAL ABSTRACT PRESENTATION SESSION 6 Location: Room 115 Developing New Regimens for MDR-TB Treatment (Abstracts OAP & OAP/ & OAP & OAP ) STOP TB PARTNERSHIP COMMUNITY CORNER DEBATE 1 Location: Booths 49-51, Exhibition Hall DOTS-plus is the most effective TB control strategy REPORT LAUNCH Location: Room 128 Launch of the 2014 Global Asthma Report EBOLA SIDE SESSION Location: Room 111 The Union will hold a SPECIAL SIDE SESSION on EBOLA. The session will address the status of the Ebola epidemic with a special focus on West Africa. Time will be allowed for questions and discussion. Prof Anthony D. Harries, Senior Advisor at The Union and Director of the Department of Research, will chair the session. Speakers will include: Dr Rony Zachariah, Director of Operational Research Centre at MSF-Brussels, Dr Sandra Manzanares, Medical Officer at the Epidemiology Service of Barcelona and Kendra Chittenden of USAID

5 [Media representatives please note this session is open to the media, but no questions will be taken during the session. Media representatives interested in speaking to any session speakers please contact Michael Kessler at or see the communications team in the Press Room (M )] FRIDAY, 31 OCTOBER PLENARY SESSION 2 Mark Dybul, Past and Future Examples of Community Engagemernt Stefan H E Kaufmann, Robert Koch Lecture on TB Vaccines Development ORAL ABSTRACT PRESENTATION SESSION 13 Location: Room 120/121 Epidemiology- Where is TB? Hotspots, Hospitals and the Highlands of Mexico. (Abstract OAP ) ORAL ABSTRACT PRESENTATION SESSION 30 Location: Room 111 TB in Europe: MDR/XDR-TB - Control and Challenges Risk Groups COMMUNITY CORNER DEBATE 2 Location: Booths 49-51, Exhibition Hall TB advocacy should focus more on the social determinants of health than on the disease

6 MEDIA FIELD TRIP Location: Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol Ctra. de Canyet, s/n Badalona [Media representatives interested in attending please contact Michael Kessler at michael.kessler@intoon-media.com, or see the communications team in the Press Room (M )] SATURDAY, 01 NOVEMBER PLENARY SESSION 3 Community Driven Solutions Present Perspectives. A Panel Discussion with Patrick Nsimba Mata, Edith Garba, Mesake Nauvugona, Oleksandr Kulchehko ORAL ABSTRACT PRESENTATION SESSION 6 Location: Room 115 Managing MDR-TB: Problems and Solutions (Abstract OAP ) POSTER DISCUSSION SESSION 46 Location: Poster Exhibition Clinical trials: drugs and vaccines: Clinical trial with the food supplement Nyaditium resae, an new tool to reduce the risk of developing active tuberculosis STOP TB PARTNERSHIP COMMUNITY CORNER DEBATE 3 Location: Booths 49-51, Exhibition Hall The private sector is the solution to the crisis in global R&D for TB