IAC 2004: Conference Coverage
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Dear forum members,
Health and Development Networks (HDN) would like to inform you
of our upcoming coverage at the 15th International AIDS Confer-
ence, as well as coverage available to you provided by the Kai-
ser Family Foundation and Medscape.
Especially during the Bangkok Conference, we work hard to ful-
fill our mission and meet our goals with all of you -- 30,000
people from all over the world, who actively participate and
share information through our eForum discussions.
Conferences are often cost prohibitive and exclusive. By bring-
ing together a team of country-based writers to serve as report-
ers (Key Correspondents), we both ensure that the voices of
those working in the field are heard and that those people un-
able to attend these conferences are kept informed.
During the IAC 2004 in Bangkok, HDN will provide independent on-
site commentary and analysis through a team of 55 Key Correspon-
dents (KCs). KC coverage will be disseminated through the daily
Conference newspaper (The Correspondent), as well as through
this and our other eForums.
This eForum will publish news reports on conference issues and
announcements. Topic-specific coverage will be distributed
through each of the HDN-managed eForums.
The main eForum conference news channel will be the Break-the-
silence Forum. To receive daily bulletins send an email to:
join-break-the-silence@eforums.healthdev.org
To read the entire on-site daily newspaper "The Correspondent",
go to: http://www.hdnet.org or www.aids2004.org
In addition to HDN, the Kaiser Family Foundation and Medscape
will also be providing free, internet based conference coverage
(please see below). Extensive coverage of Conference news and
events will also be available through the Conference website
(http://www.aids2004.org).
We hope that you will benefit from the conference updates pro-
vided by HDN and our partners during the 15th International AIDS
Conference and we look forward to receiving your thoughts, com-
ments and opinions on the coverage provided.
Sincerely,
Your HDN eForum Moderation Team
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/aids2004
Kaisernetwork, a free online health-policy news and information
service provided by the Kaiser Family Foundation, is the offi-
cial webcaster of the XV International AIDS Conference. During
the Conference, and archived online following the Conference,
kaisernetwork.org will provide live and tape-delayed webcasts
and transcripts of each day's sessions, including the Opening
and Closing Ceremonies, all plenary sessions, and selected other
sessions and press conferences; highlights of each day's devel-
opments; interviews with newsmakers; and community responses to
HIV/AIDS around the world.
http://www.medscape.com/hiv-aidshome
Medscape HIV/AIDS, from WebMD, is the official provider of
online Conference coverage (HIV science and medicine) and con-
tinuing medical education (CME) activities. Medscape HIV/AIDS
will provide daily news coverage; next-day expert critical re-
views of key conference data, discussion, and debate, authored
by Medscape's faculty of leading international HIV/AIDS clini-
cians and researchers; access to complete Conference abstracts
and slides from selected presentations; and more.
INTAIDS is coordinated by the Health & Development Networks Mod-
eration Team (HDN, www.hdnet.org, info@hdnet.org) with the sup-
port of Development Cooperation Ireland (http://www.dci.gov.ie).
The views expressed in this forum do not necessarily reflect
those of HDN or DCI.
Reproduction welcomed provided source is cited as follows:
INTAIDS eForum 2004: intaids@eforums.healthdev.org