XVI International AIDS Conference: Post-Conference Briefing

More than 26,000 participants from more than 170 countries attended the XVI International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2006) from August 13-18 in Toronto. The conference was one of the most important gatherings for the release and discussion of key developments in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. As a follow up to AIDS 2006, the CSIS and the Kaiser Family Foundation hosted a roundtable discussion on the policy, programmatic, and scientific outcomes of the conference to assess implications for the future.

Stephen Morrison, executive director of CSIS's Task Force on HIV/AIDS, participated in the discussion. Other panelists were:

• Helene Gayle, conference co-chair, outgoing president, International AIDS Society, president and CEO, CARE USA
• Todd Summers, senior policy officer for global health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Jennifer Kates, vice president and director of HIV Policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation, moderated the discussion.

The Kaiser Family Foundation has audio and video of the discussion available here.