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Tuesday, May 30, 2006

POLICY SERIES SESSION PS4: 5-7 pm
Building the Agenda Together: Global Health Council's Policy Advocacy Goals and Strategy

SESSION SPEAKER:

Maurice Middleberg
Vice President for Public Policy, Global Health Council

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Wednesday, May 31, 2006

PLENARY 1: 8:30-10 am
From Knowledge to Will to Action: Transforming the Landscape in AIDS Prevention, Care and Treatment

SESSION MODERATOR:

Maurice Middleberg
Vice President for Public Policy, Global Health Council


SPEAKERS:

Carol Elizabeth Jacobs, MBBS, BCH
Chairman of the Board, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB & Malaria; Barbados' National HIV/AIDS Commission; Special Envoy to the Prime Minister; & Family Physician
(Conference Co-Chair)

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Reverend Canon Gideon Byamugisha
Church-FBO Partnerships Advisor, Hope Initiative, World Vision International

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John Standish-White, BSc, PrEng
Regional General Manager, Goedehoop Colliery, Anglo Coal; Member, Divisional AIDS Forum, Anglo Coal, South African Coal Managers Association

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Paul Farmer, MD, MPH
Member, Board of Directors Partners In Health; Maude & Lillian Presley Professor of Medical Anthropology, Harvard Medical School; Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston; Clinique Bon Sauveur, Haiti
(Conference Co-Chair)

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Thursday, June 1, 2006

PLENARY 2: 8:30-10 am
Global Architecture of Health Aid: Achieving Maximum Impact and Effectiveness

SESSION MODERATOR:

David D. Ferranti, PhD
Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Global Poverty and Development Economics, Brookings
Institute; Senior Fellow, UN Foundation


SPEAKERS:

Tore Godal, MD, MPH
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Norway; and Special Advisor and Consultant, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, WHO Health Metrics Network and GAVI
(Conference Co-Chair)

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Agnes Binagwaho
Executive Secretary, Rwanda's National AIDS Control Commission
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Kiran Bhatia
Regional Advisor, Gender and Socio Cultural Research Agency, UNFPA, Country Technical Services Team for South and West Asia

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Kent R. Hill, PhD
Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Global Health, USAID


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ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET

The Gates Award for Global Health


Announced and presented by:

William H. Gates, Sr.
Co-chair
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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The Gates Award recipient:

John Moores
Chairman of the Board, The Carter Center



The Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health & Human Rights

Presented by:

Larry Brilliant, MD, MPH
Executive Director, Google.org

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The Jonathan Mann Award recipient:

Dr. Juan Manuel Canales Ruiz
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Best Practices in Global Health

Presented by:

Kent R. Hill, PhD
Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Global Health, USAID


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The Best Practices in Global Health Award recipient:

Dr. Nathalie Charpak
Fundacion Canguro

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Excellence in Media Award - Documentary

Presented by:

David Brancaccio
Host, NOW, PBS


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Excellence in Media Award - Documentary recipient:

Larry Klein
Executive Producer, Rx for Survival - A Global Health Challenge

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Friday, June 2, 2006

PLENARY 3: 4:15-5:30 pm
Presentation of the Gates Award for Global Health to President Jimmy Carter by Bill Gates, Sr. | Acceptance Remarks by President Carter

President Jimmy Carter
39th President of the United States


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Separating Politics and Program: Envisioning a Healthier Dialogue on Reproductive Health

SESSION MODERATOR and SPEAKER:

Nils Daulaire, MD, MPH
President and CEO, Global Health Council
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SPEAKERS:

Reverend Dr. Joan Brown Campbell
Director, Department of Religion, Chautauqua Institution; Board of Directors, Global Health Council

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Halida Hanum Akhter, MD, MPH, DrPH
Director General, Family Planning Association of Bangladesh; and Board Chair, PATH

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SPECIAL SESSION: 8:30-10 am
Private Sector Pathways: The Impact of Industry and Technology on Global Health

SESSION MODERATOR:

Elizabeth "Ej" Ashbourne, MA
Senior Coordinator, Private Sector Partnerships, AIDS Campaign Team for Africa,
World Bank

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SPEAKERS:

Brenda D. Colatrella, MBA
Executive Director, HIV Policy and External Affairs, Human Health Intercontinental,
Merck & Co., Inc.

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Dudley Wang, BSc, MB BCh, (Rand) DMidCOG, DCH, DAvMed
Chief Medical Officer, De Beers Consolidated Mines

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Larry Brilliant, MD, MPH
Executive Director, Google.org


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SPECIAL LUNCHEON EVENT: 12:30-2 pm
Discovery, Development and Delivery: The Promise and Challenge of Vaccine Innovations


SPEAKERS:

Michel Zaffran
Deputy Executive Secretary, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations (GAVI)

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Robert Steinglass, MPH
Technical Director, IMMUNIZATIONBasics Project, John Snow, Inc.

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Adel Mahmoud, MD, PhD
President, Merck Vaccines


Noel Gray Harvey, PhD
Director, Advanced Drug Delivery, BD Technologies

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