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WHAT IS Leading Together 2010?
Leading Together 2010, the 6th Canadian HIV/AIDS Skills Building Symposium, presents a unique opportunity for interactive learning, skills training, cooperation and knowledge exchange to strengthen our nation’s community based response to HIV/AIDS. Leading Together 2010 features cutting-edge workshops, posters and networking opportunities in the six key strategies from Leading Together: Canada Takes Action on HIV/AIDS (2005-2010):
1. Awareness of HIV/AIDS – programs and activities
2. Social factors/inequities driving the epidemic
3. Prevention programs and efforts
4. Diagnosis, care, and treatment
5. Global leadership
6. Front-line capacity to respond
Set to attract over 800 participants, the Leading Together 2010 Skills Building Symposium is a national bilingual conference event with on-site simultaneous translation.
SYMPOSIUM GOALS
Skills Building
To facilitate the exchange of ideas, strategies and models of program delivery and to build the knowledge and abilities of staff and volunteers working in areas related to HIV/AIDS.
Networking
To strengthening partnerships, lessen isolation and facilitate collaboration among AIDS service and consumer-based organizations, professional and other community agencies along with people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHIV/AIDS).
TARGET AUDIENCE
The target audience for this event is not limited to, but includes:
| activists | people living with HCV or HIV co-infections |
| administrators | people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHIV/AIDS) |
| allied health professionals | pharmacists |
| community workers | physicians and health care providers |
| complementary and alternative therapists | physiotherapists |
| dentists / dental hygienists | psychiatrists |
| dieticians / nutritionists | psychologists |
| directors of programs / executive directors | public health workers |
| educators | public policy makers |
| hospice palliative care providers | rehabilitation professionals |
| insurance providers | researchers |
| international development workers | social workers |
| lawyers | speech-language pathologists |
| mental health workers | spiritual advisors |
| nurses | support service workers |
| occupational therapists | volunteers |
| people affected by HIV/AIDS | youth/youth workers |
REGISTRATION DEADLINES & FEES
Registration fees include access to 60 plus workshops, poster sessions and plenary presentations; as well as networking zones, the exhibit hall, the self-care centre, the People Living with HIV/AIDS Wellness Room (only for PLWHIV/AIDS), nutrition breaks, internet cafés, the Job Board and the Question and Answer board.
Reminder: Facilitators of accepted workshops and posters who do not qualify for the PLWHIV/AIDS special registration rate are offered a $50.00 rebate off the cost of registration only. Please deduct $50.00 from your registration cost if you have already been confirmed as a facilitator. If you have submitted a workshop or poster presentation but have not yet received a decision, the $50.00 rebate will be refunded to you upon confirmation of facilitation.
OPENING CEREMONY AND DINNER
The Opening Ceremony and Dinner is on Thursday, March 4, 2010, at 6:00 pm to approximately 9:00 pm. The keynote speaker will be announced as soon as possible. The keynote speaker for the 2005 Symposium was Darlène Palmer from CACTUS.
CLOSING LUNCH AND VIDEO PRESENTATION
The Closing Lunch and Video Presentation is on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at 12:30 pm to approximately 2:00 pm.
PLEASE NOTE: The Opening Ceremony and Dinner and Closing Lunch are not included in the registration fee. If you would like to attend either of these events, please make sure that you purchase a ticket for yourself. You may also purchase additional tickets for guests to attend.
| Opening Ceremony and Dinner | Thursday, March 4, 2010 | $50.00 CAD |
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| Closing Lunch and Video Presentation | Sunday, March 7, 2010 | $30.00 CAD |
CANCELLATION POLICY
Refunds, less a $60.00 processing and handling fee, will be granted only if the Canadian AIDS Society receives written notice of cancellation by e-mail, fax or mail on or before February 3, 2010, 5:00 pm EST. No refunds will be issued for cancellations received after February 3, 2010, 5:00 pm EST. No refunds will be issued for Opening Ceremony or Closing Lunch tickets after February 3, 2010, 5:00 pm EST. There is no charge for transferring a registration to another name.
If you paid the registration fee by credit card, your credit card will be refunded. If you paid the registration fee by cheque or money order, you will receive a refund cheque in the mail within 40 working days.
Remember to make your reservation for accommodation with the Delta Centre-Ville as soon as possible.
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