Pan Pacific Gathering for HIV+ People 2008 - THURSDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 2008
8:00am	Registration at Lower Entrance Area by Rm 3.10
9:00am - 10:30am	Room 4.01    PLENARY: Continuing Care and Wellbeing Moderator: Maire Bopp-Dupont - C.E.O. of Pacific Islands AIDS Foundation
9:00 am 9:05 am   9:25 am 9:45 am 10:00 am   10:15 am	Opening and Housekeeping Speaker: Jeffery Grierson - University of La Trobe, Melbourne HIV Futures NZ/Aus/Pacific - An example of Grounded Research as an Advocacy Tool Speaker: Helen Samilo - President of Igat Hope Inc Care & Wellbeing - Treatments in Papua New Guinea Speaker: John Rock - APN+ Ambassador Speaker: Dr Pier Marzinotto - Specialist at The Skin Institute Living with Lipoatrophy Speaker: Sofia Vilcea - Member of Positive Women Inc. HIV from a youth perspective
10:30am	Morning Tea in Boardroom Rm 4.20 and Terrace
11:00am - 12:30pm	Room 4.01    PANEL DISCUSSION ON CONTINUING CARE AND WELLBEING Moderator: Helen Samilo - President of Igat Hope Inc Emosi Ratini          Maura Elaripe          Berend Westera          Sophia Vilcea          Susan Paxton		Room 3.17    Skills Building Working with Research and Researchers Facilitators: Jeffrey Grierson, Stephen McNally - University of La Trobe An introduction to HIV social research presented by two experienced researchers.
12:30pm	Lunch in Quest Hotel Cafe Room 4.01 - Video Presentation by Peter Taylor
1:30pm - 3:30pm	Room 4.01     Closed Session: MSM Only Moderator: John Rock - APN+ Ambassador 1:30 pm Introductions / Review of the Swiss Report 1:55 pm Don Liriope - Issues Affecting HIV Positive MSM in PNG 2:15 pm Tony Hughes - HIV and STI's in MSM: Where are we heading? 2:45 pm Discussion	Room 3.17     Closed Session: Women Only Moderator: Jane Bruning - Positive Women Inc (NZ) 1:30 pm Introductions 1:35 pm Samani Pupdi - My Heart was hard. The importance of treatment in my life. 1:55 pm Sharon Cheney - Stories of Women Living with HIV 2:15 pm Jan Waddell - Positive Women's Destigmatisation Campaign 2:45 pm Discussion	Room 3.01     Skills Building - HIV 101 for Communities Facilitated by: Dr Siniva Sinclair - Oceania Society for Sexual Health and HIV Medecine (on behalf of ASHM) Exploring topics such as: Clinical tests used in diagnosing and monitoring HIV, Prescribing issues in HIV infection and Advanced Disease
3:30pm	Afternoon Tea in Boardroom Rm 4.20 and Terrace
4:00pm - 5:00pm	Room 4.01    END OF DAY DISCUSSION Moderator: Maura Elaripe - AusAID Summary of the last two days' progress. A chance to report back on the closed sessions and develop action points.		Room 3.17     Skills Building - HIV 101 for Communities Facilitated by: Dr Siniva Sinclair - Oceania Society for Sexual Health and HIV Medecine (on behalf of ASHM) A continuation of the previous skills building session
5:00pm	Closing for the day
Evening	Cocktail evening at Purple Bar, Crest Hotel