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Programme
Day 1: Saturday 28 November 2020
WEBINAR 1: COVID-19 AND ITS IMPACT ON HIV/STI – EPIDEMIOLOGY, RISK BEHAVIOUR, PREVENTION PROGRAMMES
Time
Programme
1300 - 1320
INTRODUCTION
Prof. Roy Chan
President, AfA
Senior Consultant, NSC
Head, STI Control Programme
PLENARY
“OVERCOMING THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON HIV AND STI IN ASIA AND PACIFIC”
Mr. Eamonn Murphy
Regional Director, UNAIDS, Asia and the Pacific
1320 - 1330
Q & A
1330 - 1410
PANEL PRESENTATIONS
"OVERCOMING THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON HIV AND STI IN SINGAPORE"
Facilitator: Prof. Roy Chan
President, AfA
Senior Consultant, NSC
Head, STI Control Programme
Panelists:
1.
Dr. Wong Chen Seong
Consultant, NCID
Deputy Director, National HIV Programme
IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON CLINICAL HIV CARE IN SINGAPORE
2.
A/Prof. Martin Chio
Senior Consultant, NSC
Head, Department of STI Control
IMPACT ON STI PROGRAMME
3.
Ms. Sumita Banerjee
Executive Director, AfA
IMPACT ON COMMUNITY HIV RESPONSE
4.
Ms. Vanessa Ho
Executive Director, Project X
IMPACT ON SEX WORKERS
5.
Mr. Eamonn Murphy (UNAIDS)
Regional Director, UNAIDS, Asia and the Pacific
DISCUSSANT ONLY
1410 - 1430
PANEL DISCUSSION
Questions from online audience
1430
END OF WEBINAR 1
Break
Day 1: Saturday 28 November 2020
WEBINAR 2: ENDING HIV
Time
Programme
1500 - 1520
INTRODUCTION
A/Prof. Lee Cheng Chuan
Senior Consultant, NCID
PLENARY
“PROGRESS TOWARDS ENDING HIV IN ASIA AND PACIFIC”
A/Prof. Jason Ong
Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
Associate Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
1520 - 1530
Q & A
1530 - 1610
PANEL PRESENTATIONS
“CAN WE END HIV IN SINGAPORE? - UPDATE AND PROGRESS ON THE COMMUNITY BLUEPRINT TO END HIV IN SINGAPORE”
Facilitator: Ms. Sumita Banerjee
Executive Director, AfA
Panelists:
1.
A/Prof. Matthias Toh
Director, National Public Health & Epidemiology Unit, NCID
UPDATE - EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HIV INFECTION IN SINGAPORE
2.
Mr. Chronos Kwok
MSM Programme Senior Manager Action, AfA
UPDATE - MSM PROGRAMME
3.
Mr. Terry Lim
Heterosexual Programme Senior Manager Action, AfA
UPDATE - HIGH-RISK HETEROSEXUAL MEN PROGRAMME
4.
Dr. Jonathan Ti
Drs Tan and Partners
UPDATE - COMMUNITY WORKFORCE
5.
Mr. Alaric Tan
Founder of The Greenhouse
UPDATE - PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS
1610 - 1630
PANEL DISCUSSION
Questions from online audience
1630
END OF WEBINAR 2
Feedback Forms for Webinars 1 & 2
Day 2: Saturday 5 December 2020
WEBINAR 3: PrEP IMPLEMENTATION AND SCALE-UP - UPDATES
Time
Programme
1300 - 1320
INTRODUCTION
Prof. Roy Chan
President, AfA
Senior Consultant, NSC
Head, STI Control Programme
PLENARY
“PrEP IMPLEMENTATION AND SCALE UP - EXPERIENCE FROM AUSTRALIA”
Prof. Andrew Grulich
Theme Director, Populations and Prevention and Head, HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Program, The Kirby Institute UNSW Sydney
Governing Council International AIDS Society
1320 - 1330
Q & A
1330 - 1410
PANEL PRESENTATIONS
“PrEP IMPLEMENTATION AND SCALE-UP – UPDATES”
Facilitator: Mr. Rayner Tan
PhD candidate and HIV researcher
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
Panelists:
1.
Dr. Benson Yeo
Consultant, NSC
Deputy Head, DSC
PrEP USE IN DSC CLINIC
2.
Mr. Rayner Tan
PhD candidate and HIV researcher
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
BEHAVIOURAL AND IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE IN PrEP: MOVING FROM EFFICACY TO EFFECTIVENESS
3.
Mr. Calvin Tan
MSM Programme Coordinator Action, AfA
PrEP ADOPTION IN THE MSM COMMUNITY
4.
Ms. Rena Janamnuaysook
Program Manager, Transgender Health
Tangerine Clinic, Institute of HIV Research and Innovation (IHRI), Thailand
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN SCALE-UP OF PrEP AND TESTING AMONG TRANSGENDER WOMEN IN THAILAND
1410 - 1430
PANEL DISCUSSION
Questions from online audience
1430 - 1440
RED RIBBON AWARDS
Awardees
-
Mr Anwar Hashim
-
Mr Terry Lim
-
Prof. Paul A Tambyah
Citations read by Prof. Roy Chan
1440
END OF WEBINAR 3
Break
Day 2: Saturday 5 December 2020
WEBINAR 4: UPDATE ON HIV TREATMENT AND CURE
Time
Programme
1500 - 1520
INTRODUCTION
Dr. Wong Chen Seong
Consultant, NCID
Deputy Director, National HIV Programme
PLENARY
“TOWARDS A CURE: ADVANCES IN THE SCIENCE AND PATHWAYS TO THE CLINIC”
Prof. Sharon Lewin
Director of the Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
Professor of Medicine at The University of Melbourne
President-Elect International AIDS Society
1520 - 1530
Q & A
1530 - 1610
PANEL PRESENTATIONS
“HIV TREATMENT AND ACCESS TO CARE IN SINGAPORE“
Facilitators: Dr. Wong Chen Seong
Consultant, NCID
Deputy Director, National HIV Programme
A/Prof. Lee Cheng Chuan
Senior Consultant, NCID
Panelists:
1.
A/Prof. Vernon Lee
Director of Communicable Diseases, MOH
WHERE ARE WE WITH 90-90-90 IN SINGAPORE
2.
A/Prof. Lee Cheng Chuan
Senior Consultant, NCID
UPDATE ON HIV TREATMENT
3.
Dr. Dariusz Piotr Olszyna
Senior Consultant, Clinical Program Director
HIV Program at National University Hospital
DIFFERENTIATED HIV SERVICE DELIVERY
4.
Ms. Nurafiqah A
PLHIV
LIVING AND LIFE WITH HIV - CONVERSATIONS AND QUESTIONS
1610 - 1630
PANEL DISCUSSION
Questions from online audience
1630
END OF WEBINAR 4
Feedback Forms for Webinars 3 & 4