The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will commemorate World AIDS Day (WAD 2019) on Monday, December 2, 2019. The event will be hosted by the Office of AIDS Research (OAR) from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Lipsett Amphitheater (Building 10) on the NIH campus.

This year, the event is titled Community and NIH: In Partnership to End the HIV Epidemic. It will be an opportunity to hear from and interact with community representatives who will share their perspectives on the HIV epidemic and research to support achieving the goals of Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America (EHE). We are excited and honored to announce that NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins and Jeanne White-Ginder (mother of Ryan White) will be joining us during this important event.

Agenda

10:00 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.	Welcome and Introductions Maureen M. Goodenow, Ph.D., Associate Director for AIDS Research and Director, Office of AIDS Research, NIH
10:10 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.	Opening Remarks Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Director, NIH
10:20 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.	Reflections Jeanne White-Ginder, Mother of Ryan White and Ambassador for the National Hemophilia Foundation
10:35 a.m. – 11:35 a.m.	Community Session 1 Moderator: Dr. Maureen M. Goodenow Rev. Debra Hickman, M.Div., Co-Founder, Sisters Together and Reaching, Inc. (STAR) Guillermo Chacón, President, Latino Commission on AIDS June Gipson, Ph.D., Ed.S., President and CEO, My Brother’s Keeper Cornelius Baker, Special Advisor and PEPFAR Liaison, Office of AIDS Research, NIH, U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Research (PEPFAR) Marissa Miller, Senior Strategic Director, National Trans Visibility March on DC
11:35 a.m.– 12:35 p.m.	Community Session 2 Moderator: CAPT Timothy H. Holtz, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Director, Office of AIDS Research, NIH Pernessa C. Seele, D.L.H., Founder and CEO, Balm in Gilead, Inc. Mitchell Warren, Executive Director, AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC) Consuella Lopez, Director of Operations, Casa Ruby Daniel Driffin, M.P.H., Co-Founder, THRIVE SS Abby R. Charles, M.P.H., Senior Program Manager, Institute for Public Health Innovation
12:35 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.	Open Forum Moderator: Rev. Debra Hickman
1:00 p.m.	Closing Remarks Dr. Maureen M. Goodenow