9:30 – 11:30 Plenary I

• Women & HIV “What’s Going On Now?”

Learn what is happening now with current rates among women of all ethnicities and youth. Also learn what new prevention interventions are being implemented and their effectiveness.

• Women & Prison

Highlights of rates of infection among the incarcerated, legislative mandates for inmates living with HIV/AIDS, access to care while incarcerated, discharge planning, advocacy for rights for those incarcerated while living with HIV and from a woman who has experienced being incarcerated and living with HIV. 

Includes: Legislative, rates of infection, access to care, discharge planning

Presenters:

• Rates of infection – Ivan Godfrey, Ph.D.  (NYS Commission on Qualify of Care & Advocacy with Persons with Disabilities)
• Legislative mandates and inmates living w/HIV/AIDS-- Divine Pryor, Ph.D. (Center for New Leadership on Urban Solution/Medgar Evers College)  
• Access to care –Audrey Corprew (Women’s Prison Association)
• Discharge planning-- Audrey Corprew (Women’s Prison Association)
• A Woman's Propective- East Harlem Services Client: Phyllistine Woodson & April Keys

• Coming of Age with HIV: From Cradle to Grave

HIV+ persons from all age groups will speak about living with the disease and their unique challenges such as dating while positive and aging with HIV.

Includes: Panel of an adolescent born with HIV, a person infected in their teens, an HIV+ person in their 50s, and in their 60s; to discuss the impact of living with HIV on your life, treatment impacts based on age.

Presenter: Candace Graves – Love Heals, Jeanette Ruffins – Bailey House, Brenda Lee Curry

• LGBT: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Equality

This breakout will address special considerations and unique services for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender clients in NYC.  An outgoing transgender female will speak about her experiences. 

Includes: A Latina and an African American transgender; a person to speak on infection amongst LGBT

Presenters: Alicia Heath-Toby of GMHC; Doreen Bermudez, SAGE; Vivian Lopez-A Transgender's Perpective

• Innovative Prevention Programs & How Showing Outcomes Can Improve Your Chances of Funding

This session will highlight 3 innovative prevention interventions including Lil SISTA, Brothers Gonna Work it Out and CONNECT followed by presentations on how to show outcomes from your service delivery.

Doris Russell of GMHC on Lil SISTA, Donald Powell  of GMAD on Brothers Gonna Work it Out, Katie Potocnik Medina of Columbia University CONNECT Project; Evaluation & Outcomes - Blakeley Lowry of Iris House & Margareta Fox of Harlem United

• Mental Health & HIV: What's the Connection

Is there really a connection between mental health, HIV and adherence? This session will address actual services offered and how practitioners are addressing this connection.

Includes: Identifying Mental Health and its impact on Treatment Adherence

Presenters: Frances Melendez, PhD of Iris House; Teodosio Feliciano, MSSA, Pediatric Consultation Service Administrator, Jacobi Medical Center

• Youth Track (Youth will rotate between these 2 sessions)

• Session I - HIV 101

Learn the basics of how HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases affect the body and how to prevent becoming infected.

Presenters: Dr. Carol McLean - Long of Renaissance Healthcare Network; Isabel Wise

• Session II - Negotiation Skills and Safe Sex Methods

Youth will learn how to properly negotiate safe sex or abstinence through role playing, interactive games and the use of safe sex tools.

Presenters: Debra Bosier & Sheila McPhail

• HIV & the Budget: Does Limited Funds Equal Limited Care?

The recent budget cuts from the state and city have left everyone wondering how service delivery will be impacted.  This session will engage city council members, legislative representatives and HIV advocates in a lively discussion regarding the impact of the cuts.

Presenters: Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito, Council Woman Inez Dickens, Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV., Tracie Gardner - Coordinator of WISH-NY (Women's Initiative to Stop HIV) Legal Action Center, Sean Barry - NYC AIDS Housing Network.

• I’m Still Here, Now What?

In the early days of the epidemic people living with HIV or AIDS focused on permanency planning due to lack of medication. Now with the advent of advanced antiretroviral medications people are living longer lives, re-entering the workforce and having children. Hear from two women who have done all of these things and are now empowered to encourage others.

Includes: Women Living with HIV and how they have empowered themselves to adhere to treatment, medical care and move to independent living

Presenter: Sandy Guillame, Case Manager - Citiwide Harm Reduction

3:30 – 4:30 Dessert Networking Hour Exhibit Hall/Raffle