Meeting theme: The Role of Policy in Access to HIV Research and Services Among Women Living with and Vulnerable to HIV

Thursday, March 21

7:00 – 9:00 pm: Welcome Reception (Beach Club Tiki Bar)

                                                                               

Friday, March 22

7:00 – 8:00 am: Breakfast (Indigo Grill, Harborside Building)

8:00 – 8:30 am: Welcome/Meeting Overview Richard Averitt and Bridgette Picou, WRI 2024 co-moderators (Atlantic Ballroom, Harborside Building)

8:30 – 9:00 am: Introducing This Year’s Meeting Theme Speakers: Jen Kates, KFF; Marnina Miller, PWN-USA; Andrea Weddle, HIVMA

9:00 – 9:45 am: Speed Dating

9:45 – 10:00 am: Break

10:00 – 11:30 am: HIV Criminalization: What it Can Teach Us About Newer Policy Challenges Speakers: Kamaria Laffrey, Sero Project and Shani Mandisa Moore-O’Neal, Center for HIV Law and Policy

11:30 – 11:45 am: Wrap Up

11:45 am – 12:45 pm: Lunch (Sunrise Terrace, Harborside Building)

12:45 – 1:00 pm: Trios

1:00 – 1:10 pm: Check in

1:10 – 2:40 pm: Abortion Rights Speakers: Jacqueline Ayers, Planned Parenthood; Waru Gichane, UCSF; Helen Zimba, Afiya Center

2:40 – 3:00 pm: Wrap Up

6:30 – 7:00 pm: A Tribute to Ada Adimora (Beach Club Top Sail Lounge)

7:00 – 9:00 pm: Dinner (Beach Club Lawn)

 

Saturday, March 23

7:00 – 8:00 am: Breakfast (Indigo Grill)

8:00 – 8:15 am: Check-in (Atlantic Ballroom)

8:15 – 9:45 am: Small Group Session #1: Development of a Research and Policy Agenda

  • Criminalization
  • Abortion Rights

9:45 – 10:00 am: Break

10:00 – 10:15 am: Trios

10:15 – 11:45 am: Anti-trans Efforts Panelists: Kellan Baker, Whitman Walker; Lindsey Dawson, KFF; Tiommi Luckett, Transgender Law Center; Moderator: Cecilia Chung, Transgender Law Center

11:45 am – Noon: Wrap Up

Noon – 1:00 pm: Lunch (Sunrise Terrace)

1:00 – 1:15 pm: Check In

1:15 – 2:45 pm: Dismantling Affirmative Action Speakers: Nada Fadul, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Connie Johnson, Growing into Greatness; Celeste Watkins Hayes, University of Michigan

2:45 – 3:00 pm: Wrap Up

7:00 – 9:00 pm: Dinner (Harborside Beach)

 

Sunday, March 24

7:00 – 8:00 am: Breakfast (Indigo Grill)

8:00 – 8:15 am: Check In (Atlantic Ballroom)

8:15 – 9:45 am: Small Group Session #2: Development of a Research and Policy Agenda

  • Anti-trans efforts
  • Affirmative action

9:45 – 10:30 am: Large Group Discussion – Articulating a Path Forward

10:30 – 11:45 am: 2024 Commitments

11:45 am – Noon: Wrap Up and Adjourn