Global Media Leaders Summits on HIV/AIDS

Launch meeting of the Global Media AIDS Initiative
15 January 2004
U.N. Headquarters, New York
Co-organized by UNAIDS and Kaiser

• News Release on the Global Media AIDS Initiative
• Webcast of Meeting
• Photos from the meeting
• Meeting Agenda (.pdf)
• List of Meeting Participants (.pdf)
• Participant Biographies (.pdf)
• Participating Media Companies (.pdf)
• Statement of Support (.pdf)
• Bill Gates Keynote Address (.pdf) 
• What Media Can Do (.pdf): A summary of opportunities for media companies to play a role in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
• The Media and HIV/AIDS: Making a Difference (.pdf): An overview of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic and the role media can play in the fight against AIDS.
• "Media Giant and Foundation Team Up to Fight HIV/AIDS," The Lancet, April 26, 2003 (.pdf)

• View additional photos from the meeting
• About the United Nations
• About UNAIDS
• About the Kaiser Family Foundation
• About the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Leadership session, Showcasing Media Leadership
13 July 2004
International AIDS Conference, Bangkok, Thailand
Co-organized by UN, UNAIDS, and Kaiser

• News Release -- New Media Efforts to Address HIV/AIDS in Russia, India, China, Indonesia, and U.S.
• News Release -- Russian Media Partnership Announces $26 Million in Media Commitments for Year One
• Webcast -- Meet the Leaders: Showcasing Media Partnerships - The Global Media AIDS Initiative 

Follow-up meeting of the Global Media AIDS Initiative
12 April 2005
Cannes, France
Organized by UNDPI with UNAIDS and Kaiser

• News Release -- Media Leaders Expand Their Response to the United Nation's Call to Fight the AIDS Epidemic

Public Broadcasters Global Media Leaders Summit on HIV/AIDS, INPUT Conference
2 May 2005
San Francisco, California
Co-organized by PBS, Independent Television Service (ITVS) and Kaiser

• News Release (.pdf) -- Public Broadcasters From Around The World Commit To Educating Their Audiences About HIV/AIDS
• Meeting Agenda (.pdf)
• Meeting Participants (.pdf)
• Participating Media Companies (.pdf)
• Participant Biographies (.pdf)
• Meeting Overview (.pdf)
• Statement of Support (.pdf)

United Nations High-level Meeting on AIDS
June 2, 2006
UN Headquarters, New York

• News Release -- New Report Finds Unprecedented Mobilisation of Global Media on AIDS by More Than 130 Companies in 69 Countries With Further Action Needed to Support HIV Prevention
• Report -- The Global Media AIDS Initiative: Harnessing the Power of Communication to Save Lives (.pdf)

United Nations Meeting Regarding Global Media AIDS Initiative Leadership
1 December 2006
New York, NY

• News Release -- MTVNI President Bill Roedy to Hand Over Chair of the Global Media AIDS Initiative Leadership Committee to SABC CEO Dali Mpofu

Advertising Agency Initiative on HIV/AIDS

Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival
21 June 2006
Cannes, France

• News Release -- Leading Ad-Agencies Launch Global Initiative on AIDS (pdf)

Leading Ad Agencies to Debut Multi-platform Campaign on HIV/AIDS Prevention
27 November 2006
London/New York

• News Release -- Leading Ad-Agencies Launch Innovative World AIDS Day Campaign – Turn on TV (pdf)

Regional/National Media Leaders Summits

Eurasia Media Leaders Summit on HIV/AIDS
27 October 2004
Moscow, Russia
Co-organized by Transatlantic Partners Against AIDS (TPAA)/Russian Media Partnership, UNAIDS and Kaiser

• News Release -- Media Leaders Commit to Fight HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
• Meeting Agenda
• List of Participants

India Media Leaders Summit on HIV/AIDS
6 January 2005
New Delhi, India
Co-organized by the Heroes Project and Kaiser

• News Release -- Media Leaders Commit Resources to Addressing HIV/AIDS in India
• Meeting Agenda
• List of Participants

African Broadcast Media Leaders’ Summit on HIV/AIDS, “Re-powering HIV/AIDS Communication and Programming”
3-5 October 2005
Johannesburg, South Africa
Jointly organized by the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the South African Broadcasting Corporation, in association with the Southern African Broadcasting Association.

• Declaration of Support
• Summit Website broadcastHIVafrica.org -- Designed to document the commitment of more than 20 of Africa's top broadcast corporations to redouble their efforts and increase collaboration with one another to intensify their contribution to the struggle against HIV/AIDS in Africa.  The site provides a discussion forum on HIV/AIDS communication and programming, information on new HIV/AIDS communication campaigns and programming worldwide, and up-to-date information on the state of the epidemic in Africa.
• Meeting Participants
• Statement
• Fact Sheets

Russian Media Partnership to Combat HIV/AIDS Leadership Committee Meeting
27 October 2005
Moscow, Russia

• News Release -- Survey Shows Russians Want Greater Media Attention and Education on HIV/AIDS
• Meeting Agenda
• List of Participants
• Presentation of Survey Findings -- A National Survey of the Russian Public On HIV/AIDS
• Presentation -- Russian Media Partnership to Combat HIV/AIDS: Year One and Looking to Year Two

Caribbean Broadcast Media Leaders Summit on HIV/AIDS
8-10 May 2006
Bridgetown, Barbados
Co-organized by the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU), and the Kaiser Family Foundation.

• News Release
• List of Participants
• Meeting Agenda
• Declaration of Support
• Summit Website
• Fact Sheet

Second Annual Executives’ Summit: African Broadcast Media Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (ABMP)
20 September 2006
Maputo, Mozambique
Co-organized by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Nelson Mandela Foundation

• News Release -- First-ever Multi-year Pan-African HIV/AIDS Broadcast Media Campaign Launched as part of Broader HIV Public Education Effort by African Broadcast Companies
• Meeting Agenda
• Participant List

Creative Summits

Think Positive: The Asian Face of HIV/AIDS
30 November 2005
Singapore
The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), MTV International, several UN agencies and the Kaiser Family Foundation launched "Think Positive: The Asian Face of HIV/AIDS" on November 30 at the Asia Television Forum. Fourteen national broadcast companies from across the Asia-Pacific region have produced a series of made for television short-form programmes to raise awareness of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. The content is rights free to ABU members.

• News Release -- Think Positive: The Asian Face of HIV/AIDS

Asia-Pacific Creative Workshop
9 August 2005
Bangkok, Thailand
Organized by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), UNDP’s Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (UNDP-APDIP), UNAIDS, UNICEF, UNDP Regional HIV Programme, MTV International and Kaiser

• News Release -- ABU, MTV Networks International, UNDP-APDIP and Kaiser Family Foundation partner in the Production of HIV/AIDS-Themed Programming in Asia Pacific

Eurasia Creative Summit
27 October 2004
Moscow, Russia
Organized by TPAA and Kaiser

• Meeting Agenda

Global Creative Summit on HIV/AIDS
23 November 2004
U.N. Headquarters, New York
Co-organized by MTV International, Viacom, and Kaiser with support of International Academy of TV Arts & Sciences, UNAIDS and UNDPI

• News Release -- First-Ever Global HIV/AIDS Creative Meeting at the United Nations Brings Together Creative Experts From 35 Media Companies
• Meeting Agenda

India Entertainment Television Summit on HIV/AIDS
12 May 2005
Mumbai, India
Organized by Heroes Project and Kaiser

• Meeting Agenda (.pdf)
• Meeting Overview (.pdf)

Journalism Trainings

Russia Journalist Training
March 2004
Moscow; Russia
Co-organized by TPAA and Kaiser

Africa Journalist Training
May 2004
Angola, Zambia and South-Africa
Organized by Kaiser

Africa and Russia Journalist Trainings
July 2004
International AIDS Conference, Bangkok, Thailand
Organized by Kaiser

India Journalist Trainings
26-27 October 2004, New Delhi, India 
2 November 2004, Chennai, India
Co-organized by Heroes Project and Kaiser

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