Today's Schedule Highlights

Opening Plenary Session
8:30–10 am
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Policy Series @Conference
10:30 am–12:30 pm
2:30–4:30 pm
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Panel Sessions A & B Series
10:30 am–12:30 pm
2:30–4:30 pm
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New Investigator Poster Session and Opening Reception
5–6:30 pm
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Film Series Screening
12:45–2:15 pm
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Spirit of Alma Ata Caucus Mtg.
1–4 pm
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Poster Session and Opening Exhibition Reception
5–6:30 pm
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International AIDS Candelight Memorial Coordinators Reception
6–7:30 pm
Executive Room

Film Series Red Carpet Premiere
7:30–9 pm
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Auxiliary Events
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Upcoming Attractions

Thursday, May 31
Global Health Council Membership Meeting and Breakfast
7:30–8:15 am
Ambassador Ballroom

Plenary Session
8:30–10 am
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Media Awards Luncheon Session
12:45–2:15 pm
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Gala Banquet and Awards Ceremony
6:30–9 pm
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Friday, June 1
Closing Plenary Session
5–6:30 pm
Child Health: Returning to the Heart of the Global Public Health Agenda
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Exhibition

Exhibition Open:
8 am-2 pm
5–6:30 pm

Cyber Café:
7 am–7 pm



Thursday, May 31
Exhibition Open:
8 am-2 pm
5–7 pm

Cyber Café:
7am–7 pm



Friday, June 1
Exhibition Open:
8–11 am

Cyber Café:
7–11 am

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Unicef Director Joins Council in Call to Action

Ann M. Veneman, executive director of UNICEF, will join the Global Health Council's Call to Action for Children's Health at the Closing Plenary - Child Health: Returning to the Heart of the Global Public Health Agenda. The plenary will be held on Friday at 5 pm in the Regency Ballroom.

Veneman will be joined by Nils Daulaire, president of the Global Health Council, Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of The Lancet, Francisco Songane,director of The Partnership for Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, spokesperson for Malaria in Africa, and Alice Albright, executive vice president of GAVI.
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Global Health TV Channel Launches on the Web

The brand new IP-TV channel dedicated to sharing and solving complex global health issues launches at the 34th Annual International Global Health Conference at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington DC on 29th May -1 June 2007. This TV channel www.globalhealthtv.com is produced for the Global Health Council and will enable health organizations around the world to share the work they are doing to solve complex global health problems with a diverse audience.

Updated throughout the year and accessible from the Global Health Council’s website, Global Health TV will highlight conferences, stories from the field, and news regarding Council events and programs.

Global Health TV

Global Health TV will feature daily programs with journalist-led reports on key global health topics, interviews with experts, and daily highlights of conference activities and featured events.

Conference attendees will be able to watch continuous global health-related television programming at select viewing locations throughout the conference venue.

Attendees staying at the Omni can watch the program in the comfort of their hotel rooms on Channel 2.
2008 Conference on Global Health



Webcast Sessions

Access webcasts, transcripts and related resources of select sessions from this conference at kaisernetwork.org, a free service of the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Look for the here to see which sessions will be taped.

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