Agenda: 2024 World AIDS Day and Ending the Epidemic Summit

Monday, December 9, 2024
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM																Welcome
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM																A Clinician’s Guide to Doxy-PEP Daniela DiMarco, MD, MPH
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM																Hepatitis C and Injection Drug Use Scott Springer, PA
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM																Substance Use within the LGBTQ+ Community: A Toolkit for Primary Care Providers Eric Kutscher, MD
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM																Closing + Extended Q&A

Tuesday, December 10, 2024
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM																Working Breakfast Level 2																					Networking																					Registration Level 1																					Exhibitor Tabling Level 1
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM																Land Acknowledgement Mark Thompson, AIDS Institute Level 2
9:05 AM - 9:15 AM																Welcome and Dedication to Cecilia Gentili Charles King, Housing Works Marjorie Hill, New York State AIDS Advisory Council Level 2
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM																Opening Remarks James McDonald, New York State Department of Health Celia Quinn, Division of Disease Control, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Level 2
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM																Keynote Address Marlene McNeese, Houston Health Department and Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) Co-Chair Level 2
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM																New York City and State Ending the Epidemic Update Joseph Kerwin, New York State Department of Health Sarah Braunstein, Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Infections; Division of Disease Control; Department of Health and Mental Hygiene – City of New York Level 2
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM																Break
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM																Concurrent Workshop: Examining Intersectional HIV-mpox stigma: A Qualitative Study of Psychosocial Well-Being and Healthcare Access Among Gay, Bisexual, and other Men who have Sex with Men Diagnosed with Mpox Samuel Meyer, AIDS Institute Jorge Soler, Project ACHIEVE/New York Blood Center																	Concurrent Workshop: Lighting the Way: A Toolkit for Gender-Affirming Care in Syringe Service Programs Jose-Javier Martinez, AIDS Institute Taylor Edelmann, National Harm Reduction Coalition Mateo Belen, Trans Equity Consulting																Concurrent Workshop: NY Statewide Peer Check In – A Virtual, Weekly Check-In Call Safely Sharing Positive Support, Education, and Advocacy Mike Clifford, AIDS Institute Rich Fowler, Trillium Health John Wikiera, NY Statewide Peer Network																Concurrent Workshop: A Profile of Adolescents and Young Adult PrEP Patients Engaged in an Integrated Youth-Focused Sexual Health Clinic in Brooklyn Jeffrey Birnbaum, HEAT Program/SUNY Health Sciences University Damian Bird, HEAT Program/SUNY Health Sciences University Thaddeus Price, AIDS Institute																Concurrent Workshop: “I’m Living with It, Not Dying from It!”: Lessons Learned from a Community-led, Pilot Teletherapy Group for Older Women Living with Depression and HIV Dayna Griles-Brown, AIDS Institute Michelle Lopez, Einstein-Rockefeller-CUNY Center for AIDS Research Barbara Warren, Mount Sinai Hospital Aaron Breslow, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM																Photovoice Project Viewing																					Working Lunch Level 2																					Rise Up! Documentary Preview and Discussion Brooke Montes, Alliance for Positive Change Antonio Ferrera, Persona Non Grata Pictures Yvonne Gooden, Alliance for Positive Change Stephen Williams, Alliance for Positive Change Workshop Room																					Exhibitor Tabling Level 1
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM																Afternoon Plenary: Welcome Home—Supportive Housing in New York State Gwendolyn Green, AIDS Institute Pamela Brasier, Comunilife Shanta Cox, Comunilife El Borinquen Javier Elias, Trillium Health Paul Falvella, Comunilife El Borinquen Jerry Patterson, Union Square ESSHI Level 2
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM																Poster Presentations Level 1																												Exhibitor Tabling Level 1																												Photovoice Project Viewing
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM																Late Afternoon Plenary: Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV in Black and Brown New York Antione Holmes, AIDS Institute LaRon Nelson, Yale School of Nursing Carole Eady-Porcher, 2024 PrEP Ambassador Ansi Rodriguez, 2024 PrEP Ambassador Level 2
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM																Networking Session																												Poster Presentations Level 1																												Exhibitor Tabling Level 1
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM																Training on Sex Worker Health Aanya Wood, Evergreen Health Victoria Von Blaque, Trans Equity Consulting Mateo Belen, Trans Equity Consulting																																										Consumer Social Hour Marz Albarran, Albany Damien Center Workshop Room

Wednesday, December 11, 2024
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM																Registration Level 1																					Quilt Viewing Levels 1 & 2																					Working Breakfast Level 2																					Exhibitor Tabling Level 1
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM																Concurrent Workshop: LGBTQ Health & Wellness: The Syndemics of Party Drugs, Sexual Health & Hygiene and Asian and Pacific Islanders Kalvin Leveille Glenn Magpantay, Magpantay & Associates Melanie Dulfo, Apicha Community Health Center Mark Byon, Apicha Community Health Center																	Concurrent Workshop: Building Bridges: “The Syndemic Approach and Stigma Reduction in Latino Faith-Based Organizations” Carol Tyrell, AIDS Institute Daniel Leyva, Latino Commission on AIDS Andrea Serna, Latino Commission on AIDS																Concurrent Workshop: Utilizing Community Mobilization to End the HIV & Hepatitis C Epidemics in New York State Karen Bovell, AIDS Institute Lorenzo Rodriguez, The Albany Damien Center Ellie Goldfarb, Housing Works Ivan Medina, The Albany Damien Center Emily Emmons, Syracuse ETE Steering Committee Kyla Loucks, ETE Capital Region Steering Committee																Concurrent Workshop: Scaling the Mountain: Three Unique Approaches to Addressing the HIV/Viral Hepatitis Syndemic in Various Healthcare Settings Kenneth Snyder Natana Cruickshank, Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Centers, Inc. Mitchell Caponi, Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Miriam Bonano, NYU Family Health Centers Siri Shastry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Anna Mageras, Mount Sinai Health System																Concurrent Workshop: Decentralized, Status neutral, Stakeholder-engaged, post-incarceration intervention for people living with and at risk for HIV: The DEST2nation Study Justin LiGreci, AIDS Institute Lindsey Riback, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center Amour Castillo, The Fortune Society
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM																Morning Break
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM																Final Plenary: Responding to Syndemics in Drug User Health Lisa Skill, AIDS Institute Sam Rivera, OnPoint Justine Waldman, REACH Medical Yarelix Estrada, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Brianna Norton, AIDS Institute Level 2
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM																Ending the Epidemic Summit Closing Level 2
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM																Quilt Viewing Levels 1 & 2																												Working Lunch Level 2																												Exhibitor Tabling Level 1
12:45 PM - 12:55 PM																World AIDS Day Opening Plenary: Welcome & Dedication to Claire Simon Kraig Pannell, AIDS Institute Joan Edwards, AIDS Institute Level 2
12:55 PM - 1:05 PM																Blue Candle Ceremony Perry Junjulas, Albany Damien Center Level 2
1:05 PM - 1:30 PM																Albany Voices of Pride Level 2
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM																Sexual Health: The Lived Experience Michael McNair, AIDS Institute Courtney Brame, Something Positive for Positive People Aanya Wood, Evergreen Health Bernadette Willis, HIV Stops With Me Campaign Level 2
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM																World AIDS Day Commissioner’s Special Recognition Awards Ceremony James McDonald, New York State Department of Health Johanne E. Morne, New York State Department of Health Level 2
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM																Dr. Linda Laubenstein Award Charles Gonzalez, AIDS Institute Level 2
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM																Closing Remarks Joseph Kerwin, New York State Department of Health Level 2