Talk Dirty to Me

"Talk Dirty to Me...

But Keep the Message Clean and Simple"

IRMWG teleconference March 30, 2007

IMPORTANT info for the March 30, 2007 International Rectal Microbicide Working Group teleconference sponsored by the Canadian AIDS Society.

Time of call:

9am - Vancouver 11am - Lima Noon - Washington, DC 6pm - Cape Town 9:30pm - Delhi Midnight - Kuala Lumpur

Subject matter:

When it comes to talking about sex and rectal microbicides, public health advocacy often gets cold feet. But it doesn't have to be that way. Drawing on the wider lessons of risk communications in the public health arena -- and making some powerful allies along the way -- may help lubricate the way for the rectal microbicide message.

Presenter bio:

IRMWG Steering Committee member Roy Wadia is the Director of Communications for the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, based in Vancouver. Roy moved to Canada only last September, after almost three years as Communications and Advocacy Officer/Spokesman at the World Health Organization in Beijing, China, working on issues ranging from SARS to avian influenza, HIV/AIDS to healthcare reform. In a previous incarnation, Roy spent 12 years at Cable News Network, where he helped launch and produce much of CNN's Asia-Pacific programming. In 1992, Roy was one of the first journalists from a news organization in the West to report on India's then-fledgling HIV/AIDS epidemic.

More call info: Many thanks to our friends at the Canadian AIDS Society for hosting this call. Below is all the info for connecting. This teleconference will be webcast. Clicking the link below --- the line that says Meeting URL --- will take you to both Roy's PowerPoint presentation and the audio for the presentation. If you have audio capability (speakers) on your computer, you will not need to dial in on the phone, all you will need to do is click on the link. You can ask questions of the presenter by typing them in, like a chat. If you want to interact verbally, you will need to dial in on the phone.

If you are unable to make the link work, or if you have a slow connection, or are otherwise unable to view the webcast on your computer, just dial in. The PowerPoint will be available in PDF format on the www.IRMWG.org site, and you will be able to follow along with everyone that way.

Moderators: Shaleena Theophilus - Canadian AIDS Society, IRMWG Member and Jim Pickett - AIDS Foundation of Chicago, IRMWG Chair

Instructions for call:

Subject: IRMWG teleconference on March 30 Meeting URL: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/canadianaidssociety/join - just click on this link at the appropriate time Meeting ID: IRMWG March 07 Meeting Key: IRMWG69 Role: Attendee Participant Code: 145798

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Dial-In Numbers (if you need to use them because you can't use your computer for audio, have no/limited computer access, want to interact on the call verbally)

North American Dial-In #: 18663377301 International Dial-In #: +1 7804090710 (not toll free)

International Toll Free Dial-In Numbers

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