The International Film and Television Exchange Inc. (IFTE) organizes the seminar in conjunction with The Congressional Human Rights Caucus (CHRC) on
THE GLOBAL POLITICAL CHALLENGE OF HIV/AIDS powered by Claus Mueller

THE GLOBAL POLITICAL CHALLENGE OF HIV/AIDS:

Regional Destabilization, State Collapse, Human Rights Violations - Breeding Grounds for Terrorism?
Wednesday April 20, 2005 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Gold Room (2168) Rayburn House Office Building


PROGRAM
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast Buffet provided

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.- Opening remarks by Representatives Tom Lantos, Barbara Lee, Juanita Millenda-McDonald, Betty McCollum, Jim McDermott and other members of Congress

9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.- Keynote Address and Q&A by Ambassador Stephen Lewis, UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on HIV/AIDS
10:15 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.- Panel (10) minute presentations
Dr. Ruth Wedgwood, Johns Hopkins University SAIS, Moderator
Nicholas Eberstadt, H. Wendt Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
Mark Schneider, International Crisis Group
Salih Booker, Africa Action
Gayle Smith, Center for American Progress
Representative from the CIA or NSA (Invited)

11:20 p.m. – 12:00 noon- Q&A
12:00 noon- Lunch (Provided)