Special Events and Activies
Opening and Closing Ceremonies
The Opening Ceremony will take place in the Arena at IMPACT at 19.00 on Sunday,
11 July 2004. All registered delegates, registered accompanying persons,
exhibitors, and media are welcome.
The Closing Ceremony will be held immediately after the Rapporteur Session on
the final day of the official Conference program (Friday, 16 July, 2004), also
in the Arena at IMPACT.
Community Outreach Initiative
Thailand has a vibrant and varied grass-root NGO movement, with a strong PHA
network and over 200 organisations working on HIV/AIDS issues within communities.
A range of outreach activities are being prepared across the country to draw
communities into the Conference and to bring the Conference to communities.
There will be a convergence of community workers and PHAs from across the
country, the region and the world at special community events during the
Conference. It is anticipated that there will be opportunities for delegates to
interact and exchange ideas, experiences and perspectives, and to establish new
networks for learning. Further information on these activities and opportunities
will be posted on the Conference website as they are confirmed.
Cultural Program
The Cultural program of the Conference will be an embedded and interactive part
of the program, providing opportunities to explore expressions, feelings and
being part of the solution in living and fighting with HIV/AIDS. The program
aims to make the Conference a venue for artistic expression – a Conference with
culture.
Alongside the community exhibitions and exchange forums, individual artists, art
groups, community groups and musicians will be selected to take part in the
Cultural Program. There will be exhibitions of artwork, posters and art projects,
live art walls, art workshops, fashion show of AIDS costumes and T-shirts,
on-line art projection, media arts, films, performances, dance, music, songs,
poetry reading, community parades and an AIDS Memorial Quilt display. Cultural
activities will carry over into the city, playing a major role in communicating
the emotions and issues around HIV/AIDS to the people of Bangkok and Thailand.
Click here to read more about the Cultural Program
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Photo by Bundit Sorhirun, www.hdnet.org
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The Thailand Convention Connection (TCC) |
The Thailand Convention Connection (TCC), an alliance of Thailand’s four biggest tour companies, has been chosen as the XV International AIDS Conference official tour agency.
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In the spirit of the Unified Program, communities and PHAs have worked within the Conference organising process at every level to ensure that critical issues for communities are included in the Conference Program, and that Conference arrangements meet the needs of community delegates. As part of this effort, the CPC Secretariat has developed specific “community projects”.
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