Asian Stigma & Discrimination Forum 2024

• Asian Stigma & Discrimination Forum 2024 will take place in Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on 27 June 2024 as one of the official pre-meetings of APACC 2024 (to take place on 27-29 June 2024). 
• The other pre-meetings "Asian Digital Health Innovations in HIV/STI Care Workshop" will take place on 26 June 2024.
• Registration for this forum is complimentary for all regular delegates. A registration fee applies to other individuals. More information about registration here.
• Scholarship Application is now open! Read more here.

The Asian Stigma & Discrimination Forum 2024 is a highly interactive half-day educational program on strategies to reduce stigma and discrimination experienced by PLWHIV. The forum targets all relevant stakeholders, such as healthcare providers, community advocates, and policymakers.  

The lectures reflect on region-specific aspects of the HIV epidemic, national policies, guidelines, and societal context. They include community healthcare perspectives of HIV-related stigma and discrimination, as well as national plans/programs for the implementation of strategies to eliminate these major issues for PLWHIV. The format offers opportunities to discuss and share experiences that are particularly relevant to the local and regional settings. 

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Practical Information 

*The following participants have a complimentary registration: Healthcare Professionals (HCPs), NGO Representatives, Advocates, Community Representatives, Policymakers/ Government Representatives. Healthcare professionals are defined as professionals that provide any type of health care service to people living with HIV/Hepatitis or other diseases.

**Fees apply to representatives from industry, medical education providers, investment companies, and others not listed above.

Discounts

If eligible for a discount, please contact the workshop secretariat at hana.agustine@amededu.com for the special registration code.

Important

• We strongly advise that you register early to ensure your registration. Registration will close when the capacity of the venue is reached.

• Submission of your online registration does not guarantee that your registration has been accepted. Your registration is final when full prepayment has been received and a confirmation of your registration has been sent.

As you plan your trip to Hong Kong, we want to make your stay as comfortable and convenient as possible. Therefore, we are working hard to secure a list of appropriate hotels with beneficial rates in the area that you can reach out to below.

We will provide the information on the hotels here once we have the information available. If you have any questions about accommodation, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at Catherine.Phan@amededu.com.

The Asian Stigma & Discrimination Forum 2024 is supported by a grant from ViiV. ViiV has had no input into the selection of speakers or the content of the materials and presentations.

Virology Education (VE), with support from the industry, is offering scholarships to attend the Asian Stigma & Discrimination Forum 2024, Asian Digital Health Innovations in HIV/STI Care Workshop and APACC 2024. Depending on the type of scholarship awarded, the scholarship covers registration and/or travel and accommodation. 

The scholarships are supported by industry. These companies will have no control, influence, or involvement in selection of any attendees.

Virology Education is proud to support participation from professionals from underrepresented communities. We strongly recognize the value of conducting our programs with a diverse and inclusive representation of the scientific and medical global community, welcoming a range of backgrounds, experiences, and opinions and embracing the benefits that these differences bring. This diversity and equity are essential to our mission of advancing clinical care and scientific research worldwide.

Read our Code of Conduct

Registration Scholarship: 

• Registration to the Asian Stigma & Discrimination Forum 2024, Asian Digital Health Innovations in HIV/STI Care Workshop, and APACC 2024

Partial Scholarship:

• Registration to the Asian Stigma & Discrimination Forum 2024, Asian Digital Health Innovations in HIV/STI Care Workshop, and APACC 2024
• Accommodation

Full Scholarship:

• Registration to the Asian Stigma & Discrimination Forum 2024, Asian Digital Health Innovations in HIV/STI Care Workshop, and APACC 2024
• Accommodation
• Travel

All scholarship awardees are required to attend the full meetings. Awardees must sign in at the beginning of each meeting day and sign off at the end of each day as requested by the Conference Organizer. At the close of the meetings, awardees must have completed the daily and overall meeting evaluations.

Recipient will provide post-meeting feedback and a summary about his/her meeting experience within one month after the end of the meetings. The feedback questionnaire will be an online survey with the recipient providing feedback on their experience at the meeting, scholarship procedure, and how they will implement the knowledge acquired at the meetings in their daily practice. The questionnaire will be sent to each recipient by email within one week after the conclusion of the meetings.

Applicants must:

• Be proficient in English to interact with faculty and fellow attendees
• Be actively involved in the field of HIV 
• Be able to show benefits to their patients / research / community from attending the meetings
• Be willing and able to share information learned at the meetings with a larger community
• Be eligible to obtain a visa for travel. Declare that she/he is able and willing to fund all other costs beyond the scholarship that are involved in attending the meetings, e.g. all other hotel, travel and subsistence expenses NOT covered by the scholarship.
• Declare to take out her/his own insurance policies (for travel, liability, illness and/or other necessary insurances in relation to her/his participation to the conference).
• Conference organizer will automatically decline all scholarship applications that do not conform to the eligibility terms

The scholarship applications must be submitted online through our Scholarship Application Portal by Friday, 26 April 2024 23:59 HKT. The applicant will be asked to submit a motivational letter (min. 100 words) describing how their patients/research/community will benefit from the knowledge gained at these meetings, and their knowledge dissemination strategy, a CV, and a letter of recommendation (optional).

• All applications will be acknowledged upon receipt.
• All applications will be reviewed by an independent Scholarship Review Committee
• Successful applicants will be sent a scholarship agreement.
• After receipt of the signed scholarship agreement, successful applicants will receive instructions for further arrangements.
• All applicants will receive notification of the application status no later than two weeks prior to the meetings.

• Professional background
• Quality of the abstract (if accepted)
• Country of residence
• Recommendation by your supervisor
• Demonstrable benefits to patients / research / community by the knowledge to be gained at these meetings
• Strategy of knowledge dissemination
• Early-Career Investigator

• Incomplete applications will not be considered. Conference Organizer cannot be held responsible for any incorrect information that is submitted through the scholarship application portal.
• All travel, accommodation, and registration arrangements will be made by the Conference Organizer in collaboration with their preferred business travel partner. Conference Organizer cannot reimburse any travel, accommodation, or registration costs made by participants themselves.
• Retrospective applications will not be considered.
• Scholarship recipients must attend the entire conferences.
• Scholarship recipients are committed to attend the meetings in person. If they fail to do so, they will be charged the full amount of the travel and accommodation costs incurred and will be excluded from applications for future scholarships of Conference Organizer.
• Scholarships are non-transferrable.
• Conference Organizer cannot guarantee awarding the scholarship to prospective scholarship recipients until the confirmation of available funds. In the event that sufficient funding for the scholarship is not available, Conference Organizer will not be liable for any expenses or damages incurred by the prospective scholarship recipient with regards to the scholarship application and/or preparation for the meeting.
• Applications will be considered until the exhaustion of funds.
• Scholarship recipients will be responsible for all other costs associated with conference attendance.
• Conference Organizer will not be liable for any injury, death, damage, loss, delay, cost, expense, or inconvenience, causes of action claims and suits for property damage, theft of property or personal injury (including death) arising in connection with the scholarship and participation in the Conference.
• Conference Organizer reserves the right to make the final decision regarding all applications, which cannot be disputed.

The Asian Stigma & Discrimination Forum 2024 is endorsed by societies and organizations. Their support and collaboration are key to the success of this meeting!

If you would like your organization to endorse this meeting, please contact Hana.Agustine@amededu.com.

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