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2013 AIDS Philanthropy Summit

With the path to ending AIDS clearer than ever, our sector is confronted with a new urgency. Maximizing the impact of resources dedicated to fighting HIV/AIDS, while continuing to find synergies and intersections with funders in adjacent areas of health and human rights will be keys to success. And of course, the challenges of level-to-declining resources and a changing epidemic require that our approach must continue to evolve.
Driven by FCAA’s first-ever call-for-sessions, the agenda for the 2013 AIDS Philanthropy Summit will be focused on two separate, but connected themes:
  • Day 1: Protecting and Ensuring the Rights of Impacted Populations
  • Day 2: Strategic Responses to a Shifting Landscape

Attendance at the FCAA AIDS Philanthropy Summit is limited to representatives from private and public funding organizations, affinity group members (and other philanthropic infrastructure organizations), and invited speakers and guests.

KEYNOTES

Addressing AIDS the Right(s) Way

Monday, December 9th, 9:00 amJoin us for informal, data-free, presentations from three dynamic thought leaders who will frame our day by offering new perspectives, ideas and challenges in addressing HIV/AIDS through a rights-based lens. Speakers will touch on issues surrounding grantmaking, criminalization, and impacted populations such as sex workers and trans men and women.

Meet the Speakers:

Daniel Jae-Won Lee is the Executive Director of the Levi Strauss Foundation, an independent private foundation that conveys the pioneering spirit and enduring values of Levi Strauss & Co.: originality, empathy, integrity and courage.  He joined Levi Strauss in 2003 as Community Affairs Manager for the Asia Pacific Division in Singapore, and subsequently served as the Director of Global Grant Making Programs.  He serves on the boards of Funders Concerned about AIDS (FCAA), Council on Foundations and National Committee on Responsive Philanthropy.  Daniel is also an advisory board member for Asian American Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus and a member of the Asia-Oceania Advisory Council of the Global Fund for Women.

Richard Elliott is Executive Director of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network. Richard joined the Legal Network staff 14 years ago.  Previously, he was a civil litigator in private practice and appeared before all levels of Ontario courts.  He has also appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada as co-counsel for the Legal Network as amicus curiae in various cases, including those dealing with the criminalization of HIV.  Between 2001 and 2007, he was a member of the Ministerial Council on HIV/AIDS, the expert body advising Canada’s federal Minister of Health.  He has served as a technical advisor to UNAIDS, was the researcher and rapporteur for the international expert consultation that produced in 2006 the updated International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights issued by UNAIDS and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and was a member of the Technical Advisory Group of the Global Commission on HIV and the Law.  He holds an undergraduate degree in economics and philosophy from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, obtained his LL.B. and LL.M. from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University in Toronto and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1997.

Darby Hickey is a sex worker and transgender rights activist living in Washington, DC, as well as a writer. As a member of Best Practices Policy Project, a group working on national sex worker policy issues, she has advocated at the UN for US recognition of the human rights of people in the sex trade (Recommendation 86 of the 2010 US UPR) and organized protests at AIDS2012 against both US policy banning PEPFAR money from rights-based projects for sex workers and immigration laws that prevented sex workers and drug users from entering the country for the conference. Darby also works on the local level in DC, where she coordinated the first-ever community-based research into policing of sex work (as director of Different Avenues), helped to secure policy changes to improve police and jail treatment of transgender people (as a member of the DC Trans Coalition), and pushed for an improved response to HIV among marginalized communities in the city. As a writer and communications professional, her work has appeared in many media outlets including CNN, Washington Post, Al-Jazeera, NPR, and more. Follow her on the interwebs at @DarbyBPPP

Morning institutes

Afternoon institutes

DAY 2

Resource Flows Panel
9:30 am – 11:00 am
Tuesday, 12/10/13

Focused on the funding role of U.S. government and private philanthropy, this session will update participants on the latest data on needs, funding and resulting gaps in the domestic and global response. New for the 2013 Summit, participants will also receive an overview on trends from broader U.S.-based philanthropy. With dedicated time for Q&A, participants will be able to respond to presented information and explore possible implications of these trends and gaps on HIV/AIDS related philanthropy.Be the first to hear data from, and receive a copy of, Global Philanthropic Support to Address HIV/AIDS in 2012.

Featuring: Erika Baehr, Resource Tracking Consultant, FCAA;  Deb Derrick, President, Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis, & Malaria; Jen Kates, Vice President and Director of Global Health Policy and HIV, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation; Steven Lawrence, Director of Research, Foundation Center; and, Julie Scofield, Executive Director, The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors.  Moderated by Sarah Hamilton, Program & Communications Director, FCAA

Response Plenary
11:15 am – 12:15 pm
Tuesday, 12/10/13

In a moderated discussion three leading stakeholders will help make sense of the private and public funding landscape and discuss potential challenges and opportunities for AIDS-related funders moving forward. Speakers will offer diverse domestic and international perspectives on the impact of public sector funding and policies, access to HIV medicines, funding for AIDS-related research and development, and trends in the philanthropic response to HIV/AIDS.  Don’t miss the opportunity to interact with these leading stakeholders during a moderated Q&A.

Featuring: Kevin Robert Frost, CEO, amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research: Nancy Mahon, Senior vice president at M·A·C Cosmetics and Executive Director of the M·A·C AIDS Fund; and, David Ripin, Executive Vice President of Access Programs and Chief Science Officer, Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI). Moderated by Erin Hohlfelder, Global Health Policy Director, ONE Campaign

Johnson & Johnson: Sector Transformation – What Agencies Need & the Unique Role Funders Can Play
1:15 – 2:30 pm 

The scale of changes in the health sector – in health policy, healthcare financing, and the move to customer service-oriented health service delivery – are stretching HIV/AIDS service providers (and to some degree funders) beyond their traditional skill sets and historical experiences. This session will help funders understand what is really needed to transform the sector and remain relevant in these changing times.

Featuring: Liz Brosnan, Christie’s Place; Robert Cordero, BOOM!Health; Erin Erikkson, M.A.C AIDS Fund; and Anu Gupta, Johnson & Johnson. Moderated by Kandy Ferree, 360 Strategy Group.

International Treatment Preparedness & HIV Young Leaders Fund: Community-Driven Grantmaking: Smart Investments in Key Affected Populations
2:30-3:30 pm

A persistent challenge faced by many donors in the HIV response is how to engage key affected populations in a way that demonstrates results and manages risk.  HYLF and ITPC have implemented community-driven grantmaking models that channel funds to new and emerging activist initiatives by and for PLHIV and key populations affected by HIV in the Global South.  This collaborative session will explore the costs and benefits of a community-driven approach to grantmaking.

Featuring: Pablo Torres Aguilera, HIV Young Leaders Fund; Olive Edwards, Jamaican Community of Positive Women (JCW+); Lauren Marks, State Department’s Office of Global AIDS Coordinator (S/GAC); and, Olga Rychkova, Open Society Foundations. Moderated by Terry McGovern, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University.

National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy: Taking this Forward – A Conversation on Growing the Size & Scope of the HIV/AID Funding Pie
4:00 – 5:00 pm

If we are going to grow the funding response to HIV/AIDS, it will be through creating new partnerships with organizations and allies on the periphery of our work: social justice, human rights, broader health, LGBTQ issues, etc.  Picking up on themes from the small group lunch discussions, and using examples of integrated funding victories, this interactive session will help the audience dissect the process of talking to potential partners and allies “outside of our silo.”

Featuring: Christine Reeves, Senior Field Associate, NCRP