Connecting Asia is APCOM’s regional consultation on ICT, HIV, MSM and getting to the 90-90-90 Targets, held from 14 to 16 June 2017 in Pullman G Hotel in Bangkok. Supported by United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) LINKAGES Project (managed by FHI360) and by UNAIDS, the consultation brings a group of leading experts from the ICT and HIV sectors to discuss how ICT can improve the uptake of innovative approaches to HIV programmes for gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM).
See the list of the sessions, workshop and panel discussion throughout the event below.
08.30 – 09.00
Registration
09.15 – 09.30
Welcome
Speakers:
Midnight Poonkasetwattana, Executive Director APCOM
09.30 – 09.40
Keynote Address
Delivered by the U.S. Government Representative
09.45 – 10.00
Opening Plenary: History of the HIV Epidemic in Asia and the road to 90-90-90
- How have we traditionally addressed HIV in the MSM community?
- How have MSM communities changed in terms of education, behaviors, and demographic profile?
- Is conventional outreach/intervention as effective as it was before?
- What is ICT and what has been its recent role in healthcare delivery?
- Why is ICT seen as a promising tool for HIV management?
Speakers:
Steve Kraus, Director, Regional Support Team for Asia and the Pacific, UNAIDS
Dr. Bounpheng Philavong, Director of Centre for HIVAIDS and STI, Ministry of Health of Lao PDR
Surang Janyan, Executive Director of SWING
10.00 – 10.30
Coffee Break
10.30 – 11.15
The Role of Popular Culture: Bridging New and Traditional Communication Technologies in HIV Programming
- What evidence do we have on impact of television and social media on safe sex practices?
- Who are the leading private sector players in each region and what are the channels used to access them?
- Why do MSM use these media?
- What are the demographic profiles of the users and/or audience?
- How effective are public service ads on social media?
- What can be done to make social media and dating apps more effective tools for outreach?
- How do you publicly engage potentially censored or sensitive topics?
Speakers
Professor Kane Race, Associate Professor, University of Sydney
Dr. Mi Guodong, Vice President, Blued
Esther Kissiedu, Social Media and Digital Manager, MTV Shuga
Darien Chen, Social Networking Marketing and Engagement Executive, Taiwan
VJ Dustin (Phuc Nguyen), Host, MTV Vietnam
11.30 – 11.45
Master Class Pitch
11.45 – 12.15
Connecting and Tracking Virtual Outreach to IRL Outreach 2.0
- What are the virtual to physical strategies and approaches?
- How can we convert MSM reached by online interventions into clients of HIV services?
- How can we integrate online analytics into traditional programmatic monitoring and evaluation frameworks?
- How can we recruit MSM into surveys and projects to collect important behavioral evidence that can be used to develop more effective HIV programs?
Speakers
Harry Prabowo, APN+
Ryan Figueiredo, Test XXX, APCOM
Kim Green, PATH Vietnam
Dr Thomas Guadamuz , Mahidol University
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch Break
13.30 – 15.30
Exposition of Country Teams Across the HIV Cascade
Teams from selected countries will present brief case studies of ICT related projects they have developed/implemented, focusing on best practices.
- 13:30-14:00: Presentations
- 14:00-14:30: Break for Q&A
- 14:30-15:00: Presentations
- 15:00-15:30: Final Q&A
Speakers:
Min Fuh Teh, APCOM
Ronivin Garcia Pagtakhan LoveYourself, Philippines Founder and Director
Kim Green PATH, Vietnam
Mr. Doan Thanh Tung, Lighthouse Social Enterprise, Hanoi, Vietnam
Safir Soeparna, APCOM’s Test BKK, Thailand
Purvi Shah and Sandeep Mane, FHI 360/LINKAGES, India
Q&A
Phal Sophat, LINKAGES Cambodia
Rommell Legwes, PinoyPlus PLHIV Response Center
Wang Kai, 57 Zone Model, China
Kiira Gustafson, PSI TOP, Myanmar
Q&A
15.30 – 16.00
Coffee break
16.00 – 16.35
Panel Discussion: The Rights of Online Communities and Individuals, and Issues Around Data Governance
- How can the electronic health records strengthen patient tracking, reduce medical errors and decrease service costs for HIV-positive patients?
- What are the privacy implications of storing the health records of HIV-positive patients in ‘the cloud’?
- How can users of ICT keep their data secure, and what are the potential consequences of data theft?
- How can ICT be used to learn more about legal rights, record evidence of violations, and seek legal help?
Speakers:
Matt Vaughan, ACON
Bryan Choong, B-Change
16.40 – 17.15
Panel Discussion: The Role of ICT in Regional Public Policy and Advocacy
- What government actions can encourage greater adoption of ICT for health programmes targeted to MSM?
- What public policies can spur greater ICT innovation in HIV programs?
- What are the public policy implications of ‘big data’ for both clients/patients and clinicians/workers?
Speakers:
Adi Nugroho, GWL-INA
Lori Thorell, Senior ICT Programme Specialist, UNICEF, Bangkok
Dr. Helen Dewi Prameswari, Ministry of Health, Indonesia
Dr. Tia Phalla, National AIDS Authority, Cambodia
18.00 – 19.00
Reception
09.00 – 09.30
Recap of Day 1
09.30 – 10.20
Digital Communities and Their Health
- How calling, texting, email and instant messaging in developing countries are changing communications between doctors and patients, and helping to deliver services and reduce loss to follow-up for patients
- How remote patient monitoring can improve HIV treatment adherence and reduce burden on patients and providers
- How online health resources are changing patient behavior and purchasing habits
- How are young MSM using ICT in relation to their health?
- Mobile apps and wearable devices for patient’s health and lifestyle management
Speakers:
Raghavan Srinivasan
Sonalini Khetrapal, Health Specialist, ADB
Matt Avery, FHI 360
Harry Prabowo, APN+
10.30 – 10.40
Group Photograph
10.40 – 11.00
Coffee Break
11.00 – 12.30
Skills Development Master Classes
- Breakout Room 1: Developing online content and administration of social media pages (Facebook Ad 101)
- Breakout Room 2: Digital Risk Assessment 101
- Breakout Room 3: Designing and promoting services online via creative campaigns
Speakers:
Safir Soeparna, APCOM + Mike Wacher, ACON
Nighat Dad, Digital Rights Foundation,Pakistan
Mathew Vaughan, ACON, Australia + Dustin Phuc Nguyen, MTV Vietnam
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch Break
13.30 – 14.15
Analytics for Advocacy
- Online data mining and data analysis for strategic targeting of HIV prevention/demand generation messaging, follow up and/or retention in treatment
- Understanding human rights in the MSM context and effecting change through ICT
- Measuring impact of social media campaigns
Speakers:
Edmund Settle, UNDP
David Kuefler, Ethica Strategy
Mathew Vaughan, ACON
14.30 – 15.00
Coffee Break
15.00 – 17.00
ICT Ideas Lab
- Reflecting on the diversity of ideas presented in this consultation, what are some of the ICT interventions that inspired you?
- As a preamble to tomorrow’s country action planning, get into groups to think creatively and on ways to use ICT interventions in your country and community contexts.
- Connect with each other, brainstorm and develop a pitch of your idea.
- Every group will present their idea to a panel of judges, and there’ll be prizes for the best ideas.
Speakers:
Ryan Figueiredo, APCOM
17.00 – 17.30
Day 2 Wrap-up
9.00 – 9.30
Recap of Day 2
9.30 – 10.30
Development of Country ICT Action Plans and Capacity Building Roadmaps
- How can ICT interventions be incorporated into your country contexts? What are the critical enablers and barriers to achieving 90-90-90, would ICT have an answer to that?
- In this session, we are forming country teams to map out an action plan towards adopting ICT interventions to better our HIV response in our respective country and community contexts.
- Work with your in-country colleagues to develop an ICT action plan that is innovative, and at the same time grounded in the needs and inclusive of key populations.
Speakers:
Ryan Figueiredo, APCOM
10.30 – 11.00
Coffee Break
11.00 – 12.00
Continued: Development of Country ICT Action Plans and Capacity Building Roadmaps
12.00 – 12.15
Group Reflections, Next Steps for Action Plan
Speakers:
Ryan Figueiredo, APCOM
12:15 – 12:30
#PrideforEveryoneInitiative
Speakers:
Phu Truong, Head of Agency Google Thailand
12.30 – 13.40
Community Reflection on the Consultation
Speakers:
Kumar Shetty, Gaurav
Adi Nugroho, GWL-INA
12.40 – 13.45
Stephen Mills – reflections from FHI360
Stephen Mills, Technical DIrector, Asia Pacific region FHI360
12.45 – 13.50
Dédé Oetomo – Closing Acknowledgments
Dédé Oetomo, APCOM Board Chair
