Aarhus Universityhospital, Skejby

Auditorium B, entrance 6

 

 

 

We are pleased to invite you to the Youth Conference to be held in Aarhus, Denmark, for, with and about young hiv positive people.

 

The aim of the conference is to bring young hiv positive people together across borders and give them opportunity to network in a nice and friendly atmosphere focusing on their mutual and special situation - living with hiv. The Youth Group of Denmark has made a program that focuses on physical, mental and social health of young people with hiv.

 

Key staff, nurses and doctors will be invited as it is important that they learn and hear about young peoples needs. Participants between 15 and 18 years are expected to travel together with a key worker.

 

The conference will take place at Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby and we offer accommodation within 5 min. walk from the conference site for our participants from abroad. The place of accommodation is also the place for the conference dinner and networking Friday evening. We suggest that partcipants from abroad arrive on the 12 March and stay until the 14 March to have time to settle in. We can offer accommodation for about 20 people. We expect 70 young hiv positive people and 30 key staff/nurses/doctors to participate the conference.

 

This invitation covers accommodation and meals but not travel expenses to and from Denmark as well as travel insurance, health insurance and pocket money.

We suggest to make a joint application from each country to a local pharmaceutical company or other foundations.

 

Participants are expected to understand spoken English which is the conference language.

 

For further information, please contact the key persons in the Youth Group of Denmark (see contact detalts below).

 

This conference is sponsered by The Danish National Board of Health, The AIDS Foundation and several pharmaceutical companies: Glaxo Smith Kline, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Gilead, Bristol-Myers Squibb.

 

The conference takes place in Aarhus, which is located in the middle of Jutland. The closest airport is Tirstrup, Aarhus Airport. The train station is situated 20 min. by bus from the conference site and 10 min. by taxi.

 

 

We are looking forward to welcoming you the conference.

 

Tinne Laursen E-mail: tinlaurs@rm.dk Ph.: +45 89 94 83 34

Lotte Ø. Rodkjær E-mail: lottrodk@rm.dk Ph.: +45 89 49 83 29

 

9.45- 10.00	Arrival and refreshments.
9.45 - 10.00	Welcome by The Youth Group Denmark.
10.00 - 10.30	"Young ones" peer group for young HIV positives in the Netherlands, Michelle Laurentia Hendrika Maassen.
10.30 - 11.15	Research and new treatments, Lars Østergaard, MD, PhD, Professor, Head of Department, Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark.
11.15 - 11.45	Coffee
11.45 - 12.45	Being a Warrior or a Victim in your life, Lasse Zall, coach, Pathfinder.
12.45 - 13.45	Lunch
13.45 - 14.15	Travelling with HIV, Carsten Schade Larsen, MD, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark.
14.15 - 14.30	Presentation of the book "The Group of Young HIV Positives", The Youth Group Denmark.
14.30 - 15.15	Coffee
15.15 - 16.45	Sexuality when you are young and HIV-positive - barriers and possibilities, Christian Graugaard, MD, PhD, University of Copenhagen.   How to survive the health system - considerations and common discussion, Grete Teilmann, MD, PhD, Center of Adolescent Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Kirsten Boisen, MD, PhD, Center of Adolescent Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital.
16.45 - 17.00	Closing remarks and adjournment.
17.00 - 17.30	Press Conference.
18.00 -	Dinner

 

 

Tinne Laursen, Lotte Ø. Rodkjær, Department of Infectious Diseases,

Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark.