Bangkok International Symposium on HIV Medicine 2010

Primary objectives:

* To establish a multi-centre HIV clinical research organization in Thailand that functions according to internationally accepted Good Clinical and Laboratory guidelines

* To conduct clinical intervention studies (and potentially vaccine studies) that will yield answers to locally and regionally relevant research questions

* To convince international pharmaceutical companies and other potential sponsors that scientifically and ethically sound HIV clinical studies can be conducted in Thailand, and that they should invest in such research in Thailand

* To make drugs available to study participants

* To strengthen the HIV research infrastructure and regular HIV care infrastructure

* To provide health care workers with valuable experience with newly available treatments

The secondary objectives:

To serve as a training centre in the practical, ethical, and scientific aspects of HIV care, and in particular of HIV clinical trials, for staff from government and university hospitals and other related organizations in Thailand and the region.