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26 Aug 2019

Delivering a successful international conference

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The International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) is a major bilingual international AIDS conference which takes place in Africa.

The International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) is a major bilingual international AIDS conference which takes place in Africa. Its current biennial hosting alternates between Anglophone and Francophone African countries. The convening of ICASA 19 in Kigali Convention Centre, Rwanda, in December 2019 represents a tremendous opportunity to highlight the diverse nature of the African region’s HIV epidemic and the unique response to it.  ICASA 2019 is expected to convene over 10,000 delegates from nearly 150 countries, including 200 journalists.

Ref: AFRAC19-TK86

Speaker

Luc Armand Bodea
Luc Armand Bodea

ICASA Director/Society for AIDS in Africa Coordinator, Society for AIDS in Africa

Luc Armand Hegesiste Bodea is the Director of the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) and the Coordinator of the Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA) custodian of ICASA. Since 2006 when he joined the organization as SAA coordinator, he has revamped its governance system to increase accountability and good governance and to improve its leading role as the unique platform for Africa in terms of advocacy and knowledge sharing on AIDS, TB and new emerging viral infection.  Milestone achievements have been recorded under his stewardship with his background in Business Management and incredible experience of over 20 years in high level managerial positions working with for-Profit and Not-for-Profit Organizations in Benin Republic, Nigeria and Ghana. The most significant achievement is the establishment of the Permanent Secretariat of the Society for AIDS in Africa in Ghana since 2009 with 20 staff.  He has since been in charge of the organization of the prestigious ICASA and steering the affairs of the society that organize ICASA with 7000 to 11,000 delegates every two years from 132 countries. Members of Meeting Professional Industry ( MPI), Luc is the current Secretary General of African Society of Association Executive (AfSAE) and as Certified Professional Strategic Health Planning (ICPS, London). He believes that ICASA platform is one of the efficient tools of the HIV and AIDS response in Africa . 

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