Close to 300 people living with HIV/AIDS, their friends, partners, and service providers converged on Adelaide, South Australia for the 2005 NAPWA Conference. NAPWA Conference
Proceedings of previous NAPWA conferences
- 2005 (Adelaide SA - "Our Place, Your Place... In the bigger picture") Not yet available; will be posted on the website in due course.
- 2003 (Cairns QLD - "The Art of Living") (2.7MB PDF - VERY LARGE FILE)
- 2001 (Melbourne VIC - "Positive Voices") (160kB PDF)
NAPWA's national conference of people living with HIV/AIDS takes place every two years. The most recent conference was held in Adelaide, South Australia, from 18-20 November 2005.
A major event of particular interest to people living with HIV/AIDS, the Conference program includes guest speakers drawn from across Australia and covering diverse fields, from the professional to the cultural.
Information from previous NAPWA Conferences, including archived programs, reports, keynote speeches and presentations can be found by following the links at the top of this page.
Information about the 2007 NAPWA Conference will be posted on this page when it becomes available.
Adelaide plays host to ‘the bigger picture’
8 December 2005 - 8:09am
Close to 300 people living with HIV/AIDS, their friends, partners, and service providers converged on Adelaide, South Australia for the 2005 NAPWA Conference. Conference 2005 — opening plenary
29 November 2005 - 11:20am
Full text of Ian Grubb’s opening plenary address at the 2005 NAPWA Conference. Conference highlights – day one
19 November 2005 - 1:36pm
Highlights of the first day of the 2005 NAPWA Conference. Never mind the miracle cure, we make our own magic
18 November 2005 - 2:08pm
A major national conference of people living with HIV/AIDS has commenced in Adelaide today. Abstracts Handbook
11 November 2005 - 1:45pm
The Conference Handbook for the 2005 NAPWA Conference, including abstracts, is now available. NAPWA Conference 2005
13 October 2005 - 12:08am
The tenth national conference of people living with HIV/AIDS, to be held in Adelaide, South Australia in November, is set to be the biggest and best yet. News and treatments briefs
28 July 2005 - 9:00am
HIV-related news in brief from the June-July 2005 edition of Positive Living. NAPWA Conference 2005 - Registration Information
30 May 2005 - 9:29am
You are invited to Adelaide to attend the 10th napwa Biennial Conference to be held at Adelaide University from 18 to 20 November 2005.
The Conference is a major event of particular interest to people living with HIV/AIDS and will deliver a range of guest speakers drawn from across Australia and covering fields from the professional to the cultural.
The sharp end
15 February 2004 - 6:00am
The first fusion inhibitor, T-20, available in Australia through clinical trials since 2001, has been a godsend for people with few other treatment options. But while T-20 holds out the tantalising prospect of a whole new class of anti-HIV drugs, taking this treatment is far from easy.
NAPWA conference a work of art
15 December 2003 - 8:00am
People living with HIV/AIDS are in “distinguished company” in their struggle for social justice and affordable medical care, attendees of the 2003 NAPWA Conference, held in Cairns in October, were told.