Throughout the AIDS 2006 Conference, the Kaiser Family Foundation's Jackie Judd talks with newsmakers who will preview and summarize conference developments.

Craig McClure | Helene Gayle | Solly Mokoetle | Mark Wainberg | Kevin De Cock | Pedro Cahn | Judy Auerbach | Regan Hofmann | Mark Dybul | John Tedstrom | Carol Jacobs | Kalpana Jain | Julio Frenk

The next International AIDS Conference will be held in Mexico City in 2008. Dr. Julio Frenk, Mexico's Minister of Health, talks about his expectations for the Conference.

Former Health Editor of The Times of India, author of Positive Lives and Kaiser International Journalism Fellow, Kalpana Jain talks about the obstacles in covering AIDS in India.

Dr. Carol Jacobs speaks about HIV/AIDS in the Latin American and Caribbean region and the achievements so far of the Global Fund in combating the epidemic.

Transatlantic Partnership Against AIDS founder and Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS executive director, John Tedstrom, talks about AIDS in Russia and Ukraine, the role of business in fighting the epidemic and his hopes for the Conference.

Ambassador Mark Dybul, M.D. speaks about the global epidemic and the U.S. role in fighting HIV/AIDS.

Editor-in-Chief of POZ Magazine and AIDS activist, Regan Hofmann, talks about her hopes for the conference and the challenges of being HIV-positive.

AmFAR vice president for Public Policy Dr. Judy Auerbach discusses public funding for improved treatment and prevention methods for HIV/AIDS.

Incoming IAS president and assistant professor of Infectious Diseases at the Buenos Aires University Medical School in Argentina, Dr. Cahn, discusses the conference, AIDS in Latin American and HIV/AIDS treatment.

The World Health Organization's Dr. Kevin De Cock talks about the global efforts to stem the spread of HIV and improve access to antiretroviral therapy.

• Kevin De Cock Biography

Dr. Mark Wainberg, professor of Medicine and of Microbiology at McGill University and IAS conference co-chair, speaks about HIV/AIDS in Canada and abroad.

African Broadcast Media Partnership chair, Solly Mokoetle, leads an organization of 37 African-based broadcast corporations in the fight against HIV/AIDS. He speaks about the media’s role in increasing HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention.

International AIDS Society president and conference co-chair, Dr. Helene Gayle, speaks about the goals of the conference and a new report on HIV/AIDS prevention.

International AIDS Society executive director Craig McClure, talks about the conference, its themes and goals.

• Craig McClure Biography