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1060.0. "NAT'L AIDS CONF/ERLINE BELTON" by BARTLE::WELLSD (Name too personal to share) Fri Mar 23 1990 16:27

    
    
                       This message is from Paul Ross, Manager
                  AIDS Program Office, Corporate Employee Relations
    
         National Business Leaders to Hear President Bush Address on AIDS
                          in Washington, March 29 1990
    
    Digital has been one of the forces in bringing about an important AIDS
    leadership forum in Washington next week, and the following is advance
    information about this important event.
    
    President George Bush is scheduled to give a special keynote address on 
    AIDS at the National Business Leadership Conference on AIDS in Washington 
    on Thursday, March 29th. This is significant because this is the first time
    in the history of the epidemic that a President has spoken publicly about
    the issue of AIDS. There is, understandably, great media interest in this 
    event. 
    
    The conference, sponsored by the National Leadership Coalition on AIDS, 
    will attract 500 senior executives from business, labor, and government who 
    will be working on pertinent issues of the AIDS epidemic.  Digital is an 
    active member of the Coalition. Erline Belton, Corporate Employee Relations 
    Manager is on the Board of Directors, and I sit on two national task 
    forces.  Both of us have been active in planning the meeting, and Erline 
    will be part of the program itself.  She will be talking about employee 
    relations perspectives and corporate civic leadership responsibility. 
    
    The major issues to be discussed include:
    
       o  An Update on the Corporate Response to AIDS
       
       o  A Critical Look at AIDS in the 90's
    
       	  --Research and treatment issues
       	  --The numbers--and what they mean
       	  
       o  AIDS from the the perspective of CEO's
       
       o  Health Care Costs
    
       o  Leadership challenges for businesses
    
    In addition to President Bush, and Erline some of the speakers will include
    
       o  Anthony Fauci, M.D., Director of the National Institute of
          Allergy and Infectious Disease, NIH, Washington
    
       o  James Curran, M.D., M.P.H., Centers for Infectious Disease,
          Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta
    
       o  J. Richard Munro, Chairman and CEO, Time Warner, Inc.
    
       o  Robert D. Haas, Chairman and CEO, Levi Strauss & Company
    
       o  Carl J. Schramm, President, Health Insurance Association of America
    
       o  Lawrence Williford, Senior Vice President, Allstate Insurance Company
    
    
    The epidemic does not show any sign of abating. There are now over 121,000
    cases of full blown AIDS, and since 1981, 72,000 persons have died.  It is
    estimated that there are 1.5 million asymptomatic carriers, people who have
    been infected but who are not yet showing signs of illness.  There are more
    cases of AIDS in 8 years than there were cases of polio in 40 years.
    
    The topics that are discussed at this forum will impact policy decisions 
    around the epidemic that is touching our lives, the lives of our 
    coworkers, their families, and our customers.  I will keep you informed on 
    significant progress.
    
    Best regards, 
     
    

    
    This message it to Paul Ross, Manager
    AIDS Program Office, Corporate Employee Relations
    
    
    Paul, thanks for your contribution to this effort.  AIDS is often a
    difficult subject for a corporation to deal with and your efforts
    are greatly appreciated.