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Connecting YOU to the Alliance

Wendy Schettler and Tanya Merke Epp

Alliance Coordinating Office, International Centre for Infectious Diseases

• Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative (CHVI)

• CHVI Research and Development Alliance (Alliance) & its supporting Alliance Coordinating Office (ACO)

• Opportunities for Participation in the Alliance

• Overview of the Alliance Virtual Community (Alliance VC)

Outline

• Canada's contribution to the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise

• Partnership between Government of Canada (CIDA, CIHR, IC, PHAC, HC) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

• Began 2007, renewal 2010,operating until 2017

• $139,000,000 initiative with approximately ¾ of dollars designated

CHVI

The CHVI Alliance is a Canadian network that brings together leading researchers from the public and private sectors, as well as the international community, to develop innovative solutions to the challenges facing HIV vaccine development.

The Alliance Coordinating Office (ACO) supports the Alliance and the Advisory Board, focusing on building and sustaining the Alliance, advising the Government of Canada and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on research gaps, prospecting innovative proposals to respond to identified gaps and promoting synergy among Alliance members.

CHVI Secretariat

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

President, Global Health

Minister of Health (Lead)Minister of International

CooperationMinister of Industry

Advisory Board

CHVI Research and Development Alliance

Canadian HIV

Researchers

Vaccine Industry

Government Agencies

Int’lAIDS

Organizations

Alliance Coordinating

Office HIV/AIDS Community

Organizations

International Researchers

CHVI ALLIANCE

CHVI - Canada’s Contribution to HIV Vaccine Development

Guiding Framework: Key considerations

Strategic priorities and investments of

Alliance funders

Strategic priorities and investments of

global research organizations

Energy, aspirations and contribution of

the Canadian research

community

Canada’s focus and

goals

Enhancing global capacity-building efforts and linking

with domestic efforts

Integratingbasic, clinical

and social sciences

Engaging communitiesand people living with HIV/AIDS

Canada’sNiche

• Generate and apply population-level knowledge to drive vaccine discovery and development

• Strengthen linkages to understand mechanisms of immunity

• Leverage preclinical resources to test vaccine concepts

Priority 1

Harness Canada’s excellence in basic science and strengthen linkages with clinical research, social sciences and people living with HIV/AIDS, as well as with vaccine researchers outside the HIV field

Priority 2

Amplify Canada’s strengths in clinical research, community engagement and capacity-building globally and nationally

• Improve clinical trial and regulatory capacity in Canada and globally through community engagement

• Engage communities, researchers and policy-makers in clinical trial and vaccine preparedness

• Test HIV vaccine candidates in Canada

Guiding Framework for the CHVI Alliance

Priority 3

Accelerate the translation of Canada’s scientific discoveries

• Create opportunities to engage industry in advancing vaccine concepts

• Support researchers and companies in accessing GMP manufacturing capacity

• Ensure Canadian and global regulators are engaged to accelerate clinical development

Priority 4

Strengthen and enable new and early-career investigators

• Integrate new investigators into the larger national/global HIV vaccine effort

• Increase training in clinical trials and population / epidemiological research

• Enrich training of researchers from Canada and developing countries

Enablers

Guiding Framework for the CHVI Alliance (continued)

• Championing and enabling Canada’s contribution to global HIV vaccine efforts

• Brokering collaboration among stakeholders

• Communication and awareness-building to advance ongoing HIV vaccine efforts

• Facilitating translation, commercialization and industry outreach

• Developing new and early-career investigators

Priority Areas for CHVI Alliance Support by the ACO

White Paper Priorities

Basic Science Clinical Trials Translation New Investigators

ACO Priorities

Championing•Setting Strategic Direction

• Immunology Lab – South Africa

• CTN / HVTN clade B vaccine trial - plans

• AVAREF Support• Small medium size

business grants

Collaboration•Building the CHVI Alliance

• CIHR connection with BGMF

• Participation in CIHR large team grant meeting

• Synchronicity Forum with CAPT Network using VC

• Phase II b clinical trial discussion GeoVax/CTN

• IC connection with BGMF

• Landscape document on research and training

Communication•Linking & informing

Annual Meeting, Advisory Board Meetings, Brokering Meetings, Virtual Community

Website, E-Bulletin, Contact Lists, Research Database, Conference Booths, Social Media

Advisory Board Support, White Paper, Presentations, Surveys, News Releases, Planning Conferences

ACO Priority Activities

White Paper Priorities

Basic Science Clinical Trials Translation New Investigators

ACO Priorities

Translation, commercialization and industry outreach

Developing new and early-career investigators

• Virtual Community• Webinars• Collaboration

• E-bulletin• Landscape

document• Student scholarships

ACO Priority Activities

Monoclonal Antibodies production; Participation in Vaccine Industry Committee, Biotech Canada

Presentations and outreach, Advisory Board support

• ACO Annual Meeting• Focus on linking

industry and public research

• New and Early Career Investigators

• Webinars & Workshops

• Network

• Communicate

• Share Expertise

• Use ACO Resources

Opportunities

Website: alliance-aco.ca

Subscribe to the ACO E-Bulletin

Twitter: @aco_alliance

Facebook: Alliance Coordinating Office

email: [email protected]

To Connect With Us - Find Us Online

Connecting You to the Alliance:

A virtual community for HIV vaccine research and development

CHVI R&D Alliance Virtual Community (Alliance VC)

1. What is a Virtual Community?

2. Why YOU should belong?

3. How to access the Virtual Community?

Presentation Objectives

• Communities of Practice (CoP) are:groups “of people who share a concern, a set of problems, or a passion about a topic, and who deepen their knowledge and expertise in this area by interacting on an on-going basis” (Wenger, McDermott, & Snyder, 2002, p.4).

• Virtual Communities of Practice (VCoP), without excluding F2F rely primarily on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to connect their members

What is a Virtual Community?

• The Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative (CHVI) Research and Development Alliance Virtual Community (Alliance VC) is a confidential internet-based community designed for researchers to collaborate, communicate and share research and to seek information about Canada’s contribution to the global development of an HIV vaccine.


The Alliance VC will help you:

• Stay informed about updates in the field

• Communicate with your peers

• Collaborate in private committees

• Engage in online learning opportunities

Why Participate?

• FREE!!!

• A virtual meeting space for collaborations

• Hosting of confidential interest or project groups

• An online collaborative document creation and editing tool

• Training webinars and web conferencing capabilities

• Discussion forums

• Resource materials

• A Canadian researcher database



• Confidential and secure space for your teams, committees or working groups

Committee Tool - Members

• View and message individual members of the committee

Committee Tool – Meeting Planner

• Schedule meetings with the planner

Committee Tool – Meetings

• Manage and view events

• Add meeting dates to your Outlook or Google Calendar

Committee Tool – Meeting Agendas

• Manage your meeting agendas

Committee Tool – Files

• Manage your committee files

Committee Tool – Wiki

• Collaborative write documents in real time

Committee Tool – Forums

• Committee discussion forum

• Web conferencing allows you to hold meetings, events, or classes in real-time over the Internet using Voice-over-the-Internet (VoIP). All you need to participate in a Web conference is a headset with a microphone.


Web Conferencing features include:

• Recording.

• Desktop sharing.

• Voice conferencing.

• Upload document and presentations.

• Webcam use.

• Whiteboard tools.

Web Conferencing


Discussion Forums

• Introductions Forum

• News Forum

• Early Career Investigator Forum


Resources

The Alliance VC will help you:

• Stay informed about updates in the field

• Communicate with your peers

• Collaborate in private committees


Why Participate?

• Easy way to collaborate and communicate with members of the CHVI R&D Alliance

• Secure environment where private committees and teams can plan events and meetings, store and view documents, and use private discussion forums

• Retrieve files and documents from anywhere you have Internet access

• Collaboratively write in real time• Receive important and up-to-date information and news

related to HIV vaccine development• Coordinate Web Conferences for free

Key Features of the Alliance VC

• Abstract reviews completed and results report created• Repository of capacity building documents is in

development• Plan meetings• Documents are accessible anywhere you have Internet

access • Discussion forums• Career and training opportunities• Web conferences• Evaluation questionnaire and results report

Current Uses of the Alliance VC

• Communicate with your peers• Ask questions• Seek advice• Share exciting developments• Advertise career opportunities• Share expertise with New/Early Career Investigators• Message members or the entire community

• Collaborate• Write a grant in a secure environment


Other ways to use the Alliance VC

1. Go to the Alliance Coordinating Office website http://alliance-aco.ca anytime and click on the Login button

2. Small group demonstrations

3. One-on-one demonstrations

4. Email [email protected]

How to register

http://alliance-aco.ca/

mailto:[email protected]

Website: alliance-aco.ca

Subscribe to the ACO E-Bulletin

Twitter: @aco_alliance

Facebook: Alliance Coordinating Office

email: [email protected]

To Connect With Us - Find Us Online

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