Kuala Lumpur. A strong Malaysian Collaboration Ensured Bid Success for 7th International AIDS Society (IAS) HIV Conference in Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention 2013. The prestigious 7th International AIDS Society (IAS) HIV Conference on Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2013) marks the first time the conference will be held in Asia. Started in 2001, the biennial conference rotates around the world and alternates around developing and developed countries.
IAS 2013 is the first large scale event that has been secured under the recently launched Economic Transformation Programme. As one of the Entry Point Projects in the Programme, the business tourism segment is expected to add 16,700 additional jobs to the nation by year 2020. Announcing Malaysia’s latest bid success, Minister of Tourism Malaysia, YB Dato’ Sri Dr Ng Yen Yen said, “Between 5,000 to 6,000 delegates from 125 countries are expected to converge at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre for the four-day conference in July 2013. With almost an estimated 90 percent of the delegates coming from overseas, the conference is estimated to generate over19 million Euro in economic value to the Malaysian economy.
