The sessions at the pre-conference are geared to be interactive, interesting and educational for the youth attendees. Most of the following sessions will include group work in addition to some lecture-style facilitation. Some of the sessions will be happening at the same time and youth participants will have a choice regarding which session they prefer to attend. Session sizes range from 40 to 125 people. The following is a tentative programme (*titles of sessions are subject to change, presenters are currently being confirmed):

Thursday, August 10^th - Advocating as part of Toronto YouthForce and Empowering Youth

• Understanding Policy
• Trade Issues: Access to Essential Medicines
• Advocating for Toronto YouthForce: What does this mean?
• Youth Adult Partnerships
• Media and Communications
• Research Methodology
• Monitoring and Evaluation

Friday, August 11^th - Understanding Science and HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment

• Intricacies of the Virus
• Anti retroviral Treatment and Vaccines: What’s new?
• Peer Education
• New Preventative Technologies
• What Works in Youth-Focused Evidence Based Prevention Efforts?
• Prevention and Sexual and Reproductive Health for Youth Living with HIV/AIDS
• Care in Resource Constrained Areas
• Voluntary Counselling and Testing
• Media and Communications
• Research Methodology: From "Mumbo Jumbo" to Engagement: Building Youth's Literacy in Research Methods
• Monitoring and Evaluation

Saturday, August 12^th - Socioeconomic Components of HIV/AIDS

• Stigma and Discrimination
• Orphans and Vulnerable Children
• Gender
• Costs of Scaling Up Youth-Focused Prevention Intervention
• Reaching Out to Marginalized Groups
• Networking
• Strategic Communications for Behavior Change as a Networking Tool

Organizations involved presentation and facilitation included UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO, Save the Children Canada, Center for Health and Gender Equity, Tanzanian Youth Network, Futures Group, Advocates for Youth, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Committee for Accessible AIDS Treatment (Canada), Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development, Family Health International, All Ukrainian Network of Positive People, Student Global AIDS Campaign, Oxfam International Youth Parliament Trade Justice Group, AfriYAN, Alan Guttmacher Institute, Toronto Heath Network and members from the Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS.