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three major awards to biotech companies, pharmaceutical companies, and companies that develop devices. It is essentially the Academy Awards of pharmaceutical/biotech companies. I gave the keynote address associated with my receiving the Pro Bono Humanum Award. This award is given every year. Over the past 3 years it has been won by Francis Collins, Paul Farmer, and Bill Clinton. The dinner gala was held in the Whale Room of the Museum of Natural History. All the elite of the biotech world, the pharmaceutical world, and the academic world were in the audience, which consisted of about 500 people I gave an address on "Ending the HIV/AIDS Pandemic: From Scientific Advances to Public Health Implementation. Importantly I was introduced and presented the award by Elie Wiesel. It was an extraordinary honor to receive the award by him. I returned to Washington DC first thing in the morning to a very busy week. October 27, 2013 - Went to reception and showing of a movie by famed young Indian actor, director, producer Aamir Khan at Jefferson Hotel at invitation of Catherine and Wayne Reynolds. Film was on female fetocide in Indian culture. Quite moving. Khan is a multi-millionaire visionary and pioneer for human right causes. October 28, 2013 - Appeared via teleconference at a NY State AIDS Institute Conference in NYC organized by Mark Harrington and TAG. They wanted my input on how we can truly put an end to the AIDS epidemic in NY State. Mark Dybul phoned in after me from Geneva and the Global Fund. October 31, 2013 - Been in press over past few days regarding recent papers in Science and other journals on the HIV envelope resolution by cryo-EM by Ian Wilson, Dennis Burton, John Moore. Also on WTOP today regarding polio in Syria. Nov. 3, 2013 - Went to San Francisco for day - flew in the AM, gave Keynote at the Lancet/Cell Conference on "Achieving an AIDS-Free World". My talk was widely quoted and praised for its comprehensive analysis of the opportunity and challenges in achieving an AIDS-Free world. Richard Horton (Editor of The Lancet) praised me in several subsequent commentaries and editorials. This is now a highly visible and muchdiscussed issue of an AIDS-free generation. I am leading the discussion, but with the usual caveats that it is not yet time for a "victory lap" since much needs to be done and despite great scientific and implementation advances, this is not on automatic pilot. I flew back on "red eye". Hence 12 hours in the air and about 10 hours in SF. This is my life. Nov. 11-16, 2013 - Great trip with Christine to visit Oxford and give the Unither Baruch Blumberg Lecture at Oxford on "Ending the HIV/AIDS Pandemic: From Scientific Advances to Public Health Implementation". Met with Raymond Dwek and other colleagues. Visited historic sites within Oxford and enjoyed seeing places where Willis (Circle of Willis), Harvey (circulation) and Francis bacon lived and went to school. I am not usually moved by these things, but this was good. On Nov. 13-14, went to Berlin to receive the Robert Koch Gold Medal. Great honor. Jeffrey Gordon of Washington University received the Robert Koch Prize for his work on