The Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA) hereby announces the change in the venue and date of the 15th International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA), which was originally scheduled to take place in Libreville , Gabon in December 2007. The next ICASA is now scheduled to hold in Dakar , Senegal from 8-11 December 2008. This decision was taken by the Executive Council of the SAA in conjunction with the International Steering Committee during the meeting held in Libreville , Gabon in January 2007 after it became clear that it would be impossible to hold the ICASA in Gabon owing to logistical problems that could not be overcome by December 2007. It therefore became necessary to appoint a new chair for the 15th ICASA in the person of Professor Souleymane Mboup who has already put all machinery in place to ensure a highly successful ICASA in 2008.