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September 15, 2009
Call for abstracts: European Congress Healthcare Planning and Design
Location: Rotterdam,
The Netherlands
Conference dates: 6-9 June 2010
Abstract submission deadline: September 15th 2009, (12.00 hrs CET)
A European Congress that addresses challenges for the worldwide healthcare planning and design community, organised by the Dutch Centre for Health Assets in partnership with the European Centre for Health Assets and Architecture.
6-9 June 2010, Congress Centre De Doelen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
The organizers of the European Congress Healthcare Planning and Design invite abstract proposals for workshops to be held as part of the congress programme. Be part of this major European Congress on this topic and help provide answers and insights on some of the key questions facing decision makers on healthcare assets issues today!
The theme of the congress is ‘innovation in health assets strategy, architecture and finance for sustainable healthcare’. The main question which will be addressed in this congress is how the built environment will interact with the changing needs of the European healthcare sector. The new global financial situation is influencing public and private decisions and is making room for innovative solutions to create sustainable health assets in the wider Europe.
Windows of opportunity include new strategic real estate approaches, functional and aesthetic design innovations of healthcare environments, and health asset financing arrangements. As Europe’s economy is now exploring new territory, versatile solutions from a wide range of countries will be showcased, each of them providing different routes to ensure performance, accessibility, equity and quality of infrastructure. This congress will bring together policy makers, project decision makers, architects, healthcare managers and insurance providers to discuss various approaches derived from validated case studies.
More information about abstract submission can be found at call for presentations and the latest conference information can be found on the following website: http://ducha10.ducha.nl/
Call for Papers: Distributive Justice in the Health System - Theory and Empirics
Location: Halle (Saale), Germany
Dates: 11th and 12th December 2009
Submission deadline: 15th September 2009
As allocation and distribution problems in the health system become more and more pressing, there is a growing need for discussion on the topic of distributive justice. The conference aims to bring together theoretical and empirical researchers to debate recent issues and observations. Theoretical contributions may include studies on norms and principles of distributive justice and their implementation in health systems. Moreover, work on institutional regulations of allocation procedures is welcome. Empirical studies could either investigate current supply situations and allocation effects of different arrangements or report findings from questionnaire studies and experiments in health economics that are intended to unfold opinions and preferences of different interest groups.
If you would like to contribute to this conference by presenting a paper, we ask you to send an extended abstract electronically (PDF or Word, 150-500 words) via email until 15th September 2009 to Halle09@dggoe.de
The conference will also offer a panel for discussing results of the interdisciplinary research group FOR655 on “Prioritizing in Medicine” financed by the German Science Foundation (DFG). Moreover, in the course of the conference the constitutive meeting of the dggoe research committee “Distribution” will be held.
The conference fee is 50 € [euro] (no fee for undergraduate and graduate students) and has to be paid in cash at the conference desk. To register for the conference please fill out the form you can find on the homepage below and send it via email to Halle09@dggoe.de. You will also find a list of hotels on the homepage.
Keynote speakers
- Erik Nord, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Erik Schokkaert, Department of Economics, Katholike Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Conference Homepage http://finanzwissenschaft.wiwi.uni-halle.de/conference/