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June 30, 2010
Call for Abstracts: 8th Annual Southeastern Health Economics Study Group Conference: University of Georgia
Location: Athens, Georgia, USA
Dates: October 29-30, 2010
Abstract Deadline: June 30, 2010
Department: Public Administration and Policy, and Economics
The purpose of this invitational conference is to present and promote active exchange and discussion of the latest health economics research among senior and junior economists. Some meals will be provided. All other expenses, including transportation and lodging, are the participants’ responsibility.
10 papers will be accepted for presentation. The conference will consist of a full day of presentations on Friday, October 29 and a half-day of presentations on Saturday, October 30. Each paper will be allotted one hour, including 30 minutes for presentation and 30 minutes for discussant comments and discussion from the floor. The number of participants in the conference will be limited. While submissions are invited from any geographical location, preference will be given to presenters from the Southeastern region of the United States.
If you would like to participate, please submit an abstract (maximum of two pages) in electronic format (pdf preferred) to shesg@googlegroups.com by June 30, 2010. Submissions should be unpublished.
Decisions will be made by July 30, 2010. Completed papers must be received by the conference organizers by August 31, 2010 For further information, please contact David Bradford (Phone: 706-542-2731; E-mail: bradfowd@uga.edu).
Call for Abstracts: Italian Health Economics Association (AIES) 15th Annual Conference
Location: Moncalieri (TO), Italy
Dates: September 30-October 1, 2010
Abstract submission deadline: June 15, 2010 Extended June 30, 2010
Both empirical and theoretical papers are expected to be submitted and contribute to the discussion on “The future of health care: institutional design, efficiency, equity”.
Specific topics for which submissions are welcome include:
a) Health care financing, federalism
and standard costs
b) Institutional design of health care systems and
organisations
c) Industry of health care goods and services
d) Organisational design and operating systems in health care
organisations
e) Efficiency and equity of public policy
f) Economic evaluation of health care programmes
g) Performance
evaluation of health systems and organisations
h) Comparative
analysis of health care systems
i) Evaluation of health policy impact
A limited number of papers not specifically consistent with the Conference theme will be admitted for presentation and discussion in open sessions.
Abstracts are to be submitted by e-mail before June 15th 2010 Extended to June 30, 2010 to the Scientific Committee’s members and the Conference Secretary (see below for e-mail addresses). Abstracts (not exceeding 2 pages), should include:
- name(s) of author(s) and affiliation; author presenting the study should be marked with an asterisk; corresponding author’s e-mail address, postal address and telephone number;
- topic of the paper (choosing from the above-listed topics) or “open session”;
- presentation format (oral, poster or doctoral & junior researchers session);
- title;
- objectives;
- methodology;
- main content;
- literature and expected original contribution.
Authors who want to compete for the “AIES Young Researchers Award” must explicitly state it in their submissions and must present an original and unpublished paper at the conference. Authors must be all less than 35 years old, to be eligible for the award.
All abstracts will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee and acceptance/rejection will be communicated by July 15th 2010 Extended to July 31. Review will consider consistency, methodological robustness and relevancy
Contributions accepted will be either full papers for oral presentations or short communications for the poster sessions.
The Scientific Committee will allocate contributions to appropriate sessions, according to the subject discussed and methodology (theoretical analysis, empirical analysis, and institutional analysis).
Accepted papers must be submitted to the Conference Secretariat by September 15th 2010.
All information regarding the Conference will be published on the AIES website: http://www.aiesweb.it
Scientific Committee
- Claudio Jommi, Department of Chemical, Food, Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences and Faculty of Pharmacy, Universita del Piemonte Orientale: claudio.jommi@pharm.unipmn.it
- Massimiliano Piacenza, Department of Economics and Public Finance “G. Prato”, Universita degli Studi di Torino: piacenza@econ.unito.it
- Gilberto Turati, Department of Economics and Public Finance “G. Prato”, Universita degli Studi di Torino: turati@econ.unito.it
- Roberto Zanola, POLIS (Public Policies and Public Choice), Universita del Piemonte Orientale: roberto.zanola@unipmn.it
Conference Secretary
- Cinzia Di Novi, Universita del Piemonte Orientale: cinzia.dinovi@sp.unipmn.it
- Giovanni Perucca, Universita degli Studi di Torino: giovanniperucca@libero.it
- Susanna Riva, Universita degli Studi di Torino: susannariva@yahoo.it
Administrative Secretary
Mirella Airaldi, Coripe Piemonte, Via Real Collegio, 30 - 10024 Moncalieri (TO) Tel. +39 011.6705202 Fax +39 011.6407976 email: coripe@tin.it
Conference Location
Fondazione Real Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30 10024 Moncalieri (TO) - Italy
Conference Organizer
CORIPE Piemonte
Universita degli Studi di Torino, Universita del Piemonte Orientale, Regione Piemonte, Provincia di Torino, Fondazione CRT