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September 30, 2010
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for the “AIES Young Researchers Award” must explicitly state it in their submissions and must present an original and unpublished paper at the conference.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, 2010. 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
September 2010: Health Economics
Australian Conference of Health Economists
Location: Sydney, Australia
Date: September 30 to October 1, 2010
Abstract deadline: July 30, 2010
The 32nd Australian Conference of Health Economists, organised by the Australian Health Economics Society (AHES), will be held in Sydney on Thursday 30th September and Friday 1st October, 2010. The local organisers are Marian Shanahan (University of New South Wales) and Alison Hayes (University of Sydney)
Abstracts for papers are invited on any topics relating to health economics (presentations will be 20 minutes), and proposals are invited for organised sessions (lasting 1.5 hours). Session organisers will have some discretion on the organisation of their session, but one suggestion would be to combine three speakers with an overall discussant. Note that an individual is only allowed to present one paper at the conference, either in a contributed or an organised session.
Abstracts and session proposals should be e-mailed in pdf format to ahescon2010@gmail.com no later than Monday 5th July 2010. Abstracts and session proposals received after the deadline will not be considered. Authors/Session Organisers will be notified of decisions regarding acceptance by Friday 30th July 2010.
A full copy of the paper (7,000 words maximum) is required by Monday 20th September 2010 and papers will be placed on the AHES website one week prior to the conference.
Confirmed keynote speakers
Professor Cam Donaldson (Glasgow Caledonian University)
Professor Paul Frijters (University of Queensland)
Location
The conference will be held in Sydney at the Grace Hotel http://www.gracehotel.com.au/. The conference dinner will be held at Casa di Nico Restaurant at King Street Wharf http://www.nicks-seafood.com.au/CasaDiNico/.
Prize for Best Paper by a Junior Researcher
AHES will award a A$500 prize for the best paper presented at the conference by a junior researcher. To be eligible for the prize all authors of the paper need to be less than 35 years of age at the time of the conference. To be considered, a full copy of the paper should be e-mailed in pdf format to ahescon2010@gmail.com no later than Monday 5th July 2010. Please mention in the e-mail that you would like to be considered for the prize.
Travel Scholarships
AHES will finance up to two Travel Scholarships to assist junior researchers in the Asia-Pacific region to attend the 2010 Conference and present a paper. AHES will refund the travel and conference expenses up to a maximum of A$1,500 per scholarship. Anyone wishing to be considered for these scholarships must have their complete conference paper, together with a supporting letter from their PhD supervisor or Head of Department, submitted by Monday 5th July 2010 to ahescon2010@gmail.com.
Further conference details, including registration and membership forms, are available at: http://www.ahes.org.au.