Location: Phnom Penh
Date: March 2010

The Cambodia Development Resources Institute (CDRI) is convening a three-day conference in March 2010 with support from the Department for International Development, UK (DFID) to explore four themes related to the institutions and incentives that moderate the behaviour of health workers and health service consumers:

• Alternative organisational arrangements for delivering health services including commissioning and purchasing
• The incentives associated with alternative health worker employment contracts
• Healthworker management regimes
• The incentives health service consumers have for using healthcare effectively

Papers will be presented by Cambodian researchers, international speakers and the authors of commissioned papers

Location: San Antonio, Texas, USA
Venue: Grand Hyatt San Antonio
Conference dates: Wednesday, November 10 to Saturday, November 13, 2010
Abstract submission deadline: Friday, March 19, 2010

The American Evaluation Association invites evaluators from around the world to attend its annual conference to be held Wednesday, November 10, through Saturday, November 13, 2010 in San Antonio, Texas. We’ll be convening at the lovely Grand Hyatt San Antonio, right in the heart of the vibrant city and adjacent to the Riverwalk’s nightlife, restaurants, and strolling grounds. Discounted hotel reservations will be available in March.

AEA’s annual meeting is expected to bring together approximately 2500 evaluation practitioners, academics, and students, and represents a unique opportunity to gather with professional colleagues in a collaborative, thought-provoking, and fun atmosphere.

The conference is broken down into 44 Topical Strands that examine the field from the vantage point of a particular methodology, context, or issue of interest to the field as well as the Presidential Strand highlighting this year’s Presidential Theme of Evaluation Quality. Presentations may explore the conference theme or any aspect of the full breadth and depth of evaluation theory and practice.

Proposals are due by midnight in the Eastern time zone, on Friday, March 19, 2010.

For more information please visit our conference website.

Location: Coimbra, Portugal
Workshop dates: 7 - 8 May 2010
Submission deadline: March 21, 2010 EXTENDED

The Centre of Health Studies and Research of the University of Coimbra, Portugal (Centro de Estudos e Investigacao em Saude - CEISUC, http://www.uc.pt/org/ceisuc/) invites researchers, irrespective of their institutional or geographical affiliation, to submit theoretical, applied or policy-oriented research papers to the First CEISUC’s International Workshop on Demand for Health and Health Care.

The Workshop will be held on 7 - 8 May 2010, in Coimbra, at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra (FEUC; http://www.fe.uc.pt). Full papers should be submitted electronically until March 21 to the e-mail address ceisuc@fe.uc.pt. Decision notices on submitted papers will be reported no later than April 10, 2010.

Keynote speakers:

Professors Andrew Jones (University of York)
John Mullahy (to be confirmed) (University of Wisconsin, Madison).

Accepted papers will be presented in 35 minutes-long sessions, including paper debate by a pre-assigned discussant.

The Workshop will be preceded, on May, 6th, by two short courses on Applied Health Econometrics, by Professors Andrew Jones and John Mullahy.

Please check out details of the Workshop and short courses at the CEISUC website, http://www.uc.pt/org/ceisuc/. Further queries about the conference and courses should be sent to ceisuc@fe.uc.pt

Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Conference dates: 24-27 March 2010
Sumission dates: 1 October - 15 November 2009

Leszek Balcerowicz, President, and Maureen O’Hara , Vice President, of the International Atlantic Economic Society cordially invite you to participate in the 69th International Atlantic Economic Conference. Economists from around the world will be brought together in Prague, Czech Republic to discuss the challenges of tomorrow. Through the Society and its international conferences, economists have the opportunity to become better acquainted with each others’ work. Past participants have included Nobel laureates, prime ministers, and other high ranking members of the profession.

For more information regarding the conference program, registration and accomodation please see the Main Prague Conference Web Page

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Venue: The Four Season’s Hotel
Dates: March 28th - 30th, 2010

“Facts, Figures, and the Art of Health Care Decision-Making: linking knowledge generation to health outcomes” is being held from March 28th - 30th, 2010 at The Four Season’s Hotel in Toronto, Ontario. The conference will bring together Canada’s experts from academia, industry and government in the use of medications, the effects of drugs (both beneficial and unintended), health economics of medication use, and policies applied to drug access, use and insurance. Registration information and the preliminary program is on-line at http://www.capt-actp.com.

Location: Mary Ward House, London
Conference dates: 29 - 31 March 2010
Abstract submission deadline: 20 December 2009

Health and Social Care systems are undergoing major changes worldwide, due in part to changes in demography and in part to increased competition between parts of the system whether they are hospitals, primary care trusts, or general practitioners. Yet running health and social care systems efficiently and effectively is crucial to improving or even maintaining our quality of life. Over the years, extensive research has been conducted to find immediate and long-term solutions to issues that are routinely faced by health and social care management professionals, such as waiting lists and bed capacity, hospital redesign, workforce planning and scheduling, patient flow modelling, performance management, disease monitoring, and health care technology assessment. Simulation and modelling techniques (statistical analysis, stochastic processes, queuing theory, mathematical programming, heuristics, discrete event simulation, system dynamics, etc) have shown to be increasingly valuable in providing useful information to aid planning and management.

The aim of the conference is to bring together health care managers, clinicians, management consultants, and mathematicians, operational researchers, statisticians, economists, computer scientists etc from across the world with a view to bridging the gap between the communities and to exploring recent developments and identifying fruitful avenues for further research.

We invite researchers in all relevant problem domains and methodologies to submit abstracts of 300-500 words online at http://online.ima.org.uk/ or to Amy Marsh at Amy.Marsh@ima.org.uk by 20 December 2009. Case studies and methodological papers are both welcome. Authors of accepted abstracts will be notified by the end of January 2010. Authors should indicate whether they wish to make an oral or a poster presentation. Poster presentations are particularly welcome as they stimulate discussion and feedback.

We are also planning a special poster presentation session for PhD students to show their work in progress. Selected papers presented at the conference (whether orally or as a poster) will be published in the Springer journal Health Care Management Science or the IMA Journal of Management Mathematics.

Keynote Speakers

The keynote talks will be given by health services leaders as well as prominent academics involved in health operational research.

Confirmed invited speakers include:

Prof Sir Bruce Keogh (NHS Medical Director)

Prof William Pierskella (UCLA Anderson School of Management, USA)

Dr David Worthington (Lancaster University Management School)

Kate Silvester BSc MBA FRCOphth (Clinical Systems Improvement) originally trained and practised as an ophthalmologist. In 1991 she retrained as a manufacturing systems engineer and spent seven years in management consultancy transferring manufacturing principles to service industries such as banking, airlines and healthcare. In 1999 she rejoined the UK’s National Health Service and worked on many national programmes improving the flow of patients through the system, thus addressing timeliness, cost and quality. Kate’s specific area of expertise is in the management of organisational systems to address the variability in demand and capacity. In November 2007 she joined the EU-Japan World Class Manufacturing Programme to translate the Lean Thinking approach into Healthcare. She was appointed an Honorary Associate Professor, in the Health Sciences Research Institute at Warwick Medical School in January 2009. She is currently sponsored by The Health Foundation and leads an ‘Inquiry into Flow, Cost and Quality’ with South Warwickshire Hospitals NHS Trust and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Organising Committee

Thierry Chaussalet (Chair), University of Westminster

Rose Baker, University of Salford

Sally Brailsford, University of Southampton

Peter Millard, St George’s Hospital Medical School

Martin Pitt, Peninsula Medical School

Martin Utley, CORU, University College London

Registration - Is now open at http://online.ima.org.uk/

Early Bird Conference Fees (before 22 February 2010):

Non IMA Member: £375
IMA Member: £310
Student: £250
Day delegate rates are available.

Late Conference Fees (after 22 February 2010):

Non IMA Member: £400
IMA Member: £335
Student: £250

Further information from:

Amy Marsh, Conference Officer
The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
Catherine Richards House
16 Nelson Street
Southend-on-Sea
Essex SS1 1EF
United Kingdom

T: 01702 356104
F: 01702 354111
E: amy.marsh@ima.org.uk
W: http://www.ima.org.uk

Charity Registration Number: 1017777

Location: York, UK
Dates: 29th-30th March 2010

Workshop at the Centre for Health Economics, University of York: 29th - 30th March 2010

The Hospital Episode Statistics contains details of all admissions to NHS hospitals and all NHS outpatient appointments in England. This intensive workshop introduces participants to HES data and how to handle and manipulate these very large data sets using computer software. Participants will engage in problem-solving exercises, analysing the information in highly interactive sessions.

The workshop is suitable for analysts working in Strategic Health Authorities, hospitals or Primary Care Trusts, and for health care researchers and PhD students.

Places are limited, so please register early to ensure your place. Full details and registration forms are available here: http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/che/training/analysing.htm

Location: Milan
Venue: Universita Cattolica
Conference dates: 2 - 3 July 2010
Submission deadline: 30 March 2010

Keynote Speakers:

Harvey M. Brenner (University of North Texas and Berlin University of Technology)
Maarten M. Lindeboom (Free University Amsterdam)

The HEALTH at WORK Co-ordination Action and the IEIL at the Universita’ Cattolica invite contributed papers and participants for the conference on the theme ‘Health and Safety at Work’

The theme of the conference is the assessment of the economic contexts, institutional structures and policy frameworks on occupational safety and health with the objective of identifying areas of policy action.

The aim of the conference is to provide a better understanding of the economic implications of health at work, bringing together the contributions of different disciplines: economics, sociology, occupational health and epidemiology. Cross-cutting and/or cross-country contributions are particularly welcome. The following list of themes is meant as a non-limiting indication of options for paper submissions.

• The relationship between health and working conditions at the workplace
• The economic costs borne by the worker and the firm from adverse work-related health conditions
• The role of work-environment health and safety practices in relation to the productivity of the firm
• The overall impact of work-related health on a set of relevant outcomes for individual workers and their firms (such as injury rates, absenteeism due to health reasons and quits)
• Occupational health and safety at work related to gender and age issues in light of the feminisation of the labour market and an ageing population
• The social and economic value of improvement of health at work and its contribution to the improvement of the quality of the job, job satisfaction and reduction of lost time at work
• Compensation for adverse working conditions
• Health and safety at work indicators research
• Absenteeism and accidents at work

Submission

Contributors should submit a full draft paper in PDF format by 30 March 2010, to Ioannis Theodossiou theod@abdn.ac.uk and Claudio Lucifora claudio.lucifora@unicatt.it. Decisions on acceptance will be announced by 30th April 2010. It is planned to publish selected papers from the conference programme as a special issue of a journal. Papers to be considered for selection must be delivered in finalised form at the conference, with the full text submitted by 1 August 2010.

Fees and registration

Participation fee (meetings, access to papers, lunches and conference dinner): £ 150 (£ 80 for PhD students). Please use the following payment and registration facility at http://www.abdn.ac.uk/haw/.

Scientific Committee

Ioannis Theodossiou and David McCausland (University of Aberdeen) and Claudio Lucifora and Elena Cottini (Universita Cattolica Milan).

Local Committee

Americo Cicchetti, Elena Cottini, Claudio Lucifora and Severino Sterpi (Universita Cattolica Milan).

Secretariat

Ms. Daniela Archetti, IEIL, UNIVERSITA CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE, LARGO GEMELLI 1 - 20123 MILANO
Phone: +39.02.72342976, Fax: +39.02.72342781 - E-mail: ist.eil@unicatt.it HEALTHatWORK website: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/haw/

Location: Paris, France
Conference dates: May 13-14, 2010
Abstract submission deadline: March 31, 2010

The survival of health care systems remains an outstanding issue in Western countries. How can we deal with a steadily increasing demand for health care due mainly to an aging population while at the same time experiencing tightening financial constraints?

The key themes of the 4th conference of the International Society for Research on Innovation and Change in Health Care Systems (ISRICH) are:

• How do the demographic changes (aging of the population) affect health care systems and the work of health professionals?
• What does a sustainable health care system really mean?
• How can we measure performance, effectiveness and sustainability of the health care system as well as of its organizations?
• How are new innovation and new knowledge created in health care systems and how do they reach patients?

Send extended abstracts (about 1000 words) to: bertrandpauget@ebs-paris.com before march 31th, 2010.

For further information on the conference see more on the homepge of ISRICH: http://www.isrich.eu.

Location: Newport Beach, California, USA
Dates: October 5 - 7, 2010
Submission deadline: April 1, 2010

The third conjoint analysis in health conference (CAHC 2010) is being held between the 5th and 7th October, 2010, in Newport Beach Marriott, in Newport Beach, California. The only international conference devoted to the application of conjoint analysis, discrete choice, and other stated preference methods in health, the CAHC is organized in collaboration between Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Sawtooth Software - who will be holding their conference concurrently. The organizing committee is currently seeking abstract submissions for poster, oral presentations and workshops for the conference. In past years, the conference has attracted methodological, clinical and policy focused researchers from a vast array of fields in medicine and public health. With this year’s conference theme being “Preferences for health and health care from around the globe”, the conference aims to attract international researchers from a range of fields such as outcomes research, medicine, health services research, health economics, psychology/psychometrics and public health. The scientific content will be presented on the Wednesday and Thursday of the conference (October, 6-7) and will include some joint sessions and networking opportunities with participants from the Sawtooth conference. Tuesday, October 5, will be devoted to two optional education workshops tailored specifically to the needs of preferences researchers in health, and participants will have the opportunity to participate in a range of other workshops organized by Sawtooth. Structured abstracts (Background, Objectives, Methods, Result, and Conclusions) of no more that 350 words should be submitted to John F P Bridges jbridges@jhsph.edu and contain the full name, affiliation, and email address of all authors. The deadline for submission is April 1 2010. Further information about the conference can be obtained by contacting Sharon White via email smwhite@jhsph.edu or telephone +1 410 955-0441.

Location: Oslo, Norway
Dates: 10-11 September 2010
Submission deadline: April 6th 2010

Following the inaugural workshop in Berkeley 26-27 October 2006 and the second workshop in Paris 10-11 October 2008 we now invite the submission of draft papers or extended abstracts for a third workshop of the Social Capital and Health Research Network. This third event will take place in Oslo, Norway 10-11 September 2010 organized by the University of Oslo and co-sponsored by the Research Council of Norway.

During the last few years there has been a considerable increase in the interest and in the number of publications on the relation between social capital and health. The literature consists both of theoretical studies, studies based on micro-data within a single country and comparative cross-country studies at the aggregate and disaggregated levels. The workshop is open for all these types of contributions, and in particular for contributions that focus on an economic approach and contributions that aim at revealing the causal effect of social capital on health.

Papers for the workshop will be selected on the basis of draft papers or extended abstracts. Although draft papers are preferred, abstracts (minimum 600 words) that describe methods, results and data (if relevant) will also be considered. The deadline for submitting draft papers or extended abstracts is April 6th 2010. Papers or abstracts must be submitted electronically (PDF or Word) by email to tor.iversen@medisin.uio.no. Authors will be notified about acceptance by May 10th and will be required to provide electronic versions (PDF or Word) of the final paper by August 1st. Papers will be posted on the workshop website in downloadable format. Each paper will have an appointed discussant.

Scientific committee:

Timothy Brown (University of California at Berkeley, USA)
Paul Dourgnon (IRDES, France)
Sherman Folland (Oakland University, USA)
Tor Iversen (University of Oslo, Norway)
Florence Jusot (Universite Paris-Dauphine, France)
Audrey Laporte (University of Toronto, Canada)
Lorenzo Rocco (University of Padova, Italy)
Franco Sassi (OECD)
Richard M. Scheffler (University of California at Berkeley, USA)

Participants are expected to present a paper or act as a discussant or chair. Funding is available to cover the costs of accommodation and meals during the workshop. Participants pay their own travel costs.

Location: Melbourne, Australia
Dates: April 7 - 9, 2010
Abstract and registration deadline: November 1, 2009

A registration form and further information about the Workshop can be found at the webpage: http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/centres/che/fawehe-page.html

Organisers: Bruce Hollingsworth (Monash University) and Tony Scott (University of Melbourne)

Scientific Committee: Denzil Fiebig (Chair) (University of New South Wales), Bill Greene (New York University), Andrew Jones (University of York), Mike Shields (University of Melbourne)

The Programme: This workshop provides the first in a series of forums for the development and dissemination of applications of econometrics and other quantitative methods in health economics. The 2010 workshop will take place at the Monash Conference Centre, Collins St, Melbourne. The number of participants will be limited to around 40 to avoid the need for parallel sessions.

The programme will consist of around 14 papers. Each paper will be allocated an hour, made up of a short presentation by the authors, followed by a response from a nominated discussant and a general discussion.

Papers will be circulated in advance and taken as read. Participants will be expected to attend the whole meeting and it is hoped that all participants will play a role as author, discussant or chairperson.

The deadline for submitting papers and registration forms is 1 November 2009.

Selection Of Papers: Papers for the 2010 Workshop will be selected on the basis of full papers. Authors will have the opportunity to submit their papers for publication in a special Australian Workshop Supplement of Health Economics, and it would be helpful if papers are prepared according to the journal’s notes for contributors. See the www site above for more information.

Contact: bruce.hollingsworth@buseco.monash.edu.au

Location: Umea, Sweden
Dates: 18-20 August 2010
Abstract Submission Deadline: 16 April 2010

We are pleased to invite you to the 31st Nordic Health Economist’s meeting (NHESG)!

This year’s meeting will take place between the 18th and 20th of August at Umea University, Sweden.

The 2010 NHESG meeting is hosted by the Department of Economics and Epidemiology and Global Health at the Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, in collaboration with the Graduate School in Population Dynamics and Public Policy at Umea University.

To serve as an inspiration to participating researchers, but not a restriction, the 31st NHESG meeting has been given the theme “Prevention”.

We are pleased to announce that Professor Donald Kenkel from Cornell University will give a keynote lecture on this theme.

Papers on all topics within health economics are welcome. The submitted papers can be reports on completed studies, work in progress or short descriptions of planned studies. The conference language is English.

If you are interested in presenting a paper at the meeting, please submit a title and an abstract (up to 250 words) of the proposed content, with some indication as to the nature of the piece and techniques expected to be used (e.g., econometrics, theoretical modeling, economic evaluation, etc.).

The deadline for abstracts is April 16th.

Please submit your abstract by email if possible, as text in the body of the email message (not as attachment). It is also possible to submit an abstract by fax. Abstracts will be available on the conference website to allow for a more informed choice for those interested in discussing. You can also participate without presenting a paper.

The deadline for full papers will be June 23rd.

Please note: The deadline will be strictly enforced - papers not submitted in time will be considered withdrawn from the conference. To make the full use of the electronic media, we will make it possible for all the participants to download submitted papers from the conference website. However, access to papers will be restricted to participants at the meeting (a password will be distributed).

You can also participate without presenting a paper. A preliminary conference program will be found on the website from May 17th.

If the numbers of papers submitted exceeds the number of slots, the following selection criteria will apply:

1. Work-in-progress papers and those at an early stage are particularly welcome.

2. Authors, or set of authors (but not institutions or units) may be restricted to one paper.

3. Papers may be selected on a first come first served basis.

This year, the conference registration fee is set at a lower rate for PhD students to especially encourage their participation. The conference registration fee is:

2800 SEK (excl VAT) for PhD students if paid before the 11th of June

3300 SEK (excl VAT) for senior researchers if paid before the 11th of June

4000 SEK (excl VAT) for all participants if paid after the 11th of June

Kindly pass the information about the meeting on to any colleagues who might be interested. We apologize for double postings.

All information about the conference can be found at the website: http://www.econ.umu.se/english/nhesg2010/

Please send abstracts, enquiries, etc. to:

Andrea.mannberg@econ.umu.se

Location: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Presented by: Unite For Sight
Dates: Saturday, April 17 - Sunday, April 18, 2010
First abstract deadline: August 15, 2009
Final abstract deadline: September 20, 2009

200 speakers, including keynote addresses by Seth Godin, Jeffrey Sachs and Sonia Sachs. Social innovation sessions by CEOs and Directors of Acumen Fund, Partners in Health, WaterPartners, Save The Children, HealthStore Foundation, and many others.

The Global Health & Innovation Conference convenes more than 2,200 participants from 55 countries. The conference challenges students, public health professionals, educators, doctors, scientists, lawyers, universities, corporations, nonprofits, and others, to develop innovative, effective solutions to achieve global goals.

Keynote Speakers

“Using The Power of Stories and Tribes to Spread Your Messages and Change The World,” Seth Godin, MBA, Agent of Change; New York Times Bestselling Author of Tribes: We Need You To Lead Us; Founder, Squidoo.com

Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, Director of Earth Institute at Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon

Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, MD, MPH, Health Coordinator, Millennium Village Project

Further conference information including abstract submission and registration can be found at: http://www.ghinnovate.org/

Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Dates: Friday, April 23 to Sunday, April 25, 2010
Abstract submission deadline: December 18, 2009

The International Society on Priorities in Health Care (ISPHC) invites you to attend its next conference, Priorities 2010. This year’s conference theme will be Priority Setting in Difficult Economic Times. This timely topic will allow us to squarely address the financial crisis that has challenged the ability of health systems across the globe with questions about how to prioritize and deliver affordable health care. Coming earlier than our usual meeting time in October, the meeting is scheduled back-to-back with the Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health 5th Annual International Conference which will focus this year on the ethics of procedures in priority setting.

Please save the date, submit an abstract and plan to join us at this year’s meeting.

Call for Abstracts Opens October 20, 2009! Abstract guidelines on the web site.

Registration Now Open!

Conference Web Site: http://www.Organizational-Services.com/Priorities2010

Society Web Site: http://www.HealthCarePriorities.org

Key Dates

Call for abstracts opens October 20, 2009
Call for abstracts closes December 18, 2009
Abstract decision January 22, 2010

Registration

Early bird registration closes March 19, 2010