Reports from conferences and other meetings, recently attended by our authors.
The Essen Economics of Mental Health Workshop took place in Essen, Germany on 25th and 26th June 2018 organized by Ansgar Wübker and Christoph Kronenberg. A heterogeneous group of fourteen attendees participated in the workshop, from PhD students to Emeritus… Read More »Meeting round-up: Essen Economics of Mental Health Workshop
On 18-23 June, researchers, coming from Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, were gathered together at the annual CINCH summer school, an academic program for early stage researchers in health economics. The fifth CINCH Academy was held in… Read More »Meeting round-up: CINCH Academy 2018
HESG Summer 2018 was hosted by the University of Bristol at the Mercure Bristol Holland House on 20th-22nd June. The organisers did a superb job… the hotel was super comfortable, the food & drink were excellent, and the discussions were… Read More »Meeting round-up: Health Economists’ Study Group (HESG) Summer 2018
The Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) held their 17th European Conference between 10th and 12th June at the Stadsgehoorzaal in Leiden, the Netherlands. The meeting was chaired by Anne Stiggelbout and Ewout Steyerberg who, along with Uwe Siebert, welcomed… Read More »Meeting round-up: Society for Medical Decision Making 17th Biennial European Conference
Last week’s biannual intellectual knees-up for UK health economists took place at City, University of London. We’ve written before about HESG, but if you need a reminder of the format you can read Lucy Abel’s blog post on the subject.… Read More »Meeting round-up: Health Economists’ Study Group (HESG) Winter 2018
The 7th meeting of the International Academy of Health Preference Research (IAHPR) took place in Glasgow on Saturday 4th November 2017. The meeting was chaired by Karin Groothuis-Oudshoorn and Terry Flynn. It was preceded by a Friday afternoon symposium on… Read More »Meeting round-up: 7th Meeting of the International Academy of Health Preference Research
By Eleanor MacKillop and Sally Sheard On 27th October 2017, some key British health economists were reunited to discuss the origins and development of their discipline. The event, held at the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York,… Read More »Meeting round-up: The Role of the University of York in the Development of Health Economics
The 34th Plenary Meeting of the EuroQol Group took place in Barcelona on 21st and 22nd September 2017. The local hosts of the meeting were Mike Herdman (UK-born but a Barcelona resident for many years), Juan Manuel Ramos-Goñi and Oliver… Read More »Meeting round-up: EuroQol Plenary Meeting 2017
The 4th catchily-titled EuHEA PhD Student-Supervisor and Early Career Researcher (ECR) conference took place from 6th–8th September 2017 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Students and ECRs can attend alone but are encouraged to bring their supervisors or other senior colleagues with them,… Read More »Meeting round-up: Fourth EuHEA PhD Student-Supervisor and Early Career Researcher Conference
The CINCH Academy took place for the fourth time in Essen, Germany, from August 28th to September 3rd, 2017. We were twelve PhD students participating in the summer school coming not only from Germany but also from the UK, Netherlands,… Read More »Meeting round-up: CINCH Academy 2017