There’s a popular theory in the punk rock community, that the best music is made in the worst times. Could the same apply to the work of the health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) community? ISPOR is by no means… Read More »Meeting round-up: ISPOR Annual 2022
My second virtual conference of the season, HTAi 2021, took place over five days in June. At first login, the meeting platform presented itself as one of the more easily navigable virtual conference platforms, with everything accessible from a single… Read More »Meeting round-up: HTAi 2021
Last month saw the second (and final?) virtual edition of ISPOR’s annual conference. If you’ve ever been to an ISPOR conference in real life, you’ll know that they’re massive. Try squishing that into your monitor, and you’ll get a reasonable… Read More »Meeting round-up: ISPOR Annual 2021
Missed iHEA 2019? Or were you there but could not make it to all of the amazing sessions? Stay tuned for my conference highlights! iHEA started on Saturday 13th with pre-congress sessions on fascinating research as well as more prosaic… Read More »Meeting round-up: iHEA Congress 2019
Have you missed ISPOR Europe 2018 but are eager to know all about it? Time to continue reading! In yesterday’s post, I wrote about ISPOR’s outstanding short-course on causal inference and the superb sessions I had attended on day 1.… Read More »Meeting round-up: ISPOR Europe 2018 (part 2)
ISPOR Europe 2018, which took place in Barcelona on the 10th-14th November, was an exceptional conference. It had a jam-packed programme on the latest developments and most pressing challenges in health technology assessment (HTA), economic evaluation and outcomes research. In two… Read More »Meeting round-up: ISPOR Europe 2018 (part 1)
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 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