5th European Conference on Health
Economics (September 8th-11th 2004)
Dear
Colleagues
This is a reminder that LSE
Health and Social Care is hosting the 5th European Conference on Health
Economics. Details on conference registration, submission of
abstracts, application for organised sessions, the student prize, the
hardship fund, accommodation, the local organising committee and the scientific
advisory committee can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/lsehsc/ECHE2004/welcome.htm
Information that is additional
to that released in the first call for abstracts is outlined
below.
Plenaries
There will be two plenary
sessions at the conference.
Professor Richard Layard will
be speaking on happiness. Professor Layard is a member and
founder of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of
Economics, and since 2000 he has also been a member of the House of Lords.
He has written widely
on unemployment, inflation, education, inequality and post-Communist reform. He
was an early advocate of the welfare-to-work approach to unemployment, and
co-authored the influential book Unemployment: Macroeconomic Performance and
the Labour Market (OUP 1991). From 1997-2001 he helped implement these
policies as a consultant to the Labour government.
The second plenary speaker is
yet to be confirmed.
Satellite
sessions
Up to ten satellite sessions
will be organised, which will take place immediately after the close of
programme on Thursday September 9th and Friday September 10th. The purpose of
these sessions will be for organisations, institutions or companies to hold
a seminar on any theme or issue that they wish. The satellite sessions will be
allotted on a first-come first-served basis at a charge of 5,000 Euros.
Poster
prize
The Brian Abel-Smith Prize,
worth 500 Euros, will be awarded to the best poster. All conference
delegates will be given an opportunity to vote for what they perceive
to be the best poster.
Publicity
materials
Academic centres with five or
more participants at the conference will, on request, be allotted a space
at no charge to display their own publications and brochures. Official
sponsors of the conference that have donated at least 1,500 Euros (public
sector) or 3,000 Euros (private sector) will also, on request, be allotted
a space to display materials. Publishers will be allotted a space at a charge of
1,500 Euros. Those interested in pursuing these opportunities further
should contact Adam Oliver at [log in to unmask]
Summary of main
dates
Monday February 16th: Deadline for abstracts and for organised session
proposals
Friday March 19th: Deadline for
submission to the hardship fund committee
Wednesday March 31st: Acceptance/rejection decision on abstracts and organised session
proposals
Monday May 31st: Deadline on early bird
registration
Monday May 31st: Deadline for
submission to student prize competition
Wednesday June 30th: Deadline for booking university
accommodation
Sponsors
Additional sponsors are
welcome. If you or your organisation/institution/company would like offer
sponsorship to the 5th European Conference on Health Economics please contact
Adam Oliver at [log in to unmask]
Confirmed sponsors
include:
Aegisnet
Brian Abel-Smith Memorial
Fund
Eurohealth
European Investment
Bank
Glaxo-Smithkline
Government of
Taiwan
HM Treasury
IGES
King's Fund
Merck Foundation
Trust
Innovus
Novartis
Nuffield
Trust
Ortho
Biotech
Pfizer
Visit London
Kind
regards
Adam Oliver
LSE Health and Social Care
and the Department of Social
Policy
London School of Economics and Political
Science