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AES (the Spanish Health Economics Association) and SEE (the Spanish Epidemiological Society), two of the founding scientific societies of SESPAS (the Spanish Society for Public Health and Administration), and those with the biggest number of members, have decided to coordinate their respective annual scientific meetings in order to be attractive to all SESPAS members by dealing with issues with cross-cutting interest. The scientific programme on days 6 and 8 will include issues of great current relevance, such as the determinants of population health. Themes such as global warming, social inequality in health, education – which is key to social mobility – and big data will be addressed during events coordinated by the two societies in order to enable better analyses of the problems and projection of the consequences of possible actions. In addition to the keynote lectures on these topics, there will be talks and presentations that will allow the distinct perspectives in SESPAS to be explored.
The aim is to contribute to the goals of SESPAS, continuing existing association between European and global public health networks, through a Congress of conferences in order to raise the international profile of SESPAS, strengthen the role of SESPAS within national decision-making institutions, and test a novel form of joint conference that can accommodate the diverse needs of the distinct SESPAS societies.
The overall theme of the conference – Science for Action - is inspired by the idea that by offering rigorous analysis and scientific method, we can counter the growing ability of special interest groups to define and dominate the political agenda. We want to give a voice to civil society through our technical knowledge, provide a scientific approach to decisions in public health and promote consensual opinions based on scientific rigour in form and in content. There is nothing more personal, intimate and individual than health, but the health of the population also matters to society. It is important to know how to get more health value for the money we spend on health, both in society at large and in the public system. The Congress aims to contribute to these major issues through an unbiased, multidisciplinary and cross-cutting approach, which advocates health without forgetting other major societal goals; all this by combining science, action and awareness.
Health problems among populations are complex, with multiple causes and effects that require multidisciplinary work: epidemiology, economics, health management, legal science and environmental health, among others. All of these diverse areas of research will come together in this Congress to analyse public health problems and their solutions and benefit from debate and criticism by experts from traditionally separate fields.
The topics of the meeting will cover the usual areas, in addition to the aforementioned areas of global warming, inequality and big data: major risk factors; the most important causes of morbidity and mortality; environment; nutrition; lifestyles; prevention and promotion; control of communicable diseases; chronicity and dependence; access, use and variations; evaluation of public policies, health policies and health services; investigation methodology; innovation, organisation and management; government and institutions; quality and appropriateness of healthcare; effectiveness: treatment, prevention, diagnosis, adverse effects; vulnerable populations; specialist subjects, etc. Bearing in mind all these topics, we want to highlight both the complementary nature of the different perspectives and their applicability.
The health system is tightly interwoven with politics; health challenges are not resolved in the short term and, unlike political changes, health objectives should incorporate the long-term goals but with a constant fine tuning based on the acquisition of new knowledge. All this, while being attentive to the culture of public policy evaluation, prioritisation and institutional design in order to achieve something that is socially desirable as well as individually attractive.
There is an Executive Committee formed by Vicente Ortún (former Chairman of SESPAS), Pilar García-Gómez (former Chair of AES), Esteve Fernández (former Chair of SEE), Silvia de Sanjosé (Chair of the 35th SEE Scientific Committee), Cristina Hernandez Executive Committee Quevedo (Chair of the 37th AES Scientific Committee), María Sala (SEE) and Toni Mora (AES). The Executive Committee is responsible for the organisation and integrity of the whole event as well as the scientific part of the exclusive SESPAS sessions to be held on the mornings of days 6 and 8. They are also responsible for ensuring peer review of papers for SESPAS sessions. Day 5 will be devoted to congress activities. The afternoons of days 6 and 7 will deal with the SEE Scientific Meeting and AES Conference, with a sufficient choice of topics to attract the participation of any member of SESPAS.
The deadlines and prices for the Congress are the same for members of all the societies. Social events will be coordinated and we will be able to take advantage of economies of scale. There will still be three separate websites for registration for the Congress: AES, SEE and SESPAS, which, among other things, will allow us to keep track of the number of attendees coming from each society and distribute income and expenses accordingly. All attendees will have the same access to the scientific sessions and social events, regardless of which society they belong to.
We invite everyone to attend the meeting and we encourage you to actively participate with your contributions to make this first joint SESPAS Congress a success. The Committee will make every effort to ensure you have a pleasant stay in Barcelona, at the Ciutadella campus of Pompeu Fabra University.
Vicente Ortún
Pilar García-Gómez
Esteve Fernández
Silvia de Sanjosé (Chairwoman of the SEE Scientific Committee)
Cristina Hernández-Quevedo (Chairwoman of the AES Scientific Committee)
María Sala
Toni Mora
President
Vicente Ortún
Esteve Fernández
Pilar García-Gómez
Cristina Hernández-Quevedo
Toni Mora
María Sala
Silvia de Sanjosé
President
Cristina Hernández-Quevedo
David Epstein
Joan Gené
Paula González
Ruth Puig
Laura Vallejo-Torres
| 9.00-9.45 h | Opening of the conference |
| 9.45-11.15 h | Parallel sessions
Mercè Crosas. Chief Data Science & Technology Officer, The Institut for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University
Coordinator: Cristina Hernández-Quevedo
Coordinator: Mónica Guxens
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| 11.15-11.45 h | Coffee break |
| 11.15-11.45 h | Presentación del informe SESPAS-OMC sobre Iatrogenia |
| 11.45-13.15 h | Parallel sessions
Coordinator: Joan Gené Badía
Coordinator: Jordi Casabona
Coordinators: Maira Bes Rastrollo y Eva-Maria Navarrete Chair: Jesus Vioque y Maira Bes Rastrollo
Coordinator: Paula González
Coordinator: Beatriz González López-Valcárcel. Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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| 13.15-15.15 h | Lunch Paralell posters sessions |
| 13.45-14.45 h |
Speaker’s corners
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| 15.15-16.45 h | Parallel sessions
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| 16.45-17.00 h | Coffee break |
| 17.00-18.30 h | Sessions of submissions panels |
| 9.15-10.45 h | Sessions of submissions panels |
| 10.45-11.15 h | Coffee break |
| 11.15-12.45 h | Sessions of submissions panels |
| 12.45-14.45 h | Lunch Paralell posters sessions |
| 13.15-14.15 h |
Speaker’s corners
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| 14.45-16.15 h | Sessions of submissions panels |
| 16.15-16.30 h | Coffee break |
| 16.30-18.00 h | Sessions of submissions panels |
| 10.00-11.30 h | Parallel sessions
Coordinator: David Epstein
Coordinators: Silvia de Sanjosé and Laia Alemany
Coordinator: Carme Davo
Prizes |
| 11.30-12.00 h | Coffee break |
| 12.00-13.30 h | Parallel sessions
Humberto Llavador. Profesor del Departamento de Economía y Empresa de la Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
Coordinator: Carlos Alvarez-Dardet. Director de la revista, órgano de SESPAS
Coordinator: Joan R Villalbí
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| 13.30-14.00 h | Closing conference |
| Up to 15 June (inclusive) | After 15 June | |
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| AES members, new AES members and associates* | 300€ | 350€ |
| Non-AES members | 370€ | 420€ |
21% VAT included
*: Members of any association with which the AES holds a valid agreement are considered associates, as are members of any association that belongs to the Spanish Society for Public Health and Health Administration (SESPAS). All such associates must justify their membership in the association in question by sending a scanned copy of a document proving their membership (certificate, invoice, etc.) to the Conference Technical Secretariat (jornada@aes.es).
The registration fee includes: session attendance, documentation, coffee, working lunches, welcome reception and conference dinner.
Online payment through the conference website.
Bank transfer to AES:
Acount number: 0081 0105 11 0001444048
IBAN: ES09 0081 0105 11 0001444048
SWIFT CODE: BSABESBBXXX
Stating AES 2016 and the participant's name as reference. A copy of the bank transfer receipt must
be sent to the Technical Secretariat.
Cheque made out to the Asociación de Economía de la Salud.
If a request is made to cancel a registration after it has been confirmed, given the problems this creates for the Conference organisers, AES will retain part of the registration fee. The amount retained will vary according to the date on which the cancellation is requested. Specifically, if the cancellation is requested:
Before 29 April (inclusive), 25% of the fee will be withheld and the remainder refunded once the conference has ended.
Between 30 April and 6 June (both inclusive), 50% of the fee will be withheld and the remainder refunded once the conference has ended.
After 6 June, 100% of the fee will be withheld.
In exceptional cases, and after the parties concerned have demonstrated the occurrence of a serious personal matter, the Board of Directors may exempt them from the corresponding withholding arising from either the registration, accommodation booking or both, with the full amount paid being refunded.
Those interested may submit proposals for organised sessions with a minimum of three presentations, with or without discussants. These will be evaluated by the Scientific Committee and must comply with the following rules:
The following prizes are announced for the 37th Health Economics Association (AES) Conference:
17th SESPAS (Spanish Society of Public Health) CONGRESS
35th SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF THE SEE (Spanish Epidemiology Society) - 12th CONGRESS OF THE PORTUGUESE ASSOCIATION OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
37th HEALTH ECONOMICS CONFERENCE
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Campus de la Ciutadella
Calle de Ramon Trias Fargas, 25-27
08002 - Barcelona, Spain
The working lunches will be held in the university’s two cafeterias.
Along with the documentation, the secretary will provide a ticket for each day. This will need to be presented in either of the two university cafeterias.
The reception will take place on Tuesday 5 September at 6.00 p.m. in the Saló de Cent of the Barcelona City Hall (Plaza Sant Jaume I).
We are pleased to inform you that the Official SESPAS Congress Cocktail Dinner will take place on 7 September in Sala Razzmatazz (Calle Almogavares 122). The venue will be open from 9.00 p.m. You will need to present your dinner ticket.
Presentations must be loaded at least 1 hour prior to the session in the room equipped for this purpose (Classroom 40.247), which is located on the second floor of the Roger de Llúria building.
The computers will be equipped with the Windows 7 operating system and Office 2010 package. Computers will also be available in this room for you to revise your presentations before loading them onto the main computer. It will not be possible to directly connect devices in the presentation rooms. There is no HDMI connector.
The Universitat Pompeu Fabra's Wi-Fi network is available free of charge to congress attendees in all of its facilities.
Username: event@upf
Password: 17upompf
Computers with internet connectivity are available at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra's library located on the underground floor of the Jaume I building.
To access the computers, enter the following credentials:
Username: sespas
Password: jornadas2017
35th SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF THE SEE CERTIFICATES
All certificates will be sent in digital format via e-mail once the congress has finished.
37th HEALTH ECONOMICS CONFERENCE CERTIFICATES
Certificates of attendance:
The certificates will be given to the attendees in the Secretary’s office where the conference is held, together with the documentation.
Communication certificates:
The certificates will be given to the authors by the roundtable moderator upon completion of the discussion.
Poster certificates:
The certificates will be given out by the moderator of the poster session upon its conclusion.
17th SESPAS CONGRESS CERTIFICATES
Attendance and presentation certificates:
The certificates will be given to the attendees in the Secretary’s office where the conference is held, together with the documentation.
Communication certificates:
The certificates will be given to the authors by the roundtable moderator upon completion of the discussion.
Poster certificates:
The certificates will be given out by the moderator of the poster session upon its conclusion.
Bonaire, 7 08301 Mataró (BARCELONA) | Tel. 93 755 23 82 | Fax. 93 755 23 83 | jornada@aes.es
