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THE 32nd AUSTRALIAN CONFERENCE OF HEALTH ECONOMISTS
The 32nd Australian Conference of Health Economists will be held at The Grace Hotel, Sydney on Thursday 30th September and Friday 1st October 2010. The conference dinner will be held at Casa di Nico. The local organisers are Marian Shanahan, Alison Hayes and Steve Jan. Please contact the local organisers or any member of the AHES Executive with any questions you have about the conference. Conference registration form now available here We are pleased to announce our confirmed keynote speakers for the 2010 AHES conference: Professor Cam Donaldson (Glasgow Caledonian University, UK) Professor Paul Frijters (University of Queensland)
CALL FOR PAPERS Abstracts for papers are invited on any topics relating to health economics (presentations will be 20 minutes), and proposals are invited for organised sessions (lasting 1.5 hours). Session organisers will have some discretion on the organisation of their session, but one suggestion would be to combine three speakers with an overall discussant. Note that an individual is only allowed to present one paper at the conference, either in a contributed or an organised session. Abstracts and session proposals should be e-mailed in pdf format to ahescon2010@gmail.com no later than Monday 5th July 2010. Abstracts and session proposals received after the deadline will not be considered. Authors/Session Organisers will be notified of decisions regarding acceptance by Friday 30th July 2010.
Prize for Best Paper by a Junior Researcher AHES will award a A$500 prize for the best paper presented at the conference by a junior researcher. To be eligible for the prize all authors of the paper need to be less than 35 years of age at the time of the conference. To be considered, a full copy of the paper should be e-mailed in pdf format to ahescon2010@gmail.com no later than Monday 5th July 2010. Please mention in the e-mail that you would like to be considered for the prize.
AHES will finance up to two Travel Scholarships to assist junior researchers in the Asia-Pacific region to attend the 2010 Conference and present a paper. AHES will refund the travel and conference expenses up to a maximum of A$1,500 per scholarship. Anyone wishing to be considered for these scholarships must have their complete conference paper, together with a supporting letter from their PhD supervisor or Head of Department, submitted by Monday 5th July 2010 to ahescon2010@gmail.com.
Previous Conferences Available papers
from the following previous conferences an be accessed by members via the members section of the website. 31st Australian Conference of Health Economists (Hobart, 2009) 30th Australian Conference of Health Economists (Adelaide, 2008) 29th Australian Conference of Health Economists (Brisbane, 2007) 28th Australian Conference of Health Economists (Perth, 2006) 27th Australian Conference of Health Economists (Auckland, 2005) 26th Australian Conference of Health Economists (Melbourne, 2004) 25th Australian Conference of Health Economists (Canberra, 2003)
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Last Updated: 22nd May 2010 Authorised by: Denzil Fiebig,
President Australian Health Economics Society Inc, Incorporated in NSW |
