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Wednesday, October 24, 2007
14:00 - 15:30
HTA1 - Introduction to health technology assessment
Local: Casablanca plenary room
chair
Marjukka Mäkelä
Finnish Office for Health Technology Assessment / FinOHTA, - Finland
HTA on the move: science and context for decision making
speaker
Reiner Banken
President, Health Technology Assessment International; Deputy CEO: Agency for Health Services and Technology Assessment (AETMIS) - Canada
The relationship between clinical guidelines and HTA
speaker
Sun Hae Lee-Robin
Systematic reviews in the context of HTA
speaker
Karla Soares-Weiser
Director, Enhance Reviews - Israel
Evidence informed health policy
speaker
John Lavis
Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Transfer and Uptake, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics; McMaster University - Canada
16:30 - 18:00
HTA2 - HTA and health systems governance
chair
Alessandro Liberati
chair
José Carvalho de Noronha
HTA agency and health governance
speaker
Sir J.A. Muir Gray
Challenges to European HTA agencies
speaker
Marjukka Mäkelä
Finnish Office for Health Technology Assessment / FinOHTA, - Finland
Legal decision making based on HTA
speaker
Sueli Dallari
HTA and governance: reflections from 20 years of experience in Québec
secretary
Reiner Banken
President, Health Technology Assessment International; Deputy CEO: Agency for Health Services and Technology Assessment (AETMIS) - Canada
HTA and health systems governance
speaker
Flávia Elias
Friday, October 26, 2007
14:00 - 15:30
HTA3 - Judgments about the quality of evidence and recommendations
chair
Peter Gøtzsche
chair
Flávia Elias
Introduction and making judgments about the quality of evidence
speaker
Regina Kunz
Professor, Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospital - Basel, Switzerland
Going from evidence to recommendations
speaker
Gordon Guyatt
Professor, Health Sciences Centre, McMaster University
Applying the GRADE approach to diagnostic technologies
speaker
Holger Schünemann
Professor, Chair INFORMA/CLARITY Research/Department of Epidemiology National Cancer Institute Regina Elena - Italy
Incorporating considerations of resource use
speaker
Andy Oxman
Co-ordinating Editor, Methodology Review Group; Norwegian Knowledge Centre for Health Services - Norway
16:30 - 18:00
HTA4 - HTA of diagnostic technologies
chair
Gerd Antes
chair
Karla Soares-Weiser
Director, Enhance Reviews - Israel
Evaluation of diagnostic technologies: what’s the point?
speaker
Stefan Lange
Head, Department of non-drugs interventions, IQWiG - Germany
Systematic reviews of diagnostic technologies
speaker
Jon Deeks
Professor of Health Statistics, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology; University of Birmingham - United Kingdom
International comparisons of HTA of diagnostic technologies – an example of screening for vision problems in pre-school children
speaker
Jos Kleijnen
Director, Kleijnen Systematic Reviews - United Kingdom
Challenges and solutions in undertaking HTA of diagnostic technologies
speaker
Pierre Dagenais
Researcher-consultant, Agence d'évaluation des technologies et modes d'intervention en santé (AETMIS) - Canada
Saturday, October 27, 2007
14:00 - 15:30
HTA5 - Resources and opportunity costs in HTA
chair
Clarice Petramale
chair
Jos Kleijnen
Director, Kleijnen Systematic Reviews - United Kingdom
Safety matters: prevention of needle stick injuries
speaker
Maurice McGregor
McGill University Health Centre - Canada
Rational use and economic evaluation of health technologies
speaker
Alexandre Lemgruber
ANVISA - Brazil
Opportunity costs and impact of health technology assessments on a limited budget
speaker
Luke Vale
Research Fellow, Health Economics, University of Aberdeen - United Kingdom
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