Technology, innovation and change in health and healthcare

Technology, innovation and change

in health and healthcare

Geneva, 18-19 October 2007

Thursday October 18

8.45      Shuttle-bus leaves the Hôtel Longemalle (13 place Longemalle, 1204 Genève)

9.30      Reception and Registration (Brocher Foundation, Route d’Hermance 471, 1248 Hermance)

10.00    An Overview of Technology Innovation and Diffusion

Chair: Joan Costa Font, LSE

The process of Innovation: Incentives, Behavior and Organization

Stan Metcalfe, Manchester University

Innovation Technology in Health Care

Alistair McGuire, LSE

11.15    Coffee break

11.30    Innovation, Adoption and Diffusion in Health Technology

Chair: Christophe Courbage, The Geneva Association

Technology change in hospital and primary care

Nick Bosanquet, Imperial College

Diffusion of health technologies in the pharmaceutical sector

Victoria Serra-Sastre, LSE

12.45 -14.00 Lunch

Medical technology adoption under uncertainty with learning

Joshua Graff Zivin, Columbia University

Dynamics of emergence and evolution of health technologies

Andrea Mina, University of Cambridge

Ageing and pharmaceutical innovation

Roland Eisen, University of Frankfurt

15.45    Coffee break

16.00    The Regulation and Consumption of New Health Technologies

Chair: Alistair McGuire, LSE

Intellectual property rights and pharmaceuticals development

Joan Rovira, University of Barcelona

Demand for health information on the internet

Caroline Rudisill, LSE

Institutional pathways for integrating genetic testing into mainstream health care

      Hristina Petkova, University of Exeter

18.00    Pre dinner Break

20.00    Dinner at the “Hôtel Longemalle” (13 place Longemalle, 1204 Genève)

Friday 19 October

8.30      Shuttle-bus leaves the Hôtel Longemalle (13 place Longemalle, 1204 Genève)

09.15    Medical Technology and Insurance Incentives

Chair: Christophe Courbage, The Geneva Association

Health technology - A challenge to insurance

Peter Zweifel, University of Zurich

Genetic advances and health insurance

Michael Hoy, University of Guelph

Insurance coverage and the demand for new drugs: Evidence from the United States

Marin Gemmill, LSE

11.30    Coffee Break

12.00    New Health Care Technologies

Chair: Joan Costa Font, LSE

Pharmacogenetics: a new concept in health care

Klaus Lindpaintner, Roche Genetics

The convergence of nano-, bio- and information technology leading to innovation in healthcare

Nicola Pangher, Ital TBS S.p.A

The limits and challenges of economic evaluation of new health technologies

Adam Oliver, LSE

14.00    End of conference– Farewell cocktail (lunch)