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COVID-19 Lessons: Past and Future

October 8, 2024

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Type Symposium
Intended for General public / Enrolled students / Alumni / Companies / University students / Academic and Administrative Staff
Date(s) November 1, 2024 15:30 — 18:30
Location Hongo Area Campus,In-person and online
Venue Meeting Room, Sanjo Conference Hall 2F (MAP: building no.2) (ACCESS)
and online
Entrance Fee No charge
Registration Method Advance registration required
Please register from the link below.
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Registration Period October 8, 2024 — October 31, 2024
Contact hpta[at]pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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The 12th Health Technology Assessment International Symposium,
The University of Tokyo 2024
COVID-19 Lessons: Past and Future
by the Hitachi International Joint Research

This symposium aims to present the research results of the International Joint Study, titled “Public Health Economics of COVID-19 Pandemic,” supported by the research grant, “Hitachi Fund Support for Research Related to Infectious Diseases.” It was initiated on the platform of the Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo in December 2021. The international experts in health economics and outcomes research in Europe, North America and Asia review and analyze the gap between science and misinformation experienced during the pandemic, and make recommendations for the arrival of new pandemics in the future.

Language: English (Simultaneous interpretation service will be provided.)
Organizer
Health Policy & Technology Assessment Research Unit (HPTA),
Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo
Co-organizer:
The Hitachi Global Foundation
Program:
Time Program Speaker
15:30-15:35 Opening remark Kan Suzuki
Professor and Chief Investigator of the Hitachi Covid Research Project, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo
15:35-15:55 “COVID-19 Past and Future in Health Economics Perspective: case in Sweden” Ulf Persson
Senior adviser and Professor, Swedish Institute for Health Economics (SIHE), Sweden
15:55-16:15 “COVID-19 Past and Future in Health Economics Perspective: case in France” Pierre-Yves Geoffard
Professor, Paris School of Economics, France
16:15-16:35 “Early modeling of the impact of vaccination” Jaime Caro
Chief Scientist, Evidera, and Professor, McGill University, Canada, Professor in Practice at London School of Economics, UK
16:35-16:45 Intermission  
16:45-17:05 “COVID-19 Past and Future in Public Health Perspective: case in Taiwan” Chee Jen Chang
Distinguished Professor, Chang Gung University, Taiwan
17:05-17:25 “COVID-19 Past and Future in value assessment: case in Japan” Isao Kamae
Project Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo
17:25-17:45 “COVID-19 Past and Future in value assessment: case in Korea” Jeonghoon Ahn
Professor and Chair, Department of Health Convergence, Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea
17:45-18:25 Panel Discussion “What do we recommend to prepare for the next pandemic” Moderator: Isao Kamae
Panelists: All the guest speakers
18:25-18:30 Closing remark
Hideaki Shiroyama
Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo
Speakers’ profile:
List of speakers (in order of appearance)

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