Schedule
21. International EBHC Symposium 2026
Multilevel HTA. Coordinating affordability across health care
October 8-9, 2026 | Krakow + ONLINE
21. Międzynarodowe Sympozjum EBHC 2026
Multilevel HTA. Coordinating affordability across health care
October 8-9, 2026 | Krakow + ONLINE
- Session 1: Crisis or paradigm shift in the concept of healthcare
- Session 2: Development of HTA in Europe
- Session 3: Equity, value, and need: multidimensional assessment of health interventions
- Session 4: HTA: from recommendations to implementation in clinical practice
- Session 5: Public health – is it still Evidence-Based?
- Session 6: Does the patient perspective change the final assessment of health technology in the HTA process?
| Day 1 | Thursday, October 8, 2026 9.00–15.40 |
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| Session 1. Crisis or paradigm shift in the concept of healthcare 9.00–10.30 // 1 h 30 min. |
Invited speakers | Time [min.] |
| Opening of the Symposium | Magdalena Władysiuk, Tomasz Jan Prycel | 10 |
| Discussion panel: Are the current health care problems a temporary crisis or do they indicate the exhaustion of the current paradigm of care organization? Maria Libura, Barbara Więckowska, Jakub Szulc, Waldemar Malinowski, Sebastian Sikorski, Tomasz Imiela, Michał Zabdyr-Jamróz, Magdalena Władysiuk, Jan Oleszczuk-Zygmuntowski |
80 | |
| Coffee-Break // 10.30-10.50 // 20 min. top |
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| Session 2. Development of HTA in Europe 10.50–12.20 // 1 h 30 min. |
Invited speakers | Time [min.] |
| Is clinical evaluation at the EU level sufficient to increase access to drug technologies? | Ann Single | 15 |
| Development of access to medicines in the light of legislative changes | Mateusz Oczkowski | 15 |
| Discussion panel: Will access to medicines improve in light of global pricing changes - Europe and the USA? Mateusz Oczkowski, Przemysław Rzodkiewicz, Magdalena Władysiuk, Maciej Miłkowski, Wiktor Janicki, Irena Rej, Karina Jahnz Rózyk, Maciej Krzakowski, Maciej Niewada |
60 | |
| Lunch 12.20-13.20 // 60 min. top |
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| Session 3. Equity, value, and need: multidimensional assessment of health interventions 13.20–15.20 // 2 h |
Invited speakers | Time [min.] |
| Health equity – is it possible to assess it in clinical practice? | Mary Fletcher-Louis | 20 |
| Inequality in cancer care in Poland | Bernard Waśko | 20 |
| From diagnostics to therapy – how FRα reflex testing can streamline the care pathway for patients with ovarian cancer | Paweł Potocki | 20 |
| Fiscal impact of HPV | Rafał Jaworski | 20 |
| Comprehensive pulmonology care in Poland | Małgorzata Czajkowska-Malinowska | 20 |
| Key elements of women’s health in medicine | Agnieszka Tycińska | 20 |
| Discussion: Mateusz Oczkowski, Przemysław Rzodkiewicz, Mary Fletcher-Louis, Bernard Waśko, Rafał Jaworski, Małgorzata Czajkowska-Malinowska, Agnieszka Tycińska i Paweł Potocki |
20 | |
| Day 2 | Friday, October 9, 2026 9.00–16.20 |
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| Session 4. HTA: from recommendations to implementation in clinical practice 9.00–11.40 // 2 h 40 min. |
Invited speakers | Time [min.] |
| Health Technology Assessment Agency – new clinical practice guidelines | Przemysław Rzodkiewicz | 20 |
| Assessment of medical technologies in the light of AI developments | Maciej Niewada | 20 |
| GRADE – assessment of uncertainty in clinical analysis | Małgorzata Bała | 20 |
| Data integration to advance real-world clinical practice | Marcin Waryszak | 20 |
| Digital technologies – shaping the future | Jennifer Goldsack | 20 |
| The development of RWE and improving the efficiency of healthcare systems | Karen Facey | 20 |
| Hospital-based HTA in the light of digital developments | Magdalena Władysiuk | 20 |
| Discussion | 20 | |
| Coffee-Break // 11.40-12.00 // 20 min. top |
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| Session 5. Public health – is it still Evidence-Based? 12.00–13.40 // 1 h 40 min. |
Invited speakers | Time [min.] |
| Population health assessment - what is needed for needs planning | Anna Smaga | 20 |
| Assessment of population needs - public health management systems | Paweł Grzesiowski | 15 |
| Integrating health and social care. Can local governments play a role as decision-makers? | Tadeusz Jędrzejczyk | 15 |
| Oncoeducator - a cooperation program in the field of prevention at the local government level | Paweł Zawadzki | 15 |
| Improving access to local government programs - key success factors | Tomasz Jan Prycel | 20 |
| Discussion | 15 | |
| Lunch 13.40-14.40 // 60 min. top |
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| Session 6. Does the patient perspective change the final assessment of health technology in the HTA process? 14.40–16.20 // 1 h 40 min. |
Invited speakers | Time [min.] |
| Patient Perspectives within JCA | Valentina Strammiello | 20 |
| The patient perspective in the Polish HTA process | Małgorzata Skweres-Kuchta | 20 |
| Social care and health care - key elements of integration | Katarzyna Roszewska | 20 |
| Discussion panel: Does patient inclusion actually improve access to care? Maria Libura, Valentina Strammiello, Magdalena Kołodziej, Katarzyna Roszewska, Małgorzata Skweres-Kuchta |
20 | |
| Discussion and conclusion of the Symposium | 20 | |
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