Workshop Sponsored and Organised by Curtin University of Technology; the Danish Institute for Health Services Research; and the University of Cape Town Key Note Speaker Vicente Navarro Sunday 8th July 2007 9.00am to 4.00pm Room S.01Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3 - 2000 Frederiksberg Copenhagen There is no charge for this workshop which will include teas, coffees and light lunches. Registration in advance is desirable for catering purposes but come along on the day if you wish. http://www.healtheconomics.org/register2007.html The workshop will explore a number of the ideological and political issues surrounding health and health care in the 21st century. In particular, speakers will look at the links between neo liberalism and both health and health care in a global context. Plenty space will be allowed for comments from the floor. Introduction and Welcome Jes Søgaard Danish Institute for Health Services Research Chair: to be announced Keynote Address: Neoliberalism and its consequences for health and quality of life Vicente Navarro, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, US; and Pompeii Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain Utopian nightmares: a political economy of neoliberalism and health David Coburn, University of Toronto, Canada Neoliberalism and health care in poor countries Amiya Bagchi, Institute for Development Studies, Kolkata, India Neo liberalism and health: another way forward - or several? Gavin Mooney, Curtin University, Perth, Australia Commercialisation of health care in conditions of extreme inequality: the political and economic limits of ‘transition’ Maureen Mackintosh. The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK Reducing fragmentation in health care financing and promoting solidaristic societies Di McIntyre, University of Cape Town, South Africa Where to now? Panel Discussion Concluding comments Gavin Mooney