Renewed efforts on research about health care markets

The Dutch healthcare authority (NZa) and TILEC recently announced their agreement to cooperate in research about competition and regulation in health care markets. In the context of this agreement, two part-time professors, Marcel Canoy (economics) and Wolf Sauter (law), were appointed at Tilburg University as of 1 March, 2008. The agreement is the outcome of a competitive tendering process among university research groups that was initiated by NZa in the Spring of 2007. In a joint effort with Tranzo, the research institute of Tilburg University that focuses on transformation processes in the health care sector, TILEC submitted the best bid! The cooperation with NZa will allow TILEC to strengthen its research group on health care markets. During the period 2008-2011, the NZa will invest €800.000 in the project, while Tilburg University will contribute research time and facilities for over €1 million. TILEC members Leigh
Hancher (law) and Jan Boone (economics) will be the directors of the new research program. Details can be found here.

Keynote speakers at the coming conference on 'Market Governance and Innovation'

On Monday, 14 April 2008, TILEC organizes a large-scale conference devoted to the theme of 'Market Governance and Innovation'. This day-long event will take place at Tilburg University and will feature four sessions entitled 'Managing Innovation', 'Competition and Innovation', 'Financing Innovation', and 'Regulating Innovation?'. The last session is a high-level panel of regulators and academics. Five prominent speakers have agreed to deliver the main addresses in the first three invited sessions.