{"id":168,"date":"2026-07-30T19:28:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/sbca2026\/?page_id=168"},"modified":"2026-07-30T19:36:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:36:04","slug":"special-sessions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/sbca2026\/special-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Special sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"

SBCA 2026 Leeds special sessions<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Thursday 17<\/span><\/b>th<\/span><\/b>, 13:30 \u2013 15.10<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Special session: Valuing QALYs in CEA and BCA (Roundtable)<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Chair: Lisa A. Robinson, Harvard University<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Room: Maurice Keyworth 1.32<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This session will be a roundtable discussion among researchers with related\u00a0expertise, including those who use cost-effectiveness analysis to address health care interventions and those who use benefit-cost analysis to address interventions outside the health care system. The session will start with brief comments from each participant, followed by discussion with the audience. Confirmed participants include:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Maddalena\u00a0Ferranna, University of Southern California<\/span>
\nDaniel Herrera, Mines Paris - PSL<\/span>
\nItamar Megiddo, University of York<\/span>
\nJytte Nielsen, Newcastle University<\/span>
\nLotte\u00a0Steuten, Office of Health Economics<\/span>
\nCl\u00e9mence\u00a0Th\u00e9baut, University of Bordeaux<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Friday 18<\/span><\/b>th<\/span><\/b>, 10:50 \u2013 12:30\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Special session: Weather & Climate Services<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Chair: Adriaan Perrels,\u00a0Tyrsky\u00a0Consulting<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Room: Maurice\u00a0Keyworth 1.32<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The session aims to promote the linking of valuation of weather and climate services with other similar and partly overlapping application areas such as transport, health, energy economics, as well as to promote\u00a0embedding\u00a0in advances in theory and methodologies of cost benefit analysis, with a particular focus on the balance between sophistication and easy replicability.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Friday 18<\/span><\/b>th<\/span><\/b>, 13:30 \u2013 15.10<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Special session: VSL in transport<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Chair:\u00a0Romain\u00a0Crastes\u00a0dit\u00a0Sourd<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Room: Maurice Keyworth 1.32<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

TBD<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Friday 18<\/span><\/b>th<\/span><\/b>, 13:30 \u2013 15.10<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Special\u00a0session: Active Travel<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Chair: John Nellthorp<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Room: Maurice Keyworth 1.32<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This session addresses a set of key issues in CBA for active travel investments and related local transport projects with health co-benefits.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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