Congress

The IHEA congress, held every second year, is the only global forum for health economists to engage around the latest methodological developments, present recent research findings and explore the implications of this research for health policy and practice. The IHEA congress includes presentations across the full spectrum of health economics’ fields.

IHEA 2025 Congress

Bali, Indonesia | July 19 – 23, 2025

Key Congress Dates

August 2024	Abstract submission system opens
19 November 2024	Abstract submissions close
20 December 2024	Pre-congress session proposals close
Mid-February 2025	Congress registration opens
21 February 2025	Abstract submitters informed of outcome of the review process
End of February 2025	Applicants for financial support informed if support available
10 April 2025	All presenters must have registered to be included in program
End of April 2025	Early-bird registration closes
Late May 2025	Program available

Abstract Information
Congress Registration
& Onsite Participation
Scientific
Committee
Funding
Partners

Abstract submission is now closed

The deadline for abstract submissions was November 20, 2024, 11:30 pm EST.

Please note that the 2025 Congress will NOT be hybrid.

We strongly encourage submitters to download these guidelines to collate all information required beforehand and to assist in navigating the online submission system:

Guidelines for Individual Abstract Submissions

Guidelines for Organized Session Proposal Submissions

Given IHEA’s commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, including ethical collaborative research practices and fair opportunities to present research, we strongly advocate for the presentation of research by local researchers from the country or territory which is the subject of the research, and encourage participation by students and early career researchers where they have made substantive contributions to data collection and analysis.

There is no fee for submitting an abstract and you do not have to be an IHEA member to submit an abstract.

Two categories of abstracts can be submitted:

An individual abstract to be considered for inclusion in a contributed oral or poster session, made up of four papers or eight posters on a similar topic.
An organized session proposal including three to four presentations with one or more discussants (please seek a balance of presenters by gender, career stage and geographic location).

You may submit a maximum of two abstracts where you would be the presenter. So, you could submit a maximum of:

two individual abstracts;
one individual abstract and one as part of an organized session; or
presentations as part of two organized sessions

Serving as a discussant or a session moderator does not affect your ability to submit two abstracts for presentation.

You will be asked to select a health economics field and up to three sub-fields when submitting an abstract, to assist in assigning your abstract to an expert in your field for peer review and for program organization purposes. Please identify the most appropriate field and sub-fields from t his table before submitting your abstract.

You can also apply to be considered for the Adam Wagstaff Award and for financial assistance to participate in the Congress while making your abstract submission. Funds are raised to support delegates from low- and middle-income countries, and where possible full-time students. However, funds are very constrained and only partial financial support can be provided. Priority is given to those from the lowest income countries.

Registration fees

As a non-profit association, membership fees and IHEA congress registration fees are set at cost-recovery levels. We strive to keep costs as low as possible. The costs involved in hosting the congress are substantial and include the costs of venue hire, hire of audio-visual equipment, food and beverages (for refreshment breaks, lunch and social events), abstract submission and review system, support staff, other supplies (such as poster boards, name badges, etc.) and bank fees (for credit card or wire transfer payments by delegates).

The registration fees outlined below entitle each delegate to participate, without any further payment, in pre-congress sessions (on Saturday and Sunday), all congress sessions (Sunday evening to Wednesday afternoon), morning and afternoon refreshment breaks (Saturday to Wednesday), buffet lunch (Monday to Wednesday), the opening reception (Sunday evening) and the main social event (Tuesday evening).

IHEA is committed to being a truly international association and to pursuing equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) at our events. Until the 2015 IHEA Congress, there was a single registration fee for all delegates. Over time, we have introduced lower fees for delegates from low- and middle-income countries, students and early career researchers (ECRs) to promote EDI. The IHEA Board has taken further steps to promote inclusion by refining the registration fee structure for the 2025 Congress, in recognition of differentials in income and access to institutional support for delegates according to country or territory of residence and career stage. In determining this fee schedule, the structure and level of registration fees for comparable international associations’ conferences was considered. The fee for high-income country delegates has been increased, the differential between the fee for low-income and lower middle-income country (and student and ECR) delegates and high-income country delegates increased, and a new category for upper middle-income country delegates introduced. IHEA congress registration fees remain below those of comparable professional associations.

Registration Category	Member	Non-Member
Early Bird High-income country	USD800	USD1,100
Early Bird Upper middle-income country	USD600	USD825
Early Bird Low-income or Lower middle-income	USD400	USD550
Early Bird Student or Early career researcher	USD400	USD550
Regular High-income country	USD1,000	USD1,300
Regular Upper middle-income country	USD750	USD975
Regular Low-income or Lower middle-income	USD500	USD650
Regular Student or Early career researcher	USD500	USD650

You can confirm which category you would fall within by consulting the World Bank’s list of countries/territories defined as low-income (GNI per capita of $1,145 or less), lower middle-income (between $1,146 and $4,515), upper middle-income (between $4,516 and $14,005) and high-income (GNI per capita of more than $14,005) – the 2025 list can be downloaded here. Students must be registered on a full-time basis at a tertiary education institution and early career researchers should have graduated within the past 5 years.

Early bird registration will be open from mid-February to the end of April 2025.

Venue

The Congress and Pre-Congress sessions will be held at the Bali International Convention Centre (BICC), which is located at the Westin Resort, Nusa Dua, Bali.

Hotels

The Congress will happen during the high tourism season in Bali, so we strongly recommend that you make your hotel bookings as soon as possible. You need to book directly with the hotel of your choice.

IHEA has secured a reduced rate at the Westin Resort Nusa Dua (USD195 per night B&B including all taxes and charges). You can book directly at this group rate here.

There are many other 5, 4 and 3 star hotels within a 5 to 20 minute walk of the BICC/Westin resort. For those with a limited budget, accommodation for <USD100 per night is available, particularly in 4 star hotels (e.g. Grand Bali Nusa Dua, Mercure, The Nest Hotel and The Grand Whiz) or 3 star hotels (e.g. Hotel Santika Siligita Nusa Dua).

Visas

Some countries are exempt from requiring a visa to visit Indonesia. Most other countries can either obtain a visa on arrival (see list of countries here) or may apply for an electronic visa on this website. The cost of a visa was IDR500,000 (<USD35) at the time of posting.

Delegates travelling on passports from the following countries will require special assistance in securing visas and should contact ihea@healtheconomics.org for more information: Afghanistan, Israel, DPR Korea, Liberia, Nigeria and Somalia.

More information on visas will be posted in the near future.

Scientific Committee

The Scientific Committee (SC) plays a critical role in IHEA congresses given that the program is based on abstracts accepted through a rigorous peer-review process. An open call is issued for IHEA members to express their interest in serving on the panel to review abstracts submitted for each congress. Those who have served on the SC Review Panel for at least two recent congresses are eligible to be considered to serve as Program Chairs. There are two to three Program Chairs for each health economics field, who work together to finalize the abstract acceptances (from the review panel scores) and compile individual abstracts into coherent sessions. To be considered for the position of overall SC Co-Chair, an IHEA member needs to have served as a Program Chair for at least two recent congresses.

Members of the Scientific Committee for the 2025 Congress are listed below.

Paula Lorgelly

Chair

University of Auckland/Waipapa Taumata Rau

Karen Grépin

Co-Chair

University of Hong Kong

Program Chairs

Review Panel

Program Chairs

Review Panel

Funding Partners

Funding partners play a critical role in the success of the IHEA congress, particularly to keep registration fees affordable and to support the participation of full-time students and delegates from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Funding partners can make a general contribution to assisting with congress costs, or can specify how they would like their funds used. The main options for specified fund use are:

To assist delegates in financial need: LMIC delegates and/or students
Support for a specific event during the congress, such as the opening reception, the main social event, the mentoring lunch for students and early career researchers (ECRs), or pre-congress session for ECRs

Contributions of any size are greatly appreciated and all contributors will be acknowledged. There are specific benefit packages for contributions of USD25,000 and above.