Aims and benefits of the event

Saudi Arabia is carrying out an end-to-end transformation of the health sector as part of Vision 2030. This transformation explicitly seeks to deliver better value and is aligned to a global movement towards value-based health and care.
A Network of seven national organizations committed to establishing a high-value health system in Saudi Arabia is convening a two-day conference on value in health for senior policymakers and practitioners responsible for shaping the future of health and care in Saudi Arabia. This event will be the first national conference in Saudi Arabia specifically focused on the topic of value-based health and care. By the end of the conference, participants will have gained the knowledge and skills needed to drive better health system value through two lenses: the “here” (what approaches specific to the Saudi health system are needed) and the “now” (what different stakeholders should do next to deliver better value). In the conference, we will establish the boundaries and priorities of value in health for Saudi Arabia. One clear priority that will be explored in depth will be the critical need to improve how we quantify, monitor and respond to measures of value in health.

Conference Agenda

Call for Abstract & Case Studies

Abstract & Case studies Submission is closed

Format of event

This will be a two-day event held over 11-12 December 2023 at Hilton Riyadh Hotel & Residences in Riyadh.

The conference will be held on the first day. This will be followed by elective workshops on the second day.

Conference: presentations, panel discussions.

Workshops: presentations, small-group interactive discussions.

Exhibition: Projects and abstracts

Target Audience

The target audiences for this conference are leaders responsible for making decisions influencing the extent and pace of implementation of value-based health and care in Saudi Arabia.

Regulators and policymakers: senior policymakers in the Ministry of Health and other relevant ministries; regulators from Saudi Health Council, Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, Weqaya, HSTP, CHI.

Payors: leaders from CNHI, major private Saudi health insurers.

Providers: Board-level representatives of clusters, medical cities and major public providers, in hospital and primary care; board-level representatives of major private providers; HealthCo.

The conference may also be of interest to other stakeholder groups (healthcare professionals, academia and educational organizations, citizens, charities, suppliers, international organizations) but these are not the primary audience for this event.

By attending this conference, participants will gain new insights on their own challenges in the context of improving health system value within the Saudi health transformation. By the end of the conference, participants will:

- Understand and be able to define what value in health and care means for Saudi Arabia (and how this differs from other health systems)
- Be more confident about what now needs to happen to deliver improved value
- Know what support, models and tools are available to help them deliver better value
- Be part of a supportive learning community to take forward the value agenda in Saudi Arabia.