AUGUST 2025
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By representatives of the local organization of the HTAi 2025 Annual Congress (IECS)
In a context where health systems face structural challenges, persistent inequities, and increasingly complex decisions, at the IECS we renew our commitment to a central task: generating rigorous evidence, training committed professionals, and forging networks among decision-makers to build more just, transparent, and effective health policies.
This commitment gained strength with a milestone that shaped our agenda: the HTAi 2025 Annual Congress, held in Buenos Aires, where the IECS had the honor of hosting the event, serving as the scientific secretariat and as director of the international scientific program committee. More than 700 people from 55 countries participated in this global gathering to reflect on the present and future of health technology assessment (HTA). It was a five-day event of in-depth dialogue, technical exchange, and strategic alliance building.
With a rich and diverse program (including 47 panels, 18 pre-conference workshops, 7 symposia, over 200 oral and poster presentations, and 10 special interest group meetings) and informal networking opportunities, the conference was also a vibrant space for exchange with colleagues from around the world. IECS researchers led sessions, shared results, presented analytical frameworks, and added their voices to a global conversation with a regional focus: 7 Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, and Uruguay) were among the top 15 attendees.
Those who participated agreed: these were days of mobilizing ideas, inspiring encounters, genuine exchanges, and collective learning. An experience that not only left us with strategic reflections, but also a renewed drive to continue working with evidence, training, and commitment.
A look ahead
HTAi 2025 was not just an academic event: it was a unique opportunity to consolidate networks, highlight local experiences, and debate the ethical, methodological, and political challenges of HTE in a changing global context.
At the IECS, we proudly embrace Argentina's commitment to hosting the event, but also responsibly embrace the mandate that emerges from this meeting: to continue promoting an agenda based on evidence, equity, and participation. The exchanges held during those days demonstrated the region's potential to generate relevant knowledge, build local capacity, and enrich the global dialogue on the role that HTE should play in health systems.
The legacy of the collaborations initiated, the lines of research underway, and, above all, the drive to continue working on more just and effective health policies remains. Because in complex times, the ETESA cannot remain neutral: it must serve more just and equitable decisions.