In July 2009 the Symposium was held in Beijing and was organised by Birger Forsberg (Karolinska Institutet) and Gina Lagomarsino (Results 
for 
Development). Keynote and plenary speeches were provided by Mukeshn Chawla (the Health and Nutrition Programme, the
 World Bank), Gina Lagomarsino (Results
 for 
Development), Mursaleena 
Islam (Abt 
Associates), Qingyue
 Meng (Shandong 
University) and Mukesh 
Chawla (the Health and Nutrition Programme,
 the 
World 
Bank). The parallel sessions were focussed on ‘Understanding the nature of mixed systems’ and ‘Working with the private sector’.

Read the agenda and the book of abstracts. A meeting report and a special issue of Health Policy and Planning based on the symposium are also available.

Special issue