Each symposium results in a statement regarding the current state of the field of health policy and systems research.
The First Global Symposium on Health System Research was hosted in Montreux, Switzerland from 16 to 19 November 2010.
[4] The Second Global Symposium on Health Systems Research took place in Beijing, China from 31 October - 3 November 2012.
[5] Cape Town, South Africa was the seat of the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research.
[8] The next iteration of the biennial Health Systems Research Symposium will take place in November 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.