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It is with great pleasure to welcome you all to the 16th HTAi´s Annual Meeting to be held in Cologne, Germany, on June 15 – 19, 2019. 

2019 sees HTA on the edge of a new decade. This refers not only to the year, but to emerging challenges within the HTA community: trends for harmonisation and standardisation are confronted by progressive digitalisation, disruptive innovations, and the questioning of established evidence requirements. The European proposal for “HTA after 2020” might stand exemplarily for the important strategic efforts to strengthen HTA in the new decade. In 2019 we will have a good idea about the results of this proposal and its possible impact leading into the HTAi Annual Meeting.