Inclusion and innovation toward universal coverage in health. The forum to present individual work closes on May 1, 2012. The Second Symposium of will examine the status of research on health systems since Montreux (2010). New opportunities and gaps will be identified; the goal of strengthening the understanding through the disciplinary limits will be discussed in order to support research on health systems and use of the evidence (evidence) in decision-making in low-income and medium countries.