About the conference

The Centre for Efficiency and Productivity Analysis (CEPA) is hosting a three-day conference. The conference theme will cover cutting edge research in productivity analysis. APPC will see the participation of speakers from academia, government organisations, regulators and professional economists and aims to providing a networking opportunity for alll involved. 

Conference Focus

The APPC serves as a platform for the presentation and discussion of methodological advances, empirical studies, and policy-oriented research related to productivity and efficiency analysis. We welcome papers from a wide range of fields, including (but not limited to):

  • Productivity and efficiency measurement

  • Frontier estimation methods (DEA, SFA, and related techniques)

  • Environmental and energy efficiency

  • Agricultural, health, and education productivity

  • Innovation and productivity

  • Public sector performance

  • Regional and international productivity comparisons 

Call for Papers

Call for Papers

Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts (500–1000 words) or full papers through the official conference submission portal. Before you can make a submission, you will be need to log in or set up an account with Oxford Abstracts.

Submission Portal

Registration

A registration link will be available on this webpage from 1 September 2025.

If you have any questions, please contact cepa@uq.edu.au.

Important Dates

Paper submission open

July 2025

Paper submission closes

25 August 2025

Notifications of paper acceptances

1 September 2025

Registrations open

1 September 2025

Early bird registrations close

22 September 2025

Registration closes

31 October 2025

Workshop

26 - 28 November 2025


Privacy

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Photography

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About CEPA courses and workshops

CEPA short-courses and workshops are aimed at graduate students, researchers, economists, statisticians and consultants from private and public sector organisations. Participants are generally expected to have an understanding of microeconomics and econometrics similar to that of a second or third-year economics undergraduate at an Australian university.

 

Full-time students: $400
Early bird attendee: $600
Attendee: $750

ISEAPA members discount: $75

Venue

The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia