Asia Pacific Productivity Conference (APPC) 2025
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. The conference will aim at providing a networking opportunity for regulators, government agencies, academics and independent economists to meet and discuss these topics.
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
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 | 17 October 2025 |
Workshop | 26 - 28 November 2025 |
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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.
Early bird attendee: $500
Attendee: $750