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The Local Organizing Committee of the Asia Pacific Productivity Conference (APPC) is pleased to invite submissions of abstracts or papers for presentation. APPC brings together scholars, practitioners, and policymakers working on productivity, efficiency, and performance analysis across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.

The conference will be held in the beautiful St Lucia campus of The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 26-28 of November 2025.

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

Submission Guidelines and Registration fees

Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts (500–1000 words) or full papers through the official conference submission portal: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/78466/submitter.

Registration to the conference will be available from 1 September 2025 at the following link: https://economics.uq.edu.au/event/session/14585.

Early bird registration fee: 600 AUD

Full registration fee: 750 AUD

Student registration: 400 AUD

Members of the International Society for Efficiency and Productivity Analysis (ISEAPA)
will be eligible for a 75 AUD discount. Participants interested in becoming members of
ISEAPA can visit https://iseapa.org/.

Important Dates

  • Submission Deadline: 25th of August 2025
  • Notification of Acceptance: 1st of September 2025
  • Early Bird Registration: 22nd of September 2025
  • Presenters Registration Deadline: 17th of October 2025
  • Conference Dates: 26th of November to the 28th of November
  • Location: St Lucia Campus, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

In order to have a paper on the conference program, authors of accepted papers must register by the presenter’s registration deadline.

Contact and More Information

For submission details, registration, and program updates, please visit: https://economics.uq.edu.au/event/session/14585 or contact us at: cepa@uq.edu.au.

We look forward to your participation at APPC and to insightful discussions that advance the field of productivity and efficiency analysis research.

Antonio Peyrache and Chris O’Donnell (Local Organizing Committee)

 

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