Conference Program

August 24: Pre-Conference Tutorials+Welcome Reception

August 25: Opening Ceremony+Full Day Conference+Gala Dinner

August 26: Half Day Conference+Tour to Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg+Optional Get Together

August 27: Full Day Conference+Braunschweig City Tour

August 28: Optional Tour to the Historic City of Goslar, UNESCO World Heritage Site

List of Tutorials (August 24, 2015)

Tutorial #1: 08:30 – 09:45:
Introduction into Benchmarking with DEA, Rajiv Banker, Temple University, USA

Tutorial #2: 10:00 – 11:15:
Benchmarking in Manufacturing, Kostas Triantis, Virginia Tech University, USA

Tutorial #3: 11:30 – 12:45:
Benchmarking Software: PIM-DEA, Ali Emrouznejad, Aston Business School, UK

Lunch: 12:45 – 14:00

Tutorial #4: 14:00 – 15:15:
DEA and Regulation, Finn Førsund, University of Oslo, Norway

Tutorial #5: 15:30 – 16:45:
Value Judgments in DEA, Victor Podinovski, Loughborough University, UK

Tutorial #6: 17:00 – 18:15:
Selection of Inputs and Outputs in DEA, Subhash Ray, University of Connecticut, USA

Welcome Reception: 18:30 - 21:00