Dear Colleagues,

The organizers of the 11th International Conference on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA2013) have the great pleasure of inviting you to participate in the DEA2013 Conference, now scheduled on June 27-30, 2013 at Tepe Hotel in Ondokuz Mayıs University Campus of Samsun, TURKEY. Special travel and hotel rates have been negotiated to make the conference trip budget friendly.

DEA2013 plans to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in the development of the DEA methodology and its applications to performance management in both public and private sectors. Theoretical and empirical papers on DEA and related fields in efficiency and productivity analysis are also invited. We welcome papers on Developing Economies, Banking, Education, Energy, Health Care, Transportation, Tourism and etc. DEA2013 will also feature several panel discussions and presentations on DEA in practice related to these themes.

For more information please visit: http://DEAsociety.org/dea2013.

Turkey is a bridge between western Asia and south-eastern Europe, also close to Middle East and Russia. Turkey’s location at the crossroads of Europe and Asia makes it a country of significant geostrategic importance. In addition to its strategic location, Turkey’s developing economy and diplomatic initiatives have led to its recognition as a growing regional power in the world.

Samsun is a city of about half a million people on the north coast of Turkey. Samsun is a long city which extends along the coast between two river deltas which jut into the Black Sea. It is the provincial capital of Samsun Province and a major Black Sea port. Turkish War of Independence was started on 19 May 1919 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Samsun.

It’s a pleasure to welcome you in the heart of the Black Sea, and the pearl of TURKEY. We look forward to meeting you at the DEA2013 Conference in SAMSUN, TURKEY.

With warm regards,

Hasan Bal, Gazi University, Turkey
İhsan Alp, Gazi University, Turkey
Mehmet Ali Cengiz, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Turkey
Yuksel Oner, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Turkey
Rajiv Banker, Temple University, USA
Ali Emrouznejad, Aston University, UK

Conference Organizing Committee:

Hasan Bal, Gazi University, Turkey
İhsan Alp, Gazi University, Turkey
Mehmet Ali Cengiz, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Turkey
Yuksel Oner, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Turkey
Rajiv Banker, Temple University, USA
Ali Emrouznejad, Aston University, UK  

Conference Advisory Committee:

Rajiv Banker, USA
Peter Bogetoft, Denmark
Ali Emrouznejad, UK
Finn Forsund, Norway
Joseph C. Paradi, Canada
Subhash C. Ray, USA
Lawrence M. Seiford, USA
Emmanuel Thanassoulis, UK

Conference Scientific Committee:

Alirezaee, Mohammad Reza (Iran)
Alp, Ihsan (Turkey)
Amirteimoori, Alireza (Iran)
Anouz, Abdel Latef (Lebenan)
Avkiran, Necmi (Australia)
Bal, Hasan (Turkey)
Banker, Rajiv (USA)
Bogetoft, Peter (Denmark)
Camanho, Ana (Portugal)
Cengiz, Mehmet Ali  (Turkey)
Chilingerian, Jon A. (USA)
Davutyan, Nurhan (Turkey)
Despotis, Dimitris (Greece)
de Almeida, Mariana (Brazil)
Emrouznejad, Ali (UK)
Estellita Lins, Marcos P. (Brazil)
Fare, Rolf (USA)
Fethi, Meryem D. (UK)
Forsund, Finn (Norway)
Fukuyama, Hirofumi (Japan)
Gattoufi, Said (Oman)
Grosskopf, Shawna (USA)
Karayel, Mahmut (Turkey)
Karagiannis, Giannis  (Greece)
Kuosmanen, Timo (Finland)
Krivonozhko, Vladimir (Russia)
Liu, Wenbin (UK)
Lopes, Ana Lúcia Miranda (Brazil)
Marques, Rui Cunha (Portugal)
Neralic, Luka (Croatia)
Olesen, Ole (Denmark)
Osman, Ibrahim H. (Lebenan)
Ozcan, Yasar (USA)
Paradi, Joseph C. (Canada)
Podinovski, Victor (UK)
Portela, Maria C.A. Silva (Portugal)
Ray, Subhash C. (USA)
Ruggeiro, John (USA)
Seiford, Lawrence M. (USA)
Sickles, Robin C. (USA)
Sherman, H. David (USA)
Thanassoulis, Emmanuel (UK)
Triantis, Kostas (USA)
Vargas, Francisco (Mexico)
Vincent, Charles (Peru)