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<\/a><\/p>\nWe are pleased to announce Advances in Decision Analysis 2017, a conference organized by the Decision Analysis Society. This conference-the second of its kind-will be held June 26-27, 2017 at The University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n
The conference aims to develop and promote work fit for the Decision Analysis areas in Management Science and Operations Research and the Decision Analysis journal. The conference will provide a platform for interdisciplinary discussions and will include talks by researchers in statistics, economics, psychology, and other decision-making related disciplines with a prescriptive focus.<\/p>\n
We are also pleased to announce that Professor Jim Dyer of the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin will offer the opening plenary. A second plenary talk will be given by Bill Klimack of Chevron.<\/p>\n
Details on abstract submission and registration are available on the conference site<\/a>. (See the links on the lower left of the page.)<\/p>\n We hope you will join us at the Advances in Decision Analysis 2017 Conference to enjoy the research talks and take in the sights of Austin TX!<\/p>\n General Chair: Casey Lichtendahl (University of Virginia). For questions: please contact Casey Lichtendahl (lichtendahlc at darden.virginia.edu) or John Butler (John.Butler2 at mccombs.utexas.edu).<\/p>\n Submitting Conference Abstracts<\/strong> * Submission deadline: Monday, March 3, 2017 Submit Your Abstract Online<\/strong> (link<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\nLocal Chair: John Butler (UT-Austin).
\nSteering Committee: Bob Winkler (Duke University), Detlof Von Winterfeldt (University of Southern California), Manel Baucells (University of Virginia), and Ali Abbas (University of Southern California).
\nOrganizing Committee: General and Local Chairs, Eric Bickel (UT-Austin), Jason Merrick (VCU), Joe Hahn (UT-Austin), and Yael Grushka-Cockayne (University of Virginia).<\/p>\n
\nWe are now accepting abstracts focusing on statistics, economics, psychology, and other decision-making related disciplines with a prescriptive focus. Submissions will undergo a peer-review process. Those not selected for presentation may be invited to present a poster.<\/p>\n
\n* Notification of acceptance: March 26, 2017
\n* Please submit in PDF format both a short abstract (not to exceed 200 characters) and a one-page extended abstract (about 500 words). If you choose, you can upload a full paper in PDF format, instead of the one-page abstract, but this is not required.
\n* You are permitted only one abstract as a presenting author (speaker)
\n* You can be a co-author on other abstracts.
\n* As the presenting author, you are expected to present the work at the conference.<\/p>\n