Data envelopment analysis (DEA) as a performance evaluation and benchmarking methodology has received increasing attention worldwide in the past several decades. Parallel to the methodological developments of DEA, scholars have applied DEA to diverse fields, e.g. agriculture, health care, financial sectors, energy and environment. DEAIC2016 will assemble scholars and experts around the world to share their latest research work in DEA methodology and applications, explore and discuss the challenges DEA is facing. The conference theme is DEA methodology advances and novel applications in governance and management. The conference organizing committee warmly invites researchers and practitioners interested in DEA to attend this exciting event to be held in Nanjing Audit University, Nanjing, China.