GDN 2012, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

GDN 2012, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

The 12th international annual meeting of the Group Decision and Negotiation conference, GDN2012, was taken place in Recife, Brazil, from May 20 to 24, 2012.

Conference Committees

General Chairs
Melvin F Shakun, New York University, USA
Marc Kilgour, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

Program Chair
Adiel Teixeira de Almeida, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil

Organizing Chairs
Danielle Costa Morais, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil (Chair)
Suzana F. Dantas Daher, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil (Co-Chair)

Doctoral Consortium Chairs
Sabine Köszegi, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Michael Filzmoser, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Program Committee
Ahti Salo, Aalto University School of Science, Finland
Amer Obeidi, University of Waterloo, Canada
Bertrand Munier, ENSAM, France
Bill Samuelson, Boston University, USA
Bilyana Martinovski, Stockholm University, Sweden,
Christer Carlsson, Abo Akademi University, Finland
Daniel Druckman, George Mason University, USA
Danielle Costa Morais, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
Deepinder Bajwa, Western Washington University, USA
Ephraim Sudit, Rutgers University, USA
Fernando Menezes Campello de Souza, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
Floyd Lewis, Western Washington University, USA
Gert-Jan de Vreede, Nebraska University, USA
Gregory E. Kersten, Concordia University, Canada
Guy Olivier Faure, Sorbonne University – Paris V, France
Gwendolyn Kolfschoten, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Hannu Nurmi, Turku University, Finland
Jamshid Etezadi, Concordia University, Canada
João C. Clímaco, Coimbra University, Portugal
João Paulo Costa, Coimbra University, Portugal
John Zeleznikow, Victoria University, Australia
Kalyanmoy Deb, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Katia Sycara, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Keith Hipel, University of Waterloo, Canada
Mareike Schoop, Hohenheim University, Germany
Melvin F Shakun, New York University, USA
Marc Kilgour, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
Ofir Turel, California State University, USA
Ozgur Kibris, Sabanci University, Turkey
Pascale Zaraté, Toulouse Polytechnique Institute – IRIT, France
Petr Ekel, Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Raimo P. Hamalainen, Aalto University School of Science, Finland
Roman Slowinski, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Rudolf Vetschera, University of Vienna, Austria
Sabine Köszegi, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Salvatore Greco, University of Catania, Italy
Theodor Stewart, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Tung Bui, The University of Hawaii, USA
Yang Yinping, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore
Yufei Yuan, McMaster University, USA

Organizing Committee
Ana Paula Cabral S. Costa, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
Luciana Hazin Alencar, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
Suzana F. Dantas Daher, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
Caroline Maria Miranda Mota, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
Marcele Elisa Fontana, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
José Leão e Silva Filho, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
Norma Shakun (Accompanying Persons Representative)

Keynote Speakers

Gregory E. Kersten
Concordia University, Canada
To bid or to bargain? Comparisons of multi-attribute auctions and multi-bilateral negotiations

Hannu Nurmi
University of Turku, Finland
Voting Rules in Context

Keith W. Hipel
University of Waterloo, Canada
Strategic investigations of water conflicts in the Middle East

Pascale Zaraté
Toulouse Polytechnique Institute – IRIT, France
Cooperative Decision Support Systems

Rudolf Vetschera
University of Vienna, Austria
Beyond phase models: Innovative methods to analyze negotiation dynamics

Plenary Panel GDN: Historical background and future developments
Melvin Shakun, New York University, USA
Marc Kilgour, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

Website: www.cdsid.org.br/gdn2012