Mark Watson

Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University

Presentation: Forecasting the COVID Inflation in the U.S.

Emmanuel Candes

Professor of Mathematics and of Statistics, Stanford University

Presentation: What Statistics and AI Offer Each Other?

Domenico Giannone

Professor of Economics and Statistics, The Johns Hopkins University



Presentation: Macroeconomic Forecasting and Machine Learning

James Hamilton

Professor of Economics, University of California San Diego



Presentation: Uncovering Disaggregated Oil Market Dynamics: A Full-Information Approach to Granular Instrumental Variables

Serena Ng

Professor of Economics, Columbia University



Presentation: Estimating the Effects of Temperature Changes on Growth

Workshops - Sunday, June 28

The ISF offers unique workshops for an in-depth look at specific forecasting topics.

Sign up at registration. Half-day course: $75; full-day course: $150.

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Forecasting with Temporal Hierarchies

Presenter: Nikolaos Kourentzes, Indicio Technologies



9am – 12pm

How to make sure that your forecasts make sense? Workshop on forecasts evaluation.

Presenter: Ivan Svetunkov, Lancaster University

1pm – 4pm

Forecasting to meet demand

Presenter: Stephan Kolassa, SAP Switzerland AG

9am – 12pm

Forecast combinations: decomposition, ensembles, and reconciliation

Presenter: Mitchell O’Hara-Wild, Monash University

1pm – 4pm

Comprehensive Workshop on Linear State Space Modeling

Presenter: Rajesh Selukar, SAS Institute



9am – 4pm

AI in Model Building and Forecasting ~ Which part of AI hype is really of interest for Model Building and Forecasting in Econometrics

Presenter: Dr. Hans Georg Zimmermann, Chief Scientist at Fraunhofer Society

9am – 4pm

Business Forecasting: Techniques, Application and Best Practices



Presenter: Eric Stellwagen, Sarah Darin and Franklin Rea, Business Forecast Systems



9am – 4pm

Forecasting Summer School

Saturday–Sunday, June 27–28

The Forecasting Summer School is a two-day course at the ISF that provides a comprehensive analysis of a cutting-edge topic in forecasting.

Course: Forecasting Risks

Instructors: 

Domenico Giannone, Professor of Economics and Statistics, The Johns Hopkins University; and

Leonardo Iania, Professor of Finance, Louvain School of Management (LSM) – UCL

Price: IIF member: $250; Non-member: $350; Students: $95

Contact Us

General Chair

Dalibor Stevanovic,

Department of Economics, ESG UQAM

Program Chairs

Alain Guay,

Department of Economics, ESG UQAM;

Philippe Goulet Coulombe, Department of Economics, ESG UQAM

General Inquiries & Sponsorship

Ying Fry

IIF Business Manager

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