The Foresight Practitioner Conference (FPC) brings together business leaders, forecasting practitioners and preeminent researchers to network and critically explore the latest advances in forecasting. Distinguished speakers from energy/oil/gas, shipping, retail, technology, consulting, financial services, and pharmaceuticals are presenting and the winners of 2025 IIF Forecasting Practice Competition will present forecasting technologies that had quantifiable value-add to their companies on on Sunday March 2, 2025 from 12-5pm.
Venue: Popp Martin Student Union,
University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 3 & 4 March 2025
Registration fees:
Regular (in USD) – $995, IIF member – $895
Rate goes up after February 14, 2025
Program highlights:
- AI-based demand forecasting
- Generative AI
- Evaluating the outcomes of AI
- 7 Lessons learned with case studies
- Forecasting as a strategic core competence
Find program details here.
Who should attend?
- Business executives seeking honest guidance on the latest trends and hype around forecasting, including the effectiveness of AI-based forecasting models
- Data scientists and executives who create and monitor forecasting models and estimate uncertainty
- Demand executives and planners who foresee, review and adjust forecasts
- Sales executives and planners who plan and schedule promotional activity
- Supply professionals who rely on forecasts to plan production and maintain inventory
- Logistics and transportation professionals who use forecasts for scheduling resources
- Managers and executives who use forecasts for budgeting and financial planning
- Academics who research and teach forecasting courses and who wish to network with forecasting practitioners
- All industries are welcome!