The International Institute of Forecasters sponsors workshops, each of which focuses on a specific forecasting theme. The purpose of these workshops is to hold smaller, informal meetings where experts in a particular field of forecasting can discuss forecasting problems, research, and solutions. There is generally a nominal registration fee associated with attendance. Following the usual refereeing process, papers from the workshops can be included in a special issue of the International Journal of Forecasting. If you are interested in hosting a workshop, contact Tim Januschowski, IIF Director, or click here for workshop guidelines.

Upcoming Forecasting Workshop

Open Source Forecasting

In the field of forecasting, the use of open-source software has become increasingly prevalent throughout the entire workflow. These tools have played a pivotal role in making forecasting more accessible to wider audience. While forecasters often switch between different tools as needed, the development of these tools typically occurs in relative isolation. To improve collaboration between different open source forecasting software developers, we are delighted to propose an IIF co-sponsored workshop that unites them to share and discuss the latest ideas in the area. The workshop is scheduled to be held on June 26-27, 2025 (immediately prior to ISF 2025) in Beijing, China.  Visit the workshop website for more information.

Organizing committee includes:

  • General chair: Mitchell O’Hara-Wild (PhD student at Monash University and consultant at Nectric, Australia)
  • Program chair: Ivan Svetunkov (Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University, UK)
  • Event coordination: Bahman Rostami-Tabar (Professor at Cardiff University, UK)
  • Local logistics: Xiaoqian Wang (Research Fellow at Monash University, Australia)
  • Invitations and general support: Azul Garza Ramirez (CTO & Co-Founder at Nixtla, Mexico); Resul Akay (Head of Data Science at Quantics.io, Austria); Shanika Wickramasuriya (Assistant Professor at Monash University, Australia)

Conference on Real-Time Data Analysis, Methods, and Applications in Macroeconomics – Eltville, Germany, October 24-25, 2025

Hosted by: Deutsche Bundesbank’s Research Centre and the International Institute of Forecasters

The conference brings together leading researchers in real-time economic analysis, and encompasses nowcasting, high-frequency data, surveys, macro-econometrics, data revisions, and macroeconomic policy. The deadline for paper submissions is May 11, 2025. For details, please find the Call for Papers here.

Past Workshops

2024 Virtual Democratising Forecasting series
2024 Lancaster, England Recent Advances in Supply Chain Forecasting: A workshop in memory of Professor John E. Boylan
2024 Oxford, England Dynamic Econometrics Conference: celebration for Prof. Sir David F. Hendry’s 80th birthday
2023 Prato, Italy Forecast Reconciliation
2022 Oxford, England Forecasting for Social Good Workshop
2022 Virtual Revisiting and Improving Prediction Tools for Central Banks
2021 Paris, France New Directions for Inflation Forecasting
2021 Madrid, Spain Forecasting in a changing environment
2021 Nigeria Economic and Social Good Forecasting During Covid-19: Data Analytics & Forecasting Methods
2021 Virtual Forecasting for Social Good
2020 Virtual Economic Forecasting in Times of Covid-19
2019 Cambridge, England Predictive Analytics: Theory, Applications and Algorithms
2018 Cardiff, Wales Forecasting for Social Good
2017 Munich, Germany Predictive Analytics and Forecasting Research and Applications
2017 Cairns, Australia Predictive Energy Analytics in the Big Data World
2017 Washington DC, USA Forecasting Issues in Developing Economies
2017 New York, USA Forecasting with Massive Data in Real Time
2016 Lancaster, UK Supply Chain Forecasting for Operations
2016 Milan, Italy Forecasting New Products and Services
2015 Paris, France Advances in Time Series and Forecasting
2015 Santander, Spain Summer Forecasting Course
2015 Hong Kong Tourism Forecasting
2015 Paris, France ICT and Innovation Forecasting
2014 Bournemouth, UK Singular Spectrum Analysis
2014 London, United Kingdom Theory and Practice in ICT Forecasting
2014 Frankfurt, Germany Using big data for forecasting and statistics
2013 Melbourne, Australia Multivariate Time Series Modelling and Forecasting
2012 San Francisco, USA Predicting Rare Events: Evaluating Systemic and Idiosyncratic Risk
2011 Paris, France Forecasting the Business Cycle
2011 Verbier, Switzerland Flash Indicators
2009 Washington, DC Transportation Forecasters: Tools, Techniques and Information to Improve your Forecasts
2009 Lisbon, Portugal Predictability of Financial Markets
2007 Rio de Janiero, Brazil Risk, Volatility, and Forecasting in Energy and Financial Markets
2006 Leipzig, Germany Future of Forecasting
2005 Salamanca, Spain Stochastic Demographic Forecasting
2003 Madrid, Spain Nonlinearities, Business Cycles and Forecasting