4th Vienna Workshop on Economic Forecasting 2027

On May 13–14, 2027 the 4th Vienna Workshop on Economic Forecasting will take place at the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS), Josefstädter Strasse 39, 1080 Vienna, Austria.

The workshop welcomes contributions from a wide range of approaches to economic forecasting, including forecasts based on time series models (such as VAR, SVAR, factor models, etc.), DSGE models, large-scale structural models, forecasting using microeconomic data, forecasting using machine learning and/or artificial intelligence techniques, as well as forecast evaluation.

The goal of the workshop is to exchange ideas and to discuss recent results and developments in economic forecasting. Authors working in theory or in applications of economic forecasting are invited to submit an extended abstract (or paper). The workshop comprises invited plenary lectures and contributed (oral and poster) presentations.

Invited Speakers

  • Gianni Amisano (Federal Reserve Board)
  • Monica Billio (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
  • Peter Reinhard Hansen (University of North Carolina)
  • Dalibor Stevanović (Université du Québec à Montréal)

Scientific Commitee

  • Uwe Hassler (Goethe University Frankfurt)
  • Sylvia Kaufmann (Study Center Gerzensee and University of Basel)
  • Serena Ng (Columbia University)
  • M. Hashem Pesaran (University of Cambridge and University of Southern California)
  • Francesco Ravazzolo (BI Norwegian Business School and Free University of Bozen-Bolzano)
  • Mark Watson (Princeton University)

Local Organizers

  • Ines Fortin (IHS)
  • Jaroslava Hlouskova (IHS)
  • Robert M. Kunst (IHS)
  • Leopold Sögner (IHS)
  • Martin Wagner (University of Klagenfurt and IHS)

Key Dates

Submission deadline

February 21, 2027

Date of notification

March 19, 2027

Registration deadline (early bird fee)

April 23, 2027

Conference fee (early /regular)

350€/400€

Date of workshop

May 13-14, 2027

Link to registration  

https://www.conftool.net/economic-forecasting-2027/

Conference email

office.forecasting@ihs.ac.at