Submissions for the International Symposium on Forecasting are now closed.

31 January 2012 - Proposals for invited sessions and panels devoted to special interests in forecasting. Proposals should be submitted to the Program Chair [Rob.Hyndman@monash.edu]

16 March 2012 - Deadline for abstract submission

31 March 2012 - Notification of acceptance or rejection of abstracts

Once your abstract has been accepted, you must register for ISF 2012 in order to be included in the Program. We encourage accepted abstract recipients to register by 18 May 2012, as this allows the Program Committee time to finalize the program schedule.

Themes and topics

• economic and econometric forecasting
• marketing forecasting
• new products forecasting
• financial forecasting
• production forecasting
• technological forecasting
• forecasting applications in business, government, and the military
• demographic forecasting
• energy forecasting
• climate forecasting
• crime forecasting
• seasonal adjustment and forecasting
• time series forecasting
• legal and political aspects of forecasting
• implementation of forecasting
• judgmental/psychological aspects of forecasting
• impact of forecast uncertainty on decision making
• organizational aspects of forecasting
• evaluation of forecasting methods and approaches