The 1st International Online Conference on Forecasting
The 1st International Online Conference on Forecasting
Part of the International Online Conference on Forecasting series
Event's Timezone: Central European Summer Time
19 June 2026
20 July 2026
18 September 2026
Weather, Climate, Artificial Intelligence, Econometric Modeling, Energy, Forecasting, Forecasting Models
The IOCFC2026 is now OPEN for Abstract Submission and Registration.
Instruction for authors are available online.Submit your abstract HERE.
For any inquiries, please contact us at iocfc2026@mdpi.com.
Welcome from the Chair
- Energy Forecasting and Analytics;
- AI Forecasting and Large Language Models;
- Forecasting and Econometric Models;
- Weather and Climate Forecasting.
Conference Chair
Prof. Dr. Sonia Leva
Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Editor-in-Chief, the journal Forecasting of MDPI
Event Chair
Sonia Leva (Senior Member, IEEE) received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, in 2001. She is currently a Full Professor of electrical engineering with the Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, where she is also the Director of the Solar Tech Laboratory (SolarTech Lab) and the Laboratory of MicroGrids (MG Lab). She is also a member of the IEEE Working Group “Distributed Resources: Modeling and Analysis” and a Senior Member of the IEEE Power and Energy Society
Session Chairs
Dr. Alessia Paccagnini
University College Dublin - Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, Dublin, Ireland
Dr. Alessia Paccagnini is an Associate Professor at the UCD School of Business and Academic Director of the Master in Quantitative Finance. She previously held positions at the University of Milan–Bicocca, the European University Institute, and UCD’s School of Economics. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics and Econometrics from Bocconi University and has been a visiting researcher at leading institutions including the ECB, Bank of England, and University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on Time Series Analysis, Forecasting, Econometrics, Macroeconomics, and Monetary Policy. She has published in top journals such as Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, and International Journal of Forecasting, and serves as Editor of Forecasting. A recipient of the 2022 Kauffman Award for Best Paper on Gender, Diversity & Entrepreneurship, she is among the top 5% female economists worldwide. Dr. Paccagnini also teaches Financial Econometrics and Econometrics of Financial Markets at UCD and received the UCD College of Business Teaching Award (2019/2020).
Dr. Jun Zhang
University of Miami & NOAA/Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory/Hurricane Research Division, Miami, FL, USA
Dr. Jun Zhang is a Scientist at the University of Miami and a member of NOAA’s Hurricane Research Division (HRD). He earned his Ph.D. in Applied Marine Physics from the University of Miami in 2007 and his B.S. in Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture from Dalian University of Technology. His research focuses on hurricane boundary layer dynamics, turbulence, air–sea interaction, and numerical modeling. Dr. Zhang has published over 60 peer-reviewed papers with more than 2,000 citations (H-index: 26) and serves as Associate Editor of Monthly Weather Review and Editor of Tropical Cyclone Research and Review. Over the past decade, he has flown more than 30 hurricanes as part of NOAA’s P-3 aircraft missions, leading HRD’s hurricane field program since 2014. His work has earned several honors, including the CIMAS Gold Medal, NASA Group Achievement Award, and Aviation Laureate Award.
Prof. Dr. Mohsin Jamil
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada
Dr. Mohsin Jamil is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southampton, UK, and master’s degrees from the National University of Singapore and Dalarna University, Sweden. His expertise spans control systems, mechatronics, robotics, power and energy systems, signal processing, and intelligent automation. His research focuses on control techniques for power electronic converters, smart grids, and mechatronic systems, with applications in multidisciplinary fields such as biomedical and communication systems using AI-based control. Dr. Jamil is a Senior Member of IEEE, Associate Editor of IEEE Access, and Professional Engineer (PEC). He has received multiple teaching and research awards and has authored numerous IEEE journal and conference papers.
Dr. Shaolong Sun
School of Management, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
Shaolong Sun received the Ph.D. degree majoring in management science and engineering from the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, in 2019.,He is currently a Professor with the Department of Management Science, School of Management, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. He has authored or coauthored more than 40 papers in leading journals, including Tourism Management, Journal of Travel Research, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Tourism Management Perspectives, Current Issues in Tourism, Tourism Economics, and International Journal of Tourism Research. His research interests include Big Data mining, business intelligence, smart tourism, economic forecasting and financial management.
Committee Members
Department of Engineering, University of Napoli “Parthenope”, Naples, Italy
Energy Forecasting Systems, Power Engineering, Power Generation, Electrical Power Engineering, MATLAB Simulation, Power System Analysis
Forecasting, Fuzzy Systems, Artificial Neural Networks, Time Series, Analysis, Machine Learning
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Southern Illinois University, IL, USA
Artificial Intelligence, Water Resources Management, Urban Sustainability, Hydro-Climatology, Drought Frequency, Probabilistic Forecasting and Downscaling
Department of Quantitative Methods, The Faculty of Management, Rzeszow University of Technology, Rzeszow, Poland
Econometrics, Risk Analysis, Modeling and Simulation, Forecasting Energy, Finance
Applied Econometrics, Financial Econometrics, Time Series Econometrics, Empirical Finance, Commodities, Cryptocurrencies, Computational Econometrics, Optimization Methods, Applied Econometrics, Environmental and Resource Economics, Finance of Commodity
Financial Econometrics, Asset Management, Empirical Derivatives Pricing, Asset Pricing
Flood forecasting, Weather Forecasting, Forecast Bias, Atmospheric Predictability, Forecast Verification, Anomaly-based Weather Analysis and Forecasting Technique, Precipitation Analysis
Photovoltaics; Evolutionary Algorithms; Microgrids; Genetic Algorithm.
Department of Economics and Finance, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Time Series Analysis, Cointegration, Time Series Econometrics, VAR, Volatility Modeling, Economic Forecasting
Department of Phsysics , University of Antilles, Fouillole Campus, Guadeloupe, France
Solar Forecasting, Renewable Energy, Solar Process, Building Efficiency, Smart Grids
Department of Industrial Informatics, Silesian University of Technology, Katowice, Poland
Deep Reinforcement Learning, Drones, Virtual Reality, Full Automatization, Industrial Robots, Sim-to-real transfer, Path Planning, Sheduling, Time-series Prediction; Sustainable Energy Consumption, Cybersecurity
Faculty of Engineering & Science, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
Fuzzy Pid, Microgrid, Energy systems, Electric Power Plant Loads, Electricity Price, Power Markets, Demand Response, Demand Side Management, Energy Conservation
Atmospheric Surface Layer, Short-range Prediction, Cospectral Analysis, Quadrant Analysis, Intermittency
School of Meteorology & Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA
Urban Meteorology, Urban Climatology, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, Atmospheric Transport and Dispersion, Hydrometeorology, Land–Atmosphere Interactions, Urban Energy, Urban Sustainability.
Statistical Modelling, Forecasting, Optimization
Combinatorial Optimization, Heuristics
Invited Speaker
Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) – Member of the Leibniz Association, Germany
Dr. Katja Heinisch joined the Department of Macroeconomics in September 2009. Her research focuses on short-term forecasting and macroeconometric modelling. She holds a diploma from Chemnitz University of Technology and the University of Strasbourg, and a PhD from Osnabrück University. Dr. Heinisch has gained valuable international research experience through her work at the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Short-term Forecasting, nowcasting, Forecast Combination, Survey Data, Climate, International Macroeconomics, Macroeconometric Modeling, Applied Time Series Econometrics,
Registration
The registration for IOCFC 2026 will be free of charge! The registration includes attendance to all conference sessions.
If you are registering several people under the same registration, please do not use the same email address for each person, but their individual university email addresses. Thank you for your understanding.
Please note that the submission and registration are two separate parts. Only scholars who registered can receive a link to access the conference live streaming. The deadline for registration is 18 September 2026.
Instructions for Authors
The 1st International Online Conference on Forecasting will accept abstracts only.
The accepted abstracts will be available online on Sciforum.net during and after the conference.
• Deadline for abstract submission: 19 June 2026
• Announcement of oral and poster abstract results: 20 July 2026. You will be notified of the acceptance of an oral/poster presentation in a separate email.
Certificates of Participation are available in your logged-in area of Sciforum.net, under “My Certificates” after the conference.
Abstract submissions should be completed online by registering with www.sciforum.net and using the Submit Abstract function once logged into the system. No physical template is necessary.
• The abstract structure should include the introduction, methods, results, and conclusions sections of about 200–300 words in length.
• All abstracts should be submitted and presented in clear, publication-ready English with accurate grammar and spelling.
• You may submit multiple abstracts. However, only one abstract will be selected for oral presentation.
Detailed Requirements:
1. The submitting author must ensure that all co-authors are aware of the contents of the abstract.
2. Please select only one presenter for each submission. If you would like to change the presenter after submission, please email us accordingly.
Note: We only accept live presentations.
The slot for the oral presentation is 15 minutes. We advise that your presentation lasts for a maximum of 12 mins, leaving at least 3 mins for the Q&A session.
• Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with the abstract.
• Slides will be displayed online alongside the abstract via the Sciforum.net proprietary viewer.
• Please convert your slides to PDF format before submission to ensure compatibility.
• Slide preparation should follow standard conference practices, as for any event where research results are shared.
• Size in pixel: 1080 width x 1536 height–portrait orientation.
• Size in cm: 38,1 width x 54,2 height–portrait orientation.
• Font size: ≥16.
• Examples of successful submissions can be viewed here at the following links: (1), (2), (3).
• You can use our free template to create your poster. The poster template can be downloaded HERE.
It is the author's responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state "The authors declare no conflicts of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Any financial support for the study must be fully disclosed in the "Acknowledgments" section.
MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting an abstract to this conference, you retain the copyright to the work, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this abstract online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your full paper (with the abstract) to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher if required.
Publication Opportunities
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Forecasting Journal PublicationParticipants in this conference are cordially invited to contribute a full manuscript to the conference's Special Issue, published in Forecasting (ISSN 2571-9394; IF: 3.2), with a 20% discount on the publication fee. All submitted papers will undergo MDPI’s standard peer-review procedure. The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.
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Proceeding Paper Publication
All accepted abstracts will be published in the conference report of the 1st International Online Conference on Forecasting in Computer Sciences & Mathematics Forum (ISSN 2813-0324); if you wish to publish an extended proceeding paper (4-8 pages), please submit it to the same journal after the conference.Authors are asked to disclose that it is a proceeding paper of the IOCFC 2026 conference paper in their cover letter. Carefully read the rules outlined in the Instructions for Authors on the journal’s website and ensure that your submission adheres to these guidelines.Proceedings submission deadline: 6 November 2026.Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must be formatted as follows:• Title;• Full author names;• Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses;• Abstract;• Keywords;• Introduction;• Methods;• Results and Discussion;• Conclusions;• Acknowledgements;• References.Please click HERE to submit your proceeding paper to in Computer Sciences & Mathematics Forum.
Event Awards
The Awards
Number of Awards Available: 4
The Best Oral Presentation Award is given to the paper judged to make the most significant oral contribution to the conference.
The Best Poster Award is given to the submission judged to make the most significant and interesting poster for the conference.
There will be 4 winners selected for these awards. The winners will receive a certificate and 200 CHF each.
Number of Awards Available: 1
The Best Forecasting Distinguished Research Award recognizes the submission that demonstrates the most outstanding and distinguished research in the field.
The awardee will receive:
• 25-minute presentation slot at the conference, including a 5-minute introduction by the nominator and a 20-minute presentation by the awardee
• Certificate and monetary prize of 500C CHF
• A full publication fee waiver for the journal Forecasting
The nominator of the winning abstract will receive: A certificate of recognition for their contribution.
Sponsors and Partners
For information regarding sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, please click here.
Organizers
Media Partners
Conference Secretariat
Ms. Dora Szepesi
Mr. Ionut Spatar
Mr. Russell Wang
Email: iocfc2026@mdpi.com
For inquiries regarding submissions and sponsorship opportunities, please feel free to contact us.
