The ECONDAT 2026 Spring Meeting invites researchers, practitioners, and policymakers from all related fields to explore these themes. This event continues the ECONDAT Program’ effort to bring together an interdisciplinary community to foster innovative research and informs better decision-making in both academic and policy environments.
We invite you to submit empirical or theoretical work focused on (but not limited to):
- Applications of generative, agentic and multimodal AI in economic analysis
- Machine learning, agent-based models, and complex-systems approaches
- Intersections of econometrics and AI, including forecasting applications
- Use of large-scale or novel datasets
- Synthetic data generation and its implications for research and policy
- Risks and governance questions around AI adoption in the economy
Submissions for presentation at this workshop should be sent to econdat@banque-france.fr no later than 28th of February 2026. Full papers are preferred and extended abstracts will be considered only in exceptional cases. When making a submission, please indicate if you would be available to also discuss a paper within your field of expertise. Authors of accepted papers will be contacted by the end of March. The conference will be in-person only. For any enquiries, please contact econdat@banque-france.fr. We look forward to your contributions!
Confirmed keynote speaker: Barbara Rossi (Professor of Economics at Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Scientific Committee: Tunrayo Adeleke-Larodo (BoE), Andrew Blake (BoE), Konstantin Boss (EC), Philippe Bracke (BoE), Jean-Charles Bricongne (Banque de France), Marcus Buckmann (BoE), Georgios Chortareas (KCL), Jerome Coffinet (Banque de France), Eurydice Fotopoulou (IMF), Ana Galvao (Bloomberg), Dragos Gorduza (BoE), Lukas Henkel (ECB), Ed Hill (BoE), Andreas Joseph (BoE), Christopher Kurz (Federal Reserve Board), Luigi Longo (EC), Roland Lubrano (Banque de France), Lenza Michele (ECB), Giulia Mantoan (BoE), Daniele Massacci (KCL), Aleksandr Mattal (CTO at London Reporting House), Chiara Osbat (ECB), Chris Redl (IMF), Livia Paranhos (BoE), Joel Suss (FT), Iman Van Lelyveld (DNB), Eryk Walczak (BoE), Johannes Zahner (Goethe University Frankfurt).
