You are cordially invited to submit your research papers for presentation at the 30th Forecasting Financial Markets Conference (#FFM30), that will take place on May 21–23, 2025, in Venice, Italy.

The FFM30, co-organised by the Forecasting Financial Markets Association, and the Department of Economics, Ca’ Foscari University, will be an excellent networking opportunity for academics, doctoral students, and practitioners to present new research results and discuss current and challenging issues in their disciplines.

Forecasting Financial Markets is an international conference on quantitative finance that has been held every year since 1994.

Since its inception, the conference has grown in scope and stature to become a key international meeting point for those interested in quantitative finance, with the participation of quantitative market professionals and prestigious academic and research institutions from all over the world, including major central banks and quantitative fund managers.

Professor Andrew Harvey
Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge

Andrew Harvey is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA). He is the author of two widely used textbooks, The Econometric Analysis of Time Series and Time Series Models, as well as two influential research monographs: Forecasting, Structural Time Series Models and the Kalman Filter and Dynamic Models for Volatility and Heavy Tails.

Professor Monica Billio
Ca’ Foscari University

Monica Billio is the Coordinator of the Master’s Degree Programme in Economics, Finance, and Sustainability. She has published over 150 articles in peer-reviewed journals, books, and conference proceedings in financial econometrics and time series econometrics, with applications in risk management, portfolio management, financial crises, systemic risk, financial stability, and sustainable finance.

She coordinates and has coordinated numerous projects funded by the European Commission, the World Bank, the European Investment Bank, and the Italian Ministry of Research. Currently, she is coordinating two national research projects focused on sustainable finance, as well as a technical support project for supervisory authorities (markets, banks, and insurance) in 11 European countries, including Italy.

• Sylvain Barthélémy, Gwenlake
• Monica Billio, Ca’ Foscari University
• Sabri Boubaker, EM Normandie
• Marie Giuseppina Bruna, IPAG Business School
• Raphaël Douady, University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne
• Eric Girardin, Aix-Marseille University
• Fredj Jawadi, University of Lille
• Bartosz Kurek, Cracow University of Economics
• Franck Martin, University of Rennes
• Hans-Jörg von Mettenheim, IPAG Business School
• Claudio Morana University of Milano-Bicocca
• Duc Khuong Nguyen, EMLV Business School
• Huong Giang Nguyen, IPAG Business School
• Dario Palumbo, Ca’ Foscari University
• Fabien Rondeau, University of Rennes
• Georgios Sermpinis, University of Glasgow
• Peter N. Smith, York University
• Nir Vulkan, University of Oxford

The Conference is funded by the European Union - NextGenerationEU, in the framework of GRINS - Growing Resilient, INclusive and Sustainable project (GRINS PE00000018 - CUP H73C22000930001), National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) - PE9 - Mission 4, C2, Intervention 1.3

Deadline for submissions:
January 30^th
February 15^th (extended)

Notification to authors:
March 10^th

Early bird registration:
April 20^th

30^th FFM Conference:
May 21^st - 23^rd

Rolling notifications: you are encouraged to submit and register early.

• Advances in asset management
• Artificial intelligence and machine learning
• FinTech, RegTech, InsurTech, GreenTech
• Derivatives pricing models
• Fund management and trading rules
• Market microstructure
• Modeling volatility and correlation
• Modeling with high-frequency data
• Risk analysis and credit trading
• Sustainable investments and Green Finance

• Special Issue in the Journal of Forecasting; Issue Editor: Prof. Hans-Jörg von Mettenheim