The 2026 ESIF Economics and AI+ML Meeting: June 16 - 17, 2026

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CALL FOR PAPERS
The 2026 ESIF Economics and AI+ML Meeting
June 16 - 17, 2026

The Econometric Society Interdisciplinary Frontiers (ESIF) conference on Economics and AI+ML will be hosted by Cornell University, in Ithaca NY, on June 16-17, 2026.

The purpose of the meeting is to foster interaction of ideas and methodologies from the areas of Computer Science and Economics (broadly defined, but with emphasis on AI and ML). The conference will feature keynote lectures and parallel sessions, bringing together scholars from both fields.

Important Dates
Submissions open: November 3, 2025
Paper Submission Period: November 3, 2025 – January 17, 2026
Decision Notification Deadline: March 22, 2026
Registration Period (for presenters): March 22, 2026-April 5, 2026
Preliminary Program Announcement: April 26, 2026
Conference dates: June 16-17, 2026

Keynote Speakers
David Blei, Columbia University
Mingming Chen, Google
Annie Liang, Northwestern University
Sendhil Mullainathan, MIT
Aaron Roth, University of Pennsylvania
Stefan Wager, Stanford University

Paper Submissions
The deadline for submissions is January 17, 2026. Interested authors are encouraged to submit unpublished working papers or early drafts (more than 5 pages with results). Preference in the selection process will be given to complete papers. If you would like to submit a group of papers to be considered for the same session, please indicate the proposed session name in the comment section. While grouped submissions are welcome, please note that each paper will still be evaluated on its own merits. All papers and drafts must be submitted electronically in PDF format via the Oxford Abstracts submission platform. Please use the appropriate submission link:

Economist Track (Economics, Finance, Statistics, Marketing, Management)

Computer Scientist track (Computer Science, Information Systems, and Operations Research/Operations Management)

Submissions are open to all research that overlaps with both Economics and AI+ML. Each submission must select at least one content area from the drop-down menu. Note that the areas are partially overlapping; if in doubt, authors are advised to select those area(s) that best fit their paper. Also note that your submission details can be edited throughout the submission process up until the submission deadline of January 17, 2026.

Please direct questions to esif...@gmail.com for more information, or visit the conference website.

Program Committee Chairs
Francesca Molinari and Eva Tardos (Cornell University)