Foresight Practitioner Conference 2026

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Foresight Practitioner Conference 2026

March 2 - 3, 2026

VIVES Bruges, Belgium

The Foresight Practitioner Conference (FPC) brings together preeminent forecasting practitioners and business leaders in a single-room setting to network, learn, and explore both fundamental and cutting-edge aspects of forecasting. The theme of this year's conference is successes and failures in AI forecasting implementations.  The conference is hosted by the International Institute of Forecasters (IIF) and includes its second annual​ IIF Forecasting Practice Competition​ on March 1st, 2026 immediately prior to the upcoming Foresight Practitioner Conference (FPC) 2026.  

*Important Dates *

• Call for submissions on October 6, 2025
• Initial application deadline due on December 5, 2025
• Finalists announced by January 9, 2026
• Finalist application deadline January 31, 2026
• Conference and presentations at the Foresight Practitioner Conference on March 1-3, 2026

*Speakers*
Tim Januschowski, Director of Engineering & Site Lead Berlin office, Databricks

Christoph Bergmeir, Fellow, CS & AI, University of Granada, Spain & DS & AI, Monash University

Robert Boute, Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management, KU Leuven

Sven Crone, CEO & Founder, iQast

and more

For more information: https://forecasters.org/events/foresight-practitioner-conference/.  

Contact Conference Director: Matthew Schneider