Abstracts are now being received for presentation at the 24th International Institute of Forecasters Workshop, Forecasting for Social Good to be held at Cardiff University on 12-13 July 2018.

The free event, hosted by Cardiff Business School, will address the imbalance surrounding scholarship on forecasting – a planning tool which helps organisations use historical information and judgement to determine the direction of future developments.

Dr Bahman Rostami-Tabar, Lecturer in Logistics and Operations Management at Cardiff Business School and the organiser and event chair, said: “Much has been published on forecasting for financial and economical motives...”

To present at the workshop, submit your abstract (600 word limit) to Bahman Rostami-Tabar by 1 May 2018.

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

Following the event, selected presentations will be invited to submit full papers for publication in a special issue of the International Journal of Forecasting and Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting.

To attend the workshop, register now.