The Bank of Japan announced that the 8th Conference on Nontraditional Data, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing in Macroeconomics (ECONDAT 2026 Fall Meeting) will be held in Tokyo at the Bank of Japan on October 5-6, 2026. The event is organized by the Bank of Japan and co-organized with Banca d'Italia, the Federal Reserve Board, Sveriges Riksbank, the Bank of Canada, and the Central Bank Research Association (CEBRA) as part of the Economics with Nontraditional Data and Analytical Tools (ECONDAT) Program. The conference will focus on research in macroeconomics and financial economics using data science, nontraditional data, and artificial intelligence techniques including machine learning and natural language processing, with paper submissions due by June 7, 2026.
Bank of Japan 2026-03-26
Bank of Japan to host ECONDAT 2026 conference on nontraditional data and AI methods in macroeconomics
The Bank of Japan announced the 8th Conference on Nontraditional Data, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing in Macroeconomics (ECONDAT 2026 Fall Meeting) will be held in Tokyo on October 5-6, 2026. Co-organized with Banca d'Italia, the Federal Reserve Board, Sveriges Riksbank, the Bank of Canada, and CEBRA, the event will focus on macroeconomics and financial economics research using data science and AI techniques.