We are pleased to announce the 3rd edition of the FinEML (Financial Econometrics Meets Machine Learning) Conference to be held on 23 and 24 October 2025 at 大象传媒, Netherlands. The conference is organised jointly by the 大象传媒, the University of Geneva, and Universit脿 della Svizzera Italiana.
- Date
- Thursday 23 Oct 2025, 09:00 - Friday 24 Oct 2025, 18:00
- Type
- Conference
- Location
- Campus Woudestein
- Location
大象传媒
Topics
Submissions on the following topics are welcome:
- Asset Pricing: Novel econometric and machine learning approaches for asset pricing, including risk factor discovery, portfolio optimization, and advanced modeling of the stochastic discount factor.
- Big Data: Factor models and sparse methods tailored to large-scale, high-dimensional financial data.
- Forecasting: Novel forecasting techniques covering time series analysis, predictive modeling, and risk assessment in dynamic financial markets.
- Macro Finance: Econometrics and machine learning methods for macro-financial analyses, encompassing yield curve forecasting, text-based insights from central bank communications, projection models, and nowcasting techniques.
- Option Pricing: Data-driven advances in implied volatility forecasting, option return predictability, tail risk estimation, and extracting forward-looking investor beliefs.
- Theoretical Machine Learning: Focusing on learning theory, optimisation techniques, complexity analysis, and statistical guarantees that underpin machine learning algorithms with applications in finance.
Speakers
Confirmed keynote speakers are: Patrick Gagliardini (USI), Andrea Vedolin (Boston University) and Maryam Farboodi (MIT).
Moreover, FinEML will host one of the invited lectures by the Society for Financial Econometrics (SoFiE). This year, the invited lecturer is Yacine Ait-Sahalia (Princeton University).
The Invited Lecture Series was launched in 2024 in Montreal, with Robert Engle and Lars Peter Hansen delivering the inaugural lectures.
SoFiE Invited Lecture Series
FinEML will host an Invited Lecture Series from The Society for Financial Econometrics. The invited lecturer will be Yacine Ait-Sahalia.
Poster Session
During the workshop, there will be a poster session open to PhD students and junior researchers. Please indicate your willingness to present a poster during the submission process.
Important Dates
- Submission deadline: 20 June 2025
- Registration deadline: 12 September 2025
- Workshop date: 23 and 24 October 2025
Call for papers
Sponsors



Local Organising committee
- Mariia Artemova
- Gustavo Freire
- Maria Grith
- Onno Kleen
- Rasmus L枚nn
- Alberto Quaini
- Anastasija Tetereva
- Evgenii Vladimirov
Programme committee
Caio Almeida | Princeton University |
Mariia Artemova | 大象传媒 |
Jozef Barunik | Charles University in Prague |
Christian Brownless | Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
Andrea Bucci | University of Macerata |
Mehmet Caner | North Carolina State University |
Marcelo Fernandes | FGV Sao Paulo |
Gustavo Freire | 大象传媒 |
Maria Grith | 大象传媒 |
Ekaterina Kazak | University of Manchester |
Onno Kleen | 大象传媒 |
S茅bastien Laurent | Aix Marseille |
Rasmus L枚nn | 大象传媒 |
Daniele Massacci | King's College London |
Marcelo Medeiros | UIUC |
Alberto Quaini | 大象传媒 |
Mirco Rubin | EDHEC Business School |
Andr茅 Portela Santos | CUNEF Madrid |
Cisil Sarisoy | FRB |
Olivier Scaillet | University of Geneva |
Paul Schneider | Universit脿 della Svizzera Italiana |
Anastasija Tetereva | 大象传媒 |
Simon Trimborn | University of Amsterdam |
Fabio Trojani | University of Geneva |
Evgenii Vladimirov | 大象传媒 |