GOR AG in-person meeting on "Time Series Machine Learning vs Forecasting"

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We are calling for speakers on "TIME SERIES MACHINE LEARNING MEETS FORECASTING" welcoming Researchers, Industry Practitioners, Consultants, and Software Vendors, as well as work-in-progress reports from BSc/MSc/PhD students.

The next meeting of the working group on
FORECASTING METHODS of the German OR Society (GOR)
will be held on Thu & Fri 26th - 27th 2026 in Hamburg, Germany.

Keynote Speakers:
Prof. Tony Bagnall, Southampton University
Prof. Christoph Bergmeir, University of Granada

Panel Discussion
Hacking GIFT-Eval - between Marketing hype and Accuracy in Practice

We invite speakers to submit proposals across topical research areas, including but not limited to:
- Time Series Forecasting\, Classification\, Clustering
- Foundation Models for Time Series Data
- Shallow and Deep Neural Networks
- Machine Learning (ML) methods
- Global and Local model training
- Method selection & Meta-Learning
- Active and Cost-Sensitive Learning
- Empirical evaluations\, metrics and design
- Properties and limitations of benchmarks (e.g. M1-5\, GIFT-Eval)
- Judgment in Forecasting and Time Series ML
- Applications\, case studies and use cases from practice
- Systems\, Open Source software & software development
- Organisation & processes in research and ractice
- any other topics in Forecasting & Time Series ML

Talks can be 15, 30 or 45 mins long. Please send your informal proposal with title, short abstract in German or English, and your contact details to [email protected] by 01.10.2026!

Our events are informal and pleasant meetings to present ongoing research, exchange views and network with peers in the topical area of forecasting and time series , with a social event on the evening of the 26th. The event will be free-of-charge to all GOR members and speakers, and charge only a small fee for non-members (PhDs/students €20, academics €100, industry €200, industry group €340). PhD/Student funding available - pls enquire.

More details to follow!

We look forward to seeing many of you there!
GOR AG Leitung
Sven F. Crone
Anna-Lena Sachs
Hans-Georg Zimmermann