Conferences & CFPs — IO, Antitrust & Digital Economics

IO, digital economics, platforms, economics of AI, antitrust & competition policy, and quantitative marketing. Deadlines checked against official conference pages — always verify before submitting. Updated September 21, 2026.

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Open now 3 calls

Calls for papers currently open, ordered by deadline. Expired calls are removed as their deadlines pass.

ConferenceDates · LocationDeadlineLink
Digital Competition Conference 2027 (DCC '27)Knight-Georgetown Institute · Yale Tobin Center · Princeton CITPFeb 9–10, 2027Washington, DCSep 25, 2026Call for submissions
Digital Economics and AI Meeting, Spring 2027NBER · Goldfarb, Reimers, Simonov, TuckerSpring 2027 (date TBA)Stanford, CA (typical)Nov 3, 2026Conference page
Measuring and Modeling Market Power in the Labor MarketNBER · Berger, Collard-Wexler, Jarosch, LamadonMay 14, 2027Cambridge, MAJan 13, 2027Call for papers

On the horizon 18 venues

Timing estimated from the previous cycle where noted (~); watch the official page for the call to open.

ConferenceExpected dates · LocationTypical CFP timingLink
IIOC 2027 (25th)Industrial Organization SocietyApr 30–May 2, 2027Baltimore, MDCFP out ~Dec 2026IIOC page
MaCCI Annual Conference 2027ZEW · U. MannheimMar 11–12, 2027Mannheim, GermanyCFP ~fall, due ~Nov–DecAnnual conference page
Utah Winter Business Economics ConferenceMarriner S. Eccles InstituteFeb 25–27, 2027Snowbird, UT~Fall 2026Conference page
Paris Conference on Digital Economics 2027IP Paris / Telecom Paris (2026 ed. was Apr 9–10, Palaiseau)~April 2027Palaiseau, FranceDue ~early Jan (est.)Conference site
ACM EC'27Economics and Computation (EC'26: Rome, Jul 6–10, 2026)Dates TBATBANot yet announcedEC'26 site (EC'27 TBA)
Munich Summer Institute 2027 (11th)MPI for Innovation & Competition + partnersJun 1–3, 2027 (PhD workshop May 31)Munich, GermanyNot yet announcedConference site
ZEW Economics of ICT (25th)ZEW Mannheim (24th ed. was Jun 25–26, 2026, deadline Feb 25, 2026)Jun 28–29, 2027Mannheim, GermanyNot yet announced25th edition page
SICS 2027 (25th)Summer Institute in Competitive Strategy, UC Berkeley Haas (24th ed. was Jul 6–10, 2026, deadline Feb 28, 2026)Dates TBABerkeley, CANot yet announcedCall for papers
NBER Summer Institute 2027 (50th)IO · Digital Economics & AI sessions (2026 ed. was Jul 13–31, deadline Mar 26, 2026)Jul 12–30, 2027Cambridge, MACFP ~late 2026, due ~late Mar 2027 (est.)Summer Institute page
EARIE 2027 (54th)European Assoc. for Research in Industrial Economics (53rd ed. was Aug 26–28, 2026, Mannheim)Aug/Sep 2027 (est.)Venue TBAWindow ~Feb–Mar 2027 (est.)EARIE site (2027 TBA)
CRESSE 2027 (21st)Competition & Regulation Summer School and ConferenceJul 2–4, 2027Minoa Palace Resort, Chania, Crete, GreeceDue ~spring 2027 (est.)2027 announcement
QME Conference 2027Quantitative Marketing & Economics (24th ed. was Aug 27–28, 2026, deadline May 15, 2026)~Fall 2027 (est.)Host TBADue ~mid-May (est.)QME conference page
Platform Strategy Research Symposium 2027BU Questrom (2026 ed. was Jul 27–28, Boston)Dates TBABoston, MA (expected)Not yet announcedSymposium site
Marketplace Innovation WorkshopRecent editions fully virtual (11th ed. was May 18–20, 2026)Dates TBAVirtualNot yet announcedWorkshop site
Doctoral Workshop on the Economics of Digitization (10th)ifo / CESifoDates TBATBANot yet announced9th edition (2026) page
CEPR-JIE Conference on Applied Industrial Organization (27th)CEPR · Journal of Industrial Economics (26th ed. was May 28–30, 2026, Rome, w/ "AI, Algorithms and Markets" symposium)Dates TBATBANot yet announced26th edition (2026) page — 27th TBA
Hal White Antitrust Conference (2027)Bates White Economic Consulting (23rd ed. was Jun 1–2, 2026, DC)Dates TBAWashington, DC (expected)Not yet announced2026 CFP page — 2027 TBA
Next Generation of Antitrust, Data Privacy & Data Protection Scholars (10th)NYU Law · ABA Antitrust Section · biennial, junior-scholar focused (9th ed.: Jan 22–23, 2026, USC Gould, LA)Jan 2028 (est.)TBACFP expected ~mid/late 2027 (est.)Series page (2028 TBA)

Coming up — no open call, worth attending 12 events

ConferenceDates · LocationNotes
Economics of Artificial IntelligenceNBERSep 23–24, 2026Toronto, CanadaOrganizers: Agrawal, Gans, Goldfarb, Tucker
Firms, Technology, and Economic ImplicationsNBERSep 25, 2026Cambridge, MADeadline was Aug 4, 2026
FTC Microeconomics Conference (19th)FTC Bureau of Economics · Yale Tobin Center · GeorgetownNov 5–6, 2026Washington, DCDeadline was Jul 31, 2026
ACE Annual Conference 2026Association of Competition Economics · TSENov 12–13, 2026Toulouse, FranceProgramme curated (no open call) · registration opens 2nd half of Sep 2026
CODE@MIT 2026Conference on Digital Experimentation, MIT IDENov 13–14, 2026Cambridge, MADeadline was Sep 13, 2026
CESifo-TransforM Workshop on the Economic and Societal Impacts of AIifo / CESifo · TUM TransforMDec 3–4, 2026Munich, GermanyDeadline was Sep 15, 2026
Production Function Estimation and Its Applications to IndustriesNBER · De Loecker, Demirer, SomainiDec 5, 2026Cambridge, MADeadline was Sep 14, 2026
WISE 2026Workshop on Information Systems and EconomicsDec 16–18, 2026Lisbon, PortugalDeadline was Aug 23, 2026
ASSA 2027AEA / Allied Social Science AssociationsJan 3–5, 2027Washington, DCClosed Apr 1, 2026 (papers) / Apr 15, 2026 (sessions) · ASSA 2028 (Atlanta, Jan 7–9) CFP expected ~Feb 2027 (est.)
19th Digital Economics ConferenceTSE Digital Center · CEPRJan 7–8, 2027Toulouse, FranceDeadline was Sep 1, 2026
CCP Annual Conference 2027Centre for Competition Policy, UEA (2026 ed.: Jul 7–8, Norwich)Dates TBANorwich, UK (expected)Programme curated; no open call
Oxford Antitrust Enforcement Symposium 2027Oxford CCLP · Journal of Antitrust Enforcement (2026 ed. held Jun 15 in Seoul)Dates TBATBAProgramme curated; no open call
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