Chen Lian, University of California–Berkeley
"Forecasting Inflation with Microdata: An Adaptive Machine Learning Approach"
Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2026, Noon–1:15 p.m. ET
Host: Andres Blanco, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Location: Onsite + Virtual
Type: Joint Finance & Economics Seminar
Kerem Coşar, University of Virginia
Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2026, Noon–1:15 p.m. ET
Host: Simon Fuchs, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Location: Onsite + Virtual
Type: Joint Finance & Economics Seminar
Colin Hottman, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2026, Noon–1:15 p.m. ET
Host: Michael Navarrete, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Location: Onsite + Virtual
Type: Economics Seminar
Greg Howard, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2026, Noon–1:15 p.m. ET
Host: Simon Fuchs, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Location: Onsite + Virtual
Type: Economics Seminar
Anne Hannusch, University of Bonn
Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2026, Noon–1:15 p.m. ET
Host: Salomé Baslandze/Alex Monge-Naranjo, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Location: Onsite + Virtual
Type: Economics Seminar
Diego Vilán, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2026, Noon–1:15 p.m. ET
Host: Federico Mandelman, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Location: Onsite + Virtual
Type: Economics Seminar
Gaurav Khanna, University of California-San Diego
Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2026, Noon–1:15 p.m. ET
Host: Paul Mohnen, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Location: Onsite + Virtual
Type: Economics Seminar
Eugene Tan, University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management
Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2026, Noon–1:15 p.m. ET
Host: Veronika Penciakova, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Location: Onsite + Virtual
Type: Economics Seminar
Peter Ganong, University of Chicago Harris School
Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2026, Noon–1:15 p.m. ET
Host: Michael Navarrete, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Location: Onsite + Virtual
Type: Economics Seminar
Ariel Burstein, University of California–Los Angeles
Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2026, Noon–1:15 p.m. ET
Host: Salomé Baslandze/Alex Monge-Naranjo, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Location: Onsite + Virtual
Type:Economics Seminar
Anmol Bhandari, University of Minnesota
Date: Thursday, December 10, 2026, Noon–1:15 p.m. ET
Host: Andres Blanco/Indrajit Mitra, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Location: Onsite + Virtual
Type: Joint Finance & Economics Seminar
Francesco Bianchi, Johns Hopkins University
Date: Tuesday, March 23, 2027, Noon–1:15 p.m. ET
Host: Choongryul Yang, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Location: Onsite + Virtual
Type: Economics Seminar
Chen Lian, University of California–Berkeley
"Forecasting Inflation with Microdata: An Adaptive Machine Learning Approach"
Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2026, Noon–1:15 p.m. ET
Host: Andres Blanco, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Location: Onsite + Virtual
Type: Joint Finance & Economics Seminar
Aaron Pancost, University of Texas
Date: Thursday, August 27, 2026, Noon–1:15 p.m. ET
Host: Roberto Robatto, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Location: Onsite + Virtual
Type: Finance Seminar
Marco Giacoletti, Mendoza College of Business
Date: Thursday, September 3, 2026, Noon–1:15 p.m. ET
Host: Kristopher Gerardi, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Location: Onsite + Virtual
Type: Finance Seminar
Sarah Quincy, Vanderbilt University
"Junior Colleges and Local Development"
Date: Thursday, September 17, 2026, Noon–1:15 p.m. ET
Host: Adrien Matray, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Location: Onsite + Virtual
Type: Finance Seminar
Simon Mayer, Carnegie Mellon University
Date: Thursday, October 15, 2026, Noon–1:15 p.m. ET
Host: Camelia Minoiu, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Location: Onsite + Virtual
Type: Finance Seminar
Leo D'Amico, Harvard University
Date: Thursday, October 29, 2026, Noon–1:15 p.m. ET
Host: Adrien Matray, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Location: Onsite + Virtual
Type: Finance Seminar
Hillary Stein, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Date: Thursday, November 19, 2026, Noon–1:15 p.m. ET
Host: Adrien Matray, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Location: Onsite + Virtual
Type: Finance Seminar
Tim Landvoight, Wharton School - University of Pennsylvania
Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2026, Noon–1:15 p.m. ET
Host: Indrajit Mitra, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Location: Onsite + Virtual
Type: Finance Seminar
Anmol Bhandari, University of Minnesota
Date: Thursday, December 10, 2026, Noon–1:15 p.m. ET
Host: Andres Blanco/Indrajit Mitra, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Location: Onsite + Virtual
Type: Joint Finance & Economics Seminar
Tuna Abay, European University Institute
"Slavery, Innovation, and Growth"
Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2026, Noon–1 p.m. ET
Host: Jon Willis, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Location: Onsite + Virtual
Type: Brown Bag
Indrajit Mitra, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2026, Noon–1 p.m. ET
Host: Jon Willis, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Location: Onsite + Virtual
Type: Brown Bag
Chenzi Xu, University of California–Berkeley
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2026, Noon–1 p.m. ET
Host: Jon Willis, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Location: Onsite + Virtual
Type: Brown Bag
Dave Rapach, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
"Improving Hedge Fund Return Prediction: Dealing with Missing Data via Deep Learning" w/Ilias Filippou and Ioannis Psaradellis
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2026, Noon–1 p.m. ET
Host: Jon Willis, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Location: Onsite + Virtual
Type: Brown Bag
Nikolay Gospodinov, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2026, 11 a.m.–noon ET
Host: Jon Willis, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Location: Onsite + Virtual
Type: Brown Bag
Tao Zha, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Date: Thursday, September 24, 2026, Noon–1 p.m. ET
Host: Jon Willis, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Location: Onsite + Virtual
Type: Brown Bag
Federico Mandelman, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2026, Noon–1 p.m. ET
Host: Jon Willis, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Location: Onsite + Virtual
Type: Brown Bag
The Finance Seminars visitor program is an opportunity for up to four academic researchers at local universities and research institutions to attend a finance seminar and spend a day with Atlanta Fed economists. The visitor program is open to faculty and professional researchers, and PhD students are welcome to join if space is available.
Details:
- External visitor sign-ups are limited to four guests per session, on a first-come, first-served basis. A final confirmation email will be sent a week prior to the seminar date.
- Program visitors will be allowed working space in the Research Department and will join the economists during lunch for the finance seminar offered on the date of your visit.
- Parking at the Atlanta Fed is limited, availability will be confirmed prior to the seminar date.
Register for the Finance Seminars Visitor Program
Information about parking and entering the Bank will accompany the visit confirmation.
For additional information, contact Adrien Matray.
