The conference scheme is recent development in time series econometrics with applications to macroeconomics and finance. Invited speakers include:

- Sir Clive Granger, Nobel Prize Laureate, University of California , San Diego

- Wolfgang Hardle, Humboldt University

- Cheng Hsiao, University of Southern California & Xiamen University

- Soren Johansen, University of Copenhagen

- Peter Phillips, Yale University

- Timo Terasvirta, Stockholm School of Economics

- Dag Tjostheim, University of Bergen