Bank of Italy/CEPR/EIEF Conference on “Innovation and Finance
Rome, December 10-11, 2026
Venue: Bank of Italy, Sala Emeroteca (Palazo Koch)
The Bank of Italy, the Centre for Economic Policy Research and the Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance, are organizing a research conference on “Innovation and Finance”. The conference aims to bring together leading economists to discuss frontier research on the real and financial drivers of innovation. Particular attention will be given to how innovative firms emerge, are financed, and grow, as well as to the conditions that enable them to scale. The conference will feature Keynote Lectures by Josh Lerner (Harvard Business School), Ramana Nanda (Imperial College London and CEPR), and Gelsomina Vigliotti (European Investment Bank). The organizers are: Gaia Dossi (EIEF); Sara Formai (Bank of Italy); Juanita González-Uribe (LSE); Thomas Hellmann (Saïd Business School, University of Oxford); Claudio Michelacci (EIEF); Marco Pagano (University of Naples Federico II); Julien Sauvagnat (Bocconi University); Fabiano Schivardi (Luiss Guido Carli); Ilaria Supino (Bank of Italy). Upcoming Program.
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10th Rome Junior Conference on Applied Microeconomics
Rome, June 3-4, 2026
Venue: EIEF
EIEFis organizing the “10th Rome Junior Conference on Applied Microeconomics” which aims at fostering the exchange of ideas among researchers across all fields of applied microeconomics. Particular preference will be given to early-career faculty in the selection of presenters. Organizers are: Gaia Dossi (EIEF), Renata Gaineddenova (Harvard Business School), Anaïs Fabre (Ludwig-Maximilians University), and Matteo Paradisi (EEIF). Upcoming Program.
11th Rome Junior Finance Conference
Rome, June 10-11, 2026
Venue: EIEF
EIEF is organizing the “11th Rome Junior Finance Conference”. The goal of the conference is to bring together junior researchers active in finance and create an opportunity for informal discussions and other academic-related activities. The workshop will feature a keynote lecture. The organizers are: Spyridon Lagaras (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), João Monteiro (EIEF), and Luana Zaccaria (LUISS, EIEF). Upcoming Program.
15th Rome Conference on Macroeconomics (aka Pizzanomics)
Rome, June 21-22 2026
Venue: EIEF
EIEF is organizing the "15th Rome Conference on Macroeconomics” (a.k.a. Pizzanomics)". The aim is to bring together junior economists from around the world with a strong interest in Macroeconomics, and to generate a friendly environment with intensive interaction, not only during the presentations but also informally before and after. The organizers are: David Argente (Yale University), Salomé Baslandze (Atlanta FED), Sara Casella (LUISS, EIEF), Bernardo Ribeiro (EIEF), and Liyan Shi (Carnegie Mellon University-Tepper). Upcoming Program.
