The 5th International Conference on Applied Theory, Macro and Empirical Finance(AMEF2019), organized successfully by the Department of Economics at the University of Macedonia (Thessaloniki, Greece), is going to host a special session on “Energy Markets Modelling”. This session will be supervised by the RiskGroupAUTH, an interdisciplinary research group supported by the School of Economics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

The session welcomes academic contributions in the broad area of energy and power markets, with implications for forecasting, risk management, policy analysis and investment. 

Indicative topics:

• The integration of regional and national energy markets
• The interplay between energy commodity prices and macroeconomic indicators
• Recent developments in market design and simulation
• Derivatives for energy management risk
• The effect of excess clean energy generation on electricity prices
• Investment appraisal tools and risk management solutions for energy markets

We would be very happy if you or any of your colleagues consider contributing your knowledge and expertise in these areas by submitting an abstract to the Special Session.  Don’t forget to make a note to the organizers that your submission is intended for “Energy Markets Modelling”.

Important milestones (set by the organizers and may be subject to change):

• Abstract submission deadline: January 27, 2019
• Notification of acceptance: February 10, 2019
• Registration deadline: February 22, 2019
• Conference dates: April 22-23, 2019