This year, the 4th International Conference on Applied Theory, Macro and Empirical Finance, 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”, supervised by the RiskGroupAUTH.

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/ paper to the Special Session.

Important milestones (set by the organisers):

Abstract submission deadline: January 26, 2018

Notification of acceptance: February 9, 2018

Registration deadline: February 23, 2018

Conference dates: April 2-3, 2018