The school is articulated around three main activities: lectures, hands-on sessions, and group-works whose aim is to allow participants to gain practical experience on the topics covered during lectures.

Monday, September 9th: Introduction to forecasting of energy commodities

• From 9:00 Registration of participants
• 10:00-12:30 Lecture – Matteo Pelagatti
• 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
• 14:00 – 16:00 Hands-on session – Luca Pedini
• 16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break
• 16:30 – 18:00 Group work

Tuesday, September 10th: Forecast Evaluation

• 09:00 – 10:30 Lecture – Fabrizio Iacone
• 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
• 11:00 – 12:30 Lecture – Fabrizio Iacone
• 12:30 -14.00 Lunch
• 00-16.00 Hands- on session – Chiara Casoli
• 00-16.30 Coffee break
• 30-18.30 Group work

Wednesday, September 11th: Bayesian time series methods with applications to load forecasting

• 09:00 – 10:30 Lecture – Francesco Ravazzolo
• 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
• 11:00 – 12:30 Lecture – Francesco Ravazzolo
• 12:30 -14.00 Lunch
• 00-16.00 Hands- on session – Luca Rossini
• 00-16.30 Coffee break
• 30-18.30 Group work

20:30 Social Dinner in Como city centre

Thursday, September 12th: Econometrics of the oil market

09:00 – 10:30 Lecture – Hilde Bjørnland

• 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
• 11:00 – 12:30 Lecture – Hilde Bjørnland
• 12:30 -14.00 Lunch