Following the success of its Total Market Forecasting conferences, VIB events offers a practical hands-on market share forecasting workshop addressing the specific needs of European pharmaceutical affiliate companies.

A new issue of the International Journal of Forecasting (IJF) is out now. Hard copies will be posted soon. This is a special issue on US presidential election forecasting with guest editors James Campbell and Michael Lewis-Beck.

For a long time, we've used social networking as a toy -- but Right90 just might be giving us a glimpse of how this powerful interpersonal communication tool can be used as a powerful inter-personnel communication tool.

A special interest group has been established as a resource for researchers and practitioners who are interested in the field of prediction markets. Being part of Forecasting Principles, this SIG aims at presenting research findings that support evidence-based principles.

The key thing to remember about forecasts in purchasing is that you have to do them, not that they have to be right, Robert Kemp told attendees at a forecasting workshop Monday at the ISM Conference in St. Louis.

Forecasting the Swiss Economy Using VECX Models ; The Dynamics of Economic Functions: Modelling and Forecasting the Yield Curve ; Forecasting world trade. Direct versus "bottom-up" approaches ; Are Weekly Inflation Forecasts Informative? ; Introducing the Euro-STING: Short Term INdicator of Euro Area Growth.

SAS is offering a free webcast on "Forecast Value Added Analysis: Step-by-Step" on Wednesday June 4, 11:00-12:30 EDT.

Retalix, a global provider of software solutions for retailers and distributors, announced the immediate availability of Retalix DemandAnalytX release 6.0, which makes the implementation of demand forecasting and order optimization easier and faster.