2026 Dynare Workshop for Advanced Users

Posted on 26 March 2026

The workshop will take place in person from Wednesday to Friday 16-18 September 2026. It will start at around 9:00 on Wednesday and finish around 17:00 on Friday. The event will be hosted by the European Commission, Joint Research Centre Ispra.

Goals and format of the workshop

The workshop aims at presenting, discussing, and sharing experiences regarding advanced features and expert use of Dynare. It welcomes and stimulates exchanges and contributions with/from the audience.

The 2026 iteration of the workshop will focus on the following topics:

  • An update on Dynare – new & prospective features
  • Special session: AI in Macroeconomic Modelling, Policy, and Daily Workflow
  • Contributions from the audience and open discussion: “Using models for policy analysis and research: lessons learned, issues, needs.”
  • Selected short as well as selected in-depth presentations

Audience

The workshop is addressed to advanced Dynare users with backgrounds ranging from academia to policy institutions. The workshop is open to a maximum of 20 qualified and selected participants.

Fee

No fee is due. Lunches, coffee breaks, a social dinner on 18 September, and workshop material are provided.

Venue

European Commission, Joint Research Centre,
Ispra site
via E. Fermi 2749
21027 Ispra (VA), Italy.

Travel and transportation

Participants will have to fund their own travel and accommodation expenses. The organizers have pre-booked rooms in nearby recommended hotels from 16 September until 19 September 2026. The workshop will start around 9:00 on Wednesday and finish around 17:00 on Friday.

Organizers will provide connections between the JRC and Milan Airports (Malpensa and Linate) and the Milano Centrale Train Station on the days of arrival and departure. We also organize two daily connections (morning and late afternoon) between the JRC and the pre-booked hotels. There will be no connection provided from other hotels to/from JRC.

Details

The course is jointly organized by the Joint Research Centre, CEPREMAP, and DSGE-net.

Organizers and animators:

  • Stéphane Adjemian (Le Mans Université)
  • Willi Mutschler (DSGE-net, University of Tübingen)
  • Johannes Pfeifer (University of the Bundeswehr Munich)
  • Marco Ratto (European Commission Joint Research Centre)
  • Werner Roeger (DIW Berlin and KU Leuven)
  • Sébastien Villemot (CEPREMAP)

Local organisers: Eleonora Beghetto, Avramidou Kleoniki, Adrian Ifrim, Marco Membretti, Beatrice Pataracchia, Jan Teresinski.

This is a laptop-only workshop. Each participant is required to come with their laptop with MATLAB R2020a or later or Octave 11 and the latest stable Dynare version pre-installed. We will provide WiFi access, but participants should not rely on it to access a MATLAB license server at their own institution.

Please note that electricity plugs are Schuko type F: attendees should make sure to have the adapter to plug in their laptop.

Application

Please fill out the application form and upload your CV and a recent research paper or work-in-progress (extended abstract, presentation) in PDF format.

  • Application deadline: 30 April 2026
  • Acceptance notifications: 31 May 2026
  • Apply here

In case of any questions, please contact school@dynare.org.