Home Media & events Calendar of events 13th biennial IFC Conference 20–21 August 2026 | Basel, Switzerland About the conference BIS Basel, preceded by the IFC Committee (restricted) meeting on 19 August 2026. Programme Conference materials Call for contributionsParticipation guidelinesYoung statistician paper award criteria Presentations Session 1 Artificial intelligence in central banks Session 2 Inflation and price dynamics Session 3 Beyond the traditional economy Session 4 Novel and experimental data Session 5 Data gaps and financial stability issues Session 6 Tracking globalisation Session 7 Linking payment data with macroeconomic statistics Session 8 The quest for better, more and faster data Session 9 Innovation for better statistics Session 10 Looking back to move forward with historical statistics