Professional development for makers and users of business forecasts
Foresight is a quarterly publication of the nonprofit International Institute of Forecasters. The premier journal for working forecasters and planners, it synthesizes up-to-the-minute research with the insight and expertise of highly respected practitioners.
Foresight delivers peer-reviewed and edited articles, tutorials, and case studies that provide unmatched professional development for forecasters.
Foresight Practitioner Conference 2026
VIVES Bruges, Belgium | March 2-3, 2026
The Foresight Practitioner Conference (FPC) brings together business leaders, forecasting practitioners and preeminent researchers to network and critically explore the latest advances in forecasting. The conference’s aim is to improve forecast practice by showcasing the experts and organizations that significantly impact value.
The theme of this year’s conference is successes and failures in AI forecasting implementations. The conference is hosted by the International Institute of Forecasters (IIF) and will include a presentation by the winner of its second-annual IIF Forecasting Practice Competition.
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Foresight Guidebook
Forecasting at Scale: Lessons from the Target Corporation
Our latest guidebook explores the demands of forecasting for large, complex organizations. It reveals how one organization—the Target Corporation—rose to the challenge by providing nearly one billion forecasts per week to a multifunctional group of users and decision makers. Order Foresight Guidebooks
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