2026 Economics & Finance Conferences: Scopus/EI Indexed Call for Papers

Urgent Deadlines (Spring 2026)

1. AMEF 2026 - 10th International Conference on Applied Theory, Macro and Empirical Finance

Best for: Macroeconomics, Banking, and Empirical Finance. Hosted by the University of Macedonia, this conference is known for its high academic standards and special issue opportunities in journals like Economic Modelling.

Conference Date: April 6 – 7, 2026
Location: Thessaloniki, Greece
Submission Deadline: February 15, 2026 (Immediate action required).
Indexing: Selected papers often targeted for SSCI/Scopus journals (Special Issues).
Official Website: http://amef.uom.gr/

2. 55th EBES Conference - Budapest

Best for: General Economics, Business, and Finance. The Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) is the most reliable conference series for Springer publication.

Conference Date: April 16 – 18, 2026
Location: Budapest, Hungary (Hybrid: In-person & Online)
Publisher: Springer (Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics)
Indexing: Scopus, EBSCO, EconLit.
Submission Deadline: March 17, 2026.
Official Website: https://ebesweb.org/55th-ebes-conference-budapest/

Mid-Year & Summer (Major Events)

3. IEEE CIFEr 2026 - Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering and Economics

Best for: Quantitative Finance, Fintech, Algorithmic Trading. This is a technical finance conference hosted by the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. It is one of the few finance events indexed in EI Compendex.

Conference Date: September 10 – 11, 2026
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Publisher: IEEE (Conference Proceedings)
Indexing: Ei Compendex, Scopus, IEEE Xplore.
Submission Deadline: May 15, 2026.
Official Website: https://cifer2026.mhirano.jp/

4. ICOAE 2026 - International Conference on Applied Economics

Best for: Applied Economics, Micro/Macro trends. A long-standing European conference where proceedings are published as a book series by Springer.

Conference Date: July 9 – 11, 2026
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Publisher: Springer (Proceedings in Business and Economics)
Indexing: Scopus.
Submission Deadline: May 25, 2026.
Official Website: https://www.i-coae.com/

5. 56th EBES Conference - Istanbul

Best for: Summer travel combined with academic presentation. If you miss the Budapest round, the Istanbul summer session is a classic choice.

Conference Date: July 2 – 4, 2026
Location: Istanbul, Turkey (Hybrid)
Publisher: Springer
Indexing: Scopus.
Submission Deadline: June 11, 2026.
Official Website: https://ebesweb.org/56th-istanbul/

Late Year Planning (Fall/Winter 2026)

6. APEF 2026 - 10th Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics and Finance

Best for: Asian market research, General Finance. A popular event in Singapore that consistently produces Springer-published proceedings.

Conference Date: December 10 – 11, 2026
Location: Singapore
Publisher: Springer (Economics and Finance Readings)
Indexing: Scopus.
Submission Deadline: July 9, 2026.
Official Website: https://apef.ear.com.sg/

7. 57th EBES Conference - Prague

Best for: Fall academic networking in Central Europe.

Conference Date: October 15 – 17, 2026
Location: Prague, Czech Republic (Hybrid)
Publisher: Springer
Indexing: Scopus.
Submission Deadline: September 16, 2026.
Official Website: https://ebesweb.org/57th-ebes-conference-prague/

Submission Guide: Scopus vs. EI vs. SSCI

For "Pure" Economics: Target EBES or ICOAE. These conferences are published by Springer and have a very high likelihood of Scopus indexing. They rarely get into EI Compendex because EI focuses on engineering.
For "Fintech/Quant": If you need EI Compendex, you must submit to IEEE CIFEr. Traditional economics conferences will not help you here; you need a conference that treats finance as an engineering/computational problem.
For SSCI (Journal Impact): Be careful. Many conferences claim "SSCI Journal Support," but this usually means they will recommend the top 5-10% of papers to a journal for a fresh round of review. It is not guaranteed. AMEF 2026 (Greece) has a strong track record of successful special issues if your paper is high quality.