The European Commission's Competence Centre on Microeconomic Evaluation (CC-ME), in collaboration with the IÉSEG School of Management , Paris Campus , is happy to announce the conference:

COMPIE 2026 conference (COunterfactual Methods for Policy Impact Evaluation)

Paris (France) 24-26 June, 2026

Dates

The conference will be held in-person only. It will start at 13:00 on 24 June 2026 and end at 16:00 on 26 June 2026 CET.

Venue

IÉSEG School of Management, Paris Campus, La Défense

Address: Parvis de la Défense, 92800 Puteaux, France

Format

The conference will consist of plenary, contributed and organised sessions. The conference will be in-person-only.

Keynote speakers

Pedro H. C. Sant'Anna, Emory University

Michela Giorcelli, University of California - Los Angeles

Conference objectives

The aim of COMPIE is to bring together practitioners and academics to discuss developments in the theory and the applications of counterfactual methods for policy impact evaluation. Applications can cover a broad range of interventions, from labor and social policy to regulation and funding programmes, ideally with a focus on EU policies and business management.

Local organizing committee 

Enkelejda Havari, Department of Economics,  IÉSEG School of Management

Contact points

• for the local organization: Céline Le Suün (c.lesuun@ieseg.fr) 
• for the program: Paolo Paruolo

Paper submissions

Link to conference maker for submissions.

Important dates

• Paper submissions: from 1 Jan to 28 Feb, 2026.
• Acceptance decision: 31 Mar 2026. Authors of accepted papers need to register by 30 Apr 2026 to confirm participation.
• Registration: between 1 Apr and 15 May, 2026.
• Programme: to appear in due time at this link

Programme Committee

TBA

COMPIE conference series