In this episode, we hosted Professor George Athanasopoulos, President of the International Institute of Forecasters (IIF) and Head of the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics at Monash University. 

George gave an overview of the IIF's current plans and new initiatives, including the Practitioners chapter, publishing papers in the International Journal of Applied Forecasting, the forecasting distinguished lecture series, and plans for the International Symposium on Forecasting, among others. 

He also shared his career experience in forecasting and how he has grown in the field to his current position. George also mentioned to his research experience in hierarchical forecasting, his teaching success, and the recent stories on co-authoring and translating the famous book "Forecasting: Principles and Practice." into Greek.

George recommends the following books and papers as influential in his career:

• Forecasting: Principles and Practice, RJ Hyndman, G Athanasopoulos,  Otext.
• Tsay, R. S. (1991) "Two canonical forms for vector ARMA processes." Statistica Sinica 1, 247–69.
• Hyndman, R., Koehler, A. B., Ord, J. K., & Snyder, R. D. (2008). "Forecasting with exponential smoothing: the state space approach." Springer Science & Business Media.
• Panagiotelis, A., Athanasopoulos, G., Gamakumara, P., & Hyndman, R. J. (2021). "Forecast reconciliation: A geometric view with new insights on bias correction." International Journal of Forecasting, 37(1), 343-359