AE2017 is the 13th edition of the Artificial Economics Conference Series started in 2005.

Previous meetings took place in Lille (2005), Aalborg (2006), Palermo (2007), Innsbruck (2008), Valladolid (2009), Treviso (2010), The Hague (2011), Castellón (2012), Klagenfurt (2013), Barcelona (2014), Porto (2015) and Rome (2016).

The main aim of the Symposium is to facilitate the meeting of people working on different topics in different fields (mainly Economics, Finance and Computer Science) in order to encourage a structured multi-disciplinary approach to social sciences. Presentations and keynote sessions center around multi-agent modelling, from the viewpoint of both applications and computer-based tools. The event is also open to methodological surveys.