Programme 2026

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Conference programme 2026-05-22

You can find the descriptions of the contents at the linked events. The individual lectures (e.g. of the Open Meeting) with the corresponding event rooms can be found in the CONVERIA Conference Calendar. For mobile phones, we provide a web-based conference app via CONVERIA.

Sunday 13 September 2026

12:30-14:30 Workshop: Mentoring for Women
14:40-16:40 Workshop: Open Science
16:40-18:10 Workshop 
17:30-18:30 Assembly of VfS Members
19:00-21:00 Welcome Reception and Award Ceremony: Reinhard Selten Award

Monday 14 September 2026

09:00-18:00 Jobmarket Preparation Seminar
09:00-10:30 Open Meeting Block A
09:00-10:00 Press Meeting
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:30 Opening of the VfS Annual Conference 2026
11:30-12:30 Keynote 1: Lucia Reisch
12:30-14:00 Brown Bags and IHS Panel
14:00-15:00 Keynote 2: Matthew Rabin
15:00-16:00 VfS Panel
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-18:00 Open Meeting Block B
16:30-18:00 Panel of the Central Banks
18:30-22:00 Evening Reception 
18:30-18:45 Award Ceremony: Carl Menger Award
18:45-19:45 Thünen Lecture: 

Tuesday 15 September 2026

09:00-18:00 Jobmarket Preparation Seminar
09:00-10:30 Open Meeting Block C
09:00-10:30 Panel Session RatSWD
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Open Meeting Block D
11:00-12:30 Panel ECONWATCH
11:00-12:30 Workshop for Women: Online Hate Matters
12:30-14:00 Brown Bags and WZB Panel
12:30-14:00 Networking for Women
14:00-16:00 Open Meeting Block E
14:00-15:30 DFG Workshop
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-17:00 Award Ceremony: Hermann Heinrich Gossen Award
17:00-18:00 Core Conference Panel
18:00-18:30 Award Ceremony: Gustav Stolper Award
18:30-20:00 Get-together with Champagne Toast

Wednesday 16 September 2026

09:00-10:30 Open Meeting Block F
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Open Meeting Block G
12:00-13:00 Keynote 3: Ulrike Malmendier
13:00-13:15 Closing Speech
13:15-14:00 Brown Bags
14:00-16:00 Workshop: First Generation Academics

12:00-14:30 Schüler:innentag "Faszination Wirtschaftswissenschaften"