Our annual celebration of the KIT Department of Business and Economics will take place on Thursday, 25th June 2026.

Further information on the program will follow in spring 2026.

The sixth "Dialogtag - Wirtschaft & Technik" - the annual celebration of the KIT Department of Business and Economics, took place on Thursday, June 26, 2025 on the premises of Blücherstraße in Karlsruhe.

The main theme of this year's event was"Affordable and Reliable Energy" and was thus thematically oriented towards the Science Year 2025 "Future Energy" and one of the focus topics on the occasion of KIT's 200th anniversary.

In addition to a variety of keynote speeches by scientific staff as part of the WiWi Junior Research Talks, the keynote speech by Prof. Antonio J. Conejo from Ohio State University was one of the highlights. Antonio J. Conejo is a professor at the Integrated System Engineering Department and the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department at Ohio State University and conducts research on electrical energy systems, electricity markets and optimization under ignorance, among other things.

After the science prizes for outstanding doctoral theses at the KIT department were awarded, the event ended with a nice get-together.

The fifth "Dialogtag - Wirtschaft und Technik" took place on Wednesday, July 17, 2024 on the KIT Campus South.

A varied program on the topic of "Openness and Transparency in Economics" was offered with many opportunities for exchange. In addition to the presentation of student projects and current research projects, the WiWi partner exhibition also took place, where students and employees could get in touch with our corporate partners. As part of the faculty's annual celebration, Prof. Dr. Simeon Schudy (University of Ulm) gave a keynote speech entitled "Transparency in Economic Research". This was followed by the presentation of the 2023 Science Awards for the best doctoral theses. The evening ended in a convivial atmosphere with snacks and drinks in the Tulla Foyer.

A big thank you to all participants and attendees. We look forward to the 2025 Dialogtag.

The "Dialogtag - Wirtschaft und Technik" took place on June 22, 2023 at Blücherstraße 17.

The leading topic 2023 was "Hybrid Adaptive Systems".  Prof. Dr. Tanja Schultz from the University of Bremen gave a keynote on " "Biosignal-adaptive Cognitive Systems". Further the presentation of the 2022 Sicence awards took place, followed by a get-together. 

Review: Dialogtag - Wirtschaft und Technik 2022

On Thursday, June 23, 2022, the third "Dialogtag - Wirtschaft und Technik" took place, but for the first time completely in presence at KIT Campus South due to pandemic.

The main topic in 2022 was "Sustainable Management", on which there were again many exciting impulse lectures from science and practice.

The Dialogtag started with the scientific keynote of Dr. Rebekka Volk, group leader of the research group "Project and Resource Management in the Built Environment" , Institute of Industrial Management and Industrial Production (IIP), KIT on the topic."Sustainable Management - Chances and Limits of the Circular Economy" opened.

This was followed by short keynote speeches with subsequent discussion on the four sessions: Sustainable Digitalization, Sustainable Energy Systems, Sustainable Energy Markets and Sustainable Foundations.

The keynote address "Shifting Paradigms - How Bosch is Shaping Sustainability" by Ellen Bulander, Senior Manager Sustainability at Robert Bosch GmbH provided first-hand practical insights into the industry.

The event concluded with the presentation of the 2022 Faculty Awards(to the award winners) and 2021 Science Awards(to the award winners), as well as the announcement of the results of the teaching evaluation from the summer semester 2021.

With snacks and drinks and interesting dialogues, all participants ended the evening in the Tulla Foyer.

We look forward to the continuation of the "Dialogtag - Wirtschaft und Technik" on June 22, 2023.

The "Dialogtag - Business & Technology" on June 24, 2021, was held under the motto "Future of Work".

In addition to exciting keynote speeches from practice and economy with representatives of IBM, EnBW, workwise as well as scientific employees of the KIT Department of Business and Economics, there was the possibility to get to know our partner companies at the virtual exhibition.

The event was concluded by the hybrid department annual party, with a keynote lecture by Prof. Dr. Dirk Sliwka, University of Cologne on "Future of Performance Management" and the presentation of the faculty and science awards as well as the appointment of Dr. Sven Spieckermann as honorary professor.

Many thanks to all participants who contributed to a diversified event with exciting dialogues. We look forward to continuing the event in 2022.