Dialogue Day 2026
On this year's Dialogue Day on the 25th of June, Professor Achim Wambach, Ph.D., will receive an Honorary Doctorate. The speech delivered in his honour will be given by Professor Dr. Dorothea Kübler. The President of the KIT, Professor Dr. Jan S. Hesthaven, will give a welcoming address.
| Time | Program | Location |
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03:00 p.m. - 04:30 p.m. |
Talks given by doctoral candidates of the department | conference rooms 006 (ground floor) and 104 (first floor), building 30.96 |
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04:30 p.m. - 05:00 p.m. |
Break and change of location | |
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05:00 p.m. - 06:30 p.m. |
Welcome address of the Dean of the KIT-Department of Business and Economics, Professor Dr. Marc Wouters
Welcome address of the President of the KIT, Professor Dr. Jan S. Hesthaven
Awarding of the Honorary Doctorate to Professor Achim Wambach, Ph.D. (Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung) and laudation by Professor Dr. Dorothea Kübler (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung)
Awarding of Science Awards of the KIT-Department of Business and Economics |
Neuer Senatssaal, building 11.30 |
| 06:30 p.m. | Get-together | Foyer in front of Neuer Senatssaal and roof terrace |
The talks given by our doctoral candidates will be held simultaneously in two sessions:
| Time | Lecturer and title of talk | Location |
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03:00 p.m. 03:30 p.m. 04:00 p.m. |
Danisz Okulicz (ECON), "Lawyer Assignment with Congestion: Redesigning the Comal County Pilot Program" Matthias Potarca (ECON), "Algorithmic Repricers in Experimental Marketplaces" Leon Burard (ZEW), "Dynamic Matching in Overloaded Waiting Lists" |
conference room 006 (ground floor), building 30.96 |
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03:00 p.m.
03:30 p.m. 04:00 p.m. |
Julius Grams (WIN), "The Potential of Deep Reinforcement Learning in Evaluating Market Design Options: Examples from the Power Market" Chris Corbo (ECON), "Dynamic duopoly of spatial logistics networks with full and private information" Yulia Evsyukova (ZEW), "Strategic pathogen sharing" |
conference room 104 (first floor), building 30.96 |