4th International Workshop on Game Theory and Economic Applications, São Paulo, July 26-August 2

 My old friend, colleague and coauthor Marilda Sotomayor is presiding over a big game theory conference in São Paulo this coming week.

 Here are the first paragraphs of the announcement from the University of São Paulo:

USP brings together six Nobel laureates in Economics in an event on Game Theory

 The Faculty of Economics, Administration, Accounting and Actuarial Sciences of the University of São Paulo (FEAUSP) will host, between July 26 and August 2, 2026, the 4th International Workshop on Game Theory and Economic Applications (IWGTEA). The event, consolidated as one of the most important in the area, is organized by the renowned professor emeritus of FEAUSP, Marilda Sotomayor, a world authority in Theory of Matching Markets.

The workshop will bring together six Nobel laureates in Economics. In person, FEAUSP will receive Paul Milgrom (Nobel 2020), Roger Myerson (Nobel 2007) and Alvin Roth (Nobel 2012). Laureates Robert Aumann (Nobel 2005), Robert Wilson (Nobel 2020) and Eric Maskin (Nobel 2007) will participate online. It will be a rare opportunity to translate how seemingly abstract mathematical ideas influence markets, governments, and everyday decisions.

In addition to the Nobel laureates, the body of keynote speakers includes important names such as Gabrielle Demange (Paris School of Economics), Ehud Kalai (Northwestern University), Hervé Moulin (University of Glasgow) and the Brazilian Aloísio Araújo (IMPA/FGV). There will also be a plenary session with Professor Marilda Sotomayor, who shared with Alvin Roth, in 1990, the authorship of the book "Two-Sided Matching: A study in game-theoretic modeling and analysis".


 

Nobel Prize in Economics Alvin Roth and professor Marilda Sotomayor (FEAUSP)
Photo: personal archive
 

Unlike traditional congresses, the IWGTEA is structured as a "workshop and school", focusing on the training of new researchers. "The idea is aimed at the interaction of students with the most renowned researchers in game theory", explains Professor Marilda Sotomayor. According to her, the main objective is to provide students with direct contact with the minds that shaped the modern economy. The expectation is that the workshop will attract 250 participants with more than 100 students from different parts of the world. 

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 Conference location: Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, 908 - Butantã, São Paulo - SP, 05508-010 

Schedule: https://www.iwgtea.fea.usp.br/