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Beyond our regular seminar series, we organize and host conferences, workshops, and special gatherings that explore new intersections for market design and foster collaboration across disciplines.
These events bring together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to address specific challenges and advance the field through focused discussion and collaboration.
Explore some of our events:
International conference on spectrum economics and policy
The Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) and the Department of Economics at the University of Zurich (UZH) are organizing a conference on “Spectrum Auctions and Market Structure” in Zurich on September 19, 2025 (13:00–19:00). See the Conference Website for details.
This half-day international conference brings together academics, policymakers, and industry professionals for a program structured around three main sessions: Empirical research, Theory and policy, and Industry and regulatory perspectives.
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 13:00 |
Introduction by Marek Pycia (UZH) |
| 13:15 |
Empirical Research Moderator: Armin Schmutzler (UZH)) Paul Scott (NYU) “Optimal market structure — Market structure investment and technical efficiencies mobile telecommunications” Marc Ivaldi (TSE), Louise Aimene (Orange), Jean-Baptiste Giffard (Telecom Paris), Julienne Liang (Orange) “Welfare cost of mobile spectrum (Mis)allocation” Daniel Ershov (UCL), David Salant (TSE) “Auctions and mobile market competition: evidence from the European 4G auctions” |
| 14:45 | Break |
| 15:00 |
Theory and Policy Moderator: Andy Skrzypacz (Stanford Graduate School of Business)) Patrick Rey (TSE) and David Salant (TSE) “Allocating essential inputs” Michael Ostrovsky (Stanford Graduate School of Business) “Dual-Track Auction for Market-Based Determination of Spectrum Clearing” dotEcon — “Stirred not shaken: A recipe for reassigning spectrum” discussed by David Salant (TSE)) |
| 16:15 |
Industry Perspective Moderator: Malcolm Ross (Merlin Consulting)) Richard Marsden (NERA Economics Consulting) Roman Rabinovich (FTI Consulting) |
| 16:45 | Break |
| 17:00 |
Regulatory Perspective Moderator: David Salant (TSE)) Richard Feasey (UK Competition and Markets Authority — CMA) Luis Gaspar (Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações — ANACOM, Portugal) Alexia Gonzalez Fanfalone (OECD) Konstantinos Masselos (Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission — EETT) Berndt Odenthal (Bundesnetzagentur — BNetzA) Morgan Westring (Swedish Post and Telecom Authority — PTS) |
| 18:45 | Final Remarks |
| 19:00 | Reception (drinks) |
Assignment and matching in education and labor markets
Matching in Practice was created in September 2010 to bring together the growing community of researchers in Europe working on the various aspects of assignment and matching in education and related labour markets. It fosters interaction between theory, experiments, field data analysis, and policy/market design.
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00–12:45 | Lunch & Registration | |
| 12:45–13:10 | Lisa Botbol (Toulouse School of Economics) |
Applicant Choice in the Design of Social Housing Allocations: Evidence from France |
| 13:10–13:35 | Byeong-hyeon Jeong (University of Zurich) |
School Choice in Context: Can Open Enrollment Cure Segregation? |
| 13:35–14:00 | Rémi Castera (University of Grenoble-Alpes) |
Correlation of Rankings in Matching Markets |
| 14:00–14:25 | Coffee Break | |
| 14:25–14:50 | Daniel Bird (Tel-Aviv University) |
Search, Matching, and Online Platforms |
| 14:50–15:15 | Alireza Amanihamedani (London Business School) |
Spatial Matching under Multihoming |
| 15:15–15:40 | Simon Jantschgi (University of Oxford) |
The Hidden Price of Zero-Commission |
| 15:40–16:05 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:05–16:30 | Anna Bogomolnaia (University of Glasgow) |
Fair Division under Objective Constraints |
| 16:30–16:55 | Tom Demeulemeester (KU Leuven) |
Rawlsian Assignments |
| 16:55–17:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 17:30–18:30 | Keynote: Shengwu Li (Harvard University) |
Simple Mechanisms: An Overview |
| 19:00 | Workshop Dinner – Timeout (Hotel St. Josef) | |
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00–09:25 | Cancelled | |
| 09:25–09:50 | Josué Ortega (Belfast University) |
The Limits of School Choice with Consent |
| 09:50–10:15 | Cyril Rouault (Université Paris-Saclay) |
Stability Under Contract Terms |
| 10:15–10:40 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:40–11:05 | Ezzat Elokda (ETH Zurich) |
Karma: An Experimental Study |
| 11:05–11:30 | Ermis Soumalias (University of Zurich) |
Machine Learning-powered Course Allocation |
| 11:30–12:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 12:00–12:50 | Panel Discussion: AI and Simplicity in Market Design Samuel Häfner (University of St. Gallen), Marek Pycia (University of Zurich), Sven Seuken (University of Zurich) |
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| 13:00–14:00 | Lunch at ETH Dozentenfoyer | |