Dewatripont Fest, May 6-7

We are delighted to announce Dewatripont Fest, a two-day conference celebrating the outstanding academic career and contributions of our beloved colleague Mathias Dewatripont.

📍 Location: Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Campus Solbosch, Building R42, Salle Pierre Drion (R42.5.503)
📅 Dates: May 6–7, 2025
🗺 Campus map: https://www.ulb.be/en/solbosch/campus-map

The conference will bring together leading researchers, policymakers, colleagues, and friends for two days of scientific exchange and reflection.

🔗 Full program available here

Highlights of the Program

The event features keynote lectures and round tables with distinguished scholars and policy leaders, including:

• Jean Tirole (Toulouse School of Economics)
• Eric Maskin (Harvard University)
• Oliver Hart (Harvard University)
• Abhijit Banerjee (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
• Philippe Aghion (Collège de France / INSEAD / London School of Economics)
• Patrick Bolton (Imperial College London)
• Jean-Charles Rochet (Toulouse School of Economics)
• Wouter Dessein (Columbia University)
• Lucrezia Reichlin (London Business School)
• Andrew Lo (MIT)

Round tables will cover major themes including:

• Banking and Finance (with participation from the European Central Bank and the National Bank of Belgium)
• Economics in theory vs. practice (with speakers from the European Commission and E.CA Economics)
• Innovation and Science (including former leaders of the European Research Council)
• Health (co-organized with I3h)

The program also features contributions from numerous ULB colleagues and long-standing collaborators of Mathias.

We very much look forward to welcoming participants for this special celebration.