Program


The summer school program consists of ten 90-minute lectures and 18 student presentations. Each lecturer will discuss a topic of his/her choice in economics.

Six sessions will be allocated for students to present their research. Each session includes three 30-minute presentations.

Students will have opportunities to interact informally with the lecturers throughout the event.  

Schedule

Day 1: 15 June, 2026 (Monday)

08:30 – 09:00

Registration

09:00 – 09:30

Hongbin CAI,
Dean of the
HKU Business School

Opening Remarks

09:30 – 11:00

Alessandro Lizzeri

Lecture

11:00 – 11:30

Break

11:30 – 13:00

Ben Golub

Lecture

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch

14:30 – 16:00

Chair: Alessanddro Lizzeri

Student Presentation

Jingyi Zhang

16:00 – 16:30

Break

16:30 – 18:00

Chair: Ben Golub

Student Presentation

Yutong Zhang

Day 2 : 16 June, 2026 (Tuesday)

09:00 – 10:30

Ran Spiegler

Lecture

10:30 – 11:00

Break

11:00 – 12:30

Balazs Szentes

Lecture

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 15:30

Chair: Ran Spiegler

Student Presentation

Masanori Kobayashi

15:30 – 16:00

Break

16:00 – 17:30

Chair: Balazs Szentes

Student Presentation

Day 3 : 17 June, 2026 (Wednesday)

09:00 – 10:30

Ariel Rubinstein

Lecture

10:30 – 11:00

Break

11:00 – 12:30

Alessandro Lizzeri

Lecture

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch

13:30 – 15:00

Inkoo Cho

Lecture

Day 4 : 18 June, 2026 (Thursday)

09:00 – 10:30

Ben Golub

Lecture

10:30 – 11:00

Break

11:00 – 12:30

Ran Spiegler

Lecture

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 15:30

Chair: Ben Golub

Student Presentation

15:30 – 16:00

Break

16:00 – 17:30

Chair: Ran Spiegler

Student Presentation

Day 5 : 19 June, 2026 (Friday)

09:00 – 10:30

Balasz Szentes

Lecture

10:30 – 11:00

Break

11:00 – 12:30

Ariel Rubinstein

Lecture

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch

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