Assistant Professor for Enterprise Architecture








WINT2026


Register now: Information Systems Early Career Meeting (WINT) 2026 from March 18-20, 2026, in cooperation with the VHB Conference in Göttingen




We invite young IS scholars to the Information Systems Early Career Meeting (WINT) 2026 at the University of Göttingen. The target audience for WINT includes postdocs, assistant and junior professors (with and without tenure track), and all other early-career researchers (e.g., doctoral students interested in an academic career in business informatics). WINT offers exciting insights, valuable tips, and numerous networking opportunities.






Schedule for the three days:





















































Time Slots on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 Topic Information / Speaker and Guests
11:30 – 12:30 VHB Junior Scholar Program: Welcome Meeting with Lunch Further information about the junior scholar program
12:45 – 13:45 VHB Conference: Conference Opening and Keynote Further information about the opening session
14:00 – 15:00 WINT 2026: Welcome Room: ZHG007
15:30 – 17:30 WINT 2026: Early-Career IS Researchers in Dialogue: Where do we stand – and where do we want to go? Room: Digital Creative Space
17:30 – 18:00 WINT 2026: Coffee Walk
18:00 – 19:00 WINT 2026: Welcome Drinks Location: Thanners (Barfüßerstraße 1, 37073 Göttingen)
from 19:30 VHB Conference: Dinner and Party Registration is required for the dinner!
21:30 – 22:30 VHB Conference: Bartalk „FuckUp Nights“ Further information




















































Time Slots on Thursday, March 19, 2026 Topic Information / Speaker and Guests
9:00 – 10:00 Keynote: “Information Systems in Transition” Speaker: Prof. Dr. Matthias Schumann
Room: ZHG007
10:15 – 11:15 Panel: “Career Paths after the PhD” Speakers: Prof. Dr. Carolin Ebermann, Prof. Dr. Joschka Hüllmann, Dr. Ilka Jussen-Lengersdorf, Dr. Kristin Masuch, Dr. Carolin Vollenberg
Room: Digital Creative Space
11:30 – 13:00 Short Talks: “How Can I Prepare to Become a Professor?” Speakers: Prof. Dr. Christoph Peters, Prof. Dr. Edona Elshan, Prof. Dr. Manfred Schoch
Room: Digital Creative Space
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Panel: „How to survive as a Professor?” Speakers: Prof. Dr. Sofia Schöbel, Prof. Dr. Maximilian Schreieck, Prof. Dr. Simon Trang
Room: ZHG007
15:30 – 16:30 Discussion Forum on the Day’s Sessions Room: Digital Creative Space
16:45 – 17:45 WK WI Session Chair: Matthias Söllner
Room: VG1.106
from 19:00 WINT Evening Event Location: Gartenhaus (Friedrichstraße 3, 37073 Göttingen)





























Time Slots on Friday, March 20, 2026 Topic Information / Speaker and Guests
10:15 – 11:15 Keynote: “Mental Challenges in Publishing and Possible Coping Strategies” Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jin Gerlach
Room: ZHG007
11:30 – 13:00 Roundtables on the Keynote Room: Digital Creative Space
from 13:00 Farewell Room: Digital Creative Space










Registration & early bird:


Registration is now open on the VHB Conference 2026 website: https://www.vhb-tagung.de/registrierung/ (Please note that the registration is currently only available in German.)

When registering, please indicate that you will be participating in the Information Systems Early Career Meeting (WINT). You can also choose whether you would like to attend the VHB conference dinner. As things stand at present, no separate registration is required for the WINT internal evening event.

The full program for the VHB conference, including WINT, can also be found here: https://www.conftool.com/vhb-tagung/sessions.php

Make a note of the date and register now. We look forward to seeing you there and to welcoming many familiar and new faces!

Please feel free to recommend WINT to others and share the announcement in your networks.

We look forward to an exciting WINT 2026 from March 18-20 in Göttingen.



Your Organization Team


  • Philipp zur Heiden (Paderborn University)

  • Christian Bartelheimer (University of Göttingen)

  • Maike Greve (Copenhagen Business School)

  • Katharina Brennig (Paderborn University)

  • Felix Kegel (University of Göttingen)










Die Wirtschaftsinformatik e. V.


Die Wirtschaftsinformatik e. V.



The Information Systems Early Career Meeting (WINT) 2026 is supported by "Die Wirtschaftsinformatik e. V." – the central network for the German-speaking Information Systems community. The association brings people together to actively shape digitalization, promote young talent, and strengthen the connection between science and practice.



Become part of this strong community and help shape the future of Information Systems.
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