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.

Here is the schedule for the three days:

Wednesday, March 18 (starting at 2:00 p.m.): Introductory event, exchange of ideas, and networking. The day will conclude with participation in the VHB conference dinner and the party that follows.

Thursday, March 19 (starting at 9:00 a.m.): Keynote speech, WK WI session, panels, and short presentations followed by a discussion based on the current career phase. The day will conclude with the WINT evening event at the Gartenhaus in Göttingen.

Friday, March 20 (starting at 10:15 a.m.): Keynote and roundtables on the topic of “Mental challenges in publishing and possible strategies for dealing with them.” The program officially ends at 1:15 p.m.

You can look forward to the following highlights:

Keynote speech by Prof. Dr. Jin Gerlach on “Mental challenges in publishing and possible strategies for dealing with them”

Opening speech by Prof. Dr. Matthias Schumann on “Wirtschaftsinformatik / Information Systems in transition”

“How to survive as a professor?” – Panel on tenure track, leadership, and collaboration

Panel on various career paths after graduation, including university, Fraunhofer, abroad, and business

Short presentations on preparing to take on a professorship

Various interactive exchange, discussion, and networking opportunities

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)