Stony Brook to Host Eighth World Congress of Game Theory, July 2028

Stony Brook University’s Center for Game Theory was selected to host the Eighth World Congress of the Game Theory Society, a five-day meeting set for July 17–21, 2028 that is expected to draw roughly 600–700 scholars to campus. The selection places a major international academic event in Suffolk County and signals substantial demand for local lodging, dining and conference services.

Institutional materials state that “the Center, in partnership with Stony Brook University, will serve as the primary host institution and assume financial and administrative responsibility for the congress.” The Game Theory Society will retain responsibility for the scientific agenda: “The Game Theory Society, in collaboration with the Center, is in charge of the scientific program.” Organizing logistics will be coordinated by the Center “with support from the Stony Brook University Department of Economics, Office of Conferences and Special Events, and the Division of Information Technology,” according to university notices and regional business coverage.

There are two announcement dates in circulation. SBU News uses a press-style dateline reading “STONY BROOK, NY – January 30, 2026 – The State University of New York at Stony Brook (Stony Brook University) was announced as host to the Eighth World Congress of the Game Theory Society.” A separate summary identifies the announcement as “Feb. 2, 2026.” Both dates appear in source material; the university communications office can confirm the preferred dateline for institutional records.

SBU News characterizes the meeting as international and highlights high-profile contributors: “scientists from all over the world including twelve Nobel laureates (five of whom are current/posthumous affiliated members of the Center): Kenneth Arrow (1972), Robert Aumann (2005), Gérard Debreu (1983), Eric Maskin (2007), Roger Myerson (2007), John Nash (1994) (who also won the Abel Prize for partial differential equations in 2015), Alvin Roth (2012), Paul Milgrom (2020), Reinhard Selten (1994), Lloyd Shapley (2012), Thomas Schelling (2005), and Vernon Smith (2002).” The notice does not specify which five of those twelve are the Center’s affiliated members; that affiliation detail remains to be clarified.

Longislandbusiness places the event within the university’s broader profile, noting that “The State University of New York at Stony Brook is New York’s flagship university and No. 1 public university. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system,” and that Stony Brook serves more than 26,000 students with over 3,000 faculty and a broad research and health-care footprint. The university’s scale and existing conferences infrastructure are likely factors in its successful bid to host the congress.

For Suffolk County the immediate effects will be logistical and economic: a multi-day influx of academics typically increases hotel occupancy, restaurant business and demand for local transportation. The university’s Office of Conferences and Special Events and the Department of Economics are listed as partners in on-site planning; details on venue assignments, hotel room-blocks, registration timelines and whether public lectures or community events will be open to local residents have not yet been released.

What comes next is scheduling and program confirmation. The Game Theory Society and the Center for Game Theory are expected to announce scientific-program details, submission and registration deadlines, and accommodations information in the months ahead. For local businesses and civic planners, the congress represents an opportunity to prepare for higher summer demand and potential community engagement tied to an internationally visible academic event.