LUDOVIKA FREE UNIVERSITY
Detailed programmes 2025
Party Tent
Thursday 05.08.
09:30
–10:15
Opening presentation by the Political Director of the Prime Minister
(Political Director of the Prime Minister)
Language of the presentation:
Hungarian, with English interpretation
10:30
–11:15
Britain after Brexit
(former Minister for EU relations)
Language of the presentation:
English, with Hungarian interpretation
11:30
–12:15
Defending the Country’s Borders – from Hybrid Threats and EU Mechanisms – The Case of Poland
(Deputy Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland)
Language of the presentation:
English, with Hungarian interpretation
14:00
–14:45
The New Global Game: Winners, Losers, and Power Plays
(Former Secretary of State, British politician)
(Jay Kingham Research Fellow in International Economic Affairs, The Heritage Foundation; Manager of Global Engagement, Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom)
(Specially Appointed Professor – University of Tsukuba, Special Advisor – Fujitsu Future Studies Center)
Language of the presentation:
English, with Hungarian interpretation
Moderator:
Liliana Śmiech
(LUPS Director General for International Affairs)
Friday 05.09.
09:30
–10:15
Illegal Immigration- the Australian solution
(Former Prime Minister of Australia)
Language of the presentation:
English, with Hungarian interpretation
10:30
–11:15
China’s geopolitics, USA connection
(Honorary Dean – Institute of International Relations, Tsinghua University)
Language of the presentation:
English, with Hungarian interpretation
11:30
–12:15
Presentation by the Minister of Defence
(Minister of Defense)
Language of the presentation:
Hungarian, with English interpretation
12:30
–13:15
Asian Perspectives on International Affairs
(President, National Defense Academy of Japan)
Language of the presentation:
English, with Hungarian interpretation
Tent 1
Thursday 05.08.
13:00
–13:45
National Interests Above All: Security Policy in an Age of Uncertainty
(Research Fellow, LUPS John Lukacs Institute for Strategy and Politics)
(President, EPEE – Partner Experts for Business Abroad)
Language of the presentation:
English
Moderator:
Blanka Kovács
(Advisor at the State Secretariat for Circular Economy and Climate Policy)
14:00
–14:45
Current issues in the Middle East conflicts
(Rabbi)
(LUPS Faculty of Law Enforcement, Associate Professor, Head of Department)
Language of the presentation:
Hungarian
Moderator:
Márk Joszipovics Fodor
15:00
–15:45
The Trump Era and Beyond: A Central European Perspective
(Deputy State Secretary, Prime Minister’s Office)
(Expert, Warsaw Institute)
Language of the presentation:
English
Moderator:
Liliana Śmiech
(LUPS Director General for International Affairs)
Friday 05.09.
13:00
–13:45
Promises or Results? – EU Youth Policy in the Next Cycle
(Ministerial Commissioner, Ministry of Public Administration and Regional Development, Executive Director of the Hungarian Development Promotion Office, Head of Institute of the European Strategy Research Institute, LUPS)
Language of the presentation:
Hungarian
14:00
–14:45
Challenges and Opportunities of Hungarian European Policy under the Second European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen
(Minister for European Union Affairs, Ministry of European Union Affairs)
Language of the presentation:
Hungarian
Moderator:
Gergely Prőhle
(Programme Director, John Lukacs Institute for Strategy and Politics, LUPS)
15:00
–15:45
The Main Challenges of the Next EU Multiannual Financial Framework (2028-2034), Possible Directions of Change and Hungarian Interests
(Budget Officer, Permanent Representation of Hungary to the EU)
(Senior Research Fellow at Corvinus University, leading researcher at Bruegel European and Global Economic Laboratory)
(Head of Department, Associate Professor, LUPS Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies, Department of Economics and International Economics)
Language of the presentation:
Hungarian
Moderator:
Csaba Zalai
(Professor of Practice, Head of the International Organisations Research Group, LUPS)
16:00
–16:45
What can be expected in the field of EU enlargement under the new European Commission: opportunities, challenges and Hungarian interests
(Professor of Practice, Head of International Organisation Research Group, LUPS Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies)
(Special Advisor to the Negotiating Team for Accession of the Republic of Serbia)
( Director of Legal and Programmes, Regional School of Public Administration – ReSPA)
Language of the presentation:
English
Moderator:
Dr. Balázs Tárnok
(Director of Research, Research Fellow, LUPS, John Lukacs Institute for Strategy and Politics)
Tent 2
Thursday 05.08.
13:00
–13:45
China, the USA and the EU: The Global Competition for Connectivity
( State Secretary for International Communication and Relations, Prime Minister’s Office)
(Director of Research, LUPS John Lukacs Institute for Strategy and Politics)
(Senior Research Fellow, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs (HIIA))
Language of the presentation:
Hungarian
Moderator:
Máté Ratatics
(HEAD-LUPS Event Management Coordinator)
14:00
–14:45
Connecitivity vs. Cyber Security: Finding Balance in the Digital World
(Director, National Cyber Security Center of the Special Service of National Security)
Language of the presentation:
Hungarian
Moderator:
Noel Horváth
(Vice President of HEAD-LUPS Event Management )
15:00
–15:45
Hungarian Diplomats in the Changing World Order
(Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade)
(President, Hungarian Diplomatic Academy)
Language of the presentation:
Hungarian
16:00
–16:45
Young People in Local Government – City Management Academy
(Chief Architect of the City of Kecskemét)
(Mayor of the City of Kecskemét)
(Associate Professor LUPS, Professional Coordinator of the City Management Academy)
Language of the presentation:
Hungarian
17:00
–17:45
Negotiation Techniques in Bilateral and Multilateral Relations
(International Negotiation Expert)
(Ambassador, Associate Professor, LUPS Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies)
Language of the presentation:
English
Moderator:
Dr. Péter Zachar
(Vice Dean for International Affairs, LUPS Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies)
Friday 05.09.
13:00
–13:45
Our Common Affairs Nowdays
(Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office)
Language of the presentation:
Hungarian
Moderator:
Petra Réka Rybár
(President, LUPS Students’ Union)
14:00
–14:45
Generation Z – Trends and Challenges
(Deputy State Secretary for Youth Affairs, Ministry of Culture and Innovation)
(Vice President, National Youth Council)
(Director of the Social Processes and Media Research Institute Center, Századvég )
Language of the presentation:
Hungarian
Moderator:
Levente Fogarasi
(Ludovika Collegium)
15:00
–15:45
Risking My Life – Special Challenges in the Protection of Priority Persons Counter-Terrorism Agency
Language of the presentation:
Hungarian
Moderator:
Veronika Sali
(National Security Special College)
17:00
–17:45
The National Security Aspects of the Schengen Enlargement
(Assistant Professor, LUPS Faculty of Law Enforcement, Department of Civil National Security)
Language of the presentation:
Hungarian
Moderator:
Bálint Mester
(National Security Special College)
Tent 3
Thursday 05.08.
13:00
–13:45
Green Dreams or Strategic Nightmares? The Future of EU Energy Policy
(State Secretary for the Circular Economy and Climate Policy, Energy Ministry)
(Member of the Sejm, Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Energy, Climate and State Assets)
Language of the presentation:
English
Moderator:
dr Márk Vargha
(Head of Policy Department, Institute of Energy Strategy )
14:00
–14:45
The Future of Water: Sustainability, Geopolitics, and Global Challenges
(Vice-Rector for Cooperation and Projects, Krakow University of Economics)
(Vice-Dean for International and Strategic Affairs, LUPS Faculty of Water Sciences, climate researcher)
Language of the presentation:
English
Moderator:
Attila Gergely Kovács
(Advisor to the Directorate General for International Affairs)
16:00
–16:45
Water that is not! Climate and Water Crisis
(Head of the Institute for Environmental Sustainability, LUPS)
( hydrologist, former Governor of the World Water Council, UNESCO Chair)
(Vice-Dean for International and Strategic Affairs, LUPS Faculty of Water Sciences, climate researcher)
Language of the presentation:
Hungarian
Moderator:
Monika Balatoni
(Lecturer, LUPS Faculty of Public Governence and International Studies)
Friday 05.09.
13:00
–13:45
International University Startups and Innovation Programmes
(Dean, Josai International University (Japan))
(Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, Ludovika University of Public Service)
Language of the presentation:
English
14:00
–14:45
Energy for Some or Energy for All?
(International Expert in Diplomacy and Inv. Strategies)
(Secretary General, Naturgas Colombia)
(Economist, Vice-Rector for Research at the Cracow University of Economics, and faculty member at the Department of Statistics)
Language of the presentation:
English
Moderator:
Dr. Calum T. M. Nicholson
(Director of Research, Danube Institute )
Tent 4
Thursday 05.08.
14:00
–14:45
In the Shadow of Tariffs – the Impact of the US-China Trade War
(American Economic Strategist, Author, Publicist)
(Research Fellow, LUPS John Lukacs Institute for Strategy and Politics)
Language of the presentation:
English
Moderator:
Dr. Zoltán Vörös
(Senior Research Fellow, LUPS John Lukacs Institute for Strategy and Politics)
15:00
–15:45
Bridging the Global Divide: Keystone States and the Power of Connectivity
(American Geopolitical Analyst, Visiting Fellow at the Danube Institute)
(Executive Director, Danube Institute)
(British academic, security and strategic expert, Director of the Institute for Strategy and Security at the University of Exeter)
Language of the presentation:
English
16:00
–16:45
Friday 05.09.
14:00
–14:45
Japan’s International Security Cooperation
(Former Vice-Minister of Defense for International Affairs, Japan)
(CEO, Defence Innovation Research Institute )
Language of the presentation:
English
15:00
–15:45
From Local to Global – How Terrorist Groups Utilize Connectivity?
(Senior Lecturer, University of St. Andrews)
Language of the presentation:
English
Moderator:
Róbert Gönczi
(analyst, Migration Research Institute)
16:00
–16:45
People in Need or Troublemakers? – How Asylum Seekers Abuse the Refugee System
(Senior Researcher, Center for Immigration Studies )
(Legal Adviser for Migration & Asylum and for International Religious Freedom,
Secretary of the COMECE Commission on Migration and Asylum)
Language of the presentation:
English
Moderator:
Róbert Gönczi
(analyst, Migration Research Institute)
Tent 5
Thursday 05.08.
15:00
–15:45
The Relationship Between Public Administration and Politics in Governance
(State Secretary of the Goverment Office of the Prime Minister)
(State Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office)
Language of the presentation:
Hungarian
Moderator:
Bendegúz Dibusz
(former head of the Ludovika’s Students’ Union)
16:00
–16:45
Shape It! Central European Students in the European Student Arena
(former member of the Board of the National Conference of the Student’s Union, former President of the V4+ Student Association)
(Head of the European Higher Education Area Secretariat, Previous President of the European Students’ Union)
Language of the presentation:
English
Moderator:
György Bálint Koós
(vice president for international affairs, Ludovika Students’ Union, current President of the V4+ Students’ Association )
Friday 05.09.
13:00
–13:45
The National Unifying Effect of Education
(President, Transcarpathian Hungarian Pedagogical Association)
(Director Responsible for Activities in Transylvania, Mathias Corvinus Collegium)
Language of the presentation:
Hungarian
Moderator:
Miklós Blankó
(Head of Cabinet, LUPS István Nemeskürty Faculty of Teacher Training)
14:00
–14:45
International Mobility Realities Without Erasmus
(Minister for Culture and Innovation, Ministry of Culture and Innovation)
(Ministerial Commissioner for the Internationalisation of Higher Education and Researc)
Language of the presentation:
English
Moderator:
Enikő Szakos
(education expert, Head of Department, LUPS István Nemeskürty Faculty of Teacher Training)
15:00
–15:45
The Personality-shaping Power of Education
(Ministerial Commissioner for the Strategic Coordination of Public Administration and Regional Development)
(Deputy State Secretary for Public Education, Ministry of the Interior Affairs)
(Hungarian writer and Literary Historian, Recipient of the József Attila and Széchenyi Prizes, and a Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister)
Language of the presentation:
Hungarian
Moderator:
Enikő Szakos
(Education Expert, Head of Department, LUPS István Nemeskürty Faculty of Teacher Training)
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