LUDOVIKA FREE UNIVERSITY
DETAILED PROGRAMMES
State and EU tent
Thursday, 11.05
13:00
–13:50
The Road to a Green Europe
(Deputy Secretary of State for Climate Policy, Department of Energy)
(Head of Institute, UPS Institute for Environmental Sustainability)
14:15
–15:05
16:45
–17:30
Effective crisis management?
(Head, MCC Economic Policy Workshop, mathematician and economist)
(Expert in International Political Economy)
Friday, 12.05
13:00
–13:50
The power of the veto
(Director, Viewpoint Institute)
(Associate Professor (ELTE), political scientist, social psychologist, disinformation expert)
14:15
–15:05
Where to next, Erasmus?
(Former Vice President, European Democrat Students)
(President, National Youth Council)
Sustainable Development tent
Thursday, 11.05
13:00
–13:50
When is the Apocalypse Due?
(social anthropologist, researcher, and expert on “climate migration”)
(atmospheric scientist, chemical engineer, and Rector of the University of Pannonia)
14:15
–15:05
Climate change and sustainable development: rhetoric or reality?
(Associate Dean (Faculty of Water Sciences, UPS), climate researcher)
15:30
–16:15
Protecting our rivers
(Highland rights activist)
(Dean, Faculty of Water Sciences, National University of Public Service)
(Water expert, advisor to the Ministry of Environment, Water and Forestry of Romania)
16:45
–17:30
Eco-friendly home design – a crash course for beginners (Zoltán Magyary College)
(Colour and style consultant with a sustainable approach, personal stylist)
(Environmentally conscious blogger)
Friday, 12.05
14:15
–15:05
Will this be the Mildest Summer of the Rest of Our Lives?
(One of the world’s foremost experts on hydrology, Professor at the City University of New York)
(hydrologist, former Governor of the World Water Council)
15:30
–16:15
Are we past the “Point of No Return”? The Earth and Society (István Zsuffa College)
(Director, MCC Climate Policy Institute)
(physicist-astronomer, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Water Sciences)
16:45
–17:30
The Ecology of the Future
(Senior Research Fellow at the UPS’s Institute for American Studies)
(physicist-astronomer, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Water Sciences)
Defence and Armed Forces Tent
Thursday, 11.05
14:15
–15:05
Where is the future of Hungarian military engagement heading?
(Commander, Hungarian Defence Forces, Military Modernisation and Transformation Command)
(Expert on terrorism, asymmetric and hybrid warfare)
Friday, 12.05
13:00
–13:50
The Future of War
(Professor Emeritus of the Department of International Security Studies)
(Head of Corporate Coordination Hungary at Rheinmetall)
14:05
–15:05
The Art of War in the AI Age: Development, Threats, Strategies across the Globe
(MI-expert and adviser)
(Ministerial Commissioner for Defence Innovation)
15:30
–16:15
Operational Creativity and Innovation in modern warfare
(Security Policy Advisor at the Centre for Fundamental Rights)
(Research Fellow, UPS Institute for Strategic and Defence Studies)
(Israeli security policy expert)
International Security and Defence Policy Tent
Thursday, 11.05
13:00
–13:50
What knowledge will we need in the future?
(Vice-Rector for Education, UPS)
(Member of Parliament, former Minister of Education and Culture)
(State Secretary for Innovation and Higher Education, Ministry of Culture and Innovation)
14:15
–15:05
National Security in plain language
(Assistant Professor, UPS Faculty of Law Enforcement, National Security, Department of Civil National Security)
16:45
–17:30
Friday, 12.05
13:00
–13:50
Security Policy Panorama
(Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies, UPS)
(Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Strategic Defence Research, UPS EJRC)
(Associate Professor at the Department of International Security Studies, Faculty of Military Science and Officer Training)
15:30
–16:15
The role of cyber defence exercises (National Security College)
(Associate Professor, UPS FMSOT Department of Military National Security)
16:45
–17:30
How does digital media shape our perception of reality?
(Adjunct Professor, Department of Cyber Security, Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies, UPS)
(Associate Professor, Department of Digital Media and Communication, MSc in Media and Communication)
(Deputy State Secretary for Constitutional Legislation and Consumer Protection, Ministry of Justice)
(Associate Professor, UPS FMSOT Department of Military National Security)
Plenary Tent
Thursday, 11.05
09:35
–10:30
The Logic of War and Peace in Ukraine
(World-renowned American writer, contractual strategic advisor to the US Department of Defense)
10:45
–11:30
2024 – Europe of sovereign nations? Domestic policy issues at the European level
(Minister for Regional Development)
13:00
–13:50
Saving lives on all fours (Disaster Management College)
(Rescue dog trainer, National Directorate General for Disaster Management)
15:30
–16:15
War of the Worlds
(Senior Editor, The American Conservative)
(UPS EJRC, Head of the America Institute)
(sinologist, a researcher at the Institute for Foreign Affairs and International Economics)
16:45
–17:30
NATO’s challenges after the Russian-Ukrainian war
(Deputy Head of Defence Policy Department, Ministry of Defence)
(Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff)
(NATO Ambassador)
Friday, 12.05
09:30
–10:15
Nation States in the 21st Century
(Political Director to the Prime Minister)
10:45
–11:30
Is It the End of the American World Order?
(Deputy Director for Strategy, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs)
(Director of Research, Danube Institute)
(President, Danube Institute)
11:45
–12:30
Hungary’s military future: building a regional army vs serving the Federal System
(Minister of Defence)
13:00
–13:50
Security and Freedom in the 21st Century
(Minister Plenipotentiary, Head of the Department, Department for Security Policy and Non-proliferation, Security Policy Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade)
(American writer, publicist)
(Head of the Thomas Molnar Institute for Advanced Studies, sociologist of religion, conservative historian of ideas)
14:15
–15:05
National Space Legislation in the New Space Era – Trends, Challenges
(Head of the Space Law and Policy Research Institute)
(Staff member of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA))
15:30
–16:15
Murder by dismemberment on the Marina shore (St. George College)
(Head of the National Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Organizations Unit, Intelligence Division)
16:15
–17:05
Possible Consequences of the War in Ukraine
(Security Policy Analyst, Research Professor, MCC)
(Former Ambassador, Senior Research Fellow, UPS EJRC America Research Institute)
(Director General, House of Terror Museum)
(Director, Institute for Strategic Studies, UPS)
Law Enforcement tent
Thursday, 11.05
14:15
–15:05
One shot, one life
(Chief Advisor to the Operations Directorate of the Counter-Terrorism Centre)
15:30
–16:15
What do you need to know about extreme weather? (Disaster Management College)
(Adjunct Professor, UPS Faculty of Law Enforcement, Institute of Disaster Management)
16:45
–17:30
Migrations in the 21st Century
(Széchenyi Prize-winning classical philologist)
(Director, Migration Research Institute)
Friday, 12.05
13:00
–13:50
Managing the refugee crisis in Practice
(Dean, Faculty of Public Management and International Studies, UPS)
(Deputy Director General of the Hungarian Red Cross)
(Deputy Head of Department, BM OKF)
(Roman Catholic priest, monk of the Order of Mercy, founder of the Hungarian Maltese Relief Service)
14:15
–15:05
Current Trends in Law Enforcement in the USA
(Master Instructor, UPS FLE Institute of Law Enforcement Training and Education)
(Director, International Law Enforcement Academy)
16:45
–17:30
Interrogation Techniques in the World
(Vice Dean for Academic and International Affairs, Faculty of Law Enforcement UPS)
(Professor of Criminal Investigation at De Montfort University)
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