Presenters - 2024 - Ludovika Fesztivál

Lecturer and Research Fellow at Hillsdale College, a Senior Fellow at the Claremont Institute and a Former National Security Official in the Trump Administration

Charles Sapin

French Journalist, Author

Dr Balázs Orbán

Political Director of the Prime Minister

Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky

Minister of Defense

Dr Tibor Navracsics

Minister of Public Administration and Regional Development

Dr Angela Vidal Gandra da Silva Martins

Former Secretary of State for Family Affairs of Brazil

Tibor P. Nagy

Ambassador, Former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs

Mark Krikorian

Director, Center for Immigration Studies

Jasper Rauh

Head of Corporate Coordination Hungary, Rheinmetall AG

Mehmet Atak

Executive Director, Nurol Makina Hungary

Dr Sumantra Maitra

Director of Research and Outreach, The American Ideas Institute and a Senior Editor at The American Conservative

Louise Perry

British journalist, author and broadcaster

Mary Harrington

a British Journalist, Writer, Editor of the British current affairs magazine UnHerd

Professor Doug Stokes

British Academic, Security and Strategy Expert, Director of the Strategy and Security Institute of the University of Exeter

Rod Dreher

American writer and publicist

Dr Vedran Dzihic

Senior Researcher, Austrian Insitute for International Affairs and Lecturer, University of Vienna and University of Applied Arts, Vienna

Christian H.M. Ketels

Principal Associate Harvard Business School

Carlos Roa

American Geopolitical Analyst and a Visiting Fellow at the Danube Institute

Michelle C. Watson

President, CEO and Founder of Cyber Intelligent Partners

Juan Ángel Soto Gómez

Founder and CEO of Fortius and Visiting Professor at the University of Navarra

Christine Bradley

Deputy Head of UN Office of Counterterrorism Budapest

Maria Montserrat Marín López

Executive Director of CEPOL, the European Agency of Law Enforcement Training

Jan Zujewicz

Founding President of the Instytut Poznanski

Dr Dževada Šuško

Professor of International Relations at International University of Sarajevo

Diana Mjeshtri

Policy Analyst at the Impact Innovation Institute, Albania

Maciej Tyburski

Expert of Warsaw Institute

Costanza Crivelli Visconti

Research Fellow, European Space Policy Institute

Dr Calum T. M. Nicholson

Director of Climate Policy Institute, Social Anthropologist, Lecturer at University of Cambridge

Aleksander Arabadźić

CEO, Academy of Polish Careers

Professor David Francis

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sierra Leone

Lorenzo Bernasconi

Research Fellow, Machiavelli Center

Dr Zoltán Kovács

State Secretary for International Communication and Relations, Government Commissioner, International Spokesperson

Dr János Martonyi Professor Emeritus

Professor Emeritus, University of Szeged, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs

Dr István Stumpf

Constitutional Lawyer, Political Scientist, University Professor, member of the Prime Minister’s Strategic Advisory Council

Dr Enikő Győri

Member of the European Parliament

Dr Barbara Hegedűs

EP Candidate and Deputy Mayor of Veszprém

Péter Sztáray

State Secretary for Security Policy and Energy Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Barna Pál Zsigmond

Parliamentary State Secretary, Ministry of European Union Affairs

Dr Attila Beneda

Deputy State Secretary for Families, Ministry of Culture and Innovation

Liliana Śmiech

International Director General, LUPS

István Kiss

Executive Director, Danube Institute

Dr László Palkovics

CEO, N7 Holding National Defense Industry Innovation Ltd.

Dr János Bogárdi

Research Professor, LUPS Faculty of Water Sciences

László Hajnik

Deputy State Secretary for Defense Policy, Ministry of Defense

Lieutenant General Ferenc Kajári

Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Hungarian Defense Forces

Piroska Szalai

Labor Market Expert, Research Fellow at the LUPS Economic and Competitiveness Research Institute

Dr Ádám Kósa

Member of the European Parliament, Hungarian Delegate to the Employment and Social Affairs Committee

Tünde Fűrész

President, Kopp Mária Institute for Population and Family Affairs

Dr Balázs Bartóki-Gönczy

Head of Institute, Institute of Space Law and Politics, LUPS

Dr Viktor Marsai

Executive Director, Migration Research Institute

Dr Balázs Tárnok

Director of the Institute for European Strategy, LUPS

Dr Gábor Kutasi

Head of Economy and Competitiveness Research Institute

Dr Vivien Czeczeli

Assistant Professor, LUPS Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies

Dr Zsuzsanna Makay

Researcher, Population Research Institute of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office

Dr Tibor Bíró

University Professor, Former Dean, LUPS Faculty of Water Sciences

Tibor Szólláth

President of Hajdú-Bihar County in the National Chamber for Agriculture, Mayor of Hajdúnánás

Dr Tamás Csiki Varga

Senior Scientific Research Fellow, John Lukacs Institute for Strategy and Politics LUPS

Dr. Tálas Péter

egyetemi docens, NKE EJKK John Lukacs Intézet

Dr Viktor Eszterhai

Senior Researcher, John Lukacs Institute for Strategy and Politics, LUPS

Dr Péter Krisztián Zachar

Vice Dean for International Affairs, LUPS Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies

Dr Péter Gottfried

Member of the Monetary Council, Former European Policy Advisor (Sherpa) to the Prime Minister

Csaba Zalai

Lecturer at LUPS, Former Deputy State Secretary for EU Affairs

Gergely Prőhle

Program Director, John Lukacs Institute for Strategy and Politics LUPS

Major General Gábor Horváth

Deputy Director-General and Chief of Staff of the European Union Military Staff

József Dániel Rémai

Head of Counterterrorism Department LUPS

Dr Gábor Nyáry

Researcher, Cybersecurity Research Institute LUPS

László Szabó

Head of the Regional Energy Research Center

Dr Anna Molnár

Head of Department, University Professor, LUPS Faculty of Military Sciences and Officer Training

Dr Zoltán Szenes Professor Emeritus

Professor Emeritus, LUPS Faculty of Military Sciences and Officer Training

Anna Nagy

Chairman, Single Parent Centre

Colonel Dr Zoltán Jobbágy

Vice Dean for International Affairs (LUPS FMSOT)

Dr Zágon Csaba

Assistant Professor, Head of Department, Scientific and International Department, LUPS Faculty of Law Enforcement

Péter Domokos Kovács

Hungary’s former UN Youth Delegate, Vice President of the National Youth Council, and responsible for minorities, international affairs and sustainability

Zsófia Nagy-Vargha

Deputy State Secretary for Youth Affairs, Ministry of Culture and Innovation

Dr Ákos Bence Gát

Head of EU Affairs at MCC Brussels Office

Viktor Sverla

Group Strategy & Sustainability Director at MOL Group

László Domján Major General

Ambassador and EU Integration Advisor to the Kosovar Government

Colonel Géza Simon

Deputy Department Leader, Armed Forces Planning Group

Dr László Csicsmann

University Professor, Head of the Corvinus Center for Contemporary Asia Studies at Corvinus University of Budapest

Dr Erzsébet N. Rózsa

University Professor, LUPS Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies

Áron James Miszlivetz

Researcher, Europe Strategy Research Institute

Tamás Maráczi

Journalist

Gergely Szilvay

Journalist

Julianna Ármás

Research Fellow, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs

Dr Klára Siposné Kecskeméthy Colonel

Professor, LUPS Faculty of Military Sciences and Officer Training

Szabolcs Csonka

Senior Liaison Officer at Frontex

Mónika Herczeg Pol. Colonel

Head of Department, European Law Enforcement Cooperation Department, Ministry of Interior

Dr András Mágó Pol. Lt. Colonel

Director, National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing

Dr Zoltán Hautzinger Pol. Colonel

Head of Department, Associate Professor, LUPS Faculty of Law Enforcement

Dr Bálint Somkuti

Security Policy Analyst, Research Professor, MCC

Dr Bernadett Petri

EP Candidate, Ministerial Commissioner, Ministry of Public Administration and Territorial Development, Managing Director of the Hungarian Development Incentive Office