Visegrad Summer School 2015 Draft Program Saturday, 11 th July 09.00 19.00 Arrivals to Budapest 19:00 21:00 Dinner Sunday, 12 th July Activity: Sightseeing tour in Budapest with teambuilding activities Budapest 10.00 13.00 Sightseeing tour in Budapest 13.00 14.00 Lunch 14.00 19.00 Teambuilding activities 19.00 20.30 Free time 20.30 22.00 Boat tour and dinner on the Danube Monday, 13 th July European values, European civilization Budapest, Garibaldi Bistro 09.30 10.00 Welcoming speech by András Lánczi, Századvég Foundation Frank Spengler, KAS Ungarn 10.00 10.30 Keynote speech by János Martonyi, former Foreign Minister of Hungary 10.30 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 11.30 Keynote speech of the panel discussion by György Schöpflin, MEP 11:30 12:30 Panel discussion 13:00 14:30 Lunch 14.30 16.30 Workshop 16.30 19.00 Free time Frank Spengler, KAS Ungarn Gerald Frost, Danube Institute Igor Janke, The Freedom Institute, Poland Chairman: András Lánczi 19.00 21.00 Welcome Reception by KAS Ungarn Tuesday, 14 th July CEE economies: a rebound from crisis? Budapest, Garibaldi Bistro 09.00 09.30 Keynote speech by Zoltán Cséfalvay, Permanent Representative of Hungary to the OECD and UNESCO 09.30 11.00 Panel discussion György Zolnai, GE Hungary Zoltán Pogátsa, University of Western Hungary Expert from the Kosciuszko Institute, Poland Marcin Piasecki, Poland 11.00 11.30 Coffee Break 11.30 13.30 Workshop 13.30 14.30 Lunch Chairman: László György, Századvég 14.30 17.00 Visit of a Hungarian-based pharmaceutical company or car factory 17.00 19.00 National Gallery (Castle)
(Castle) 20.00 22.00 Wine tasting event (Castle) Wednesday, 15 th July CEE in the global arena Budapest, Insitute for Foreign Affairs and Trade 09.00 09.30 Keynote speech by László Szabó, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 09.30 11.00 1 st panel discussion: the state of play in global competition 11.00 11.30 Coffee Break Prof. György Nógrádi, Corvinus University of Budapest Prof. László Csaba, Cental European University Arnold Kammel, Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES) H.E. Radoslav Kacer, Ambassador of Slovakia to Hungary 11.30 12.00 Keynote speech by Karla Wusterová, Chairman, IVF 12.00 13.30 2 nd panel discussion: global opening a necessity or an economic choice for CEE? 13.30 14.30 Lunch break H.E. Miklós Lengyel, former Ambassador of Hungary to the Republic of Korea Gergely Salát, sinologist, publicist Vaclav Kopecky, AMO, Czech Republic Representative of the Czech or Polish Embassy 14.30 15.00 Keynote speech by Gergely Prőhle, Deputy Secretary of State for International Relations
15.00 16.30 3 rd panel discussion: public diplomacy and the meaning of soft power Diplomat of the Embassy of the United States of America in Budapest Diplomat of the Embassy of Germany in Budapest Diplomat of the Embassy of Turkey in Budapest 16.30 17.00 Closing remarks by H. E. Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky, Vice President of the Századvég Foundation 17.00 19.00 Cultural programme Thursday, 16 th July CEE in the global arena Budapest 09.00 09.30 Warm-up exercise 09.30 13.30 Workshop pt. 1. Balassi Institute (Ágnes Szunomár, László György, Arnold Kammel, Johannes Steiner) 13.30 14.30 Lunch 14.30 17.30 Workshop pt. 2. Design Terminal 17.30 19.00 Cultural activity 20.00 21.00 Concert Friday, 17 th July Central European futures: an outlook for 2020 and 2050 Budapest, Lake Balaton 09.00 11.00 Travelling to Lake Balaton
11.00 11.30 Food-for-thought presentation by Johannes Steiner, IUFE Austria 11.30 13.30 Workshop 13.30 14.30 Lunch 14.30 19.00 Free time 20.00 22.00 Travelling to Budapest Saturday, 18 th July New ways in public policy analysis and aspects of good governance in CEE Esztergom, Visegrád 09.00 10.30 Travel to Esztergom 10.30 11.00 Keynote speech by István Stumpf, Constitutional Judge 11.00 12.30 Panel discussion 12.30 13.30 Lunch Balázs Orbán, Századvég Foundation László Vértesy, Századvég Foundation Hungarian expert CEVRO expert Slovak expert 13.30 15.00 Visiting the Cathedral of Esztergom 15.00 15.30 Travel to Visegrád 15.30 17.30 Visiting the Fortress of Visegrád 17.30 19.00 Boat cruise back to Budapest 20.00 Free Time
Sunday, 19 th July 09.00 19.00 Departures from Budapest