Antall József Summer School 7 and 18 July 2014 7July (Monday) Venue: Hungarian Academy of Sciences 1051 Budapest, Széchenyi István sqr. 9. 16:30 Opening Speeches 17:00 Opening Round-table Conservation: 25 years after the Changes of Regime in the V4 Region. Historical Overview of the V4 Countries 18:30 Reception Géza Jeszenszky, the Hungarian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway and Iceland, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Antall government Jan Krzysztof Bielecki, Former Prime Minister of Poland Mikuláš Dzurinda, Former Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic Karel Schwarzenberg, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic 8 July (Tuesday) Venue: Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Humanities 1088 Budapest, Múzeum krt. 4/A Section: History 9:30-11:00 Changes of Regime in the Eastern Central European Region TBA (Iván Bába, Administrative State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary) 11:15-12:20 Changes of Regime in the Balkans Rinna Kullaa, University of Jyvaskyla Assistant Professor 14:00-15:00 The Role of Military Diplomacy in the Dissolution of the Warsaw Pact Miklós Horváth DSc, Pázmány Péter Catholic University
Professor, Military Historian 15:30-18:00 Surprise Game - Exploring Budapest 9 July (Wednesday) Section: Economic Policy 9:30-10:30 The V4 Countries before and after COMECON Martin Ehl, Chief International Editor Hospodářské noviny 10:40-11:40 Privatization and Reprivatization in the V4 Countries 11:50-12:20 Debate Ákos Péter Bod, Former Minister of Industry and Trade of the Antall government, Head of Department of the Corvinus University of Budapest 14:00-15:00 Infrastructural and Economic Development within the V4 region Dr. Milan Damborsky, University of Economics Prague Deputy Director of the Centre for Regional and Administrative Sciences 15:10-16:10 Investments Possibilities and the Financial Situation of the V4 Countries TBC (Aftab Ahmed, City Country Officer for Hungary, Citi Bank Budapest) 16:20-18:30 Workshop - Challenges of the Democratization and State-building in CEE Region 10 July (Thursday) Section: Economic Policy 9:30-10:30 TBA 10:40-11:40 Post-accession Conditionality in the EU 11:50-12:15 Debate Dr. Péter Balázs, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Bajnai government, Professor and Director of the Centre for European Enlargement Studies, Central European University 14:00-15:10 The Effects of the 2014-2020 EU Budget on the V4 Countries Patryk Toporowski, The Polish Institute of International Affairs Researcher
15:20-16:20 The Adaption of the Euro-Slovak Experience Ivan Miklos, Former Minister of Finance of the Slovak Republic 16:30-17:30 Germany and the V4 Countries Gabriel A. Brennauer, German Hungarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce Executive Board Member 11 July (Friday) Section: Foreign Trade Relations and Foreign Security Policy 9:30-10.30 Relations with Croatia after EU Accession TBC (Mihály Liszácz, President of the Hungarian-Croatian Chamber of Industry) 10:40-11.40 Hungarian military capability development in the Visegrad context 11:50-12:15 Debate 12:20-14.00 Lunch Time István Balogh, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs Junior Research Fellow 14:00-15:00 Cyber Security-Cyber Terrorism Nikola Schmidt, Department of International Relations, Charles University in Prague PhD candidate 15:10-16:10 V4-USA Cooperation 19:30- Multicultural Evening 12 July (Saturday) Visegrad Trip 13 July (Sunday) Free Time Marcin Zaborowski, Director of the Polish Institute of International Affairs 14 July (Mo.) Section: Foreign and Security Policy 9:30-10:30 NATO-Ukrainian Partnership 10:40-11:40 Women in Security TBC (Natalia Nemylivska, Director of the NATO Information Center in Ukraine)
Irene Fellin, Women, Peace and Security, Office of the Secretary General- NATO Advisor 11:50-12:15 Debate-NATO 14:00-15:00 Visegrad Battlegroup and the NATO Dr. Róbert Ondrejcsák, PhD, Centre for European and North Atlantic Affairs Director 15:10-16:10 The Role of the V4 Countries in NATO Missions after Afghanistan Petr Pelz, Former Czech Ambassador to Afghanistan Executive Director of The Prague Security Studies Institute 16:20-17:20 V4 in International Missions - NATO and EU Csaba Törő PhD,, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs Senior Research Fellow 19:00- Wine Tasting at Kopaszi Dam and Bay 15 July (Tue.) Section: Energy Policy 9:30-11:00 The Process of Connecting the Slovak-Hungarian and Slovak-Polish Gas Networks 11:20-12:20 The Polish Shale Gas TBA (Réka Szemerkényi, Chief Adviser, Foreign and Security Policy, Office of the Prime Minister of Hungary) TBA (PISM) 12:25-14:00 Lunch Time 14:00-15:00 V4 Policy towards the Eastern Neighbourhood Anita Sobják, The Polish Institute of International Affairs Analyst 16:00- Visit to the House of Terror Museum 16 July (Wed.) Section: Sustainable Development 9:30-10:30 Water Security in the V4 Countries Csaba Haranghy, General Manager of the Waterworks of Budapest and CEO of the Hungarian Water Business Cluster
10:40-11:40 E-government Prof. Mag. Dr Alexander Prosser, Vienna University Economics and Business Professor 11:40-12:20 Interactive Discussion 14:00-16:00 Sustainable Energy Possibilities (workshop) 16:30- Visit to the Hungarian Parliament and Meeting with Ferenc Kumin 17 July (Thu.) Section: Culture and Tourism 9:30-13:30 Tourism in the V4 Region with the Representatives of the V4 National Tourist Office 13:40-15:00 Lunch Time 15:00-16:00 The Visegrad Fund and their Scholarships Karla Wursterová, International Visegrad Fund Executive Director 16:00-19:00 Visit to the Széchenyi Thermal Bath 18 July (Fri.) Section: Future Perspectives 9:30-10:30 Evaluation of the Hungarian V4 Presidency Edit Szilágyiné Bátorfi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary National Coordinator of V4 and CEI 10:40-11:40 An Overview of the Slovakian V4 Presidency TBA (Mr. Milan Čoupek, Slovakian National Coordinator of V4) 11:50-12:30 Final Exam 12:30-14:10 Lunch Time 14:20:16:20 The Evaluation of the Photo Contest and presentation of the participant 16:30:- Closing Ceremony