AGENDA
8.15-9.00 / Registration
Venues
Hungarian National Museum
Múzeum krt. 14-16.
1088 Budapest, Hungary
Károlyi-Csekonics Palace
Reviczky u. 6.
1088 Budapest, Hungary
Registration
This is a closed event. Participation is subject to advanced invitation.
9.00-9.30
Deciphering Global Paradoxes: Perceptions, Policies and Strategies in an Uncertain Time
Balázs Orbán
Political Director of the Prime Minister of Hungary
Max Abrahms
Associate Professor of Political Science, Northeastern
University, USA
Velina Tchakarova
Geopolitical Strategist, FACE, Austria
Moderator: Samir Saran
President, Observer Research Foundation
9.30-11.00
Healing Geopolitics: Rethinking Multilateralism,
Plurilateralism and Nationalism
MODERATOR
Samir Saran
President, Observer Research Foundation, India
INITIATORS
Márton Ugrósdy
Deputy State Secretary, Hungary
Satu Limaye
Vice President, East-West Center; Research Director, East-West Center in Washington, USA
Zsuzsa Anna Ferenczy
Assistant Professor, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
Nicolas Buchoud
Co-founder and President, Renaissance Urbaine, France
Nina Sajič
Professor, Institute of Political Science, University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
11.00-11.15
Break
11.15-12.45
Reclaiming Europe: Scripting Values,
Interests & Propositions for the 21st Century
MODERATOR
Balázs Tárnok
Research Director, John Lukacs Institute for Strategy and Politics, Hungary
INITIATORS
Jovana Marović
Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of European Affairs, Government of Montenegro
Ana Miguel dos Santos
Former member of European Parliament
Janusz Kowalski
Member of Parliament, Poland
István Kiss
Executive Director, Danube Institute, Hungary
Anahide Pilibossian
Vice President of Strategy and Development, Applied Policy Research Institute, Armenia
12.45-14.15
Lunch
14.15-15.45
Connecting the Dots: Energy, Technology, and Trade
MODERATOR
Tamás Baranyi
Director for Strategy, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs, Hungary
INITIATORS
Violeta Bulc
Former European Commissioner for Transport, Slovenia
Sujan Chinoy
Director General, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, India
Arvind Gupta
Head and Co-Founder, Digital India Foundation, India
Tian Huifang
Senior Researcher, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China
Philip Pilkington
Senior Research Fellow, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs, Hungary
David P. Goldman
Deputy Editor, Asia Times; Washington Fellow, Claremont Institute, USA
15.45-16.00
Break
16.00-17.30
Bridging Hemispheres: Europe and the Global South
MODERATOR
Noémi Pálfalvi
Director of International Relations, Mathias Corvinus Collegium, Hungary
INITIATORS
Petr Drulák
Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czechia
Ákos Mernyei
Adviser to the President, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs, Hungary
Ayoade Alakija
Chair, Board of Directors, FIND; Co-Chair, G7 Impact
Investment Initiative in Global Health, United Kingdom
Jerzy Kwaśniewski
President of the Board, Ordo Iuris Institute for Legal Culture, Poland
Ralph Schoellhammer
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Webster University Vienna, Austria
Fulufhelo Netswera
Founding Member, South African BRICS Think
Tank, South Africa
17.30-18.00
Transition time
New venue
Károlyi-Csekonics Palace
18.00-18.35
Predictions & Reflections: What Lies Ahead for the World Order?
Eric Li
Founder, Guancha.cn, China
Jeffrey Sachs
Economist, Public Policy Analyst, USA
Gladden Pappin
President, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs
Moderator: Lilla Kakuk
Adviser to the President, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs
18.35-18.45
Closing remarks
Samir Saran
President, Observer Research Foundation, India
18.45 –
Dinner & Reception