Speakers

Gladden Pappin

President of the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs, Hungary

Liz Truss

Former Prime Minister, United Kingdom

Balázs Orbán

Political Director, Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister, Hungary

John Mearsheimer

R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor, Political Science Department, University of Chicago, United States of America

Zoltán Szalai

Director General, MCC, Hungary

Arta Moeini

Research Director, Institute for Peace and Diplomacy, United States of America

Sébastien Boussois

President, Institut Géopolitique Européen, Belgium

Victoria Panova

Head of BRICS Expert Council; Vice Rector, Higher School of Economics, Russia

Balázs Tárnok

Director of Research, John Lukács Institute for Strategy and Politics, Ludovika University of Public Service, Hungary

Andreas Schaal

Director, OECD Global Relations and Co-operation; Director, OECD Sherpa, France

Szabolcs Pásztor

Research Director, Oeconomus Research Foundation, Hungary

Emilian Kavalski

Professor, Jagiellonian University, Poland

Shihoko Goto

Senior Fellow, Mansfield Foundation, United States of America

Symeon G. Tsomokos

Founder and President, Delphi Economic Forum, Greece

Maggie Sprenger

Cofounder and General Partner, Audere Capital, Green Cow Venture Capital, United States of America

Paul Walf

Chief Executive Officer, Rheinmetall, Hungary

Zsigmond Perényi

Former Secretary of State, Hungary

István Sárhegyi

CEO at 4iG Space & Defence; Group Deputy CEO, 4iG, Hungary

Laura Mahrenbach

Adjunct Professor, Technical University of Munich, Germany

Aldrin Thayalakal

Principal Advisor - Infrastructure and Commercial, Auckland Council

Alimnazar Islamkulov

Director of the Transformation Centre, Tashkent State University of Economics, Uzbekistan

Ardian Hackaj

Director of Cooperation and Development Institute, Albania

Stephanie Hunt

Litigator, International Arbitrator and Mediator, Australia

Lilla Bánkuty-Balogh

Head of Center for Global Economy, Mathias Corvinus Collegium, Hungary

István Kiss

Executive Director, Danube Institute, Hungary

George Beebe

Director of Grand Strategy Program, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft,, United States of America

Leslie Vinjamuri

Director of the US and Americas Programme, Chatham House, United Kingdom

Phillip Linderman

Fellow, Ben Franklin Fellowship, United States of America

István Stumpf

Member of the Prime Minister’s Strategic Advisory Board, Hungary

Rami Desai

Distinguished Fellow, India Foundation, India

Tonny Dian Effendi

Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Indonesia

János Csák

Former Minister of Culture and Innovation, Hungary

Ken Jimbo

Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University; Managing Director, International House of Japan, Japan

Mentor Beqa

Executive Director, Sami Frasheri Institute, Albania

Noémi Pálfalvi

Director of International Relations, Mathias Corvinus Collegium, Hungary

Rusif Huseynov

Cofounder and Director, Topchubashov Center, Azerbaijan

Matthew Boyse

Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, United States of America

Nina Sajić

Chair, Institute of Political Science, University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dalibor Jurášek

Adviser to the Prime Minister; Vice-Chairman, Institute for Paradigmatic Reforms, Slovakia

Ágnes Vass

Research Director, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs, Hungary

Herbert Krapa

Former Minister of Energy, Ghana

Priyanka Chaturvedi

Member of Parliament, India

Calum Nicholson

Director of Research, Danube Institute, Hungary

Damjan Krnjević

Director for Policy Research and Publications, Institute for Development and Diplomacy; Professor of Practice, ADA University, Azerbaijan

Travis Kavulla

Vice President for Regulatory Affairs, NRG Energy, United States of America

Blanka Kovács

Political Advisor, State Secretariat for Circular Economy and Climate Policy, Ministry of Energy, Hungary

Géza Sebestyén

Head of Economic Policy Center, Mathias Corvinus Collegium, Hungary

Kimlong Chheng

Director, Center for Governance Innovation and Democracy; President, Asian Vision Institute, Cambodia

Philip Pilkington

Senior Research Fellow, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs, Hungary

Steffen Hindelang

Professor of International Investment and Trade Law, Uppsala University, Sweden

Tamás Baranyi

Director for Strategy, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs, Hungary

Warwick Powell

Executive Chairman, Smart Trade Networks, Australia

Mariann Őry

Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Eurasia magazine, Hungary

Matthew Goodwin

Presenter, GB News, and editor of the Matt Goodwin Substack, United Kingdom; Visiting Fellow, Mathias Corvinus Collegium, Hungary

Anthony Dworkin

Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations, United States of America

Stefania Benaglia

European Union Foreign Policy Adviser, Belgium

Liliana Śmiech

Director General for International Affairs, Ludovika University of Public Service, Hungary

Peter Boghossian

Author and Philosopher, United States of America

Zsófia Bódi-Rácz

Program Manager, Danube Institute, Hungary

Ákos Mernyei

Adviser to the President and Senior Research Fellow, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs, Hungary

Radomir Tylecote

Managing Director, Prosperity Institute, United Kingdom

Jerzy Kwaśniewski

Cofounder and President of the Board, Ordo Iuris Institute for Legal Culture, Poland

Philipp Siegert

Deputy Research Director, Mathias Corvinus Collegium Brussels, Belgium

Yasmine Moezinia

Director, Sequoia Climate Foundation, United States of America

Gergely Böszörményi-Nagy

Founder, Brain Bar, Hungary

Nandini Tandon

Cofounder, Global Chief Executive Officer, IndUS Setu Global Foundation

John Pang

Senior Fellow, Belt and Road Initiative Caucus for Asia Pacific, Malaysia

Máté Lóga

State Secretary for Economic Development and Industry, Ministry for National Economy, Hungary

Péter Garai

Chief Executive Officer, Adria Port Inc., Hungary

Nicolas Buchoud

Founding Principal, Renaissance Urbaine, France

Bharat Ramanan

Group Director, Government Relations & Geopolitics, DP World, United Arab Emirates

Ramachandra Byrappa

Senior Research Fellow, Research Center Coordinator, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs, Hungary

Max Abrahms

Professor, Northeastern University, United States of America

Ian Proud

Director, Diplomatic Excellence Ltd., United Kingdom

Dominik Jankowski

Director, Economics and Security Committee, NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Poland

Balázs Jarábik

Analyst and Diplomat, Slovakia

Anton Bendarzsevszkij

Director, Oeconomus Economic Research Foundation, Hungary

Matthias Bauer

Director, European Centre for International Political Economy, Belgium

Thomas Grischany

Professor, Webster Vienna Private University; Research Assistant, Freiheitliches Bildungsinstitut, Austria

Daniele Scalea

President, Machiavelli Center for Political and Strategic Studies, Italy

Eghosa Osaghae

Director-General, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Nigeria

Krysztof Tyszka-Drozdowski

Writer and Journalist, Poland

Șuay Nilhan Açıkalın

Associate Professor, Ankara Haci Bayram Veli University, Turkey

Márton Ugrósdy

Deputy State Secretary, Hungary

Kei Hakata

Professor, Seikei University, Japan

Andrew Hawley

Cofounder and Managing Partner, Ghost Dynamics, New Zealand

Jagannath Panda

Head of Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, Institute for Security and Development Policy, India

Stephen R. Nagy

Professor, Department of Politics and International Studies, International Christian University, Japan

Angelina Nagy

Research Fellow, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs, Hungary

Moussa Mara

Former Prime Minister, Mali

John Griffiths-Spielman

Former Lieutenant General; Head of Security and Defence Studies, AthenaLab Foundation, Chile

Sara Ahmadian

Founder, Anar Ventures, United States of America

Elie Pieprz

Director of International Relations, Israel Defense and Security Forum, Israel

Ana Miguel dos Santos

Former Member of Parliament, Assembly of the Portuguese Republic, Portugal

Ivica Bocevski

Ambassador, Former Deputy Prime Minister, North Macedonia

Péter Siklósi

Senior Research Fellow and Research Center Coordinator, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs, Hungary