The John Lukacs Institute for Strategy and Politics
of the Ludovika University of Public Service cordially invite you to a conference entitled
College of Visegrad+ Weekend University – Opening Conference
Date: Wednesday, 8 October 2025, 3-5:30 pm.
Venue: University of Public Service Ludovika, Main Building, Zrínyi Miklós Hall
14:45-15:00 Registration
15:00-17:20 Opening conference – (Ludovika Main Building, Zrínyi Room)
15:00-15:05 Opening remarks
Gergely Prőhle, Director, John Lukacs Institute for Strategy and Politics at Ludovika
15:05-15:20 Welcoming address
Gergely Deli, Rector, Ludovika University of Public Service
Levente Magyar, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary
15:20-15:35 Keynote speech: The importance of the Central-European cooperation from the perspective of the Hungarian national strategy
Márton Ugrósdy, Deputy State Secretary, Hungarian Prime Minister's Office
15:35-16:40 Roundtable discussion: The main challenges of the competitiveness of the EU and of the V4 Region
Daniel Všetečka, Director, Department of Digital Economy and Smart Specialization, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic (tbc)
Piotr Arak, Chief Economist at VeloBank; Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economic Sciences at the University of Warsaw; Co-Founder of the Polish Economic Institute
Vladimír Šimoňák, 2nd State Secretary, Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic
Edit Szilágyiné Bátorfi, Ambassador of Hungary to Austria, former Executive Director of the International Visegrad Fund
16:40-17:00 Q&A
17:00-17:30 Coffee Break
EJKK, John Lukacs Intézet