PROGRAM

The detailed program will follow soon.

8 July, Sunday

Location: Budapest

 
09.00 – 18.00   Arrival to Budapest, Check-in
18.00 – 18.30   Transfer
18.30 – 21.00   Welcome speech and dinner

9 July, Monday

TOPIC: CURRENT CHALLENGES FACING THE EU AND THE V4
Location: Budapest

 
09.00 – 09.30   Transfer
10.00 – 10.05   Welcoming remarks
10.05 – 10.25   Keynote speech
10.25 – 12.00   Panel discussion: Europe in decline? – thoughts about the future of Europe
12.00 – 13.00   Buffet lunch
13.00 – 14.00   Lecture: Project 28 Survey
14.00 – 14.30   Transfer
14.30 – 15.45   Visiting the House of Parliament of Hungary
15.45 – 18.00   Transfer and sight-seeing
18.00 – 20.00   Dinner
20.00 –     Leisure activity

10 July, Tuesday

TOPIC: MIGRATION – NEW EUROPEAN FAULT LINE
Location: Budapest

 
09.15 – 09.45   Transfer
10.00 – 10.05   Welcoming remarks
10.05 – 10.25   Keynote speech
10.25 – 12.00   Panel discussion: Local support instead of open borders
12.00 – 13.00   Buffet lunch
13.00 – 13.40   Lecture: Current migration related issues
13.40 – 14.10   Transfer
14.10 – 15.45   Visiting the Museum of Military History – Topic: Protecting the borders
15.45 – 16.30   Transfer and sight-seeing
16.30 – 17.45   Visiting the Hospital in the Rock in Buda Castle
17.45 – 19.00   Transfer and sight-seeing
19.00 – 20.30   Dinner
20.30 –     Leisure activity

11 July, Wednesday

TOPIC: VISEGRAD FIELD TRIP
Location: Visegrád; Szentendre; Budapest

 
08.30 – 09.45   Transfer to Visegrád
10.00 – 10.20   Keynote speech
10.20 – 11.10   Individual presentation: Czech Republic
11.10 – 12.00   Individual presentation: Hungary
12.00 – 13.00   Buffet lunch
13.00 – 13.50   Individual presentation: Poland
13.50 – 14.40   Individual presentation: Slovakia
14.40 – 15.00   Transfer
15.00 – 16.30   Visiting the Visegrad Citadel
16.30 – 17.30   Transfer to Szentendre
17.30 – 19.00   Dinner and sight-seeing
19.00 – 20.00   Transfer to Budapest
20.00 –     Leisure activity

12 July, Thursday

TOPIC: CONTRIBUTERS AND/OR BENEFICIAIRES? – THE ECONOMIC ROLE OF CENTRAL EUROPE: ENGINE OF GROWTH?
Location: Budapest

 
09.30 – 09.45   Transfer
10.00 – 10.20   Keynote speech
10.20 – 12.00   Panel discussion – Contributers and/or beneficiaires?
12.00 – 13.00   Buffet lunch
13.00 – 14.00   Lecture: Hungarian economic policy
14.00 – 14.20   Transfer
14.30 – 17.00   Visiting the House of Terror Museum
17.00 – 19.30   Leisure activity
19.30 – 20.00   Transfer
20.00 –     Dinner and organised leisure activity

13 July, Friday

TOPIC: THINK TANKS OF V4 COUNTRIES AND THE ASSESSMENT OF THE SZÁZADVÉG SUMMER SCHOOL
Location: Kreinbacher Estate, Somlóvásárhely; Budapest

 
08.00 – 10.00   Transfer to Somlóvásárhely
10.00 – 10.30   Lecture: Cooperation between V4 countries' think tanks
10.30 – 12.00   Workshop about the assesment of the Századvég Summer School
12.00 – 15.30   Lunch with wine tasting and discovering the estate
15.30 – 17.30   Transfer to Budapest
17.30 – 19.00   Leisure activity
19.00 – 19.30   Transfer
19.30 – 21.00   Farewell dinner
21.00 –     Leisure activity

14 July, Saturday

10.00 –             Departure