A Magyarországi Európa Társaság az esemény egyik főszervezője volt a brüsszeli European Liberal Forum, a német Friedrich Naumann Stiftung für die Freiheit és a magyar Republikon Intézet mellett. A konferencia megrendezését az Európai Parlament támogatta.

Venue: ZARA Continental Hotel, H-1074 Budapest, Dohány u. 42-44.
Dátum: 2011 Június 25. 9:30

Working language: English

Program

Saturday 25 June 2011

9:30    Registration 

10:00    Welcome

• Thierry Coosemans, member of the board, European Liberal Forum, Brussels
• Borek Severa, representative for Central Europe and Baltic States, Friedrich Naumann Stiftung für die Freiheit, Prague

10:15    Opening remarks

• Csaba Tóth, director of strategy, Republikon Institute, Budapest
• István Hegedűs, chairman, Hungarian Europe Society, Budapest

10:30    Introductory speech 
Presiding the Union and Building the Land of the Hungarians: the Values of Kötcse and Europe

• György Geréby, philosopher, Central European University, Budapest

11:00    Section#1
Success or Failure? How to Evaluate the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU?

• Moderator: Csaba Tóth, director of strategy, Republikon Institute, Budapest

Panellists:

• István Hegedűs, chairman, Hungarian Europe Society, Budapest
• Balázs Dénes, executive director, Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, Budapest
• Kai-Olaf Lang, deputy head of research division, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin
• Piotr Maciej Kaczyñski, research fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels
• Klára Mikulíková, analyst, Academy of Public Affairs, Prague 

12:45    Lunch break

14:15    Section#2 
Media freedom in the EU: Challenges in the 21st Century

• Moderator: István Hegedűs, chairman, Hungarian Europe Society, Budapest

Panellists:

• Attila Mong, editor, Origo, Budapest
• Judit Bayer, media expert, Hungarian Europe Society, Budapest
• Oana Popescu, programmes director, Aspen Institute, Bucharest
• Michael J. Jordan, journalist, Transitions Online, Bratislava 

15:45    Coffee break

16:15    Section #3 
The New Roma Strategy of the European Union and the Situation of the Hungarian Roma

• Moderator: Václav Bacovský, project manager, Subregion Central Europe and Baltic States, Friedrich Naumann Stiftung für die Freiheit, Prague

Panellists:

• János Ladányi, sociologist, Professor of Corvinus University of Budapest
• András Vágvölgyi, writer-filmmaker, Budapest
• Angéla Kóczé, research fellow, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Ethnic and Minority Research Institute, Budapest 

17:30     Closing remarks

• Margarita Starkeviciute, former MEP, researcher at Vilnius Business University