Matyás VINCE president of MTI, on the position of the Hungarian media, January 30
Annual dinner with guest speaker András SIMONYI, former ambassador of Hungary in Washington , February 1
Agnes HORVÁTH Minister of Public Heath, on health care privatisation and the upcoming referendum, February 12
István STUMPF, political analyst, director of Századveg Foundation, on Hungarian politics and the referendum, February 19
Dr. Zoltán VARGA medical director of Hospinvest and Dr. Miklós SZÓCSKA, director of the Semmelweis University’s Healthcare Management Training Centre on health care privatisation, February 21
HIPA-visit to privatized hospital, owned by Hospinvest, in Gyöngyös, February 22
Viktor ORBÁN President of FIDESZ, February 27
Gábor FODOR , Minister of Environmental Protection and Water management, March 7
Zoltán TÖRÖK Senior Analyst of K&H Bank and Attila GYULAI vice-director of Political Capital January on the political risk as a result of the referendum, March 13
László VALKI Professor of International Law and Zoltán Sz. BIRO, historian, specialized in Russia, on Hungarian foreign policy, Russian Energy and the South Stream pipe line, March 22
János KOKA President of the liberal SZDSZ, April 17
Zsigmond JARÁI former President of the Hungarian National Bank, on the financial situation of Hungary, April 28
Ferenc GYURCSÁNY, Prime-Minister of Hungary May 7
Study tour to Borsod Region on invitation of Hungarian Tourism Zrt, May 14-15
József PALINKÁS, new president of the Academy of Science 9 June
Pál SCHMITT, president of the Hungarian Olympic Committee and Agnes KOVACS Olympic champion swimmer, on the upcoming Olympic Games and Hungary's expectations, June 20
Visit to KORDA Film studios in Etyek, September 16
Krisztián SZABADOS, director of Political Capital, September 19 on the political situation in Hungary
Katalin BÁRSONY film maker of Mundi Romana, a documentary series about Roma's from India to Spain, September 30
Christopher MATTHEISEN Chairman and CEO of Magyar Telekom, October 7
György MOSONYI, CEO of Hungarian oil company MOL and member of the board of directors, October 16
Csaba LÁSZLÓ, former Minister of Finance and partner of KPMG on the effects of the world financial crisis, October 27
Zsigmond JARAI, former president of the Hungarian National Bank on the effects of the world financial crisis, October 30
Study tour to Pécs region on invitation of Hungarian Tourism Zrt, November 4-5
Balázs DÉNES executive director of the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union and Géza POLGÁR reporter-editor of RTL KLUB program Fókusz Házon Kivül on investigative journalism, November 18
Scheduled events:
Breakfast with the president of the Chinese Hungarian Chamber of Commerce on the Hungarian-Chinese relations in the light of the global financial crisis
Extremism in Hungary
