HIPA events in 2009

János Veres, Minister of Finance, 13 January

Péter Kaderják, Director of the Regional Center for Energy Policy Research,
Corvinus University of Budapest, 29 January

Ferenc Gyurcsány, Prime Minister of Hungary, 18 February

György Virágh, Director of National Institute of Criminology, 19 February

5. László Hegedüs, pop impressario, Hipa dinner, 27 February

Tibor Draskovics, Minister of Justice, 5 March

Akos Nikolai, Chairman of the Hungarian Tourism Board,
Ivan Róna, CEO of the Hungarian National Tourism Office,
Imre Déak President CEO of Danubius Hotels Group, 24 March

Kornelia Magyar, Director of the Progressive Insitute,
Csaba Toth Director of the Republicon Institute,
Mark Szabo Head Analyst of Perspective Institute 30 March

Eva Palócz, Director of Kopint-Tarki,
Lászlá Csaba, professor of CEU economic breakfast 29 April

Gordon Bajnai, Prime Minister, 15 May

Timea Szabó, LMP,
Tibor Varady HP 25 May

Krisztina Morvai, EU MP of Jobbik, 9 June

István Varga, Minister of Economy, 18 June

László Rajk, SZDSZ politician, 1 September

Grigorij Meseznikov, President of Slovakian Institute for Public Affairs, 8 September

Ádam Farkas, president of PSZAF 6 October

Péter Balázs, Minister of Foreign Affairs, 7 October

Andor Urmos, Head of the Department of Roma Integration, Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour, 19 October

Edina Heal, Director of Slager Radio, 3 November
Barbara Brill. Sláger RadioPéter Oszkó, Minister of Finance, 5 November

Trip to Edelény and Bodvalenke Fresco Village, 13 November

Katalin Szili, MSZP politician 17 November

Annual General Meeting, 3 December

In 2008 Hipa organized the following events:

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