HIPA-activities in the past years

HIPA events 2014-2015 

28. December 17 2015 Zsófia Mautner, book presentation Hungarian Bites

27.  December 11 2015 . Tove Skarstein Ambassador of Norway In the Norwegian funding for NGO's

26.  December 1 2015  Dalma Dojcsák Head of Freedom of Speech Program, Helsinki Committee

25.  November 26 2015  Annual General Meeting

24.  November 13 2015 Zoltán Gőgös MSZP, Zoltán Magyar Jobbik on the sale of state-owned land to Fidesz-supporters

23.  November 3. Dr. Dániel Karsai lawyer Modification of Church law

22.  October 21. Péter Balázs CEU, Ákos Gergely Mandiner on the political situation

21.  October 8. Mária Sándor black dressed nurse on healthcare 

20.  September 24. András Pulai Publicus, Csaba Tóth Republicon Institute on the political situation

19. September 16. Gergely Gulyás Fidesz politician on refugees

18. September 11. Marta Pardavi, Gábor Gyulai Helsinki Committee, András Léderer civil activist on refugees

17. July 8. Gergely Kovács Leader of Two Tailes Party on their bill board campaign against the refugee campaign of the government

16. June 16.Dr. Tamás Dénes President of Resident Associacion

15. June 2.   Endre Sik Tarki, Zsuzsa Blasko, András Pulai

14. May 28.  Dr. Gábor Magyar laywer on the state of the Hungarian justice system

13. May 8. Zsuzsa Szelényi MP of Együtt

12. April 8. Lajos Bokros President of MoMa

11. March 30. Zoltán Illés, former State Secretary of Environmental Protection Nature Reserve and Water Management. Environmental Policy of the Hungarian Government

10. March 5. Kitty McKinsey spokeperson of UNHCR and Gábor Gyulai Refugee Program Coordinator of Helsinki Committee. Refugee crisis in Hungary

9. February 27. Péter Krekó, Political Capital Péter Molnár, Professor of CEU and founder of FIDESZ, on the Orbán-Simicska conflict. 

8. February 16,  Dr.András Deák . Energy Security, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs Michael LaBelle CEU sustainability, innovation and energy technologies. on Hungary's dependence on Russian energy

7. February 13 Annual HIPA diner with Dr. Ádám Miklósi,  Hungarian ethologist, specialised in research on communication between humans and dogs.

6. February 3 Péter Juhász Együtt politician and councellor of the local government of Budapest V. on.

5. January 26  Balázs Gulyás 100K against the Internet Tax  and Zoltán Vajda 60.000 against the theft of private pension fund on protests against government

4.  January 15, 2015 László Heltai LMP, Viktor Szigetvári Együtt. on economic policy of the governmet.

3.  December 17 András Stumpf  Heti Válasz, Csaba Tóth Republokon, Ákos Balogh Mandiner

2.  December 5, 2014 Eszter Kósa Gyerekesély Egyesület, András Gábos Tárki on poverty

1. November 19 2014 Tamás Mellár, professor of Pécs University, Péter Kondor professor of CEU on economy

HIPA events 2013-2014

1. 22 November 2013, Zoltán Pokorni, FIDESZ politician

2. 10 January 2014, László Akar GKI, György Barcza Századvég, János Samu Concorde

3. 18 January 2014, Annual dinner

4. 24 January 2014, Kim Lane Scheppele Princeton University

5. 29 January 2014, Ilona Pálffy Election Office, András Patyi Election Committee

6.   6 February 2014, Zoltán Cséfalvay Minister of State for National Economy

7. 19 February 2014, Andras Deák Dr.Hungarian Institute of International Affairs, Balázs Felsmann Corvinus University, Stephen Stec CEU

8   5 March 2014, Gergely Gulyás Deputy Leader of FIDESZ Parlamentary Group

9  10 March 2014, Bálint Magyar, Júlia Vásárhelyi, Attila Ara-Kovács


10  18 March 2014, Gordon Bajnai President of Együtt

11  20 March 2014, Ferenc Gyurcsány President of DK

12  25 March 2014, Viktor Szigetvári campaign leader of Együtt and Tibor Szanyi MSZP politician

13    1 April    2014, Ferenc Kumin Deputy State Secretary of International Communication

14    1 April    2014, Márton Gyöngyösi Jobbik politician

15    4 April    2014, Tamás Meszerics LMP politician

16  11 April    2014, Csaba Tóth Republicon, Róbert László Political Capital and Ágoston Sámuel Mráz Nézőpont

17  24 April    2014, Sándorné Ács Director of Kishantos Ecofarm

18    5 May    2014, Tamás Szűcs Head of Representation of EU Commission in Hungary

19  27 May    2014, Péter Balázs Professor of CEU and Róbert László Political Capital

20    4 June    2014, György Csepeli Professor of ELTE

21  12 June    2014, Péter Nádori Lapcom

22  13 June    2014, Tove Skarstein Ambassador of Norway

23  19 June    2014, Gwen Jones OSA

24  23 June    2014, Veronika Móra Director of Ökotárs

25  15 July     2014, Dirk Gerkens CEO of RTL Klub and Róbert Kotroczó news director

26  11 September 2014, Tamás Boros Policysolutions, Gellért Rajcsányi Mandiner.hu and Gábor Toka CEU

27  25 September 2014, András Lukács Levegő Munkacsoport, Zsuzsanna Foltányi Ökotárs

28    9 October     2014, Lajos Bokros President of MoMa

29  28 October     2014, Zoltán Czibere State Secretary of Social Affairs and Zoltán Kovács State Secretary of International Communications

30 4 November 2014Tünde Handó. president of the National Office for the Judiciary

31 7 November 2014 Nicholas Kralev U.S. journalist and expert on U.S. foreign policy and diplomacy
32. 13 November 2014 Annual General meeting

HIPA events 2012-2013

1.  29 November 2012,    András Simor, Governor of the Central Bank

2.    6 December 2012,    Benedek Jávor, LMP politician

3.  12 December 2012,    Prof. Mária Kovács, Director of CEU's Nationalism Studies Program

4.  11 January     2013,    András Vértes, President of GKI and György Barcza analyst of Századvég

5.  25 January     2013,    Péter Krekó, Director of Politcal Capital and Gábor Takács analyst of   Nézőpont Insitute

6.    8 February   2013,    Rita Bence, HCLU, Head of Patients'Rights and Autonomy Program, Jenő 
Keresztes, homeless activist of A Város Mindenkié, Sebály Bernadett, activist of A Város Mindenkié  

7.   18 February  2013,    György Balavány journalist, Gábor Polyák media lawyer Mérték 
Standards Media Monitor, Tamás Bodoky atlatszo.hu  

8.     5 March      2013,    Ádám Fischer conductor and Máté Gáspár cultural manager  OSI

9.     6 March      2013,    László Baán director of the Museum of Fine Arts

10.  17 April       2013,    László Parragh, President of Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and 
Industry

11.  19  April      2013,    Rózsa Hoffmann, State Secretary of Public Education

12.  16 May        2013,    Enikő Győri, Minister of State for EU Affairs and Ferenc Kumin, Deputy Stae Secretary of International Communications

13.  24 May       2013,    Miklós Ligeti JD,  Head of  legal affairs of Transparency International Magyarország and Gergely Nagy,  journalist of HVG

14.  28 May       2013,    Ferenc Bíró, Partner of Erns&Young

15.  17 June        2013,   Péter Balázs, Professor of CEU

16.  18 June        2013,   Attila Mesterházy, President of MSZP

17.  24 June        2013,   Visit to Puskás Football Academy of Felcsút

18.  13 July         2013,  HIPA Garden Party

19.  19 July         2013,  Gordon Bajnai, President of Együtt 2014-PM

20.    5 September 2013, Csaba Toth, Strategic Director of Republikon

21.  17 September 2013, Gergely Tardos, Director of  OTP Research Centre, András Vértes, President of GKI

22.  26 September 2013, Dr Gábor Erőss, expert of education of PM

23.  10 October 2013, Dr Imre Deák, CEO of Danubius Hotels, Viktória Horváth, Deputy State 
Liszt Academy
Secretary of the Ministry for National Economy and Gergely Horváth, Deputy CEO of Hungarian Tourism

24.  11 October 2013, Ágoston Sámuel Mráz, senior analyst of Nézőpont Intézet, Endre Sík, senior researcher of TÁRKI

25.  7 November 2013,  Imre Szabó Stein Communication Director of  Liszt Academy of Music

26.  21 November 2013, Annual General Meeting of HIPA


HIPA events 2011-2012


1. December 6, 2011     The new election law  Viktor Szigetvári of Haza es Haladás and Robert Laszlo of Poltical Capital

2. December 15, 2011    International Media and the relation with the government. Jonathan Horsman
  
3. December 20, 2011    President of the Supreme Court. András Baka

4. December 21, 2011    The Hungarian Media Law  Attila Mong, editor of Origo.hu, Gábor Pólyak, head of Mertek.hu and László Majtényi, director of Eötvös Károly Institute

5.   January 17, 2012       Political analysts Tamás Boros, András Biró-Nagy Policy Solutions and Ferenc Kumin Százádveg

6.   February 2, 2012.      Former Minister of Economy Attila Chikán

7.  February 7, 2012       Authority of Data Protection Attila Péterfalvi and Endre Győző Szabó

8.   February 17, 2012    Annual Hipa dinner with filmproducer Andy Vajna

9.   February 22, 2012.   The new Church law Gábor Iványi Methodist Pastor, Timea Szabó LMP,  Gergely Gulyás Fidesz

10.   March 9, 2012        Students Network Andrea Kóbor, Csaba Jelinek, Dénes Csurgó

11.    March 22, 2012      IMF-negotiations, economist László Csaba CEU and Zoltán Török Raiffeisen Bank

12.    April 3, 2012          President of the MSZP Attila Mesterházy

13.   April 12, 2012        Reform in  Higher Education, Norbert Kiss, Deputy State Secretary of Higher Education

14.   April 26, 2012        Cultural Policy András Bozóki, former Minister of Culture

15.  May 13 2012          Agriculture Policy, Rebeka Szabo LMP-deputy, Zsolt Feldman, deputy state secretary of Agrar Policy, Peter Tóth of Agrár Europa Ltd.

16.  May 29 2012          Effects of the  Media Law, Miklós Harászti Former OSCE Representative on Freedom of Media

17.  June 13 2012          Visit behind the screens of the Gellért Bath

18.  June 22, 2012         Minister of  Foreign Affairs János Martonyi 

19. July 12, 2012           Deputy State Secretary of International Communication Ferenc Kumin 

20.  July 25, 2012           Renaissance of the Horthy Era, Mária Kovács CEU professor

21.September 9. 2012    Hipa Garden Party with Gellért Rajcsányi, journalist of Mandiner.hu

22  September 13, 2012  Political analysts Péter Krekó Political Capital and Gábor Takács Nezőpont Institute

23.  October 4, 2012      Ombudsman Maté Szabó

24.  October 14, 2012   Corruption and state capture, Noémi Alexa, director of Trancparency International and  Tamás Bodoky, editor of atlatszo.hu

25  November 13, 2012  Együtt 2014  Gordon Bajnai

26.  November 14 2012  The new Election Law,  analysts Rábert László of Political Capital and Csaba Tóth Republikon Institute

27.  November 22 2012  Annual General Meeting of HIPA




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