Day 1 – Key Infrastructure and Transport Issues in the K8'1 Region

08:30 Registration

09:00 Opening Remarks

  • Balázs Orbán (Political Director of the Hungarian Prime Minister, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of MCC)

09:10 Keynote Address

  • Máté Lóga (State Secretary at the Ministry of National Economy of Hungary)

09:40 K8 Economic Cooperation Index

  • Zalán Klauda (Researcher at MCC)

10:20 Transportation – Industry Expert Presentation

  • Mirko Pahl (Partner & Director at BCG, Co-lead of BCG‘s Global Rail Sector)

10:50 Coffee Break

11:05 Panel I – Air, Road, and Rail: Development Outlooks of CEE Transport and Mobility

  • François Berisot (CEO of Budapest Airport),
  • László Orbán (Chief Integration Officer of Waberer’s),
  • Sven Pöllauer (Head of PR, Marketing & Public Affairs at ÖBB Passenger Transport)

12:00 Panel II – Perspectives of Investing in Future Infrastructure

  • Laurent Zylberberg (General Controller at Caisse des Depots, Former ELTI Chairman and Board Member of LISEA),
  • Tamás Vojnits (Member of the Board of Directors at EBRD),
  • Mirko Pahl (Partner & Director at BCG, Co-lead of BCG‘s Global Rail Sector)

12:50 Networking Lunch

14:00 MCC Student Presentations

Day 2 – Connectivity Outlooks: Infrastructure and Transport in V42 and WB63

08:30 Registration

09:00 Opening Remarks

  • János Csák (Former Minister of Culture and Innovation of Hungary, Head of International Leadership and Management at MCC)

09:10 The Relevance of CEE Regional Cooperation

  • George Friedman (Founder of Geopolitical Futures, recorded video message)

09:40 CEE Connectivity as Competitive Advantage

  • Ákos Zulik (Lead Lecturer at MCC)

10:20 Understanding the WB6 region

  • Tamás Bernáth (Lead Lecturer at MCC)

10:50 Coffee Break

11:05 The Ambition Behind Centralny Port Komunikacyjny

  • Marcin Horała (Member of the Polish Parliament, Former Government Plenipotentiary of CPK)

11:35 The Regional Development Impact of Airports

  • Dávid Nagyvári (Student at MCC)

11:55 Panel III – FDI in Infrastructure in the CEE Region

  • Milena Harito (VP for IT and Networks at Orange European Countries, Former Minister of Innovation and Public Administration of Albania),
  • Réka Martini (M&A and Strategy Director at MVM Group),
  • Beata Daszynska-Muzycka (Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of Poland for the Three Seas Initiative)

12:50 Networking Lunch