The Hungarian Rectors’ Conference organized a V4 Rectors’ Conferences Forum

In the framework of Hungary’s V4 presidency, the Hungarian Rectors’ Conference (HRC) organized a V4 conference with the support of the Ministry of Human Capacities in Budapest on May 17, 2018. The event provided an opportunity to deepen the cultural and educational ties between the Visegrad countries, to strengthen existing and to explore new cooperation opportunities between the Czech, the Polish, the Slovakian and the Hungarian institutions.

Over one hundred and twenty university leaders represented the V4 countries at the conference hosted by the Budapest Business School.

The event was opened by István Íjgyártó, State Secretary for Scientific and Cultural Diplomacy, a welcome speech was given by Prof. József Bódis, President of the HRC and Prof. Balázs Heidrich, Rector of the Budapest Business School. The conference continued with the introduction of the Distributed excellence concept through presentations and panel discussions: the region’s higher education experts presented the latest results of research, development and innovation through national and international examples and described the development opportunities for the V4 countries.

In the afternoon, parallel sessions are organized in four topics in four Hungarian higher education institutions: External and internal leadership and management of universities in V4 countries (Corvinus University of Budapest), Role, relevance and responsibilities of higher educational private institutions in V4 Countries (King Sigismund University) V4 business school cooperation opportunities in the 21st century (Budapest Business School), V4 art universities’ cooperation opportunities in the 21st century (Hungarian University of Fine Arts).

The main objective of the conference is to provide further opportunities for higher education cooperation in the Visegrad countries, giving new impetus to the development of joint training and research programs, the exchange of lecturers, students and researchers and the development of various regional cooperation programs.

Welcome address of Prof. József Bódis at the V4 Rectors Conferences Forum

Presentations:

Prof. Balázs Heidrich (Hungary)_Budapest Business School

Prof. László Gulácsi (Hungary)_National reflections and moderated discussion on the “Distributed Excellence” concept

Prof. Tomáš Zima (Czechia)_National reflections and moderated discussion on the “Distributed Excellence” concept

Dr. habil. Tibor Alpár (Hungary)_Latest achievements in ResearchDevelopmentInnovation (RDI) and the ways of further improvement in V4 countries

Prof. Vince Ördög (Hungary)_Latest achievements in ResearchDevelopmentInnovation (RDI) and the ways of further improvement in V4 countries

Prof. Zoltán Horváth (Hungary)_Latest achievements in ResearchDevelopmentInnovation (RDI) and the ways of further improvement in V4 countries

Prof. Marek Tukiendorf (Poland)_Development opportunities of the V4 scholarship system and other financial resources

Dr. János Hárskuti (Hungary)_King Sigismund University

Dr. László Kovács (Hungary)_An example for role, relevance and responsibilities of private HEI in Hungary

Dr. Gábor Király_V4 business school cooperation opportunities in the 21st century