August 25, 2023 [Friday]
From 7:30 breakfast
9:00 Ceremonial opening of the Visegrad Summer Academy
Greeting: Katalin Novák, President of Hungary [video]
Opening speech: international director Péter Ákos Mernyei, National University of Public Service
Opening speech: Maciej Szymanowski, director of the Felczak Institute
9:20 Our region in the shadow of war. Cooperation forms, strategies and opportunities between geopolitical blocs
Marek Kuchciński, Minister of the Prime Minister's Chancellery -online (PL), Minister of territorial development Tibor Navracsics (HU), Moderator: Maciej Szymanowski, Director of the Felczak Institute
10:20 Tree planting ceremony, coffee break
10:45 Visegrád - bridges and crossroads in the past and future (historical round table: historian Wojciech Frazik (PL), Jan Hroudný, vice president of the Young Conservatives (CZ) Jan Hudacky honorary consul of Poland (SK) Moderator: Gergely Pröhle, historian, diplomat,NKE (HU)
12:00 Travel to the MCC campus,
12:30 Arrival at the MCC Campus, introduction to the Collegium
13:00 lunch
14:15 Advocacy of common interests in the European Union
minister for european affairs János Bóka(HU) MEP Bogdan Rzońca (PL), analyst Jaroslav Kuchyna (CZ), Pál Csáky politician (SK) Moderator: Péter Ákos Mernyei, (HU)
15:45 Travel to the Parliament,
16:30 Visit at the building of the National Assembly
Family photo
18:30 Evening walk in downtown Budapest
20:00 Dinner, concert and dance tution
Cultural program with the Wacław Felczak Foundation, Concert and táncház with the Dűvő ensemble and the Elán Orchestra (learning folk dances with live Hungarian music)
Greetings: Karol Biernacki, Chairman of the Board of the Wacław Felczak Foundation
August 26, 2023 [Saturday]
8:00 breakfast
8:45 departure for Esztergom,
11:00 The social role of the Church - Meeting with Cardinal Péter Erdő, Archbishop of Esztergom (led by Maciej Szymanowski)
12:00 lunch at St.Adalbert Pilgrim’s House
13:00 Visit at St. Adalbert and Blessed Virgin Mary Cathedral
15:00 Visegrád - visit of the Palace and the Citadel (led by Péter Gróf, archelogist, musealist)
16:00 History lesson on the spot with professor Sándor Őze
17:30 Evening boat trip to Budapest, in the programme
Visegrad quiz
Dispute about the future of V4
Editor Jozef Majchrák (SK), editor-in-chief Paweł Lisicki (PL), publicist Mátyás Kohán (HU), editor Mátyás Zrno (CZ) Moderator: Balázs Tárnok, NKE (HU)
dinner on the boat
20:30 Sightseeing, free program
August 27, 2023 [Sunday]
8:00 breakfast
9:00 Security policy, national defense, foreign policy strategy
Brig. Gen. Imre Porkoláb Ministerial Commissioner for Defence Innovation (HU), presidential adviser, analyst Andrzej Zybertowicz (PL), journalist, publicist Jaroslav Kuchyňa (CZ) Moderator: Col. Dr. Zoltán Jobbágy (NKE)
10:30 In the light of numbers - Results of EU, regional and Hungarian-Polish polls
Csaba Faragó, director of foreign affairs, Századvég (HU), Arkadiusz Adamczyk, member of board of the Felczak Institute (PL), Mihály Rosonczy-Kovács, director of foreign affairs, Nézőpont Institute (HU)
11:30 Holy Mass (Franciscan monk Paweł Cebula)
13:00 lunch
14:30 Ukraine and the future of the region, support
Attila Demkó, chief of Geopolitcal Studies MCC (HU), former ambassador to Kyiv István Íjgyártó (HU), Marek Natusiewicz member of board, Felczak Institute(PL), Moderator: Gábor Csizmazia (NKE)
15:30 Géza Pörös Ashes and diamonds. About the films of Andrzej Wajda book presentation of his book - film critic László Kelecsényi talks to the Author
Distribution of certificates
16:30 Equestrian show at Ludovika Huszár Riding School led by: Csaba Kollár (NKE)
17:30 city trip in Budapest
20:00 Dinner
August 28, 2023 [Monday]
7:45 Meeting, departure by bus to Krasiczyn Summer University