Currently, Ambassador of Hungary to Poland. He also held a position of Head of Department of Bilateral Relations, Central Europe, Regional Cooperation. Previously, worked as diplomat dealing with international politics and press, then as deputy head of mission in the Embassy of Hungary in Prague. He holds PhD from Budapest School of Economics and Public Administration in Budapest. He speaks English, Czech and Slovak.
Experts
Iván Gyurcsík
Hilde Elisabeth Haaland
Representative of the Secretariat of the Nordic Council, Department of Documentation. Graduated in History, literature and Latin studies from the University of Oslo. Historian of medieval history from the University of Oslo 1998. Specialist on Icelandic Sagas and Norse religion and culture. Author of several articles on Norwegian and Icelandic medieval history. Radio journalist and theatre and literature critics 1996-2000. Archivist at The National Archives of Norway 1998-2000. Senior archivist and editor at the Nordic Council Secretariat from 2000.
Christel Hartmann-Fritsch
Since 2009 managerial board director of the Foundation Genshagen. Manages the section of Art and Culture Mediation in Europe. Studied German and Romance philology at the universities of Regensburg, Freiburg and Clermont-Ferrand. Lived for several years in France where she worked as teacher, lecturer and journalist. From 1979 to 1982 she was project manager of the International Architecture Exhibition (IBA). She established the International Centre of Youth Culture and Art “Schlesische 27” and was its director general and artistic director until 2009. From 1990 -1995 she advised the European Commission in terms of European youth policy. Since then she does consultancy work for several European foundations and networks. Initiated the network “Creative Cooperations” that includes until now 14 partners from nine European countries bringing them together in projects of cultural and artistic education. Foundation member of “Banlieues d’Europes” and voluntary member of the expanded board of “Pépinières pour Jeunes Artistes”. Awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, the National Order of Merit of France as well as the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Joanna Heidtman
She holds PhD and is psychologist and sociologist, assistant professor at Jagiellonian University. She was a visiting scholar at University of South Carolina and Cornell University. Her area of research includes group processes, conflicts and negotiations. As a trainer she focuses on interpersonal communication, creative problem solving and persuasion. She is a member of Society for Trainers and Consultants MATRIK.
Leszek Hensel
Polish philologist and historian, expert in Central and Eastern Europe, ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina (2001-2005) and to Bulgaria (2010-2014). In his professional career he served as i.a. Coordinator of multilateral cultural cooperation, expert of the International Visegrad Fund, Head of Division of visa policy and UE matters in Department of Consular and Polish Diaspora Issues, MFA. Currently, he serves as deputy director of the European Policy Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Author of 2 books and many scientific publications (Hungarian and Slovak literature, comparative studies, political science, Central Europe) published in Bulgaria, France, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.
Magda Heydel
Translator, critic, specialist in English, American and Irish literature. Professor at Jagiellonian University. Editor of Przekładaniec, magazine for translators. In 2003 participated in the conference “The Americans in Krakow – Polish poetry in America”. Since 2001 she is the director of th Study of Literary Translations at the UNESCO Department of Translation and Language Communication Science.
Helga Hirsch
Studied German Philology and Political Science at the Free University in Berlin. From 1989 to 1995, worked as a correspondent for the German weekly Die Zeit in Warsaw and since 1996 has been active as a freelance journalist for various newspapers, television and radio broadcasters. Author of books: Zemsta ofiar (Victims' revenge) and Nie mam keine buty(I have keine shoes).
Jonathan Holslag
Jonathan Holslagis a postdoctoral fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders and teaches international politics at the Free University Brussels. Among other things, in 2007 and 2008 he was a coordinator of the EU-China Academic Network (ECAN), an academic forum organized by the European Commission. In 2014 he became a Rockefeller Fellow of the Trilateral Commission and a Nobel Fellow at the Nobel Institute. His research focuses on the impact of China’s rise on world politics, although also having a decided interest in Europe. His work often bridges different aspects of international relations, such as international political economy, diplomacy and military force. Recent books include China and India: Prospects for Peace and China’s coming war with Asia. He is also an active public intellectual, with articles being published in The Financial Times, The Guardian and Foreign Policy.
Hanna Hopko
Hanna Hopko is an expert in advocacy, on Russian expansionism and hybrid warfare. From 2014-2019, she chaired the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Ukrainian Parliament. Hopko was one of the civic leaders of the EuroMaidan during Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity. Ms. Hopko was elected to Parliament from the pro-European Self-Reliance Party in 2014 and later served as an independent MP. In 2014, Foreign Policy magazine named Ms. Hopko a “Leading Global Thinker”. That same year, she received the “Certificate of Merit” from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service Leadership Seminar and was honored with the National Democratic Institute Democracy Award for her efforts to further the cause of democracy in Ukraine. She has spoken on security issues at forums hosted by Canada, such as the 95th Rose-Roth Seminar of the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association held in Kyi vand was the keynote speaker alongside Canada’s Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland at the 2019 Ukraine Reform Conference in Toronto sponsored by Global Affairs Canada. Hanna belongs to Young Global Leaders Networks of WEF ( World Economic Forum) and Munich Security Conference.
Ivan Horský
Since 2005 Consul General of the Slovak Republic in Krakow. Graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy at the Comenius University in Bratislava. In 1999 worked for the Ministra of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic. In the years 2000-2004 Consul General of the Slovak Republic in Bonn, Germany. In 2004 held the office of the Director of the Press and Communication Department.
