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Join us for the third edition of the international Budapest AI and Security Symposium - a day full of AI presentations, workshops, and more.About this Event
Welcome to the Third annual Budapest AI and Security Symposium (BAISS) 2025! Join us at ESSCA School of Management on October 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM (Europe/Budapest) for a day filled with cutting-edge discussions on artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. Don't miss out on this opportunity to network with industry experts and learn about the latest trends in the field. See you there!
Agenda
8:30-9: 00 Registration
9:00-9:30 Opening Remarks
Prof. Dr. Gábor Náray-Szabó | MTA, President Szent Gellért Rotary Club, Co-Organizer
Zsuzsa Deli-Gray | ESSCA Budapest Campus Director, Professor
Julia Molnar | Governor, Rotary Clubs of Hungary
Balazs Nagy | CEO, NewPush
Dr. Réka Szemerkényi | Director for Foreign and Security Policy, Equilibrium Institute
9:30-10:30 Opening Keynote Panel - The Transformative Moment of AI: The New Learning Ecosystem - From Changing the Classroom to Driving the Economy
Dr. Péter Galambos | Vice-Rector for Innovations, Óbuda University
Prof. Dr. Gábor Náray-Szabó | MTA, President Szent Gellért Rotary Club, Co-Organizer
10:30-11:30 Panel 1 - The Transformative Moment of AI: From Profiting Business and Institutions to Revolutionizing them
Ákos Janza | President of AmCham Hungary , Advisor to the president of Masterplast, Head of Enterprise Transformation at Masterplast
Eva Hegedus | Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Granit Bank
Vilma Misiukoniené | EU Affairs and Digital Policies, Digital Transformation
Moderator:
Réka Szemerkényi* | Director for Foreign and Security Policy, Equilibrium Institute
11:30-13:00 Lunch - Luncheon Keynote: AI at Scale: From Enterprise Innovation to Economic Transformation
Prasad Beesabathuni* | President & CEO, Intellibee
Sreedhar Kajeepeta* | President/Founder Adunik Inc and CTO at 7t.ai
13:00-14:00 Panel 2 - The AI Paradigm Shift: International Perspectives
Prof. Dr. Massimiliano Albanese* | Professor & Associate Chair for Research, Dept. of Information Sciences and Technology, George Mason University
Johannes Bernhardt | CEO, Bonn Consulting, German Critical Infrastructure Expert
Prof. Dr. Alex Szalay | Bloomberg Distinguished Professor (Director, IDIES), Johns Hopkins University
Mihály Zala | Cyber Security Leader | Ernst & Young Hungary
Moderator:
Balázs Scheidler | CEO| Axoflow
14:00-14:15 Coffee break
14:15-15:15 Panel 3 - AI Changing the Role of Educators - Mentor, Curator, Facilitator and the Curriculum of the Future - What to Teach When AI Knows Everything?
Milán Balázs | Assistant Lecturer, Óbuda University, Co-Inventor of BlackAnt
László Dellei | CISO | PTE
László Hankiss | Deputy CEO, Gránit Bank
Dr. Gergely Szabó | Partner at Bán S. Szabó Rausch & Partners
Joshua Vogelstein (online / video message) | Director of the Neurodata Lab, Johns Hopkins
Theodore Sebastian Boone | Of Counsel, Dentons and Member of the Faculty, Corvinus University of Budapest School of Business
Moderator:
Júlia Molnár | Governor Rotary District 1911 (Hungary), Co-Organizer
15:15-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-16:30 Panel 4 - Ethical and Security Issues
Dr. Viktor Vajda | Deputy Managing Director for Operations, Neumann János Nonprofit Közhasznú Kft
András Várfi | Founder | 4tress Kft.
András Cser (video message) | Guest speaker from Forrester
Dave Krasner (video message) | CEO, MCK Group
Pete Shoard | Gartner VP Analyst
Dr. Gábor Dobos | Senior Research Fellow, National University of Public Service, Advisor, Hungarian Parliament
Hajdú-Németh László Jr. | Executive Director, Morgan Stanley Budapest
Moderator:
Erzsébet Kovácsné Gila | Secretary, Former Rotary Governor
16:30-17:30 Closing Keynote Panel - Global Inequalities and AI Solutions
Eli Braginskiy(online / video message) | CEO, Metadialog
Prof. Dr. György Eigner | Dean, Óbuda University, Co-Inventor of BlackAnt
Balazs Nagy | CEO, NewPush
Moderator:
Vilmos Rádi | President of Rotary Academy, We-Know Zrt, Pazmany Peter Catholic University Legal Faculty
17:30-18:30 Networking reception
Main Auditorium
🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Registration and networking
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Opening Remarks
🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Keynote from Higher Education Leaders
Info: The Transformative Moment of AI: The New Learning Ecosystem - From Changing the Classroom to Driving the Economy
🕑: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Keynote and Roundtable with Practitioners and Analysts
Info: The Transformative Moment of AI: From Profiting Business and Institutions to Revolutionizing them
🕑: 11:30 AM - 01:00 PM
Lunch Break and Networking
🕑: 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
The US perspective on the Paradigm Shift (Johns Hopkins U & George Mason U)
Info: The AI Paradigm Shift: International Perspectives
🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:15 PM
Coffee Break and Networking
🕑: 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM
Analyst Keynotes — What is under hyped, and what is over hyped
Info: AI Changing the Role of Educators - Mentor, Curator, Facilitator and the Curriculum of the Future - What to Teach When AI Knows Everything?
🕑: 03:15 PM - 03:30 PM
Coffee Break and Networking
🕑: 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Round Table — Latest Updates, how to stay ahead
Info: Ethical and Security Issues
🕑: 04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
Closing Keynote Panel
Info: Global Inequalities and AI Solutions
🕑: 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Networking and dinner reception
NoéMI Workshop
🕑: 10:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Első rész - Virtuális munkatárs építése népszerű modellekkel
Host: Nagy Balázs - CEO, NewPush
🕑: 12:15 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch Break and Networking
🕑: 01:00 PM - 03:15 PM
Második Rész - Teljes marketing automatizáció MI ügynökökkel
Host: Nagy Balázs - CEO, NewPush
🕑: 03:15 PM - 03:30 PM
Coffe Break and Networking
🕑: 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Harmadik Rész - Biztonság
Host: Aanjhan Ranganathan Associate Prof at Northeastern Univ
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
ESSCA School of Management, 6 Czuczor utca, Budapest, Hungary
Tickets
HUF 0.00 to HUF 125000.00
