Third annual Budapest AI and Security Symposium (BAISS) 2025

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

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