Program

This event is organized in cooperation with our local partner in Budapest, the Danube Institute.

13:30 – 14:00Arrival & Registration
14:00 – 14:10Intro & Welcome Remarks

  • Melissa O’Sullivan, Deputy Director, Danube Institute

Opening Remarks  

  • Barbara Kolm, Director, AEC; President of Hayek Institute, Vienna
14:10 – 14:20Opening Presentation – “The Beauty of the Free Market”

14:25 – 14:55Keynote Address – “Is there an AI bubble”

14:55 – 15:35Panel 1

  • Max Rangeley, Editor, The Cobden Centre, Author of The Age of Debt Bubbles (2025): “Is the West in Civilisational Decline?”
  • Richard Teather, Tax Policy Expert and Offshore Tax Specialist: “Is the West in Financial Decline?”
15:35 – 16:00Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:25Panel 2: “Can free markets save the West?”

  • David Frost, the Rt Hon Lord Frost of Allenton PC CMG, Director General of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA)
16:30 – 18:00Panel 3 – Discussion: “The Importance of Affordable and Reliable Energy Supply for Prosperity – Perspectives from Various Angles and Nations”

  • Barbara Kolm, Director, Austrian Economics Center, President of the Hayek Institute, Vice Director of the Austrian National Bank
  • Drew Bond, Co-founder & Executive Chairman, Conservative Coalition for Climate Solutions (C3 Solutions)
  • Szabolcs Pásztor, Economist, Research Director, Oeconomus Economic Research Foundation
  • Philip Pilkington, Macroeconomist, Visiting Fellow, Danube Institute

Moderator: Mátyás Vajda, Research Fellow, Danube Institute

18:00 – 18:10Audience Q&A
18:10 – 18:15Closing Remarks

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