OBUDA UNIVERSITY

Trefort Agoston Centre for Engineer Education

November 6, 2010

Dr. István Simonics Associate professor

EF MNP 1993

Hungarian Fellows at a Glance

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EF History 1• In 1953, to celebrate President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s first birthday in the White House, a group of Pennsylvania businessmen established an international leader exchange program to honor Ike’s devotion to world peace. • The Eisenhower Fellowships differed from existing international scholarship and exchange programs because the Fellows, both from overseas and the United States, were not students or faculty, but mid-career professionals who had already achieved leadership positions. • EF bring two groups of approximately 25 outstanding mid-career Fellows (aged 32-45) drawn from 49 different countries to the U.S. annually for an intensive, individually designed program in the fellows professional field. Fellows are identified by high-level in-country nominating committees and selected by a committee at Eisenhower Fellowships headquarters in Philadelphia.

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EF History 2

• Over five decades of existence, some 1,700 emerging world leaders have become Eisenhower Fellows. • Since the late 1990s, EF has given high priority to the maintenance of an active network of alumni. An online Directory of Fellows and regularly-updated news on the EF website augmented the usefulness of the network.

http://www.eisenhowerfellowships.org/index.php• In 2008, the Eisenhower Day of Fellowship was initiated to renew the fellowship experience, increase the impact and visibility of Eisenhower Fellowships, and commemorate the founding of the organization. • In 2010 we have organized the first Eisenhower Day of Fellowship in Budapest.http://conf.uni-obuda.hu/Eisenhowerday_2010/index.html

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Years of Hungarian Fellowships

1940

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

2020

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Years of Hungarian fellowships

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– Procurement decision systems– Environment management

– Technical Scientific Cooperation – Monetary and capital mechanisms

– International Trade Rights– International negotiation– Transnational capital movement

– Informatics– Control systems

– Law and Economics

– Vocational teacher training– Distance learning– Feeding– Animal husbandry

– Environmental and human rights – Sustainable future

Topics of studies

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Decade 2: 1980-1990

Prof. Dr. László KEVICZKY, 1986

Topics– Informatics– Control systems– Optimization

Professor Former

– Vice Chairman and Secretary General of Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Dr. Csaba MAKÓ1987

Topics– Labour Market – Law and Economics – Management Science

Professor, University of Debrecen, Faculty of Economics

Director of Research, Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

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Decade 3: 1990-2000

Dr. István SIMONICS, 1993

Topics– Vocational teacher training– Vocational education, adult

training– Distance learning

Associated Professor at Obuda University Trefort Agoston Centre for Engineer Education

Dr. Béla BORSOS1994

Topics– Ecology – Alternative agricultural

systems– Intentional communities

Advisor for UN and UNDP

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Decade 3: 1990-2000

Dr. János GUNDEL, 1996

Topics– Animal husbandry – Feeding – Agricultural education

Professor at Budapest Business School College of Commerce, Catering and Tourism head of Hospitality Department

Dr. Miklós NÉMETH1997

Topics– Environmental protection – Water management– Sustainable future

Retired from Ministry of Rural Development

Advisor and expert

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Changes and Relationships Eisenhower Day of Fellowship in

Budapest

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Decade 4: 2000-2010

Dr. György RASKÓ, 2000

Topics– Agricultural policy issues– Commodity risk

management – Farms

CEO of Csopak Holding Ltd. and Tokaj Wine Ltd.

Dr. Kálmán KOVÁCS2001

Topics– Digital divide– Information Society– Sustainable future

Director of BME Federated Innovation and Knowledge Centre

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Decade 4: 2000-2010

Péter ROHONYI, 2008

Topics– Climate policies – Environmental and human

rights – Renewable energy

Expert of environmental sustainability

Zsófia CSEH2009

Topics– SMEs management– Environmental

protection – Sustainable future

Project manager in Organica Ltd.

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OBUDA UNIVERSITY

Trefort Agoston Centre for Engineer Education

Thank you for your attention!

Dr. István Simonics Associate professor

simonics.istvan at tmpk.uni-obuda.hu