Ageing: A New Challenge for the Economy and Society – under this title, the Section of Economic Policy and Economic Theory of the Hungarian Economic Association, in cooperation with the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Section IX (Economic and Legal Sciences), is organizing a professional conference as part of the MTA200 event series. The conference will take place on Thursday, 26 February 2026, from 10:00 a.m., in the Reading Room of the main building of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1051 Budapest, Széchenyi István tér 9.).
The morning session of the conference will review the demographic and macroeconomic aspects of ageing, while the afternoon program will focus on the main areas of pension research. Among the speakers at the conference will be, inter alia, Péter Halmai, Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and President of the Section of Economic Policy and Economic Theory of the Hungarian Economic Association; Gábor Horváth, President of the Fiscal Council; as well as pension experts András Simonovits and József Banyár.
The invitation and the detailed program of the event can be downloaded by clicking here (PDF).
Participation in the conference is free of charge; however, due to the limited seating capacity of the venue, prior registration is required. Registration is available at this link.