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Agricultural Section: New Members in the Board

Agricultural Section: New Members in the Board

The executive board of the Agricultural and Food Industry Section of the HEA has been strengthened with new members. In the recently concluded online election, voting members renewed their confidence for another three-year term in the section’s president, Attila...

Are we sure that every innovation is necessary?

Are we sure that every innovation is necessary?

From billion-dollar failures in the automotive industry to the legal regulation of artificial intelligence — at a sectional event of the HEA, three CEOs presented the darker side of innovation. Innovation is usually a celebrated concept: companies are expected to...

Rare Diseases: An Invisible Burden

Rare Diseases: An Invisible Burden

A scientific roundtable discussion addressed the individual and societal burdens of rare diseases, the challenges of financing innovative therapies, and the future of digital medicine. The term “rare disease” is misleading – as emphasized at a scientific event held at...

New HEA President in Békés County

New HEA President in Békés County

Róbert Kurtics, Head of Department at the Békés County Directorate of the Hungarian State Treasury, has been elected president of the HEA’s Békés County Organization during the online leadership renewal concluded on Wednesday. He succeeds István Zoltán Kása, Managing...

New Board Member in the EU Section

New Board Member in the EU Section

The board of the European Union Section of the HEA has been expanded with a new member: Ambassador Péter Mocsáry, EU integration advisor to the Government of the Republic of Serbia. During the recently concluded leadership renewal, members expressed their confidence...

Demography: Still with József Benda

Demography: Still with József Benda

The Demography Section of the HEA has re-elected socialization researcher József Benda as its President for another three-year term. At Wednesday’s officer election event, it was also announced that the voting members had renewed their confidence for another three...

Health Economics: Board Election Completed

Health Economics: Board Election Completed

The voting members of the Health and Healthcare Economics Section of the HEA decided not to change the composition of the Section’s leadership. During the recently concluded online election, they confirmed by a large majority the current Chair of the Section,...

Audit Section: Enikő Zsakó Re-elected

Audit Section: Enikő Zsakó Re-elected

As a result of a unanimous vote, the Audit Section of the HEA re-elected Enikő Zsakó, Deputy Managing Director of OTP Bank Plc., as its President for another three-year term. During the online election, voting members also unanimously supported the appointment of...

Re-elected president at the Public Finance Section

Re-elected president at the Public Finance Section

The Public Finance Section of the HEA has re-elected Richárd Adorján, Deputy State Secretary for Budget Affairs at the Ministry for National Economy, as its President for another three-year term by a large majority. In addition, the voting members unanimously...

Zoltán Mádi re-elected in Nyíregyháza

Zoltán Mádi re-elected in Nyíregyháza

By unanimous vote, the Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Organization of the Hungarian Economic Association (HEA) re-elected economist Zoltán Mádi, adjunct lecturer at Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, as its President for another three-year...