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Piotr Naimski

Piotr Naimski

Polish politician, former Secretary of State at the Ministry of Economy. PhD degree in sciences at Warsaw University. From 1999 to October 2001 Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek’s advisor on national security. Member of the Team for the Diversification of Natural Gas Supplies to Poland. Coordinated the activities leading to the signing of the agreement on natural gas supplies from Norway. In 2000–2001 member of the Supervisory Board of the Polish Oil and Gas Company (PGNiG). Professor and, since 2003, Dean of the Faculty of Political Studies at the National-Louis University in Nowy Sącz, Poland.

  

Gusztáv Nemes

Research fellow in the Institute of Economics at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (agricultural and rural policy group). 1996-1997 visiting researcher at the Centre for the Study of Democracy in the Institute of Westminster, London. Main fields of interest: recent economic and social transition in Hungary, changes of labour market, small-scale agriculture and the coping strategies of former industrial commuters in disadvantaged rural areas.   

Gyorgy Németh

Commercial counsellor of the Embassy of the Republic of Hungary in Warsaw. Graduated in agricultural sciences from the University of Gardening and international economic relations from the University of Economics in Budapest. Between 1978 and 1990 worked for one of the biggest Hungarian foreign trade companies, for the last 6 years as Head of the company’s office in Warsaw. In 1990-1994 one of the top foreign trade managers of a leading industrial company in Hungary. From 1994 to 2002 and since 2004 commercial counsellor at the Hungarian Embassy in Warsaw. 

Eszter Neuberger

Eszter Neuberger

A young scholar and a journalist. Holds BA in Media an Communication Studies with Journalism specialization, currently researching the public discourse on Holocaust in post-WWII Hungary for her master degree in Media Research at Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest. From this September Eszter will focus on Nationalism Studies at Central European University. Besides her academic activities Eszter is a permanent guest author of hvg.hu (the online edition of HVG weekly) writing mostly about civil society, the social welfare system and covering topics related to unprivileged groups of society. She is a VSS alumna from 2012.

Milan Nič

Milan Nič

Politologist, historian. Former program manager at the Institute for Civic Diplomacy (ICD) of Pontis Foundation, an independent NGO based in Bratislava, Slovakia. Reporter of Radio Free Europe and SME (Slovakian daily). Organiser of humanitarian aid for Cuba and for Belarus. Since October 2007 work in the time of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina.  

Ludĕk Niedermayer

Ludĕk Niedermayer

Luděk Niedermayer was born on 13 March 1966 in Brno, Czech Republic. In 1989 he graduated in Theoretical Cybernetics, Mathematical Informatics and Systems Theory at the Faculty of Science at the University of Jan Evangelista Purkyně in Brno (now Masaryk University) and holds RNDr. degree.
In 1991 he joined the Czech National Bank where he worked for 17 years in area of financial markets and monetary policy. He served twice at the Bank Board (8 years in a position of Vice-governor). From 2008 to 2014 he was a Director of Consulting Department in Deloitte.
During his work he cooperated with IMF, IBRD or BIS on several projects and working groups, contributed to publications on reserve management, risk management and monetary policy. He publishes regularly economics articles in press and cooperates with the non-profit sector. He is a member of Advisory board of Central banking publications and leads training programs for central bankers.
In 2014 he was elected as a Member of European Parliament where he acts as a full member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and a substitute member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE).
Luděk Niedermayer lives near Prague, is married and has three children.

Petr Nižňanský

Petr Nižňanský's art studies took place from 1971 to 1975 in Bratislava then from 1978 to 1984 in Prague, in the Academy of Fine Arts.

In Prague, for many years he ran the fine Pyramida Gallery on Národní třída near the National Theatre. Together with his partners, they enabled many Czech and Slovak artists to exhibit in the Pyramida premises. The sculptural work of P. Nižňanský is consistently and essentially anchored in the theme of man.

After many individual exhibitions, mainly in Prague (since 1985) and collective exhibitions in Bohemia, Moravia, Slovakia and in his native Danube Streda (Žitnoostrov Museum 1988), and after exhibitions abroad (Paris, Dijon, Reims, Toulouse, Nimes), Peter Nižňanský is finally presenting himself in Bratislava.

Małgorzata Nocuń

Małgorzata Nocuń

Journalist of Tygodnik Powszechny weekly, covers social and political issues concerning Eastern Europe. Awarded by the Mayor of Kiev and independent research institute with the Golden Pen for the best information adbout Orange Revolution in foreign media. 

Jerzy Marek Nowakowski

Jerzy Marek Nowakowski

Historian, publicist and politician. Untill February 2007 subeditor of Wprost weekly. Polish commentator in national as well as commercial Polish TV stations. Former Undersecretary of State in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister. Director of the East Center of Polish Open University and deputy of the board of foundation „ Aid for Poles in the East”. Author of many publications about Polish eastern politics.

Sinead O’Gorman

Sinead O’Gorman is the European Director at Scholars at Risk (SAR). Based in the UK, Ms. O’Gorman leads SAR’s international outreach efforts, including the design and implementation of SAR’s strategy for Europe, establishing national and regional SAR sections and increasing global participation in SAR’s protection and prevention activities.Ms. O’Gorman previously served as Deputy Executive Director at Scholars at Risks’ New York office, and has over 15 years’ experience in higher education, development cooperation and human rights. Prior to joining SAR, Ms. O’Gorman served as Program Officer-Africa at the Institute of International Education (IIE) and held program and research positions at the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA) in London and at the Irish Council for International Students (ICOS) in Dublin. She holds an MSc in Development Studies from the London School of Economics, an MA in French from the Université de Montréal, a BA in English and French from Trinity College Dublin and was a pensionnaire étrangère at the Ecole normale supérieure (ENS), rue d’Ulm.

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