„Future scientists for sustainable development” 3rd VUA YOUTH scientific conference

On 23 November 2016, Visegrad University Association and the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences of the Szent István University organized the 3rd international scientific conference for students in Gödöllő, Hungary.

In 2014, the representatives of the VUA partner universities decided to provide a forum to the young scientists to introduce their research results and deepen the professional relationship among the students of partner universities.

This event took place along with the student scientific conference organized for Hungarian students. More than 100 students could present their work in 11 Hungarian and 3 international sessions. In the VUA YOUTH sessions, 31 research papers have been submitted by nearly 40 students from 19 countries (not only from VUA members): Slovakia, Czech Republic, Russia, Hungary, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya,Serbia, India, Armenia, Laos, Burundi, China, Kosovo, Algeria, Uganda, Madagascar, Romania and Syria. Over 50 people attended the VUA YOUTH sessions and the total number of attendees was over 250.

Awards:

Session of BSc-MSc students:

1^st prize: Kennedy Mutua

2^nd prize: Favour Ugomma Opara

3^rd prize: Nol Krasniqi

Session of MSc students:

1^st prize: Daniel Ayisi Nyarko

2^nd prize: Gregory Obozuwa – Chandalin Vongvilay

3^rd prize: Vao Fenotiana Razamahandry

Session of PhD students:

1^st prize: Ravindra Hewa Kuruppuge – Aled Gregar

2^nd prize: Michaela Sugrova – Peter Sedik – Veronika Svetlikova

3^rd prize: Musaab Mousa

Special awards were handed out for excellent presentations offered by the PhD School of Management and Business Administration of SZIU to the participants listed below:

• Ambuj Sharma
• Mariam Hamida

Congratulations to the organizers for the successful conference and to all the participants for the high quality presentations!