3rd Pázmány State Aid Law Forum
3rd Pazmany State Aid Law Forum - 25 September 2026 (REGISTRATION OPEN)
Pázmány State Aid Law Forum 2026
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25 September 2026
Programme to be announce later.
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Programme
8.30-9.00 Registration and coffee
9.00-9.15 Welcome address by Pál Szilágyi (PPCU, director of Competition Law Research Center)
9.15-11.00 First panel: Recent developments and Challenges at EU and Member States levels
chaired by Tihamér Tóth (judge of the General Court of the EU and prof. at PPCU)
9.20-9.50 William Valasidis (Judge at the General Court of the EU): Highlights from the case law of the EU Courts
9.50-10.10 Andrea Bomhoff (Head of unit, DG Competition, European Commission): Recent developments in State aid control
10.10-10.30 Anita Gyürkés (head of the State Aid Monitoring Office): A Member State perspective
10.30-10.50 Patrycja Sobczak (Deputy Director of the Department of State Aid Monitoring in the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection): State aid enforcement in Poland
10.50-11.00 Discussion
11.20-11.30 Coffee break
11.30-12.45. Second panel: State aid in the defence sector
chaired by Eszter Hargita Ph.D. (Hungarian State Aid Monitoring Office)
Panel members: Peter Staviczky (Permanent Representation of Hungary to the EU), Prof. Caroline Buts (Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Áron Kovalóczy (DLA Piper, Budapest)
12.45-13.30 Lunch Break
Afternoon sessions chaired by Gábor Fejes (DLA Piper, Budapest)
13.30-15.00 Third panel: private enforcement of state aid law - contract law implications
Panel members: Daniel Colgan (DLA Piper, Brussels), Ákos Mohay (European Investment Bank), prof. András Osztovits (Professor, Károli Gáspár Universtiy), Nicole Deneka (University of Krakow)
15.00 Closing remarks by Tihamér Tóth
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Venue
Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences
H-1088 Budapest, Szentkirályi u. 28.
Our University is the oldest still existing Hungarian universitas. Its founder, Péter Pázmány, was the most influential figure of the 17th century Catholic palingenesis, whose works prepared the way for the fame of the Hungarian literary language. His language and multy-coloured style established a convention to be followed for centuries, and his works of almost 12 thousand pages are a treasure of Hungarian literature. During the Turkish occupation, Pázmány acted "according to the desolate state of the country", when, keeping an eye on the welfare of the whole country, for the sake of the elevation of the nation, he established the university by his founding letter of 12 May 1635, which is significant in the history of the Hungarian educational system and chuch culture.
How to get there
H-1088 Budapest, Szentkirályi u. 28.
Registration to the 3rd Pázmány State Aid Law Forum on the 25th of September 2026
Thanks to the generouos sopnsorship of DLA Piper the participation at the event is free, but subject to regsitration.
Or use this link: https://forms.office.com/e/49vgP73hCA
