The following article is a translation of a press release on the MCC Budapest Summit on Technology and Society, kindly made available to our editorial staff.
Focusing on the relationship between technological development and societal change, this year’s Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) international summit, the MCC Budapest Summit on Technology and Society, will take place in the capital on the first two days of the conference, 3–5 June, and will continue on the final day, 5 June, in 13 regional centres, bringing the views of world-leading thinkers to the Carpathian Basin.
The conference, organized by MCC, aims to ensure that the dialogue on the social, educational, and geopolitical impact of technology is not just the prerogative of Budapest; therefore, MCC will also be hosting professional presentations, panel discussions, and public meetings in Békéscsaba, Debrecen, Eger, Győr, Kaposvár, Miskolc, Pécs, Szeged, Székesfehérvár, Szekszárd, Szombathely, Veszprém, and Kolozsvár on 5 June.
Juan Martín López Fidanza, Director of Research at the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, will analyse the social and political impact of artificial intelligence, with a special focus on the experience of the Latin American region. In his presentation, he will shed light on how new technologies are transforming public life and how digital innovation can be a driver or a disruptor of social trust.
The guest speaker will be Chad C Pecknold, Professor at the Catholic University of America, who will emphasize the importance of personal dignity, community identity, and values-based thinking in the digital age. His lectures will concentrate on how to preserve human-scale communities and personhood in a world where technology plays an increasingly important role in the organization of public and private life.
‘MCC’s long-term mission [is] to strengthen international knowledge sharing, community dialogue, and intellectual values in all regions of the Carpathian Basin’
Saroj Bishoyi, a technology expert and senior fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation in India, who researches the digital transformation of developing countries, will provide a perspective from the Global South. His presentations will focus in particular on changes in education and the labour market, and on the societal challenges of the diffusion of artificial intelligence, where technological infrastructure is not yet evenly developed.
MCC’s regional centres will also host other guest speakers from abroad, who will bring the experiences and challenges of different continents to the national audience.
The MCC Budapest Summit on Technology and Society aims to answer the question of how to find the balance between innovation and traditional values in a rapidly changing world. The MCC Budapest Summit is also part of MCC’s long-term mission: to strengthen international knowledge sharing, community dialogue, and intellectual values in all regions of the Carpathian Basin.
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