3rd VUA YOUTH scientific conference - Press release

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 18 countries (not only from VUA members): Slovakia, Czech Republic, Russia, Hungary, Nigeria, Ghana, 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:

1st prize: Kennedy Mutua

2nd prize: Favour Ugomma Opara

3rd prize: Nol Krasniqi

Session of MSc students:

1st prize: Daniel Ayisi Nyarko

2nd prize: Gregory Obozuwa – Chandalin Vongvilay

3rd prize: Vao Fenotiana Razamahandry

Session of PhD students:

1st prize: Ravindra Hewa Kuruppuge – Aled Gregar

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

3rd 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!