Organizers
Conference Board
Advisory Board
Dr. Róbert Kovács
Vice-Dean and Head of the Institute of Economics and Managements at the Faculty of Economics, Health Sciences and Social Studies of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary
He is specialized in management, services and finance of subnational governments
Prof. Dr. Dr. Volker Kessler
Dean of GBFE, Professor extrarordinarius at University of South Africa and University of Pretoria
My main research area is the intersection of theology and leadership, or spirituality and management
Angelika Marsch
Board Member of Akademie für christliche Führungskräfte (AcF)
Research interest: Spiritual Leadership, Leadership transitions, linguistics and literacy
Dr. Alex Seidel
Associate Professor
Pentecostal Theological College in Budapest (PTF)
Subject responsible for management sciences and lecturer of several classes in this area
Rev Péter Bedekovics
Rev Peter Bedekovics is a minister in the Reformed Church in Hungary, and Assistant Lecturer at the Institute of Economics and Management at Karoli University
His research area is interdisciplinary: practical theology and leadership
Dr. Attila Endre Simay
Deputy Head of the Institute of Economics and Managements at Károli University
Main research and education focus is marketing communication and marketing management
Attila Reimer
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Akademíe für Christliche Führungskräfte (AcF) and senior program manager in the german automotive industry
Education and Research in the area of christian leadership
Barbara Dorogi
Conference coordinator, Faculty of Economics, Health Sciences and Social Studies of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary
Prof. Dr. Péter Balla
Vice-Rector for Religion and Spirituality of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary
Prof. Dr. Christoph Stenschke
Chairman of GBFE
Professor extrarordinarius at University of South Africa and University of Pretoria
Prof. Dr. József Mészáros
Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Health Sciences and Social Studies of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary
Organizer institutions
Károli Gáspár University
The Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary is a young institution with a long tradition. The university was established in its present form in 1993; however, its legal predecessors date back to 1839 and 1855. It is founded on the traditions of Reformed education, yet the university is open to professional innovation. Our nearly 8000 students can conduct their studies at five faculties which are the following: Faculty of Law, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, Faculty of Theology, Faculty of Economics, Health Sciences and Social Studies and Faculty of Pedagogy.
Website: https://english.kre.hu
GBFE
GBFE is an European network of eleven colleges in Denmark, Germany, Norway, Russia and Switzerland. It works in partnership to two South African universities. GBFE fosters international by organizing academic conferences and academic publications. The headquarter is near Cologne, Germany.
Website: https://gbfe.eu
Academy for Christian Leaders (AcF)
AcF (Academy of Christian leadership) offers a postgraduate leadership programme for leaders from the business world, faith-based organisations and churches.
Through partnership with two South African universities and one American universities students can achieve a Master in Leadership AcF initiated the first Christian Leadership Conference in Pretoria, 2013. Its headquarter is near Cologne, Germany.
Website: https://acf.de/
Pentecostal Theological College
The Pentecostal Theological College in Budapest (PTF) was established by the Evangelical Pentecostal Community in October 1991 with the aim of educating and training young people to serve the Lord in a Pentecostal environment. Since 2019 the institution enables the hybrid education method (online + classroom) for all classes. Currently more than 300 students are studying on our accredited, state-supported full-time and correspondence courses.
Website: www.pft.hu