April 4, 2025 (Friday)

Theme: Analysis of the Relationship Between Science and Religion

12:30-13:00 Arrival and Registration

13:00-13:30 Opening remarks
Eszter Lukács, Vice President (Széchenyi István University)
Orsolya Pacsay-Tomassich, President (Hungarian Diplomatic Academy)
András Tóth, President (Stanley Jaki Society)

13:30-13:50 Rafael Pascual, L.C. (Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum, Rome): Some Ways to Conceive the Relation Between Science and Religion (In Italian)

13:50-14:10 Ferenc Janka (Gál Ferenc University): Who is the God of the mature person?

14:10-14:30 Fülöp Kisnémet, OSB (Sapientia College of Theology of Religious Orders): The Practice of Theology in the Spirit of Transdisciplinarity: Magisterial Developments with Special Reference to the Pontificate of Pope Francis

14:30-14:50 Miklós Pogrányi Lovas: Religion: The Engine of History

14:50-15:10 Break

15:10-15:30 Henrietta Szabó: A Systematic Analysis of the Relationship Between Religion and Science

15:30-15:50 László F. Csorba (Educational Authority): Christianity, Taoism, and the Natural Sciences: A Search for Intellectual Roots

15:50-16:10 Mária Gabriella Both (Apor Vilmos Catholic College): Scripture and the Voice of Nature

16:10-16:30 Break

16:30-16:50 András Horváth (Széchenyi István University): The Laws of Creation and the Creation of Laws

16:50-17:10 Gergely Bognár (Research Group on Religion and Science at Széchenyi István University, Révai Miklós Grammar School and Dormitory): How Can the Existence of Evil Be Reconciled with the Existence of God Through the Autonomy of Beings?

17:10-17:30 Ferenc Barla (Széchenyi István University): The Adverse Impact of Civilization on Evolution

17:30-17:50 Attila Szombath (Pázmány Péter Catholic University): Evolution in the Philosophical Thought of Thomas Nagel and Béla Weissmahr

19:00 Concert

 

April 5, 2025 (Saturday)

Theme: Christian Responses to Contemporary Challenges, with a Special Focus on Artificial Intelligence

9:00-9:20 László Nádai and Balázs Németh (HUN-REN Institute for Computer Science and Control): Autonomous Vehicles from a Christian Perspective

9:20-9:40 Sándor Verdes (Green-S Studio): Will AI Love, Cry, or we? The Role of Creative Human/Human Creativity in AI Technology Development and Application

9:40-10:00 Péter Szármes (Tulip Interfaces Ltd.): Cognitive Ability and Unpredictability: Creativity in Human and Artificial Intelligence

10:00-10:20 Ferenc András (University of Pannonia): Image of God and AI

10:20-10:40 Break

10:40-11:00 Gábor Ambrus (Charles University, Prague; Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome): The Christian Faith in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Pitfalls and Ways Forward (In English)

11:00-11:20 Ágnes Tahyné Dr. Kovács (Pázmány Péter Catholic University): Balancing Innovation and Integrity: Ethical Challenges in Regulating AI for a Sustainable Future (In English)

11:20-11:40 Thomas Fowler (Xavier Zubiri Foundation): Limitations of Artificial Intelligence and What They Tell Us About Human Reality (In English)

11:40-12:00 Balázs Mezei (Corvinus University of Budapest): The Significance of the Concept of Revelation in the Relationship Between Religion and Science (In English)

12:00-12:20 Anna Varga-Jani (Makovecz Campus Foundation, Collegium Professorum Hungarorum Institute): Interpretative Possibilities of the Dark Light of Faith in the Thought of Saint Thomas Aquinas (In English)

12:20-13:00 buffet lunch

13:00-13:20 Lucía Guerra Menéndez (EU-San Pablo University, Madrid): Truth, Science, and Free Will in the Bioethical Debate (In English)

13:20-13:40 Stacy Trasancos (Seton Hall University, USA): Organoid Intelligence (OI) and the Human Embryo Nightmare (In English)

13:40-14:00 Antonio Colombo (Editor and Italian Translator of Szaniszló Jáki’s Works): Stanley Jaki, Pierre Duhem, and the Birth of Science. On the So-called Conflict Between Science and the Catholic Church (In English)

14:00-14:20 Bence Masir (ELTE USUARIUM Liturgical Research Group): Magic from America: “Enchantment” in David Bentley Hart and Rod Dreher (In English)

15:00 Departure for the Pannonhalma Archabbey from the bus stop behind the Győr National Theatre

15:30 Arrival, followed by a wreath-laying at the grave of Stanley Jaki OSB in the crypt of the Chapel of The Blessed Virgin, then Holy Mass in the Basilica

17:15 Departure for Győr

17:45 Arrival at the bus stop behind the Győr National Theatre