April 27-28,
2004
Ambassador
Visits Boston
Ambassador Simonyi visited Boston, MA from April 27-28. The Ambassador delivered a keynote speech at a Business Conference hosted and organized by Mr. Gabor Garai, Honorary Consul of Hungary, and the International Trade and Development Agency of Hungary (ITD-H).
In a meeting with Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, the Ambassador and the Governor discussed the possibility of cooperation between Hungary and the state of Massachusetts with special regard to venture capital investments in Hungary and partnerships between high-tech American and Hungarian companies in the field of medical technology and biotechnology. Ambassador Simonyi also met with the President of the Massachusetts Senate, Robert E. Travaglini.
Ambassador Simonyi met with Dean Joseph Nye of the Kennedy School of Government and Dean Stephen W. Bosworth and Executive Associate Dean Gerard F. Sheehan of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. The Ambassador's schedule included numerous lectures and presentations both at the Kennedy School at Harvard University and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. At the Kennedy School, he spoke to participants of the Black Sea Security Program and the European Breakfast Series. At Fletcher, he had a discussion with Anna Seleny's class about the European Union and Hungary, and spoke at Professor Pfaltzgraff's International Security Studies program luncheon lecture series.
Ambassador Simonyi met with the leaders of the Society of Massachusetts Hungarians and participated in a social event with the members of the Boston Hungarians Network.
Ambassador Simonyi spoke with Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney
Meeting with Mass. Senate President Robert E. Travaglini
Honorary Consul Gabor Garai, President Travaglini and Amb. Simonyi
At Harvard's Kennedy School of Government with Dean Joseph Nye
Amb. Simonyi receives a gift from Prof. Pfaltzgraff of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
At a meeting with Boston-area Hungarians
