Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog, Vice-President of the MTA Tamás Freud and President of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office József Pálinkás also attended the meeting in the Parliament building.
Also on the agenda was the question of how the Academy and the university system could attract even more foreign students and researchers to Hungary. The President of the MTA briefed the parties on ongoing developments and programmes, which the Prime Minister has given support to.
Mr. Havasi also said that during the talks special emphasis was placed on the direct industrial application of academic research programmes.