The great scientists of the present and the promises of the future - Talent Day in Szeged

Hungary has made an enormous contribution to the scientific heritage of mankind, said Dr. Tamás Sulyok, President of Hungary, at the Talent Day hosted in Szeged by the National Academy for the Education of Scientists, operated by the National Medical Biological Foundation, where students and their teachers can meet Nobel Prize-winning scientists and renowned researchers.

According to the Head of State, Hungary is a country that not only welcomes scientists and academics, but is also home to many world-renowned scientists, Nobel Prize winners and inventors. In his opinion, Hungarians are proud to belong to a nation that has given the world outstanding scientists who have had a great impact on the world of science.

Hungarian scientists have opened a new era in technology, medicine and theoretical thinking, the President stressed, adding that they are respected by all those who seek answers to the ever-changing challenges of our time. He stressed that this is the heritage of Hungarian science and that we have a responsibility to preserve this rich national treasure.

Tamás Sulyok drew attention to the fact that some of the talented young people present may become famous scientists and researchers, following the example of outstanding Hungarian minds, and therefore they should be supported by providing opportunities, training, creating intellectual workshops and organizing extraordinary events such as the Szeged Talent Day.

Speaking about the Nobel laureates who participated in the event, the President said that they are the ones who have opened new dimensions, opened up new perspectives and paved new paths for the world. Today, in particular, it is evident that the present and the future are closely intertwined, with the greatest scientists of our time and promising talents of the future "shaking hands", a meeting that represents the continuity of knowledge, he added.

The President expressed hope that young people will be inspired and empowered by successful examples and that they will seize this opportunity, find encouragement and motivation to embark on the great path of scientists.
Dr. Tamás Sulyok said that it is an indescribable feeling to discover something new and groundbreaking in science that others have not yet been able to find or understand, and wished that the young people present at the Talent Day would experience this feeling one day.

At the event in Szeged, students of the National Academy for the Education of Scientists will have the opportunity to meet German-American Nobel Prize-winning biophysicist Joachim Frank, professor at Columbia University, British Nobel Prize-winning biochemist Tim Hunt, emeritus group leader of the Francis Crick Institute in London, and Israeli Nobel Prize-winning chemist Dan Shechtman, professor of materials science at the Israel University of Technology, as well as other renowned researchers.