HABA Women Forum – The Art of Reinvention

Program Starts: 9:30 – Ends: 16:00

Venue: Brody House, Budapest

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Schedule:

• 9:30-10:00 Arrivals

• 10:00-10:15 Opening Remarks

• British Embassy: HE Ambassador Justin McKenzie Smith
• HABA: Julia Veglesi
• British Council: TBC
• Brody: TBC

• 10:15 – 11:15: Panel 1 – The Art of Reinventing Industries

• 11:15-11:30: Short break

• 11:30 – 12:30: Panel 2 – The Art of Reinventing Individual(s)

• 12:30-13:30: Break / brunch

• 13:30 -14:30: Inner Growth Workshop

• 14:30-15:00: Quiz 

• 15:00 – 16:00: Networking

PERFORMERS

• Panel 1: The Art of Reinventing Industries, Moderator: TBD

• Dora Palfi:
• Dora is co-founder and CEO of imagi, an edtech company reimagining AI and technology education for the next generation. Dora has a bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience with a minor in Computer Science from New York University Abu Dhabi and has studied Human Computer Interaction at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, in Stockholm, as part of the European Union’s EIT Digital Master School, receiving merit based scholarships for both of these programs. She has worked as a developer at Morgan Stanley and as a UX Designer at Cisco. In addition to her work as co-founder & CEO of imagi, Dora serves on the Advisory Board of the Swedish Charter School network – Innovate Schools and she is also a Scout for the VC firm Andreesen Horowitz (a16z). Dora has been recognized on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list as one of Europe’s leading social entrepreneurs, as a Lead2030 winner by One Young World and serves as a Cartier Women’s Initiative Fellow.

• Noemi Bakos:

• Noémi Bakos, Founding Partner @ Equinox, Architect & Sustainability Consultant. Noémi completed her architecture studies in Germany (HS Koblenz, HTWG Konstanz) and Australia (UTS Sydney), followed by a MSc Architecture and Environmental Design degree (distinction) in the UK(UoW London). Noémi has been working as an architect and sustainability consultant on international projects of all scales in Germany, Switzerland, London and Hungary. As Founding Partner and Head of Project Management in Equinox, Noémi plays a key role in advancing the company’s vision to reinvent the construction industry through the Equinox-System™, delivering zero-carbon, healthy, and future-proof buildings accessible to all. Her social sensitivity shapes both her project work and office life, extending care and empathy rooted in family values to colleagues as the foundation of a strong, respectful, and responsible team.Noémi’s visionary and persistent approach to truly sustainable architecture has, among others, been recognised with the HuGBC Zero Carbon Award and announcement as Zero Carbon Ambassador in 2025.

• Zsofia Szemeredy:

• Zsófia Szemeredy works closely with film and TV productions to embed sustainability both strategically and creatively, with credits including Hijack, Alien: Romulus, Poor Things, Dune: Prophecy, and Moon Knight. A graduate of the National Film and Television School, she began her career in sales, distribution, and script development. With a passion for aligning impact with industry practice, she founded Leverage Point Entertainment to support the transition toward a low-carbon future and to advocate for systems-level thinking across development, financing, and production. Zsófia is also the founder of boutique production company, Palbion, dedicated to crafting compelling, commercially-minded stories rooted in the cultural richness of Central and Eastern Europe.

• Nicole Lakhotia:

• Nikoletta Lakhotia, half Ukrainian, half Hungarian, born and raised in Ukraine. Over the past five years, she has been travelling full-time while building and operating her businesses remotely. She previously served as Head of Operations at Tutor Job, the world’s leading tutor recruitment company, where she managed international operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. She brings over four years of experience in building CRM systems for international companies, alongside a background in UX/UI design. Since 2024, she has been Co-Founder of The Cabinett — a fashion tech startup dedicated to digitalising the tailoring space and the wider fashion industry. Within their atelier division, they focus on upcycling vintage fur and leather into modern pieces, combining technology with craftsmanship to preserve a disappearing craft tradition. The Cabinett has recently secured significant European Union funding to further develop their proprietary CRM system and marketplace — a digital infrastructure designed for tailors, stylists, fashion professionals, and brands.

• Panel 2: The Art of Reinventing Individual(s), Moderator: TBD 

• Anna Kalmar: 

• Anna Kalmár is a social entrepreneur and mental health professional, the founder of AdniJóga. She holds a Master’s degree in Social Innovation from the University of Cambridge and currently serves on the board of the Hungarian Coalition of Social Enterprises. She has been recognized as a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree in Hungary and named one of the Top 100 European Women in Social Enterprise in 2023. She is passionate about understanding how systemic change happens and how we can shape more just and equitable societies.

• Zsofia Szlamka:

• Dr Zsófia Szlamka is a psychologist, Forbes 30u30 social entrepreneur, and researcher. Zsófia co-founded Let’s CEE, the first youth mental health centre of Central and Eastern Europe. Let’s CEE curates a community of youth mental health professionals in the region, and implements integrated youth mental health hubs in its member countries, with ongoing service pilots in Hungary. Zsófia is also the founder of AMKA Counselling, a boutique mental health consultancy and community of counselling and clinical psychologists from Central and Eastern Europe. AMKA Counsellors support their clients’ mental health using culturally sensitive and evidence-based methodologies in a range of Central-Eastern European languages and in English. Zsófia is the Research Lead at Orygen Global, Australia’s centre of excellence for youth mental health. Zsófia is an alumna of the University of Cambridge, King’s College London, and Eötvös Loránd University. She was awarded the Madeleine K. Albright Leadership Award by the Aspen Institute CE for her work in Central Europe.

• Olena Ermolenko:

• Olena Ermolenko is National Communications Officer for the Green Agenda for Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine, implemented by the Stockholm Environment Intiostitute (SEI). She leads strategic communications on Ukraine’s green transitiontransin, climate policy, and EU integration, supporting policy dialogue and stakeholder engagement within broader sustainable development and decarbonisation processes. Her professional focus lies at the intersection of climate governance, international cooperation and public communication. She has extensive experience supporting Ukraine’s participation in high-level international climate processes, coordinating media engagement, and strengthening Ukraine’s international visibility on its climate agenda.Before joining SEI, Olena worked for over five years as a Senior Communication Expert within an EU-funded technical assistance project supporting the Government of Ukraine in its European integration efforts. She closely cooperated with central executive authorities, providing strategic communication support for EU alignment reforms and complex intergovernmental policy coordination. Her background combines international climate diplomacy, public sector communication and EU integration expertise in a complex geopolitical context. Graduated from King’s College London

• Betti Szanto: bio coming soon

• Daria Graesli: bio coming soon
• Inner Growth Workshop by Rebeka Gaal