October 6–7, 2026 Details subject to change
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Morning
Midday
Afternoon
Evening
Tuesday, 6 October
Vienna City Hall
18:00 – 19:30
Partisan Awards Gala (Pre-register at the Summit Hub)
19:30-22:00
Opening reception (Pre-register at the Summit Hub)
Wednesday, 7 October
Festsaal
9:00
Opening & kick-off
Josef
Lentsch
Political Communication Summit & Partisan
9:13
Video message from Federal President
Alexander
Van der Bellen
Federal President of Austria
9:15
Welcome remarks
Bettina
Emmerling
City of Vienna
9:30
Leading with Clarity
Beate
Meinl-Reisinger
Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs
10:00
Policy leadership: When the rules change, who shapes what comes next?
Timm
Bopp
Bernstein Group
Sonia
Staicu
11:00
What would Monnet say? Modern political communication through a historic lens
Jean-Marc
Lieberherr Monnet
Institut Jean Monnet
11:30
Future of Social Media
Anna
Zeiter
W Social
12:00
Reach millions on a budget: the challenges of an institutional election campaign
Philipp
Schulmeister
European Parliament
12:30
Of Shields and Walls: Defending the European communication space
Tomáš
Halász
Trollwall
Omri
Preiss
Alliance4Europe
13:00
Citizen-driven communication & the end of TTPA
Yacine
El Laoui
Datack
Perrine
Bon
Say It Louder
14:00
From Press Coverage to Platform Control: Rethinking Media Strategy
Pedro
Sacadura
Action Global
Andreas
Grassl
René
Moerland
Euractiv
15:00
Weaponized Narratives: political communication in an age of foreign influence and misinformation
Andrea
Liebman
Swedish Psychological Defence Agency
Martin
Muller
Austrian Bundeskanzleramt
Léa
Surugue
Vigilance and Protection against Foreign Digital Interference, Government of France
16:00
The Future of Europe: Germany and France in 2027
Nicolas
Schwendemann
ressourcenmangel (RYSM)
Jochen
König
Cosmonauts & Kings
Flo
Barre
Qomon
Fabian
Sommavilla
17:00
Coming to a political theatre near you? Lessons from the US Midterm campaigns
Gabriella
Zutrau
@ednatherunt
Michael
Cohen
Cohen Research Group
18:00
Ending keynote
Heiko
Kretschmer
18:30
Legislative Scrutiny, AI and Digital Law Making
Franklin De
Vrieze
Westminster Foundation for Democracy
Wappensaal
Europe on the Frontline: How to Communicate Security with Clarity
Julius
von Freytag-Loringhoven
Friedrich Naumann Foundation
AI in Public Institutions: Digital Governance & The Practicalities
Dieter
Brader
Austrian Foreign Ministry (BMEIA)
Romana
Lanzerstorfer
Austrian Parliamentary Administration
Welcome to the party: Challenges and opportunities for political organisations
Niko
Alm
NEOS
Lisa Marlene
Treiling
Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
Three Ways Politicians Set Their Digital Teams Up to Fail (And How to Stop)
Moors
Young Political Communicators Club
Are female politicians better communicators?
Pauline
Verhaeghe
ELECTA
Megan
Flynn Dixon
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LLMs as new political stakeholders
Julian
Schibberges
Creators, Campaigns and the New Information Order
Molly
Fluet
YouGov
Jemma
Conner
Artificial Twins
Damian
Collins
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Trygve
Olson
16:30
Beyond the Press Release: Why We Must Speak the Creator Language
Yasser
Machat
Future trends in political communication
Stefan
Unger
de’ge’pol
17:30
How to speak like a populist: Communicating in plain and simple language
Clare
O'Donoghue Velikic
Before the Surge: What the First 72 Hours Reveal About a Political Narrative Crisis
Brezina
Gerulata
The political storefront: Humour that draws people in
Sebastian Savio
Norby
Liberal Alliance (Denmark)
Kleiner Salon
13:30
Elected. Now What? What essential capabilities do politicians need for their first year in office?
Suki
Capobianco
Better Politics Foundation
Sonja
Jöchtel
Love Politics
Creating trusted messengers: A practical guide to digital relational organising
The New Digital Ground Game: Mobilising supporters effectively in the age of GDPR and TTPA
Jim
Arkedis
Electica
Winning Against the Tide: The Strategy Behind D66’s Election Victory
Jan
Sinnige
D66
Marc
van Eck
New Growth Strategies
Eric
Kramer
WPP Netherlands
What every political communicator needs to know about field & digital mobilization in 2026
Building support in a low-trust political environment
Simon
Baugh
Kingsford Strategy
George
Kyrke-Smith
Panterra Global
Political Messaging for the Scroll - What Actually Persuades on TikTok in 2026?
Caitlín
Otway
411
From Clicks to Cash to Election Day: How Gamification Mobilises Supporters and Multiplies Donations
Tamara
Tachynska
Qela
Bound to Win? Building Trust in an Unconstrained Information Environment
Adalbert
Jahnz
European Commission
Towards a Parliament of Things: Agentic AI for Scalable Collective Decision-Making
Yanis
Gomes
CiviqHub
Winning Back Minds and Hearts: What Research Tells Us About Reconnecting Citizens with Politics
Jennifer
Nadel
Compassion in Politics
David
Mair
Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Grauer Salon
Policy communications for Civil Society: why CSOs need to up their policy comms game
Rowan
Emslie
Centre for Future Generations
How to beat the far right
Eske
Vinther-Jensen
Common Consultancy
One Europe, 27 Publics: EU communication priorities and local reach
Richard
Kühnel
Messaging in the world's democracies - Europe, US, India
Mohan
Sai Dutt Alla
Dock Consulting
Platform metrics are $#%&!: How to Optimise Campaigns for Growth instead of Intensity
Tom
Greenwood
Logiq Media
Dirk
Kunze
Advocacy campaigns that drive real policy change
Alberto
Alemanno
HEC Paris & Harvard
You cannot buy trust: reaching Europeans when paid is not enough
Nastja
Klemencic
Levi
Cronos Europa
Not Just Another Press Release: How civic tech turns citizens from audiences into participants
Hendrik
Nahr
Make.org
Political Branding: how rising stars in politics are made
Kitti
Ágoston
Former Communications Director, Tisza Party
How to win back Europe's Centre
Karl
Jurka
Nikola
Donig
European Forum Alpbach
Beyond the Broadcast: From Political Communication to Intelligent Human Engagement
Robert
Hinsch
Lili
Jassemi
Steinerner Saal
Building Bots to Mobilise: Strategies for grassroots mobilisation
How to Use Primary Data to Improve EU Communication
Filippo
de Fabrizio
Wordsmiths of the 21st century: AI-assisted speechwriting and manifesto writing
Josh
Molofsky
Lobbying-Campaigning: Why your political efforts need broader campaigning in the attention economy we operate in
Peter
Köppl
Mastermind
Engage Voters, Not Haters: AI Moderation for Political Campaigns
AI and LLMs in practice: how your comms & tech toolkit is changing
Getting to Know Your Constituents — Without Asking More Questions
Oliver
Vogel
Observer
Florian
Laszlo
Narrative Intelligence for Stratcomms: Decoding Propagations and Reshaping the Digital Public Arena
Sara
Mercereau
OPSCI
Silent Stage
Why AI Is Reshaping Public Affairs
Leon
Braun
GovernLens
10:30
Hope-based Communication: Beyond the Politics of Fear and Outrage
Thomas
Coombes
Using autonomous AI Voice agent in Survey Campaigns
Denis
Libouton
The Unreachables: Using Hyper-Local Digital Campaigns to Rebuild the Missing Middle of Political Engagement
Patrick
Blacker
Global Elections and AI index
Ghost Town: Far-Right AI Rappers & The New Rules of Political Persuasion
Ned
Mendez
Researcher
Why People Don’t Trust Institutions - and How to Fix It
Katherine
Diggory
14:30
Beyond Big Agency Politics: AI and the Underserved Local Market
Barbora
Petrova
Political communication in local politics
Luca
Piwodda
Gatz
Stop Optimising Messages. Start Understanding Pressure: Why political communication fails in stressed societies
Gülcin
Sinav
Medeni
Sungur
When AI Takes Sides Depending on Language: Narrative Distortion in War and Geopolitics
Ihor
Samokhodskyi
Stop explaining. Start showing: How we turned IP into a story people actually care about
Pablo
Perez Armenteros
EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Agency)
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