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Four new speakers confirm their participation on EAPC2011

24.05.11 08:42

 

This week four international experts in political communication have confirmed their participation as speakers in the 16th European Association of Political Consultants (EAPC), which will be held in Madrid from 2nd to 4th June.

Ken Feltman, Gary Nordlinger, Bo Krogvig and Jan Juul Christensen will join the speakers panel. Here you can meet them. Here you can see their careers:

Ken Feltman

Ken Feltman

Ken Feltman is former president of International Association of Political Consultants (IAPC).

He is currently the
Chairman of Radnor Inc., Washington, D.C., which has affiliations with political and legislative firms in several countries. Radnor advises foreign corporations on U.S. political and legislative issues and assists U.S. businesses in coordinating business objectives with legislative and political activity. Radnor works with over 25 of the largest employers in the world.

Before founding Radnor in 1985, Feltman directed
lobbying and political activities for the National Association of Manufacturers. He ran successful campaigns at the Congressional level and was involved in fundraising and campaign administration for several Senate and House members, includingEverett Dirksen, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld.

Gary Nordlinger

Gary Nordlinger

Gary Nordlinger is the president of Nordlinger Associates, which has provided political strategy, analysis and communication strategies for hundreds of public officials, associations, unions and corporations in 28 countries on six continents. He is an expert in the use of quantitative and has won over 120 awards.

Recognized expert in survey research, Nordlinger has been Sorensen Fellow of Political Leadership at University of Virginia and has also been adjunct professor at American University, George Mason University's Graduate School of Public Policy, George Washington and Florida International University.

He founded the A
merican Association of Political Consultants (ALACOP) and has been Vice President of the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) and Director of the International Association of Political Consultants (IAPC).


Bo Krogvig

Bo Krogvig

Bo Krogvig served as director of information and campaigning in the Swedish Social Democratic party for 10 years from 1984 to 1994. Between 1994 and 1996, he was elected county council commissioner and served as a member of the government of the Stockholm province.

Mr. Krogvig has served as
political consultant in 36 countries on 5 continents. He has directly assisted more than twenty heads of state, prime ministers and leaders of opposition in strategy and communications. Between 1995 and 1997, he was the President of the International Association of Political Consultants (IAPC).

Jan Juul Christensen

Jan Juul Christensen

Jan Juul Christensen is Managing Partner at the Rud Pedersen A/S. He has worked at KODA which administers Danish and international copyrights for composers, songwriters and music publishers, when their musical works are performed in public.

Jan worked at
Radius Kommunikation and has worked with media and counselling for several years with particular emphasis on political relations. He worked as campaign manager to the former Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen. He has also been head of the Social Democratic Party’s press office and prior to that, worked as editor of public opinion at the newspaper ‘Dagbladet Aktuelt’.


Feltman, Nordlinger, Krogvig and Christensen will be accompanied by other renowned experts in political communication around the world, such as Joe Trippi, Democratic consultant defined by "The New Republic" as "the man who reinvented the electoral campaigns" because of his work for Howard Deans' Campaign, which has been the basis of Barack Obama success; Michael Dolley, Deputy Director of Campaigning for the Conservative Party in United Kingdom and one of the responsible for David Cameron victory; James Aldrete, member of the Obama media team, leading their Latino media efforts; César Martínez, responsible for Hispanic vote in George W. Bush and John McCain campaigns; or Daniel Ureña, Managing Partner of MAS Consulting Spain.


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On Thursday, 2nd June you can attend the Master Class, where will participate leading experts on political leadership, media and social networks. On 3rd and 4th June will be held the Summit, where you will listen to international advisers and strategists, who will discuss issues such as the essence of political campaigns, local government, microtargeting, trends, tools and new players in political communication, political image, conversation as political communication basis or minorities targeting.

Register now on the largest European forum of political communication website.

 

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