Political
Communication Summit
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× ELECTA
6 – 7 October 2026 · Vienna City Hall, Austria

Win a ticket for #WomeninPolitics to attend the Political Communication Summit 2026

Partisan and ELECTA are sponsoring 10 full summit passes — worth up to €349 each — for women working in political communication. Six stages, and a room full of the people who actually run Europe's campaigns and institutional communications.

Apply for a sponsored ticket See the full programme
10
sponsored tickets for women in political communication
Worth up to €349
face value of each pass — yours at no cost

Ten sponsored tickets. No ticket price in the way.

Partisan is partnering with ELECTA to empower #WomeninPolitics by bridging the gap through training, education, access to mentorship and professional networks, and visibility beyond your own national market.

Political communication makes and breaks careers in politics. A speech that lands, a crisis handled cleanly, a campaign that moves the numbers — these are the moments that get women selected, promoted, elected. Mishandled, the same moments end careers, and they end women's careers faster and under closer scrutiny.

Part of the gap is training and education. Part of it is plain access — who gets sent to the conference, who gets introduced to whom, who is in the room when the next mandate is being discussed.

We firmly believe that a ticket price should not be a barrier to learning from the best, and being in the room among the best. So we are partnering to sponsor 10 #WomeninPolitics to join us at the Political Communication Summit 2026, 6–7 October at Vienna City Hall, Austria.

“At ELECTA, we want to bridge the gap in political leadership in Europe. There has never been a better time, or a more necessary one, for women to step up and lead. We want female leaders in every room where the future is shaped and decisions are made.”
Pauline Verhaeghe
Co-Founder, ELECTA
ELECTA

What's included 🎁

Everything a paying delegate gets, on us.

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Full summit pass

All six stages. Worth up to €349.

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Six parallel stages

Keynotes, panels, masterclasses and workshops across five tracks.

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Curated networking

500+ professionals from across Europe, plus the US, India and beyond.

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Opening reception & Partisan Awards

The evening of 6 October at Vienna City Hall.

Hear from the women shaping political communication in Europe

A selection of confirmed speakers at the 2026 summit.

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Beate Meinl-Reisinger
Federal Minister, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs
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Bettina Emmerling
Deputy Mayor, City of Vienna
GZ
Gabriella Zutrau
Digital Strategy Advisor, Zohran Mamdani 2025 Campaign
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Léa Surugue
Head of Communications, Viginum
AL
Andrea Liebman
Swedish Psychological Defence Agency
KÁ
Kitti Ágoston
Former Communications Director, Tisza Party
LT
Lisa-Marlene Treiling
Director of Communication, SPD
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Romana Lanzerstorfer
Chief Data Officer, Austrian Parliamentary Administration
AZ
Anna Zeiter
CEO, W Social
AB
Alice Barbe
President, Academy for Future Leaders
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Jennifer Nadel
Co-Founder, Compassion in Politics
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Sonia Staicu
Head of European Affairs, Bernstein Group
See all speakers

Who should apply?

Women working in — or moving into — political communication who want to:

  • Learn from Europe's leading campaigners, strategists and institutional communicators
  • Benchmark their own work against peers in other countries
  • Build a network that travels beyond their own capital
  • Meet potential employers, clients and collaborators
  • Step onto a bigger stage in the next election cycle

Open to women in political communication, public affairs, campaigning, party or institutional comms, civil society and academia. Travel and accommodation are not included.

Mon 21 SepApplications open
Sun 27 SepApplications close
Mon 28 SepSelection
Tue 29 SepWinners announced
Applications close Sunday 27 September 2026

Apply for your sponsored #WomeninPolitics ticket

Winners are announced on Tuesday 29 September, in time to book travel.

FAQs

Who is eligible?
Women working in political communication, public affairs, campaigning, party or institutional communications, civil society or academia. You do not need to be based in Austria — applicants from across Europe and beyond are welcome.
What does the ticket include?
A full conference pass to the Political Communication Summit 2026, worth up to €349, including the Partisan Awards gala and opening reception on the evening of 6 October. Travel and accommodation are not included. See the full programme.
When will I hear back?
Applications close on Sunday 27 September 2026 and selection takes place on Monday 28 September. Winners are announced on Tuesday 29 September. Everyone who applies hears back, successful or not.
What if I'm not selected?
You can see current ticket options. Contact gamei@partisan.community directly — we might be able to extend a discount code depending on availability.
Who is Partisan?
Partisan is the digital home for political professionals in Europe, built around a community hub, research and briefings, an awards programme and a calendar of events. It grew out of the Political Tech Summit, Europe's first event at the intersection of politics and technology, and the Political Communication Summit is its sibling event for the communications side of the profession. More at partisan.community.
Who is ELECTA?
ELECTA is Europe's first academy dedicated to equipping women to run and win election campaigns. Working with candidates from across the political spectrum, its programmes are led by political strategists and campaign experts with first-hand experience of winning elections in Europe, and are open to women running at municipal, regional, national and European level. More at electa.net.
I have another question.
Have a look at the summit FAQs, or get in touch with gamei@partisan.community.