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4th - 6th October 2024

European Conservative Students - Student Academy

Stockholm, Sweden

Clarion Hotel Sign
Östra Järnvägsgatan 35
111 20 Stockholm
Sweden

DIRECTIONS

New Direction is pleased to launch its Student Academy – introducing a new generation to innovative ways of thinking about politics, organization, and strategic communication, aligned with key European public policy issues.

Over the course of three days, students will engage with high-level speakers and experts, exchanging ideas on how to succeed in volunteer politics. Topics will include building effective teams, communicating visions clearly, and understanding the political landscape. The event supports discussions on democracy, policy development, and European cooperation.

This year's key topics include:

  • Communications Strategy
  • Building Successful Grassroots Initiatives
  • The True Nature of Politics and Elections
  • European Public Policy and Cooperation

Agenda

19:00

Social event and panel

A European Security Perspective on the US-Elections

  • Ronald Nehring
  • Robert Tyler
  • Johan Ingerö
  • Arvid Hallén (moderator)

9:00

Breakfast

10:00

Morning Session

Lecture - Ronald Nehring

The Real Nature of Politics and Elections

Workshop - Robert Tyler,

Connecting Think Tanks and Networking

11:40

Coffee break

12:00

Afternoon Session

Lecture - Peter Smallwood

Volunteer Army Builder

13:00

Lunch

14:00

Afternoon Session

Lecture - Peter Smallwood

Persuasive Communication

15:30

Coffee Break

16:00

Later Afternoon Session

Lecture - Ronald Nehring

Communications Strategy

Workshop - Arvid Hallén

Practical conclusions

18:30

Pre-dinner Social

19:30

Sir Roger Scruton Dinner

22:00 - 00:00

After Dinner Bar

10:00

Morning Session

Lecture - Ronald Nehring

Core to crowd: A Strategic Engagement Framework

An ECS Panel

Building Successful Grassroots Initiatives

12:00

Lunch

14:00

End of conference

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European Conservative Students

The ultimate goal of New Direction’s European Conservative Students project is to create a pan-European conservative student movement. This will be done by creating a network between already existing conservative student organizations in European countries...

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