The beginning of the new millennium together with all of its dramatic events has, in drastic manner, shown us that the future of a world living together in harmony is anything but secure.
The web of issues politics is called upon to unravel grows ever more complex, society's expectations and the ability of politics to respond to them drift ever further apart, with the result that people feel they have permanently lost trust in politics and democracy. What requirements do the politicians of the future need to meet in order to deal successfully with the tasks that lie ahead of us? This issue lies at the heart of EAPC's 7th European meeting, which will be held this year in Innsbruck/Austria. Two days of joint discussions between politicians and scientists should culminate in the attempt to find a fresh approach to responses that strengthen the belief and hope in a harmonious and democratic future for our continent.
We would like to take this opportunity to issue a cordial invitation to a quite extraordinary conference which is especially directed at politicians, consultants, campaign managers, journalists, lobbyists as well as those who wish to follow in their footsteps, and already look forward to an event certain to generate enormous interest across the whole of Europe.

Further information

Should you require any further information about the EAPC European Meeting in Innsbruck, please contact one of the following persons, who will be pleased to help you:

Dr. Lothar Müller
Chairman of the 7th EAPC European meeting
Angersiedlung 135
A-6403 Polling/Austria
Phone +43 5238 87770
Mobile +43 676 3038117
e-mail: lothar.mueller@eapc.com

Sepp Hartinger
Co-Chairman of the meeting
Römerstraße 18
A-8430 Leibnitz/Austria
Phone +43 3452 85556
e-mail: sepp.hartinger@eapc.com

Susanne Hartinger
Executive Secretary
Römerstraße 18
A-8430 Leibnitz/Austria
Phone +43 3452 85556
e-mail: susanne.hartinger@eapc.com

Programme

Wednesday, May 1
4.00 pm 5.00 pm 7.00 pm	Registration EAPC board meeting Cocktail Reception
Thursday, May 2
9.00 am 9.30 am 2.30 pm 2.40 pm 3.00 pm 3.40 pm 4.00 pm 5.00 pm 6.30 pm 7.30 pm	Registration "Innsbruck down town" City Walking Tour EAPC - Conference 2002, Opening "Europe from the Innsbruck View" "Europe - Next Generation" Coffee break "Next Generation in Politics" "The Future of European Regions on example North Tyrol/ South Tyrol/ Trentino" End of first day "EAPC Dinner - Innsbruck Night, Weiherburg/Innsbruck
Friday, May 3
8.45 am 9.30 am 10.15 am 10.40 am 11.00 am 12.00 am 12.30 am during Lunch 2.00 pm 3.30 pm 3.50 pm 4.30 pm 5.20 pm 8.00 pm	EAPC-Member Annual Meeting "Next Gneration - Challenge for Political Consultants" "The role of Political Consultants" A worldwide Analysis Coffee break "The role of Political Consultants tomorrow" "New Techniques for Strategic Positioning: Analyzing Voter Transitions" Lunch Presentaion - Next EAPC Conference 2003, Sevilla/Spain "Campaigns, Campaigns..." Part I The Historical Step of Swiss into UN Portugal's Turn to the Right The Dutch Decision Coffee break "Campaigns, Campaigns..." Part II Germany - the last Decision before Autumn Election in Sweden - The Nordic Decision Slovenia - A Report "Future Europe" Closing the 2002 Conference "EAPC on Top" - Tyrolian Night at Seegrube/Hafelekar
Saturday, May 4
10.00 pm	Swarovski - Crystall World EAPC-Award Gala Night - cancelled

Adobe PDF Download: Programme (71KByte)

Participants

Speeches

Horst Becker
Erhard Busek
Michael Carmichael
Ana Fernandes
Peter Frei
Helmut Mader
Dominik Meier
Joe Napolitan
Fritz Plasser
Guido Schommer
Carlo Willeit

Media

Presseinformation (Download PDF ~ 25 KByte)
Einladung Pressekonferenz (Download PDF ~ 32 KByte)