Welcome to the 5th Annual Interel Global Public Affairs Summit site!



Thank you for attending the 5th Annual Interel Global Public Affairs Summit: Advancing Interests in a New Era. This year's Summit was our largest, most successful event yet, featuring a diverse program full of trending issues ranging from the celestial world and the commercialization of space to more terrestrial topics such as water scarcity, regional trends, and fake news. In attendance were Interel Global Partnership (IGP) members from around the world, executives from key international corporate and non-profit organizations, policy makers, and thought leaders leading this dynamic and growing field of global public affairs. The insights and discussion shared at this Summit demonstrate the importance of the public affairs function in helping advance the interests of all types of organizations and stakeholders on a “glocal” level.

Although the Summit may be over you can still extend the experience! Please find below presentations from our speakers as well as photos from the daytime program and awards dinner. Also for your review are the results of this year's global public affairs consultancy survey.

If you were unable to attend the Summit this year, please don’t wait until the next Summit to connect and collaborate with colleagues from around the IGP. Get engaged today in the IGP community and stay tuned for frequent updates on thought-leadership, webinars, and regional events. Also do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, as well as suggestions for next year's Summit. We hope to see you at the 2019 IGP Summit in Washington, D.C.!

Save the Dates for the 2019 Summit, June 5-7, in Washington, D.C., forthcoming.
 

Presentations:

Advancing Interests in a New Era
Fredrik Lofthagen, Interel CEO & Chairman, Interel 

New Frontiers: Public Affairs and the Commercialization of Space
Eric Stallmer, President, Commercial Spaceflight Federation 

Public Affairs in a World of Finite Resources: Water Scarcity
Moderator: Vinciane Patelou, Director, Interel EU
Xavier Cardoso, Director of Marketing, Nalco Water - Ecolab
Dean Muruven, Global Policy Manager, Freshwater, World Wildlife Fund
Claus Haugaard Sorensen, Senior Advisor, Interel, Former European Commission


Around the World with IGP: EMEA
Moderator: Gregoire Poisson, Managing Partner, Interel EU
Florence Maisel, Managing Partner, Interel France
Luca Gargano, Partner, FB Associati, IGP Italy

Tamas Sardi, CEC, IGP Hungary 
Markus Weidling, Managing Partner, Interel Germany


Does the Truth Matter Anymore
Barbara McCormack, Vice President, Freedom Forum Institute (formerly Newseum Institute) 
Chris Curtis, International Politics Research Executive, YouGov


Compliance Challenges in a New Era Political Law & GDPR
Elizabeth Bartz, CEO, State & Federal Communications

Compliance Challenges in a New Era Political Law & GDPR  
Bastiaan Bruyndonckx, Partner, Lydian

BREAK OUT SESSION: IGP Association Group
 

Photos:

Morning Sessions IGP Summit 2018

Afternoon Sessions IGP Summit 2018

Awards Dinner IGP Summit 2018

 

Survey:

Interel Global Public Affairs Consultancy Survey 2018