[ecrea] Parties Media Voters: the 2015 Campaign

*Parties Media Voters: the 2015 Campaign*

*13-14 July 2015 - Emmanuel Centre, Westminster, London*

The Political Studies Association’s *Elections, Public Opinion and
Parties Specialist Group* would like to invite you to attend a two-day
conference which will look back over the 2015 election and bring
together representatives from the party, media and polling organisations
in order to share their reflections and experiences.

This event continues the series initiated by MORI founder Robert
Worcester and Martin Harrop, who co-organized the first event of its
kind to reflect on the momentous General Election of 1979, and will
feature contributions from leading and practitioners on all aspects of
the election. It has been organized jointly by the Political Studies
Association’s Elections, Public Opinion and Parties Group Conference,
Ipsos MORI and Loughborough University Communication Research Centre.

*Day One:*  Parties and Media. Sessions will explore and discuss the
campaign strategies and tactics as well as news coverage.

*Day Two:*  Voters. Sessions will explore public awareness and
understandings of the issues and personalities as well as the challenge
of communicating with the electorate in an increasingly digital era.

*Confirmed participants include:*

  * Simon Atkinson (Ipsos MORI)
  * Adam Baxter (Ofcom)
  * Martin Boon (ICM)
  * Stephen Coleman (Univ of Leeds)
  * Greg Cook (Labour Party)
  * Andrew Cooper (Populus)
  * Michael Crick (Channel 4)
  * David Deacon (Loughborough University)
  * Adam Drummond (Opinium)
  * Ed Fieldhouse (Univ of Manchester, British Election Study)
  * Jane Green (Univ of Manchester, British Election Study)
  * Olly Grender (Liberal Democrats)
  * Damian Lyons Lowe (Survation)
  * Jane Martinson (/The Guardian/)
  * Tom Mludzinski (ComRes)
  * Roger Mortimore (Ipsos MORI/King’s College London)
  * Joe Murphy (/Evening Standard/ and Chair of the Lobby)
  * Jeremy Sinclair (M&C Saatchi)
  * Mike Smithson (PoliticalBetting.com)
  * Dominic Wring (Loughborough University)

Further programme details to be announced over the coming weeks.

A two-day conference ticket is £50.00 and a one-day ticket is £25.00.
For more information and to register please visit:
http://blog.lboro.ac.uk/general-election/conference/

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