2026 Accelerator
Barcelona 23 - 24 Nov.
This year's Accelerator will take place in sunny Barcelona at the Moxy Hotel.
The ALDE Accelerator continues to be ALDE Party's largest best-practice exchange between our member parties from across the EU.
It brings together over 150 people each year to exchange ideas and is an opportunity to meet with fellow Liberal staffers and campaigners from different parties.
Each party is allowed to nominate up to 5 participants. The deadline to nominate and register participants is the 9th of November 2026.
ALDE Party covers travel and accommodation (Hotel booked for participants) costs as outlined in the FAQ.
If you have been nominated by your party, please register below.
Workshop Days
Workshops
Participants
sessions
The sessions will be themed around Communications, Data/ Tech, Organisation/Fundraising and Campaign Management but we encourage participants to attend the sessions that they feel best fit what they want to learn about. There will always be a relevant session for each participant group in each block of sessions and specific networking sessions for each group of party professionals.
14.00 - 14.45
Adapting US fundraising Techniques and Emails to Europe Fundraising
Room 1 | Lincoln Pennington (Talarico Campaign/Labour 2024 Campaign)
Using MRPs in Local Elections - Best-practice examples from D66 2026 Campaign Data
Room 2 | Twan van der Togt (Stack Data Strategies)
Social Media as Mobilisation Infrastructure - Best-practice examples of how PS organises its Communications Comms
Room 3 | Zuzana Palušáková (Progressive Slovakia)
14.45 - 15.30
Room 1 - Rebuilding a Political Party twice - How the Canadian Liberals Restructured twice in a decade and won every time | Azam Ishmael (Liberal Party of Canada) Campaign Management
Room 2 - Basics of Building your own Small-Euro Fundraising Program | Patrick Franck & Benedicte Bjornas Fundraising
Room 3 - Building an Influencer Communication Strategy best-practices | Zuzana Palušáková (Progressive Slovakia) & Ashwath Narayanan (Social Current) Comms
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee Break
16.00 - 16.45
Room 1 - Structuring a Campaign team in the age of AI |
Alex Walker (Milton Strategies) Campaign Management
Room 2 - Results from US Mid-Term Pilot Projects Results - Building a better field team | Greta Carnes (Pete2020 & Becerra 2026) Organisation
Room 3 - Portuguese Presidential Election Campaign Showcase | Frederico Nunes Data
16.45 - 17.30
Room 1 - Lessons from US Mid-terms (Polling and Developping Messages) | John Hagner (Workbench Strategies & Mamdani) Data
Room 2 - Talent Management for Political Parties - Preparing Candidates | -
OrganisationRoom 3 - Campaign Budgetting when the election can happen at any point | Best-practice examples by Radikale Venstre Campaign Management
19.00 - 22.00 Dinner
09.30 - 10.15
Room 1 - The Alliance of Her | - Organisation
Room 2 - Universum Meet-up | - Data
Room 3 - SoSha Meet-up | - Comms
Practical Info
This year the Accelerator will take place at Moxy Hotel in Barcelona.
*More info coming soon.
FAQ
The Accelerator is ALDE Party's largest best-practice exchange between our member parties from across the EU. It brings together over 100 people each year to exchange ideas and is an opportunity to meet with fellow Liberal staffers and campaigners from sister parties.
You are receiving this email because your party nominated you to join the Accelerator. If you think you received this by mistake please let us know.
We will be providing each participant up to 200 in flight reimbursements and a hotel room at the venue.
After the event a form will be sent to all participants to submit their receipts.
Participants who register after the 1st October are not guaranteed a hotel room at the Moxy hotel due to group size limitations. We will accommodate you in a similar hotel close to the venue should there not be space at the Moxy.
Participants who register after the 1st October are not guaranteed a hotel room at the Moxy hotel due to group size limitations. We will accommodate you in a similar hotel close to the venue should there not be space at the Moxy.
Should you need an accessible room please reach out to us so that we can inform the hotel.
Any registration after the 8th November cannot be guaranteed a room due to capacity constraints. We will do our best to find you space, but this is not guaranteed.
By registering, you consent to being photographed or filmed for ALDE Party’s communication, promotion, and internal use. Commissioned photographers may also use selected images for their professional portfolios or promotion.
If you do not consent to this, please email gdpr@aldeparty.eu in advance and inform event staff on arrival
You can find the Privacy Policy for the event here. By registering you understand and acknowledge its content.