Sir Lynton Crosby - Polling on polarisation: Which way are we headed?

Описание: Sir Lynton Crosby is a renowned campaign strategist and Co-Founder of international campaigns consultancy, the C|T Group. His track record includes successful campaigns for Australian Prime Minister John Howard, and, against the odds, securing two terms for Boris Johnson as Mayor of London. At the 2015 UK General Election, Sir Lynton steered the Conservative Party to a historic victory, taking the party from a 12-point deficit to a near 7-point lead and returning them to government with an increased share of the vote for the first time since 1955. Drawing on skills and experience acquired over a lifetime of political campaigning, Sir Lynton has also advised some of the world’s leading businesses, ensuring they are armed with the research, strategy, messaging and campaign execution with which to achieve their goals. Sir Lynton was a speaker at the 2018 Abu Dhabi Ideas Weekend, where he delivered a talk on polarisation and the way it’s headed.

Ed leads Edelman’s UK and Ireland business, and is also Vice Chairman, Europe. Before joining the firm in 2011, he oversaw communications for two global media companies: the BBC and Reuters. He advises senior executives on corporate communications and strategy as well as issues and crisis management. As a former TV and print journalist, he still likes to turn his hand to speech and op-ed writing. Ed serves on a number of boards, including the Royal College of Art, the Woolf Institute and Crisis Group’s International Advisory Council. A graduate of Harvard Business School’s AMP, he is one of the Evening Standard’s 1,000 most influential Londoners. Ed was a speaker at the 2018 Abu Dhabi Ideas Weekend, where he moderated Moonshot 1: “Polarisation: Bridging the gaps”.

In March 2018, the Abu Dhabi Ideas Weekend welcomed some of the brightest and most interesting minds from the UAE and around the world to discuss four of the most important moonshot challenges facing our planet. The event was inspired by the world-famous Aspen Ideas Festival that has been taking place in Colorado since 2005, as a place for scientists, artists, politicians, business leaders, historians and educators to discuss some of the most fascinating ideas of our time. The 2018 Abu Dhabi Ideas Weekend topics included: “Polarisation: Bridging the gaps”, “Cancer: An end in sight?”, “Artificial Intelligence: Our super-intelligent friend?” and “The Modern Silk Road: A new era of globalisation”.