1. Governmental elites and public management: who rules and how?
Chairs: Esperanza Palma & Alejandro Vega

2. A Return of Class Conflict? Political Polarization Among Party Leaders and Followers in the Wake of the Sovereign Debt Crisis
Chair: Ursula Hoffmann-Lange

3. Elite Interactions and Processes of Transnational Integration
Chair: Lars Vogel

4. Elites as leaders. Opinion moulding and mass responsiveness in a world of social inequality
Chair: Heinrich Best

5. Inter-Sectoral Elite Relations in a Comparative Perspective
Chair: Oxana Gaman-Golutvina

6. It Runs in the Family: Family Ties to Political Power Worldwide
Chair: Farida Jalalzai

7. Novel Approaches to Studying Elites
Chair: Maurizio Cotta

8. Parliamentary Activities, Career Tracks and Accountability
Chair: Federico Russo

9. Parliamentary Elites and the Challenges of Representative Democracy
Chair: Julien Navarro

10. Parliamentary Elites and the Challenges of Representative Democracy II
Chair: Thomas Daeubler

11. Political Career Paths at Regional Level (II)
Chair: Melany Barragan

12. Political Career Paths at the Regional Level I
Chair: Michelangelo Vercesi

13. Political Elites, Expertise and democracy
Chair: António Costa Pinto

14. Political Representation in Southern Europe and Latin America I: Southern Europe
Chair: André Freire

15. Political representation in Southern Europe and Latin America II: Latin America
Chairs: Marco Lisi & Melany Barragan