Entries by Suzanne Heim

State of Victoria Business Luncheons, Frankfurt & Munich, May 2022

The German Australian Business Council was honoured to co-host luncheons with one of our oldest corporate members the State of Victoria in Munich and in Frankfurt. Agent-General Tim Dillon outlined European-Victorian collaborations in #sustainable #mobility, #renewableenergy , amongst others. Victoria – 3% the area of #Australia but 25% the population and 30% the GDP – […]

AFL Germany Crowdfunding for Euro Cup 2022

Crowdfunding link: https://www.fairplaid.org/germaneagles AFL Germany was founded in 1999 by two clubs the Frankfurt Redbacks and Munich Kangaroos. Over the upcoming years 5 more teams in five other german cities (Dresden, Hamburg, Berlin, Stuttgart and Cologne) joined the competition. In 2021 two more teams joined the competition from Heidelberg and Kiel. Until today the AFL […]

University of Technology Sydney (UTS) meets the Business Council, Berlin 2022

We are happy to announce that UTS is a member of the German Australian Business Council. From left to right: Simone Wienhausen (Business Council Board Member), Ian Watt (DVCI), Innes Ireland (Deputy Director), Professor Andrew Parfitt (Vice-Chancellor & President) and Professor Iwone Miliszewska (Associate Dean Global Networks). We had a fruitful discussion about opportunities in […]

Adina Munich Official Opening, May 2022

Since September 2021 the new hotel of our Corporate Member Adina in Munich is up and running. On May 5 the official opening reception took place. Located in the ‚Werksviertel‘ it’s close to the hostel Wombat’s and the Heaven’s Gate. GABC Board Members Eberhard Goihl, Robert Harrison and Dalibor Vukadin enjoyed a nice evening with […]

AGM 2022, Frankfurt & Online, April 2022

The German Australian Business Council held its AGM on 27th April 2022 in a hybrid format, attended by 15 members in-person in Frankfurt and 9 members online. Reports were given by Sabine Pittrof (Chair) and Eberhard Goihl (Treasurer). The highlights of 2021 were 15 events including three in-person events: the Ambassador Dinner in Frankfurt, the […]

Bavarian-American Friendship Day at the Frühlingsfest, April 2022

German Australian Business Council members and friends were invited on behalf of the Munich International Networking Groups (MING) to the Bavarian-American Friendship Day at the Frühlingsfest in Munich. Together with approx. 400 international guests, they could celebrate for the first time after two years of Covid related resistance at the Hippodrom tent. It was a […]

The Sustainability Transition in Europe and Opportunities for Australia webinar, March 2022

With an acceleration of efforts by the European Union (EU) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and Europe’s potential energy shortages following recent events in Eastern Europe, it was no surprise that this was the focus of the joint online roundtable organised by the Australia France Business Association (AFBA) and the German Australian Business Council (GABC) […]

‘Young Frankenstein’ Deutsches Theater München, 19-30 April, Munich

From April 19 to 30, 2022, the Deutsches Theater will present a new version of Mel Brooks’ musical Young Frankenstein, based on his 1974 film of the same name. All info about the musical as well as a trailer can be found here: https://www.deutsches-theater.de/en/young-frankenstein-2022 For German Australian Business Council members, the Deutsches Theater offers tickets […]

#Break The Bias webinar, March 2022

On 8 March 2022, co-inciding with International Women’s Day, the International English Library held an online panel discussion #Break The Bias. Dr. Sabine Pittrof, Chair of the German Australian Business Council participated as a panelist in the discussion around gender inequality. Please find here a link to the International English Library website: https://www.international-library.de/home

JOB VACANCY: TRADE & INVESTMENT QUEENSLAND – DIRECTOR, RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS, FRANKFURT

TIQ is recruiting a Director, Research Partnerships based in Frankfurt, Germany. Reporting to the Agent-General and Queensland Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner – Europe, you will be responsible for identifying, promoting, supporting and facilitating Queensland organisations to seek trade and investment opportunities within the key priority sectors, focusing predominately on international education, training and research. […]