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On Thursday, 6th October 2022 the Ambassador Dinner took place at the Adina Hotel in Munich, as the Silver Jubilee Signature Event of the German Australian Business Council (GABC) celebrating 25 years of connecting Germany and Australia and the starting event for the 1st Munich Australia Week.

The Business Council was very pleased to have the Australian Ambassador to Germany, H.E. Philip Green and Mr Brian Martin from Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. as speakers. Also in attendance were special guests Christoph Haider as the representative of the City of Munich as well as Gudrun Weidmann as reprentative of Invest in Bavaria. Among other interesting topics, the guests gained a deeper insight into how Australia and Germany might develop a long-term hydrogen partnership.

Particular recognition goes to Mr Ralf Klepper from SuonaVoce for his individual sponsorship of Mr William Barton, widely recognised as one of Australia’s leading didgeridoo player and artists. The attendees were enthralled by his performance and his willingness to share his cultural background. In this context a particular tribute has been paid to Indigenous people of Australia. Another event highlight was the testing of Australian Whisky offered by Lucas-Andreas Werner from Starward Whisky.

Special thanks to our the event sponsor ANZ. Thanks also is extended to the City of Munich and Starward Whisky for their support.

The German Australian Business Council was proud to host an exhibition game with AFL Germany to celebrate its 25 year Silver Jubilee, at Jungfernheide Volkspark, Berlin on 17 September.

The German national team played a practice match in preparation for the European Championship in Zagreb in October. While the women’s team played a practice match against Poland.

The players, families, coaches and GABC members then enjoyed some networking over food and drinks after the match.

The GABC would like to thank AFL Germany for their ongoing support. Further information will be available regarding fundraising auction items to support AFL Germany.

     

Members and friends of the German Australian Business Council enjoyed an informal summer networking event at Rena Jarosewitsch’s atélier FEINFORM in the beautiful Frankfurter ‘new Altstadt’, with delicious chocolates courtesy of Valrhona, natural wine from Nature’s Calling and a selection of delightful Australian drops from the AustralienWinestore.

Starting life training in glass art, Rena is a goldsmith and jewellery designer, as well as a long-time member of the Business Council. As well as the Rhein-Main region, she spent several years living and working in New Zealand, and exhibited in New Zealand, Australia, the USA as well as Germany. Her stain-glass windows can be found in churches and museums in Auckland and Christchurch.

She was delighted to be able to open her atélier FEINFORM in the newly renovated Altstadt in Frankfurt in 2018. Passionate in preserving history in the Frankfurter Alstadt, Rena immortalizes images of the Frankfurter Dom and its rose window on her latest pendant creation, as well as images of the buildings and streets (then and now) in her book of the Altstadt.

Valrhona believes in and the people behind the product, ensuring transparency to chocolate lovers of knowing the stories behind their delights. The people behind the product are just as important to Nature’s Calling, that anyone wanting to know can call a telephone number on their bottles.

Thank you, Rena, for hosting us and organising the yummy refreshments!

 

 

The German Australian Business Council was pleased to host a dinner with long-standing corporate member Invest and Trade Western Australia in honour of the Hon. Roger Cook, MLA, Deputy Premier of Western Australia and Minister for State Development, Jobs and Trade, Tourism, Commerce, Science in Frankfurt on 21 June 2022.

The Deputy Premier announced a new office will open in Frankfurt, the first spoke office established within the United Kingdom / Europe Hub of the Western Australian International Investment and Trade Office Network.

The dinner was attended by around 30 representatives from companies engaged in bilateral business with Western Australia. The delegation had brought beautiful Perth weather with them and all attending enjoyed the networking opportunity until well into the night. Many thanks to the Western Australian government for partnering with us for this event! The German Australian Business Council looks forward to a permanent presence of Western Australia in Frankfurt!

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 – boasts a growing #innovation-driven economy #hightech #lifesciences and welcomes further closer collaborations.

The luncheons were supported by GABC Board Members Sabine Pittrof, Lucia Santoso, Elisabeth Opie and Eberhard Goihl