For the third time, a virtual live conversation took place on Facebook as part of our Fall 2020 Virtual Speaker Series. The topic of this issue was “The USA after the Election” and organized and held jointly with the Karl-Franzens University Graz and the Austro-American Society Styria. In this talk, Peter Rough, US political expert ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 3 December, 2020 | Topics: Education, Policy, Political Affairs, President of the United States, U.S. & Austria | Tags: American studies, Austrian-American Society, corona virus, coronavirus, COVID-19, cultural exchange, discussion, economy, government officials, politics, President Trump, transatlantic relations, U.S. elections
At the second event in our Fall 2020 Virtual Speaker Series last Tuesday,
Daryl Davis , U.S. activist, author, and Grammy Award-winning musician talked and discussed Christa Bauer,
Mauthausen Komitee Österreich and moderator Djamila Grandits,
CineCollective about their experiences and objectives. Daryl Davis is an American R&B and Blues musician, activist, author, and actor. His efforts to improve race relations, in which ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 12 November, 2020 | Topics: Education, Events, Human Rights, U.S. & Austria | Tags: antisemitism, Civil Rights Movement, discussion, human rights
During his visit last week to Vienna, Austria, Secretary Michael R. Pompeo met with Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen, Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Minister of Finance Gernot Blümel, and Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg to discuss various topics, including trade and investment ties with Austria, the fight against COVID 19, economic recovery after the pandemic, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 18 August, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Business, Commercial Affairs, Doing Business in the U.S., Key Officials, Trade, U.S. & Austria, U.S. Secretary of State | Tags: anniversary, antisemitism, Austria to Austin, business, business leader, CEO, coronavirus, COVID-19, discussion, entrepreneurship, exchange program, face masks, foreign policy, Friendship masks, Fulbright, government officials, industry, liberation, Marshall plan, Michael R. Pompeo, politics, President Trump, SelectUSA, student exchange program, transatlantic partnership, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina
The Embassy hosted a virtual live talk and discussion with Dean Cheng, Senior Research Fellow for Asian Studies at
The Heritage Foundation , where he specializes in China’s military and foreign policy, in particular the communist regime’s relationship with its Asian neighbors and the United States. Mr. Cheng discussed China’s foreign policy priorities and efforts to reshape the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 8 July, 2020 | Topics: Business, Events, Human Rights, Policy, Political Affairs, Trade | Tags: Amerika Haus, China, coronavirus, COVID-19, cyber security, cybersecurity, discussion, disinformation, fake news, government officials, politics, uighurs
“China’s view of the world differs from that held by Western democracies and their rule of law.” Dean Cheng, Senior Research Fellow at
The Heritage Foundation and an expert in China’s military and foreign policy, was in Austria this week at the invitation of the U.S. Embassy for a series of program events in Vienna and Linz. Mr. ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 28 January, 2020 | Topics: Economic Affairs, Events, Policy, Political Affairs, Public Affairs, Science & Tech | Tags: Amerika Haus, business, China, cyber security, cybersecurity, discussion, disinformation, foreign policy, politics
The U.S. Embassy invited activist and reformed white supremacist Christian Picciolini to Vienna to talk with stakeholders about his work in extremism intervention, prevention, and disengagement. Christian Picciolini runs the NGO
Free Radicals , which works on outreach to communities vulnerable to radicalization. Mr. Picciolini has trained government and law enforcement agencies and given talks around the world on ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 16 December, 2019 | Topics: Culture, Education, Events, Human Rights | Tags: antisemitism, Austrian-American Society, Civil Rights Movement, discussion, equal rights, human rights, muslim youth, Österreichsich-Amerikanische Gesellschaft
Serial entrepreneur Ambassador Trevor Traina talks about his experiences in starting a business.
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 29 October, 2019 | Topics: Alumni, Ambassador, Business, Education, Events, Success Stories | Tags: Aussenwirtschaft Austria, Austria to Austin, CEO, discussion, entrepreneurship, industry, investor, mentor, SelectUSA, startup, student exchange program, Trevor Traina, WKOe
Nina Jankowicz studies the intersection of democracy and technology at the
Wilson Center . She is a frequent commentator on disinformation and Russian and Eastern European affairs. Last week, while she stayed in Vienna, Mrs. Jankowicz talked to
OSCE staff members at the Hofburg and gave an interview to Radio FM4. In a panel discussion with Alexander Schatten ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 15 October, 2019 | Topics: Education, Events | Tags: cyber security, cybersecurity, discussion, disinformation, fake news
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 4 October, 2019 | Topics: Events | Tags: discussion, exhibition, reception
Ambassador Traina traveled to the European Forum Alpbach this week – his second visit to the Tyrolean village. His busy schedule included meetings with Austrian government officials, politicians, business leaders, and students. The Ambassador attended several networking events, gave interviews to Austrian media, hosted a group of Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation fellows for breakfast, and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 30 August, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Economic Affairs, Political Affairs | Tags: Alpbach, business leader, discussion, economy, EFA, European Forum Alpbach, government officials, Marshall plan, politics, Traina
Last week, Ambassador Traina travelled to Innsbruck to engage with students and faculty at the 44th UNO-Innsbruck International Summer School. He joined the course “Game of Thrones: Habsburg History” (one of close to forty offered this year), and met with hundred students for “A Conversation with Ambassador Traina.” Afterwards he attended a reception hosted by ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 8 August, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Education, English Language Learning, Events, Scholarships and Exchanges | Tags: discussion, Summer School, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina
The Embassy invited Richard Fontaine, CEO of the think tank Center for a New American Security (CNAS), to Austria for discussions of the transatlantic partnership in an era of great power competition. Mr. Fontaine gave interviews to Die Presse and Tiroler Tageszeitung and talked at the Management Center Innsbruck and the Amerika Haus in Vienna. ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 28 March, 2019 | Topics: Economic Affairs, Events, Political Affairs, U.S. & Austria | Tags: Amerika Haus, Aussenwirtschaft Austria, CEO, discussion, foreign policy, industry, investor, Richard Fontaine, SelectUSA, transatlantic partnership, transatlantic relations
Ambassador Traina visited the oldest university in the German-speaking world, the University of Vienna, to talk with American Studies students about American culture, politics, and foreign policy. In his introductory remarks the Ambassador emphasized the good relations between Austria and the United States. Afterwards he fielded questions from the students, covering a very wide range ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 26 March, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Education, U.S. & Austria | Tags: Aussenwirtschaft Austria, discussion, entrepreneurship, foreign policy, industry, SelectUSA, students, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina
Ambassador Traina met with members of the Uni Management Club Vienna, a network of business students, to talk about his experiences as an entrepreneur as well as Austrian-American relations. During the Q&A, the students were particularly interested in Ambassador Traina’s career as technology entrepreneur and philanthropist in San Francisco, as well as his ambitions to ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 6 December, 2018 | Topics: Ambassador, Business, Events | Tags: Aussenwirtschaft Austria, CEO, discussion, entrepreneurship, foreign policy, industry, investor, mentor, SelectUSA, startup, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina, Uni Management Club
Expert speaker Kevin Lobdell, Director of Alumni Engagement at the College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado Boulder, delivered a talk about “Science Fundraising: The Role of Alumni” at Amerika Haus on October 23. In his remarks, Lobdell underlined the importance of early relationship-building, in particular, when cultivating future donors.
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 25 October, 2018 | Topics: Alumni, Events | Tags: discussion
On November 16, foreign policy expert Kim Holmes spoke at the Amerika Haus in Vienna about the outlook and implications for U.S.-European Relations in the Trump Administration. The lively discussion was moderated by Cengiz Günay. Kim R. Holmes is acting senior vice president for research at The Heritage Foundation. He oversaw the think tank’s defense and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 16 November, 2017 | Topics: Events | Tags: Aussenwirtschaft Austria, CEO, discussion, entrepreneurship, foreign policy, industry, investor, Jürgen Roth, mentor, SelectUSA, startup, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina, WKOe
