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
This is an open call from
American Arts Incubator – Austria Apply for
Ars Electronica ‘s series of art and technology workshops with U.S. artist
Rashin Fahandej .
The program will be held as a virtual exchange from July 2 – August 2, 2020. Application deadline: June 14, 2020 American Arts Incubator is an initiative of the
U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs developed in partnership with
ZERO1 . ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 5 June, 2020 | Topics: Art & Culture, Education, Scholarships and Exchanges, Science & Tech | Tags: Ars Electronica, cultural exchange, entrepreneurship, exchange program, Linz, transatlantic partnership, transatlantic relations
Last Friday, Ambassador Traina hosted another one of the so-called Entrepreneurship Breakfasts, which are co-sponsored by the Embassy and the
Austrian Chamber of Commerce (WKOe) and offer Austrian entrepreneurs the opportunity to network and share experiences. Among the guests were representatives of those startups that will take part in the Chamber’s
Go Silicon Valley program this year. Ambassador Traina and WKOe-Vice President Jürgen ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 19 February, 2020 | Topics: Alumni, Ambassador, Business, Commercial Opportunities, Doing Business in the U.S., Education, Events, Success Stories | Tags: 3daystartup, 3DS, A2A, ATA, Aussenwirtschaft Austria, Austria to Austin, business, business leader, CEO, entrepreneurship, Go Silicon Valley, Jürgen Roth, mentor, startup, Trevor Traina, WKO, WKOe
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
Ambassador Traina had a busy schedule for his trip to Tyrol. He had his inaugural visit with Governor
Günther Platter . Topic of conversation were u.a. the economic relationships between the USA and Tirol. With more than 300,000 overnight stays guests from the U.S. play an important role in tourism. Ambassador Traina received a box of Tyrolean Schnapps ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 15 October, 2019 | Topics: Alumni, Ambassador, Art & Culture, Business, U.S. & Austria | Tags: A2A, Aussenwirtschaft Austria, Austria to Austin, entrepreneurship, foreign policy, SelectUSA, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina
A beautiful autumn day for entrepreneurship and coffee. Thanks to
Google Austria, Country Director Christine Antlanger-Winter for joining us today at the Entrepreneurship Breakfast and sharing Google’s view of the Austrian digital economy. Hosted in cooperation with the Austrian
Wirtschaftskammer at the U.S. Ambassador’s residence in Hietzing, the entrepreneurship breakfast is a great chance for all members ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 23 September, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Business, Doing Business in the U.S., Events | Tags: 3daystartup, Aussenwirtschaft Austria, Austria to Austin, CEO, entrepreneurship, foreign policy, industry, investor, Jürgen Roth, mentor, SelectUSA, startup, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina, WKOe
Ambassador Traina led the largest Austrian delegation ever to the Select USA Investment Summit, which took place this year from June 10-12 in Washington, D.C. More than 20 delegates, including representatives from multi-national companies with subsidiaries in the U.S., exporters, and dynamic tech startups, attended the most important FDI event in the United States. The ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 12 June, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Business, Commercial Affairs, Commercial Opportunities, Doing Business in the U.S. | Tags: Aussenwirtschaft Austria, CEO, entrepreneurship, industry, mentor, SelectUSA, startup, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina
Last Friday, the Ambassador was in Styria’s capital, promoting entrepreneurship. He attended an Entrepreneurship Breakfast, to which our co-host Austrian Economic Chambers had invited in Graz this time, and took the opportunity to meet with some of the participants of our Austria to Austin startup exchange program with 3 Day Startup. In a subsequent panel ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 12 June, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Business, Doing Business in the U.S., Education | Tags: 3daystartup, 3DS, A2A, ATA, Aussenwirtschaft Austria, Austria to Austin, entrepreneurship, investor, mentor, startup, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina, WKOe
At the Entrepreneurship Breakfast – at the
Wirtschaftskammer- headquarters with co-host Jürgen Roth – Ambassador Traina welcomed the participants, and announced that he will be leading the Austrian delegation, including eight innovative companies, to
The Global Entrepreneurship Summit in The Hague on June 4 and 5. The Ambassador will also be leading the largest Austrian delegation on record to the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 14 May, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Business, Commercial Affairs, Commercial Opportunities, Doing Business in the U.S. | Tags: 3daystartup, Aussenwirtschaft Austria, Austria to Austin, CEO, entrepreneurship, investor, Jürgen Roth, mentor, SelectUSA, startup, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina, WKOe
At Amerika Haus, Ambassador Trevor Traina welcomed 20 new Austrian entrepreneurs into the Austria to Austin community. This summer, these entrepreneurs will spend two weeks in Austin, Texas for a series of intense entrepreneurship workshops with 3DayStartup. While in Austin, participants will not only work on starting their own businesses, but get an in-depth look ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 5 April, 2019 | Topics: Alumni, Ambassador, Business, Commercial Opportunities, Doing Business in the U.S., Education, Events | Tags: 3daystartup, 3DS, A2A, ATA, Aussenwirtschaft Austria, Austria to Austin, business, entrepreneurship, investor, Jürgen Roth, mentor, startup, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina, WKOe
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 invited to another “Entrepreneurship Breakfast” in his residence and offered, in cooperation with the Wirtschaftskammer, Austrian Entrepreneurs the opportunity to network and exchange ideas. The guests also learned about the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) and
Select USA Summit , the Austria to Austin Student Startup Program of the Embassy, and the WKÖ Accelerator Program Go Silicon ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 15 March, 2019 | Topics: Alumni, Ambassador, Business, Commercial Opportunities, Doing Business in the U.S., Economic Affairs, Events | Tags: 3daystartup, 3DS, Aussenwirtschaft Austria, Austria to Austin, CEO, entrepreneurship, industry, investor, Jürgen Roth, mentor, SelectUSA, startup, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina, WKO, WKOe
The U.S. Embassy hosted the kick-off event for participants in this year’s GoSiliconValley accelerator program administered by the Wirtschaftskammer. In his welcome remarks Ambassador Trevor Traina emphasized the importance of networking. About 80 Austrian start-ups had applied for the program. The lucky 16 winners will get the opportunity to go to the U.S., work on ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 5 March, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Business, Doing Business in the U.S., Education, Events | Tags: Aussenwirtschaft Austria, CEO, entrepreneurship, foreign policy, industry, investor, Jürgen Roth, mentor, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina, WKOe
Ambassador Traina visited the Vienna Business School this week and gave a talk about his experiences as an entrepreneur. Later the Ambassador met with the students in charge of the school’s practice company Arte Fakt. Ambassador Traina thanked the students for the demonstration of the functions and departments of the company. “I was very impressed ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 28 February, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Doing Business in the U.S., Education, English Language Learning | Tags: entrepreneurship, foreign policy, industry, SelectUSA, startup, 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
Ambassador Trevor D. Traina was the featured guest speaker at the monthly meetup of the “Young Entrepreneurs of Vienna,” a network founded by the
Austria to Austin alumni Stefan Salcher and Florian Ott. The Ambassador shared his experiences as a serial entrepreneur, investor, and Silicon Valley insider, and encouraged the group to expand their ideas and think beyond the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 16 November, 2018 | Topics: Alumni, Ambassador, Business, Doing Business in the U.S., Education, Events | Tags: 3daystartup, 3DS, A2A, Aussenwirtschaft Austria, Austria to Austin, CEO, entrepreneurship, industry, investor, mentor, startup, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina
This summer marked the third iteration of the Embassy-funded “Austria to Austin” entrepreneurship exchange program. This year’s group was bigger than ever with a total of 34 participants in two groups. They traveled to Austin to train with 3DayStartup, network with the Austin community, and receive mentorship from top entrepreneurs in the Austin ecosystem. However, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 27 September, 2018 | Topics: Alumni, Ambassador, Deputy Chief of Mission, Education | Tags: 3daystartup, 3DS, A2A, ATA, Aussenwirtschaft Austria, Austria to Austin, entrepreneurship, Jürgen Roth, mentor, startup, WKOe
Ambassador Traina hosted a group of ‘Go Silicon Valley’ alumni at the residence for a discussion on mentorship and support for Austrian entrepreneurs, tips on breaking into the U.S. market, and his experience as a serial entrepreneur. Go Silicon Valley is an initiative run by Austrian Trade within the Austrian Economic Chambers and Open Austria. ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 10 September, 2018 | Topics: Ambassador, Doing Business in the U.S., Events | Tags: Aussenwirtschaft Austria, CEO, entrepreneurship, foreign policy, industry, investor, Jürgen Roth, mentor, SelectUSA, startup, student exchange program, Trevor Traina, WKOe
The finissage of the handsome exhibit celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Marshall Plan that has been on display at the Austrian Ministry of Economics for the past month, provided an opportunity to review the impact of this landmark economic initiative for the benefit of European recovery following WWII. Twelve panels outline the beginnings of ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 27 November, 2017 | Topics: Events | Tags: Aussenwirtschaft Austria, entrepreneurship, foreign policy, industry, investor, Jürgen Roth, Marshall plan, mentor, reception, SelectUSA, startup, student exchange program, transatlantic relations, WKOe
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
On June 22, Ambassador Alexa Wesner, a former entrepreneur, participated in a panel discussion on “Women and Entrepreneurship” at Amerika Haus Vienna. The evening was organized by the U.S Embassy Vienna in cooperation with the
Austrian Fulbright Commission and the Fulbright Women’s Roundtable. On the panel the Ambassador was joined by Professor
Dianne H.B. Welsh , Hayes Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 22 June, 2015 | Topics: Events | Tags: entrepreneurship
Monica Dodi , Co-Founder and Managing Director of the Women’s Venture Capital Fund, is an experienced entrepreneur. Drawing from her over 20 years experience as a new media pioneer she is a thought-after advisor for young start-ups. In this capacity and with her focus on women she went to schools in Vienna and talked to students and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 9 March, 2015 | Topics: Business, Events | Tags: entrepreneurship
