AUSTRIA CONNECT AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND 2018 PROGRAM Sydney Thursday 22.03.2018 Friday 23.03.2018 Powered by:
AUSTRIA CONNECT AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND 2018 PROGRAM Sydney Thursday 22.03.2018 Friday 23.03.2018 THURSDAY, 22.03.2018 AUSTRIA CONNECT 2018 Customs House, The Barnet Long Room Level 1, 31 Alfred Street, Circular Quay Sydney 2000 Dress Code: Business 08.45 09.30 REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS 09.30 09.40 WELCOME Karl Hartleb, Austrian Trade Commissioner Bernhard Zimburg, Austrian Ambassador to Australia Walter Ruck, President, Vienna Chamber of Commerce 09.40 10.00 OPENING REMARKS Mr. Simon Smith, Secretary / NSW Department of Industry 10.00 10.45 AUSTRALIA - 27 YEARS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH: AN OUTLOOK Social and political trends relevant for foreign investors in the next 10 years Michael Pascoe, Financial Journalist and Commentator 10.45 11.00 COFFEE BREAK MORNING SESSION 11.00 11.45 THE AUSTRALIA EU FREE TRADE AGREEMENT, TRADE POLICY AND STANDARDS Ambassador Michael Pulch / EU Delegation in Canberra Rhonda Piggott, Director NSW / Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Luke Cohen, Regulatory Counsel / Red Bull 11.45 13.00 NETWORKING & BUFFET LUNCH
AFTERNOON SESSION 13.00 14.00 TAXES IN THE DIGITAL ERA Australia s pioneer role in managing taxation in the face of digitalization Jason Daniels, Partner, Business Services / BDO Brett Cox, Partner / Accru Felsers Chartered Accountants Franz Sodia, CEO and Managing Director / voestalpine VAE Rail Systems 14.00 15.00 CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL LAW Directing a foreign owned company in Australia Oliver Jankowsky, Partner / Hall & Wilcox Wolfgang Babeck, Partner / Buse Heberer Fromm Jutta Rieger, Managing Director / Anton Paar Australia & New Zealand 15.00 15.20 COFFEE BREAK 15.20 16.15 THE QUEST FOR TALENT Challenges and Opportunities in Finding, Building and Retaining a Quality Workforce / Recruitment, Immigration, Training Claudia Vasko, Director / Vasko Immigration Jan Rieche / Polyglot Group Christian Dorner, Director, Head of Finance & Operations / Frequentis Australasia 16.15 17.00 REGIONAL HUBS: MANAGING NEW ZEALAND FROM AUSTRALIA & VICE VERSA Stephen Diver, Director / Advantage Austria Marketing Office Auckland Erich Bachmann, Managing Partner / Hesketh Henry Commercial Law Bernhard Schneider, Partner / Sonnentor END OF CONFERENCE DAY 1 5 min walk to Museum of Contemporary Art AUSTRIA CONNECT EVENING GALA FOR CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS & VIP GUESTS 17.30 18.30 18:30 Private wine tasting for registered Austria Connect participants with Bert Salomon Arrival of remaining guests Welcome address by The Hon. Nick Greiner, EABC Chairman and Former Premier of NSW
Friday, 23.03.2018 08.30 09.00 REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS Dress Code: Casual MORNING SESSION 09.00 09.15 AUSTRIA IN AUSTRALIA- KEY ACTIVITIES AND INDUSTRIES Karl Hartleb, Austrian Trade Commissioner 09.15 10.15 TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION AND R&D IN AUSTRALIA Jens Goennemann, Managing Director / Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre Anto Komarica, Vice President Solution Consulting / Kapsch TrafficCom Australia KJ Pittl, Strategic Cloud Engineer / Google Australia Monica Wulff, CEO and Co-founder / Startup Muster 10.15 10.45 COFFEE BREAK 10.45 11.35 GETTING TO THE CUSTOMER: THE LOGISTICS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MARKET Import, Domestic Airfreight, Warehousing, Supply Chain Management and E- Commerce Ron Köhler, CEO / Schenker Australia Brett Ambrose, Managing Director / Blum Australia Pty Ltd Prof. Rico Merkert, Professor and Chair in Transport and Supply Chain Management / Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney 11.35 13.00 WORKSHOP: WALTZING THE KANGAROO THE CULTURAL CHALLENGES AND JOYS OF AUSTRO AUSTRALIAN COOPERATION Volker Latus, Director / Involve International Astrid Mulholland Licht, Director / Austrian National Tourist Office Eugene Cora, Director Business Development / Ardexa 13.30 DEPARTURE BY BUS TO NORTH SYDNEY BOWLING CLUB 14.00 18.00 AUSSIE STYLE BBQ & LAWN BOWLING The Greens - North Sydney Bowling Club 50 Ridge St, North Sydney NSW 2060 18:00 INDIVIDUAL DEPARTURE
THE SPONSORS Gold Sponsors Silver Sponsors AUSTRIA CONNECT - THE VENUES The Barnet Long Room, Customs House Level 1, 31 Alfred Street, Circular Quay Sydney NSW 2000 The Quay Side Room, Museum of Contemporary Art 140 George Street, The Rocks NSW 2000