Energy Policy Dialogue 2020 in cooperation with ANU Centre for Climate and Energy Policy, AHK Australia, EUCERS and the Energy Transition Hub

The Hydrogen Economy: Prospects for a German-Australian Collaboration

KAS Australia’s 2020 Energy Policy Dialogue has concluded with a virtual public seminar on The Hydrogen Economy - Prospects for a German-Australian Collaboration. The aim of the event was to provide senior German and Australian representatives from industry, policy and research with a forum to map out opportunities for collaboration on hydrogen R&D, investment and trade, and to discuss how to overcome barriers.

Multilateralism and Regional Cooperation in Times of Global Crises: Australia and Europe and the International Order

The 2020 KONRAD-ADENAUER LECTURE was delivered by the Hon Julie Bishop - Chancellor, Australian National University and former Foreign Minister of Australia

The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung’s (KAS) Regional Program Australia and the Pacific in cooperation with the ANU Centre for European Studies (ANUCES) held their annual Konrad Adenauer Lecture on 1 October 2020 in a hybrid form this year.

6th ASPI-KAS Australia-Europe Counter Terrorism Dialogue 2020 Discussion Series

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Extremism Dynamics: Towards National Resilience

The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung’s (KAS) Regional Program Australia and the Pacific in cooperation with The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) held their annual Australia-Europe Counter Terrorism Dialogue in virtual form this year – through two separate discussions on the 18th of August and 1st of September 2020.

3rd Europe-Australia 1.5 track Cybersecurity Dialogue - Part 1

'Covid-19 & the road to global cyber norms: The case of banning cyber operations against public health infrastructures'

The annual KAS Australia-Europe 1.5 track Cybersecurity Dialogue, this year already in its third iteration, aims to bring together senior government representatives, policy makers, academic experts, practitioners and members of the diplomatic corps to share their views, develop better understandings and explore how cooperation could be strengthened. Usually, this is achieved through a combination of roundtables, an in-depth seminar and meetings at various relevant institutions and ministries, as well as the respective federal, state and EU Parliaments – alternating between Canberra/Sydney and Berlin/Brussels as locations.

Rule of Law Dialogue 2020

Reforming Tax Sharing in a Federation

KAS Regional Programme Australia and the Pacific (KAS Australia) has proudly supported the Melbourne Law School’s (MLS) virtual seminar with Prof Rudolf Mellinghoff.

Energy Policy Dialogue 2020 - Expert Discussion in cooperation with the Energy Transition Hub

Hydrogen Strategies in Germany and Australia

KAS Regional Programme Australia and the Pacific in cooperation with the Energy Transition Hub hosted a virtual expert discussion on “Hydrogen Strategies in Germany and Australia”.

Political Dialogue Program in Australia and New Zealand with Dr Klaus Schueler and Dr Peter Hefele

Tackling the New Challenges for Political Parties and Liberal Democracies in Changing Times

KAS Australia and the Pacific was pleased to welcome Dr Klaus Schueler, State Secretary (ret’d) and former Federal Managing Director of the CDU, for a political dialogue program with Australian and New Zealand politicians, political party and industry representatives, academics and think tank experts. Dr Schueler, who is now the Board of Management’s representative for national and international politics at LANXESS and a member of the Board of Trustees at the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation was accompanied by Dr Peter Hefele, Director Team Asia and the Pacific, KAS Berlin.

Energy Policy Roundtable Discussion with German MP Carsten Mueller

Challenges in the Energy Policy Sector in Germany and Australia

MP Carsten Mueller (Member of the Economic Affairs and Energy Committee; Chairman of the Parliamentary Circle on Energy Efficiency, Chairman of the German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency; etc.) in the course of a Roundtable Discussion held on 16 September 2019 in Sydney had the opportunity to discuss energy policy matters with representatives from the Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity, the energy industry and energy authorities.

Intensivere Beziehungen zur deutschen Wirtschaft

Australische Premierministerin von New South Wales will Wirtschaft und Arbeitsmarkt vorantreiben

Die australische Premierministerin von New South Wales (NSW), Gladys Berejiklian, will das Umland von Sydney wirtschaftlich weiter ausbauen und dort unter anderem für neue Arbeitsplätze sorgen. Ihr Langzeitprojekt von einer Flughafenstadt „Aerotropolis“ zur Stärkung des Umlandes von Sydney, erläuterte sie am Freitag bei einem Besuch in der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. „Dieser Besuch zeigt, dass wir uns der Vertiefung und dem Ausbau unserer Beziehungen zu Deutschland verpflichtet fühlen“, sagte Berejiklian.

2nd Australia-Germany Cybersecurity Dialogue, Berlin and Brussels, June 24 – 28 2019

After the success of our first Australia-Germany Cybersecurity Dialogue in Canberra in 2018, for this year’s dialogue we took a group of Australian experts to Berlin and Brussels. The delegation engaged in theme-focused roundtables and bilateral meetings at relevant ministries and institutions in Berlin and Brussels to examine current challenges and how to best manage them based on multifaceted approaches and bi-lateral/multi-lateral cooperation.