The Australia – EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA)

Speakers include:

• Martin Kocher (Governor, Austrian Central Bank OeNB)
• Ian Biggs (Australia's Ambassador to Austria)
• Severin Gruber (Secretary General, Federal Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism – BMWET)
• Patrick Lobis (Head of Representation, European Commission in Austria)
• Gabriel Felbermayr (Director, Austrian Institute of Economic Research – WIFO)
• Lachlan Crews (Assistant Secretary, Services, Competition and Intellectual Property Branch, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade)

Panellists include:

• Tim Joris Kaiser (Economic Counsellor, European Commission in Austria)
• David Brightling (Minister-Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Australian Embassy Brussels)
• Eva Liebmann (Deputy Secretary General, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber – WKO)
• Andreas Thurner (Head of the EU and International Relations Division, Austrian Chamber of Agriculture)

If you are interested in attending this event, please register until 21 April 2026 at events.vienna.embassy@dfat.gov.au (with name, position, organisation and e-mail address).

Please note that this event is not open to the media and will be held under the Chatham House Rule.

This event is organised by the Australian Embassy in cooperation with the Austrian Institute of Economic Research, the Austrian Central Bank, the Federal Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism, the Austrian Economic Chamber and the European Commission.