Austrian Minister of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology Leonore Gewessler traveled to Washington, DC for meetings with her bilateral counterparts on September 19-20, 2022. In Washington, she met with Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner Allison Clements and U.S. Department of Energy Deputy Secretary David Turk. That same day she also met with Managing Director of Operations at the World Bank Axel van Trostsenburg and the Vice President for Sustainable Development Jürgen Vögele.

On Wednesday, August 17, 2022, Dr. Jonathan Singerton (University of Innsbruck) presented highlights from his new book on the responses and reactions within the Habsburg Monarchy to the American Revolution. The talk took place in the atrium of the Austrian Embassy in Washington, DC.

Each June, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration organizes an investment summit to promote foreign direct investment (FDI) in the United States. Bringing together investors, companies, and government officials, it provides ample opportunities to network—also for the Austrian companies participating at this year’s SelectUSA Summit in National Harbor, MD on 26-29 June, 2022.

On 9 June 2022, the Austrian Embassy hosted a “Railway Day USA” conference, which focused on the opportunities and challenges facing the US rail sector in light of the infrastructure package recently passed by Congress.

On Friday, June 3, 2022, Dr. A. Wess Mitchell delivered the Annual Botstiber Lecture in the atrium of the Austrian Embassy in Washington, DC. As one of the leading specialists on Europe and Russia, Dr. Mitchell discussed the war in Ukraine and its effect on U.S.-Austrian relations.

The President of the Austrian Union Federation, Wolfgang Katzian, accompanied by the head if its international department, Marcus Strohmeier, visited Washington, DC and New York City for a series of talks and bilateral meetings from February 6-10, 2022.

Austrian Finance Minister Magnus Brunner traveled to Washington, DC this past week (April 21-24) to participate in the 2022 Spring Meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group and to hold a series of meetings with his American counterparts.

Austrian Federal Minister for Digital and Economic Affairs Schramböck in Boston, Washington, and North Carolina

On April 8, 2022, Ambassador Martin Weiss visited the University of Virginia (UVA) as part of the Center for Politics’ Ambassador Series. The conversation was hosted by the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and focused on current political affairs as well as the transatlantic relationship between Austria and the U.S.