On October 14-15, 2022 Austrian Finance Minister Magnus Brunner visited Washington for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Annual Meetings.

On September 22, 2022, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg spent his morning with representatives of five major Jewish organizations in New York

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.

On Wednesday, August 17, 2022, Dr. Jonathan Singerton (University of Innsbruck) presented highlights from his new book on the responses and reactions within the Hapsburg 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.

Christine Schwarz-Fuchs, the President of the Austrian Federal Council (Bundesrat) visited the U.S. with a delegation of colleagues from 16 – 20 May 2022. Also in the delegation were Vice President of the Austrian Federal Council Günther Novak, leader of the Austrian Social Democrats (SPÖ) in the Federal Council Korinna Schumann, leader of the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) in the Federal Council Andrea Eder-Gitschthaler, and leader of the Green Party in the Federal Council Claudia Hauschildt-Buschberger.

From 10-13 May 2022, Austrian Minister of Defense Klaudia Tanner traveled to the U.S. to meet with her U.S. counterparts. Tanner’s trip began in Washington, DC, where she met with U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hick at the Pentagon on May 10 to discuss the U.S.-Austrian defense relationship in light of the changing security landscape in Europe.

From 1-9 May 2022, a delegation led by Johanna Mikl-Leitner, the provincial governor of Lower Austria, traveled to Austin, Denver, and San Francisco to promote Austrian-American business ties and collaboration on technology.

On Friday, June 3, 2022, Dr. A. Wess Mitchell will deliver the annual Botstiber Lecture in the atrium of the Austrian Embassy at 6:30 pm.

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.

On April 8, 2022, Ambassador Martin Weiss spoke the University of Virginia (UVA) as part of the Center for Politics’ Ambassador Series.

From April 11-13, 2022, Digital and Economic Affairs Minister Margarete Schramböck, together with General Secretary for Labor Eva Landrichtinger, met with politicians, researchers, and members of the Austrian-American business community in three US cities: Cambridge, MA, Washington, DC, and Linwood, NC.