Public Lecture by H.E Ms Beate Grzeski, German Ambassador to Australia

28 February 2025

EVENT DETAILS

6-7pm, Thursday, 6 March

Bradley Forum, Lvl 5, Hawke Building, University of South Australia, City West Campus, 55 North Terrace, Adelaide

Germany, Europe and Australia: Common Challenges, Shared Solutions

Join us for a public lecture by H.E. Ms Beate Grzeski, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Australia, as she explores the evolving partnership between Germany, Europe, and Australia addressing common challenges and advancing shared solution in an increasingly complex world.

Building on the Enhanced Strategic Partnership between Germany and Australia and the Framework Agreement between the EU and Australia, our cooperation spans many key areas, from energy and climate action and security in the Indo-Pacific to trade, science and innovation.

How can we further expand our collaboration to address global challenges? What opportunities exist to deepen our economic, scientific, and strategic partnerships?

Join us for an insightful discussion on the future of Germany-Europe-Australia cooperation in a rapidly changing world.

H.E. Ms Beate Grzeski

Beate Grzeski is the German Ambassador to Australia since October 2023, also responsible for the Pacific Island States of Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Nauru. Prior to this she was the German Special Envoy for the Pacific Island States since 2022.
After studying law at Munich University, she began her career in the Foreign Ministry in 1998.
Her extensive diplomatic career includes her role as Deputy Head of Mission at the German Embassy in Moscow from 2017 to 2022 and as Minister / Head of Economic Department at the German Embassy in Beijing from 2011 to 2014. She held key positions at the Federal Foreign Office such as Commissioner for Refugees and Migration (2015 – 2017) and as Director for International Academic Relations and Public Diplomacy, Dialogue among Civilizations and as Head of Division EU Justice and Home Affairs and Advisor on European Law.
Other engagements included the role as Private Secretary to the President of the German Bundestag and as Advisor for the Chairman of the EPP-Group in the European Convention in 2002-2003.
Previously she also worked as Private Secretary to the Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe (SPSC 1999 – 2002).