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An evening with Anna Goldsworthy – From Baroque to Impressionist

It was standing room only at the EU Centre for Global Affairs’ 2017 Concert held on Wednesday 13th September in Adelaide.  Renowned South Australian pianist and author,  Dr Anna Goldsworthy stunned the audience with remarkable performances of varied European compositions from Bach, Schubert, Liszt and Ravel.   Anna Goldsworthy captivated the audience, not only with her […]

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Exploring Business Interests in the Australia/EU FTA

On 2 December 2016, The EU Centre for Global Affairs collaborated with the Australian Services Roundtable (ASR) and the European Australian Business Council (EABC) to sponsor a high profile European business visitor, Pascal Kerneis, Managing Director of the European Services Forum, to address a Business Breakfast Forum in Sydney In Pursuit of Services Trade and […]

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2 December 2016 in Sydney | Business Breakfast Forum | In Pursuit of Services Trade and Investment Outcomes in the Australia/European Union FTA

This Forum will take you on a business roller coaster ride across the highs, the lows and the bumps in the current services trade negotiating landscape, from doldrums in the GATS and heights of success with TPP, to crisis with TTIP, through BREXIT, across hiccups with CETA, to the end-game with TISA, a new initiative […]

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Climate-KIC: Carbon Neutral Adelaide Climathon 2016

The EU Centre for Global Affairs supported the contribution by Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Adelaide to the inaugural launch of Carbon Neutral Adelaide Climathon-KIC on 28 October 2016. The event, held on the campus of the University of Adelaide, was opened by the South Australian Minister for Sustainability, Environment and […]

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Trade Policy Luncheon Forum: Intellectual Property

The EU Centre for Global Affairs hosted a luncheon Forum on Friday 28 October 2016 at the offices of Minter Ellison in Adelaide. Discussion focussed on differences in the legal approach in Australia and in the EU to geographic origin labelling and what this might mean for local South Australian food and beverage producers. As […]

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Gunter Pauli 2016 Australian Tour Summary

The Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre (ECIC) of The University of Adelaide co-hosted with the EU Centre for Global Affairs a national speaking tour by Dr Gunter Pauli, an internationally renowned sustainability entrepreneur from Belgium. The speaking tour took place between 10 and 17 October 2016, starting in Adelaide and including a series of public […]

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28 October 2016 | 24 Hour Workshop | Carbon Neutral Adelaide Climathon-KIC 2016

The University of Adelaide would like to invite you to the launch of Adelaide’s participation in Climathon 2016, in the presence of the Minister for Sustainability, Environment & Conservation, The Hon Ian Hunter MLC, and The Right Hon Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Martin Haese. Cities all over the world are participating in this 24 hour […]

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Could TPP seal the fate of geographical indications?

By Yves Renouf, IIT Visiting WTO Fellow This year, the Asia WTO Research Network Annual Conference, held in Hong Kong on 16-17 May, discussed the paradigm shift in international trade regulation that may result from the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Dr Danny Friedmann, Research Associate in the Law Faculty of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, discussed […]

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28 October 2016 | Luncheon Discussion | What’s in a Name? Geographical Indications. How they are handled in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and implications for the EU/Australia FTA?

The EU Centre for Global Affairs invites you to a formal luncheon discussion on the origin labelling implications for local South Australian food and beverage producers – as well as the EU/Australia FTA negotiations – of the TPP’s push towards a trademark system (rather than sui generis system) to protect Geographical Indications. Date: Friday, 28 October […]

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27 September 2016 | Luncheon Discussion | Is the EU under threat? The EU’s new Global Strategy – From Vision to Action

The EU Centre for Global Affairs is delighted to offer a number of complimentary seats to a luncheon discussion in Adelaide with Dr Nathalie Tocci, Special Adviser to the European Union’s High Representative/Vice President of the European Commission (EU HRVP) Federica Mogherini. Dr Tocci played a key role in drafting the EU’s recently launched ‘Global […]

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