Expansion of the successful OPEN AUSTRIA brand to Washington, D.C., as well as the start-up hub and life sciences hotspot Boston - OPEN AUSTRIA East Coast. Since 2016, the BMEIA and WK– have jointly run the San Francisco office and the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber. OPEN AUSTRIA San Francisco has become a pioneer of the BMEIA's tech diplomacy and a joint brand with the WK– as a gateway to the future.
Name in original language
Open Austria East Coast
Initiative overview
OPEN AUSTRIA San Francisco has become a pioneer of the BMEIA's tech diplomacy and a joint brand with the WK– as a gateway to the future has the following objectives: 1) serves companies/start-ups/business delegations on site, 2) brings ideas for the future to AT, 3) reports on tech trends (and therefore thus also from the field of AI). OPEN AUSTRIA East Coast in Washington, D.C. will provide more direct access to decision-makers in US tech, research and science policy. The aim is to further expand the interface between security policy, and technology is to be further expanded and the OPEN AUSTRIA bridge, service and information and information function between AT and the US. Boston, as a global hub for science and innovation, offers the same opportunities as Silicon Valley, access to renowned universities (Harvard, MIT) and is also home to one of the world's of the world's strongest life science clusters. The annualventure capital investments of over USD 5 billion and the proximity to the National Institutes of Health Institutes of Health (NIH) make Boston the ideal location for technology and life science and life science collaborations. AT is thus positioning itself more strongly in international competition, especially with countries that have already established a tech/digital envoy on the US East Coast.
Name of responsible organisation (in English)
Federal Ministry for European and international Affairs
