AustCham Korea would like to welcome its newest Corporate Member, Sunshine Coast Council to the Chamber. Located in the State of Queensland, the Sunshine Coast is one of the most exciting business destinations in Australia. The region offers a highly skilled and educated workforce, a focus on innovation, an increasingly diverse economy and well-planned areas for business growth. The Sunshine Coast Council provides a range of services to enable local business to thrive and to support investment in the region.

Offering unique business opportunities across a number of high-value industries and exceptional property development options with major capital investments to occur in:
- The new city centre
- An international airport and
- Leading health and education projects.

www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au ... See more

Working in the Australian/Korean Energy and Resources sector?

AustCham Korea intends to establish a Sub-Committee to our Board to better serve the interests of the Energy and Resources sectors for Australian or Korean entities.

We plan to hold a short inaugural meeting at 6pm 17th of October in Jung-gu, Seoul for individuals or companies that may have an interest in this initiative.

This meeting will focus on establishing the aims and objectives for the Sub-Committee and how to implement initiatives that benefit the Australia-Korean business community in the Energy and Resources sector.

Expressions of interest can be sent to Sola Nam exec@austchamkorea.org ... See more

[Start-Up News] If you are Korean startup, accelerator, or VC who are interested in Australia, this session will be a good chance to understand the Australian market and meet with key industry people.

• Title: Global Korea Open Innovation – Australia Startup Ecosystem
• Date: Wed 10 October 2018, 9am
• Venue: Level 3 Mirero Room, aT Center (Yangjae)
• Program:
9:00 Sydney Startup Hub, Joshua Flannery
9:25 Haymarket HQ, Duco Van Breeman
9:50 RCL Accelerator, Cristo Pajust

• Registration due today: https://event-us.kr/kotrastartupteam/event/2590 ... See more

Earlier this year, the Australian Baseball League announced the formation of Geelong-Korea baseball team. With a little over a month until the first game, Geelong-Korea Baseball have unveiled their new team logo.

For information on ABL corporate sponsorship packages, please contact Rowan Petz (comm@austchamkorea.org) for more details. ... See more

Check out AustCham Korea's October Update: https://goo.gl/p2vpnB.

[AKF News] AustCham Korea's Chair with fellow Board members of the Australia-Korea Foundation.

The refreshed Board of the Australia-Korea Foundation met for the first time last week in Melbourne. The Board is looking forward to continuing the momentum and taking the people-to-people relationships between Australia and the Republic of Korea to a new level. ... See more

[Medical news] Australia set to become the first country in the world to wipe out cervical cancer. The breakthrough is thanks to national vaccination and screening programs which could see the disease effectively eliminated as a public health issue within 20 years. ... See more

Australia is leading the world in eradicating cervical cancer thanks to dedicated, innovative research by Prof Ian Frazer, co-inventor of the Gardasil vaccine, and national screening and immunisation programs. ... See more

[Embassy News] "Australian Ambassador to Korea James Choi will go on a 375-kilometer, charity bike ride here from Oct. 6 to 8 to promote diversity and multiculturalism, according to his embassy."

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Australian Ambassador to Korea James Choi will go on a 375-kilometer, charity bike ride here from Oct. 6 to 8 to promote diversity and multiculturalism, according to his embassy. It said the 15-member team led by Choi will start their journey at Goseong Unification Observatory in Gangwon Province an... ... See more

Korea-Australia Foundation and the Centre for Australian Studies, Yonsei are jointly holding the 31st KAF-CAS seminar on 12 October. The seminar will be held in the Australia Centre after the presentation and award ceremony of the 2018 Australia and Australia-Korea Relations Paper Competition.

Guest speakers include Dr David Hundt from Deakin University, Dr Seori Choi and Changwon Lee from the Migration Research and Training Centre of the International Organization for Migration (IOM MRTC).

RSVP by 10th October to: email: aus_studies_yonsei@yonsei .kr

Date: 16:30 ~ 18:30 Friday 12 October
Place: Australia Centre (18th floor, Kyobo Building, 1 Jong-ro, Jongro-gu, Seoul)

Session I
Title: “From loyalty to voice? 1.5-generation Koreans and Australian multiculturalism”
Speaker: Prof. David Hundt (Deakin University)

Session II
Title: “Being Korean Australian: An exploration of Korean ethnic identity in Australia”
Speaker: Dr. Seori Choi and Dr. Changwon Lee (IOM MRTC)
Discussant | Prof. Kyounghee Moon (Changwon National University) ... See more