09:30 Registration and Coffee, Foyer, 1st Floor
10:00 Welcome Addresses by Prof. DI Dr. Johannes Fröhlich (Vice Rector for Research and Innovation, TU Wien) and H.E. Dr. Brendon Hammer (Australian Ambassador to Austria), Festsaal, 1st Floor
Panel 1: Interdependencies. Austria-Australia since the Age of Discoveries
10:15 Introduction: Australia between Utopia and Reality, Dr. Gabriele Weichart (Österreichisch-Australische Gesellschaft) and Oliver Sukrow (TU Wien)
10:45 The artist and scientist. Ferdinand L. Bauer (1760-1826) and the early
Austrian-Australian Relationships in the 19th Century, Prof. Dr. Christa Riedl-Dorn (Naturhistorisches Museum Wien)
11:15 Eugene von Guerard (1801-1911): Maler und Naturforscher zwischen
Wien, Victoria und London, Mag. Werner Sommer (Österreichische Galerie Belvedere)
11:45 Austrian-Australian Relationships before the Bauhaus: Camillo Sitte
(1843-1903) in Brisbane, Adelaide, and Melbourne, DI Dr. Andreas Zeese (Vienna)
12:15 Discussion
12:45 Lunch, Foyer, 1st Floor
Panel 2: Case Studies. From Vienna abroad. Migration, Exile, and Transfer
14:00 The Viennese Contribution to Australian Architecture, Design, and Art Education, Prof. Harriet Edquist (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) and Prof. Philip Goad (University of Melbourne)
14:30 Hoffmann/Loos in Australia: The Bonyhady Desks and the Question of Exile, Prof. Tim Bonyhady (Australian National University)
15:00 Coffee Break, Foyer, 1st Floor
15:15 Vienna-Los Angeles: Richard Neutra and Rudolph Schindler, two alumni of the TU Wien and their legacy at the US-Westcoast, Dr. Barbara Lamprecht (Pasadena, CA)
15:45 Ernest Fooks: Parallel Lives, Parallel Continents, Prof. Philip Goad (University of Melbourne)
16:15 Discussion
16:30 Coffee Break, Foyer, 1st Floor
16:45 Introduction to the Furniture Design of Richard Neutra, Dr. Thomas Müller (VS Vereinigte Spezialmöbelfabriken Tauberbischofsheim/Germany)
18:00 Keynote Lecture: Cultural Transformations. The Viennese Contribution to Mid-Century Australian Modernism, Prof. Harriet Edquist (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology)
19:00 Discussion and Get-Together