We would like to warmly invite you to this week’s NCRE Public Seminar Series:
Speaker: Nina Obermaier, Ambassador of the European Union
Title: The EU – responding to the challenges of 2022
Date: 13 May 2022
Time: 2 – 3pm
Location: Logie 613, University of Canterbury / Zoom
Seminar Protocols: We require all attendees to sign the manual register that will be at the entrance of Logie 613 for audit purposes
If you are unable to attend the Diplomatic Seminar, you are encouraged to follow it live on your computer via our live stream.
Note to all NCRE graduate students – you are expected to attend these seminars if you are in Christchurch.
Biography:
Nina Obermaier has been the Ambassador of the European Union to New Zealand since November 2019.
Ms Obermaier has worked at the European Union since 2001. From October 2016 to November 2019 she served as the adviser to the Deputy Chief Negotiator for the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union.
She was the Lead Negotiator for issues related to Ireland/North Ireland at the European Commission in Brussels.
She worked as the Deputy Head of Division in the European External Action Service in charge of EU relations and negotiation with Switzerland between July 2013 and October 2016 at the External Action Service in Brussels.
She was the Deputy Head of Unit at the European Commission charge of protection and crisis management from September 2009 to June 2013 at the European Commission in Brussels.
Between March 2003 and August 2009, she held subsequent positions as Desk Officer for Israel and the West Bank/Gaza at the European Commission in Brussels.
From February 2001 to February 2003 she was a policy developer in the field of information society at the European Commission in Brussels.
Prior to her positions at the European Union, she was a senior producer and journalist for ARD (German Television) between March 1999 and December 2000.
Ms. Obermaier attained an M.A. in European Studies at the College of Europe Natolin, Poland.
She also has an M.A. in Political Science and History from the University of Hanover in Germany, and the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom.
She speaks four languages; English, German, French, and Dutch.
Q & A
Please send us any questions you may have related to the topic: The EU – responding to the challenges of 2022.
Q&A will be a major part of this week’s event.
We look forward to seeing you all there.
Kind Regards,
NCRE
