King’s Day Adelaide was a vibrant and memorable evening, bringing together more than 60 guests to celebrate the Dutch King’s birthday and reconnect with Dutch culture and community. Proudly organised by DutchSA, the event captured the spirit of Koningsdag right…
Interview by Vasco Bontje Some people bring structure to organisations. Others bring calm. Govert Mellink does both, often at the same time, and usually when things are at their most complex. With a career spanning Europe, Asia and Australia, Govert…
Great turnout at the DutchSA – Australian Netherlands Chamber of Commerce New Year’s function last night at the Gilbert St Hotel. A wonderful warm evening and a good time had by all. We look forward to seeing you all back…
Sad news from the Dutch Pantry in Klemzig “It is with deep sorrow that we announce that the entrepreneur of The Dutch Pantry, my beautiful Mother, Angela Joanne Leaney at just 52 years lost her battle with liver cancer on…
Good news for Dutch citizens in Adelaide! The consular team from the consulate-general in Sydney will be visiting Adelaide on the following dates: 24th and 25th February 2026 Please email your interest to SYD-APPOINTMENT@minbuza.nl stating your name, contact details and the number…
Joint Christmas Function of the Dutch, Swiss, and German, business chambers in South Australia last night was a hit! DutchSA – Australian Netherlands Chamber of CommerceSwissCham AustraliaGerman Business Chamber of South Australia (GBCSA)
Interview with Professor Michelle Picard — On Teaching, Technology and a Touch of Dutch Professor Michelle Picard brings a global mindset to South Australia, shaped by years of working across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. With Dutch roots…
World Solar Challenge Dutch Finish Line Event 29 August 2025, University of the Sunshine Coast, Adelaide Campus Friday 29 August we celebrated the Dutch Successes in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. DutchSA and the Consulate-General of the Kingdom of the…
🇪🇺 🇳🇱 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇦🇹 🇸🇮 🇬🇷 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇮🇪 EuroMix 2025, the premier European business and networking event in South Australia presented by DutchSA and 9 other European Chambers of Commerce. Date 26 August, 6-10pmHer Majesty’s Theatre58 Grote St, Adelaide
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Exploring the Power of AI A DUTCHSA INNOVATION SERIES EVENT Thursday 2 May at Torrens University Campus This event is jointly Hosted by Adelaide Connected and DutchSA – the Australian Netherlands Chamber of Commerce (SA) Inc. Embark on a journey into the…
What a great event, by the joint European chambers of commerce in South Australia. DutchSA and the other chambers welcomed nearly 200 guest at the National Wine Centre. A great event with guest speakers Susan Close, Deputy Premier of South Australia,…
With short presentations by: Hon. Susan Close MP, Vice Premier, South Australia Mr. Glenn Smyth, Founder and CE of Fragile to Agile (platinum sponsor) Dr. Jessica Gallagher, Deputy Vice Chancellor, External Engagement, University of Adelaide (venue sponsor) EuroMix will be…
The Netherlands Consulate-General in Sydney organises Pop-up Passport Desks in various Australian cities, enabling Dutch citizens in Australia to apply for a Dutch passport or ID card ‘closer to home’. You can now book an appointment for Adelaide on 10, 11…
Hans Becker, born and raised in the East of the Netherlands at the edge of Twente was working in London (in 2010) when he met ‘Radeladian’ Julia. One thing led to another and after Julia said ‘yes’, the family grew with daughter…
Book Tickets Join us for our annual Kingsday Celebration at the Belgian Beer Cafe and raise a glass to celebrate the King’s birthday! Tickets for the event are $15 plus booking fee and include nibbles and a free drink for…
For those attending the DutchSA Kings’s Day Celebration, please note that the venue has been changed from the Belgian Beer Cafe to the Malt Shovel Tap House. You can find the Tap House at the Festival Theatre (Festival Drive) at…
WHEN: Thursday 27 April, from 5:30pmWHERE: Malt Shovel Tap House, Festival Centre(where the Adelaide oval footbridge starts)Note: Changed Venue!! Join us for our annual King’s Day Celebration at the Tap House and raise a glass to celebrate the King’s birthday! Tickets for the…
You know the old saying ‘Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans’. That pretty much sums up the life of Sef van den Nieuwelaar. Limburg born and Brabant bred, Sef studied Chemical Engineering at the TU…
WTF? Yes, you read that right. The WTFuture? event is Wendy’s main focus as Program Manager for The Difference Collective – The social enterprise that is part of Culturise.WTFuture? is happening on November 17th at the Adelaide Showgrounds. WTFuture? is a co-led event by both youth…
The third Euromix Event took place at the all new Luma Bar, at the Playford Hotel, where the joint European Chambers of Commerce, active in South Australia together with a large group of affiliated business people, academics and government representatives…
Erik de Roos – Executive Director Marketing, South Australian Tourism Commission This time, we look into the events that led Erik de Roos from his birthplace Zwolle – to Adelaide today – where he is responsible for marketing the beautiful…
Yvette van Eenennaam and Dr Johan Verjans moved to Adelaide in 2017. They are two hockey loving, career driven, ambitious professionals who enjoy their two daughters Roos (10 years old) and Alice (8 years old).Both work in the Health and Medical sector…
Jeroen Hendriks, Professor of Cardiovascular Nursing, Flinders University Born and raised in the south of the Netherlands, Jeroen Hendriks studied Nursing and Health Sciences at Maastricht University in the beautiful city of Maastricht. During his PhD he developed a specialised…
Remco & Milly Albers Milly and Remco met in The Hague and when Milly needed to move back to her hometown Adelaide they kept in touch and after 1.5 years of a long distance relationship, Remco decided to leave his…
Corporate Social Responsibility Join the crème de la crème of social impact entrepreneurs in our state (and nationally!) and celebrate their successes. Learn what we – as a (for profit) business community – can contribute to these magnificent initiatives that…
Left to right: Eloise Hall, Isobel Marshall, Louise Vidal Nobes, Carmen Garcia. DutchSA’s second Social Enterprise event was very popular with 76 attendees who came not just for great business networking and learning about the best known social enterprises in…
We are pleased to announce that Lilian Mellink has joined the board of DutchSA. Lilian recently moved to Adelaide, coming from Canberra, where she was a Senior Advisor Trade and Economic Affairs at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the…
At DutchSA we love bringing together people of different walks of life and enable the sharing of ideas, knowledge and support. It’s nice to hear back sometimes from those attending our events that they found a new client, a perfect…
The second joint European Chambers of Commerce in South Australia Networking Event.Tuesday 16 February from 5:30pm at the District in SkyCityFree access for DutchSA members. Get your free Euromix ticket on Eventbrite Tickets via the FACCI Eventbrite page.“European Tchin Tchin…
DutchSA welcomes Maurits de Graeff to the board as director external relationships. Maurits studied hospitality management at the Hoge Hotelschool Maastricht and has an extensive international background in the hospitality industry. With the addition of Maurits, the DutchSA board further strengthens its ability to…
For over 30 years, the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge has welcomed the greatest minds from around the world to Australia to push the limits of technological innovation and travel the outback in a vehicle powered only by the energy of the sun. Traversing 3,000km…
4 November 2020, Utrecht 6am, Adelaide 3:30pm, Sydney/Melbourne 4pmThis webinar was presented by the joint Netherlands chambers of commerce in Australia and attracted 89 registrations across Australia, Singapore and The Netherlands. We believe that Customer Experience Management is still in…
Lunch seminar with John-Paul Drake at Lot Fourteen JP Drake Open, honest, transparent and……raw. JP (John-Paul) Drake is pioneering a direct dialogue with consumer and retail audiences. Authentic and recognisable. JP , director of Drakes Supermarkets, the largest independent supermarket…
JP Drake is known for speaking his mind and he honoured his reputation. What a great event. Big turn out for the first time since February. JP speaking about strategy, generational planning and investing in the local economy. Building a…
13 March 2020 The Australian Netherlands Chamber of Commerce South Australia (DutchSA) and The Adelaide Strategy Execution & Leadership Community of Practice (SEL Meetup) are joining forces to present two top speakers from The Netherlands in a breakfast seminar at Lot…
See All Event Photos Event page CX Webinar That the 2020 global professional speakers convention was bound to bring some great speakers to Adelaide was to be expected. That two of them came straight from The Netherlands and willing to…
On the morning of Friday the 13th we have co-organised an event with the Adelaide Strategy Execution & Leadership Meetup to present two international professional speakers from The Netherlands. The venue is kindly sponsored by Lot Fourteen, Stone & Chalk. The…
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26 February European Networking Drinks DutchSA welcomes its members to the joint networking drinks with the joint European Chambers of Commerce from France, Germany, UK, Ireland and The Netherlands. Let’s welcome the new year and celebrate the great contributions of…
DutchSA initiated a Dutch event at the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge and co-organised this with the South Australian Tourism Commission, The Bridgestone World Solar Challenge Team, The Government of South Australia, the City of Adelaide and The Consulate of The…
Beautiful weather, a full bus and program with great venues. This was the DutchSA on Tour 2018 to the Barossa Valley. Our stops were at the brand new Seppeltsfield Road Distillers, where Jon and Nicole Durdin had 4 excellent gin…
Creating Social Capital “Creating Social Capital in Commercial Enterprise – Social Entrepreneurship for good in South Australia” The binding topic for this event is how to enable and incentivise commercial organisations to do more good by embracing social entrepreneurship, inclusiveness…
The Third DutchSA Innovation Event was all about innovation in building social capital. KiK Innovation creating work opportunities for youth at risk and Barkuma for people with disability. Both organisations represented by their CEO’s (Simon Rowberry from Barkuma and Louise Nobes from…
The 2018 DutchSA Kingsday function was very well attended, with over 100 visitors, mostly dressed in the colours of the Dutch royal family (Orange) 🧡🇳🇱 We saw many familiar and new faces having a good time. The magnificent DJ Michael mixed…
“Triple Helix Approach to Economic Growth –Creating a winning ecosystem for South Australia” The binding topic for this event is the proven triple helix approach where government, universities and businesses closely work together to create an ecosystem with ideal conditions for all…
Another great DutchSA innovation night with Andrew Downs, Terry Burgess, Joe Thorp, Anton van den Hengel and Nam Nguyen Event page We look back at another exciting innovation event with a great turn out of roughly 70 people. For many attendees…
Flavia is a high profile space entrepreneur from Italy who learned all about nano satellites in The Netherlands working with TNO and the European Space Agency and then co-founding startup Fleet Space Technologies from South Australia. Suhit is a master business…
Great turnout on Monday’s networking drinks with the Dutch trade mission to Australia. Lillian Mellink from the embassy, local entrepreneurs Marco Kuipers and Jan Ernst Antonides, delegation member Loek Hermans, president of DutchSA Frank Weits and many others enjoying a Belgium…
Alexander Ouwens from Ouwens Casserly Real Estate and master builder / architect Don Iannicelli from Glass House Projects giving a comprehensive update on the housing market and what is required to build your own dream home. Another full house at a…
The DutchSA Kingsday event was kindly hosted by the German Club this year and we must say their building never looked better. Orange inside and the red white and blue on the front!
Hosted in the newly renovated Mayfair hotel the DutchSA forum on Financial Planning for Migrants had a very good turn-out. The relevancy of the subject is clear: most migrants have little idea of financial challenges lying ahead in the different stages…
This morning, DutchSA and BikeSA organised a breakfast seminar around the economic benefits of cycling. Many thanks go out to the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for sponsoring the delicious breakfast. A select group of 20 influential leaders…
