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| Anthony S K Wong |
Commissioner for Innovation and Technology
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government |
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Mr. Anthony S K Wong is the Commissioner for Innovation and Technology of the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China,
responsible for the promotion and development of innovation and technology in
Hong Kong. Major initiatives include supporting applied research and
development and technology transfer, facilitating the provision of technology
support infrastructure and development of human resources,
fosteringtechnological entrepreneurship and an innovation and technology
culture in the community, furthering technological collaboration with the
Mainland and other places, as well as promoting internationally accepted
standards and conformity assessment services to underpin technological
development and international trade.
Prior to his current position, Mr. Wong worked in different areas in the Office
of the Telecommunications Authority. He was appointed the Director-General of
Telecommunications and the Telecommunications Authority of Hong Kong from March
1997 to August 2003. One of his major achievements was the liberalization of
the telecom services and facilities markets in Hong Kong in the past decade.
Mr. Wong also contributed towards the development and promotion of the
information infrastructure in Hong Kong and the convergence of the computing,
broadcasting and telecommunications industries.
In the international arena, Mr. Wong has participated actively in the various
conferences and meetings of the International Telecommunication Union,
including the chairing of the World Telecommunication Policy Forum, the Annual
Global Symposium for Regulators in 2001 and the Policy and Legal Committee of
the Plenipotentiary Conference held in 2002.
Mr. Wong holds a Bachelor of Science Honours degree in Electrical Engineering,
a Master of Philosophy degree and a Master of Social Sciences degree.
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| John Anderson |
| Founder of Contiki |
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John Anderson at the age of 22 took 25 Pounds, an idea and created a new
product, an international brand name which is now a 300 Million Dollar plus
business. It is an incredible story.
When John sold the company it was, and remains, an International "brand name"
and one of the worlds major tour operators, (the largest catering specifically
for the 18-35 year old market). From a staff of one and a beaten-up minibus, to
700 staff, operating 160 Mercedes coaches and 15 European properties including
a Chateau, Hotels, camping grounds and cruise vessels. He had built brand
awareness of 92% in target markets, Contiki was operating in Europe, North
America and Australasia, carrying 100,000 passengers annually.
Today John continues as a management consultant and entrepreneur. John is
writing a book on the Contiki Story for release in 2006, and recently he has
started a new Company offering holidays for the over 45’s.
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| Maggie Beer |
Author, TV Presenter, Maggie Beer Products
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Maggie, originally from Sydney, worked and travelled overseas in an amazing
variety of jobs from a Lift Driver in a New Zealand department store to the
Assistant to the Senior Geophysicist for British Petroleum in Libya. Returning
home in 1968 and well before becoming immersed in the world of food, she was
employed in fields as diverse as light aircraft, Citizenship Law for the
American Embassy and House Management at the Women's College of Sydney
University.
Her marriage to Colin in 1970 led them to the Barossa Valley where they began
pheasant breeding and grape growing. The establishment of the Pheasant Farm was
the start of a career that now spans farming, food production, exporting, food
writing and television presenting. For years Maggie sat on food related boards
such as SARDI (South Australia Research and Development Institute) and Premiers
Food Council.
There have been lots of awards over the years from those first heady days when
in 1991 the Pheasant Farm Restaurant won the Remy Martin Cognac/Australian
Gourmet Traveller Restaurant of the Year. More business related accolades
included the Telstra Business Woman of the Year in 1997 and the
Jaguar/Australian Gourmet Traveller Award of Excellence in 1999 and then in
2001 Maggie was overwhelmed to be presented with the Food Media Club's Industry
Peer Award.
Maggie has written 5 books in total, drawing on her own philosophy of quality
produce and the pleasures of the table - Maggie's Farm, Maggie's Orchard and
Maggie's Table. The latter won the Best Regional Cook Book in English in 2001,
and then against all other languages, replicated its success in the Gourmand
World Cook Book Awards in Perigourd, France. In 2003 Maggie's Table was also
awarded the Australian Food Media Award for Best Hardcover Recipe Book. For her
fourth book, Maggie has compressed her fascination with verjuice into Cooking
with Verjuice. For the fifth, she collaborated with Stephanie Alexander and
chronicled their Italian cooking school experiences in Stephanie and Maggie's
Tuscan Cookbook, which has been translated into 5 languages. Maggie is proud to
be patron of the Vogue Produce Awards, having spent her energies fostering
value adding in agriculture.
It was a natural extension, with her passion for food and food writing, that
Maggie should find herself in front of the camera in her own television series.
Currently screening on the ABC, The Cook and The Chef shows Maggie introducing
Executive Chef Simon Bryant to her home region and the people who supply her
with the produce she has used to create her culinary reputation.
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| Max Moore Wilton |
Executive Chairman and Chief Executive
Sydney Airport Corporation |
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Max Moore-Wilton was appointed Executive Chairman and Chief Executive of the
privatised Sydney Airport Corporation in December 2002.
His challenge at Sydney Airport is to bring a greater commercial focus to
Australia’s premier airport, while delivering sustainable returns to
shareholders in a challenging trading environment.
Mr Moore-Wilton has had a distinguished career in both the private and public
sectors.
He has held positions as either Chairman or Board member of a number of major
Commonwealth and State business enterprises, and has extensive experience in
the transport sector.
Prior to his appointment at Sydney Airport, Mr Moore-Wilton was Secretary to
the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet from May 1996 where he oversaw
fundamental reform to the Commonwealth Public Service.
Mr Moore-Wilton was appointed a Companion in the General Division of the Order
of Australia in the Australia Day Honours List 2001. He has also been:
Secretary to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (1996-2002)
National Director, Policy Co-ordination and Priorities Review, Australia Stock
Exchange (1995-96)
Chief Executive of the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority (1994-95)
Director General of the NSW Department of Transport (1991-94)
Chief Executive of the Maritime Se4rvices Board of NSW (1989-91)
Managing Director of Australian National Line (1984-89)
Director, Australian Airlines Limited (1986-92)
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| Dr William James Peacock AC, FAA, FRS, FTSE,
FAIAST |
| Australian Chief Scientist |
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Dr Jim Peacock was appointed Australian Chief Scientist in March 2006. Dr
Peacock is an outstanding scientist with a record of academic excellence and is
highly respected by the science, engineering and technology community.
Dr Peacock is an award winning molecular biologist and fervent science
advocate. He is recognised internationally as an eminent researcher in the
field of plant molecular biology and its applications in agriculture.
In 1994, he was made a Companion of the Order of Australia for outstanding
service to science, particularly in the field of molecular biology and to
science education. Dr Peacock is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science,
Fellow of The Royal Society of London, the Australian Academy of Technological
Sciences and Engineering, a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of
Sciences and a Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy.
In 2000 he was a co-recipient of the inaugural Prime Minister's Science Prize,
for his co discovery of the Flowering Switch Gene – a key gene that determines
when plants end their vegetative growth phase and begin flowering. This
discovery will help boost the productivity of the world’s crops by billions of
dollars each year and could also help increase the nutritional value of crops
eaten by billions of the world's poorest people.
He was also awarded the BHP Bicentennial Prize for the pursuit of excellence in
science and technology and the Australian Academy of Science’s Burnett Medal
for distinguished contributions in the biological sciences.
Dr Peacock has gained valuable experience working in industry having founded
the Gene Shears biotechnology company and instituted the GrainGene initiative
and the HRZ Wheat Company – linking research with the production of new wheat
varieties for Australia. He played a key role in the establishment of cotton as
Australia’s first highly successful biotech crop.
Dr Peacock is a strong advocate for the integration of science and global
business. He drives innovative communication efforts to inform the general
public as to the outcomes and value of modern science. He has brought the
excitement of science to a broad cross-section of the community and to
Australian school students.
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| Kyle McNabb |
Senior Analyst, Forrester
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Research Focus
Kyle is a senior analyst in Forrester's Information Delivery research group.
His current research focus includes desktop productivity tools, product
information management, and many aspects of enterprise content management —
focusing on enterprise content management suites, content-centric applications,
Web content management, document management, and document imaging.
Previous Work Experience
Kyle comes to Forrester with many years of enterprise software consulting,
product marketing, product management, and strategy experience. Most recently,
he was director of strategy with Vignette, a leading enterprise content
management provider, where he was involved in corporate and product strategy,
acquisitions, and partnerships. Prior to his work with Vignette, he held
product marketing and product management roles with organizations providing
middleware and information management technology solutions to Global 5000
organizations worldwide. Kyle began his career with Accenture (then Andersen
Consulting), helping organizations in a number of different industries adopt
and implement technology to improve business processes.
Education
Kyle holds a B.S. in finance from San Diego State University.
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| Margaret Jackson, AC |
Chairman, Qantas Airways Limited
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Margaret Jackson was appointed Chairman of Qantas on 1 August 2000. She was
first appointed to the Qantas Board of Directors on 1 July 1992. She is also a
Director of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited and a Director of
Billabong International Limited.
Margaret is also Chairman of the Asia Pacific Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS,
is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors; a Member of the
Foreign Affairs Council; a Member of the Melbourne University Business School
Association; an Executive Committee member of the Australia Japan Business
Co-operation Committee; and Chairmen’s Panel Member, Business Council of
Australia.
Margaret holds a Bachelor of Economics Degree from Monash University and
completed an MBA with distinction at Melbourne University. She received an
Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Monash University in December 2002 and a
Companion of the Order of Australia in the General Division (AC) in June 2003.
Ms Jackson is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in
Australia.
Before beginning her career as a full time company director in 1992, she was a
Partner of KPMG Peat Marwick's Management Consulting Division.
She has formerly served as Chairman of the Transport Accident Commission and
Methodist Ladies’ College and as Deputy Chairman of Southcorp Limited, a
Director of the Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and
Medicine, Co-Chair of the Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum, a Director of
John Fairfax Holdings Limited, the Brain Research Institute, The Broken Hill
Proprietary Company Limited, Pacific Dunlop Limited, Australian
Telecommunications Corporation (Telecom) and the Australian Wool Corporation.
Margaret resides in Melbourne and is married with two children.
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| Robert Brandewie |
Director, Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) Monterey,
California
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Mr. Brandewie currently serves as the Director, Defense Manpower Data Center, a
field activity reporting to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Personnel
and Readiness). He is responsible for oversight of the largest and most
comprehensive automated personnel data base in DoD, management of a dozen major
operational DoD programs, supervision of a multi-disciplinary staff of
approximately 800. Recently, Mr. Brandewie has led DMDC efforts: to redesign
the Department's benefits and entitlements database for the new TRICARE system;
to design and field a comprehensive web authentication capabilityfor DoD; to
develop and field an identification card and biometric based force protection
system; and to design and develop the Common Access Smartcard as the new DoD
identification card.
Mr. Brandewie received an M.A. in Administrative Sciences from Yale University
in 1972 and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Connecticut in 1970.
Mr. Brandewie was twice awarded the Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious
Executive (in 1997 and in 2002); has twice been the recipient of the Secretary
of Defense Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service, and was awarded the
Secretary of Defense Exceptional Civilian Service Award. He was selected as one
of the FED100 for 2003, an award based on influencing the course of Federal
information technology. Mr. Brandewie was selected as a career member of the
Senior Executive Service in May of 1993.
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| Bill Trestrail |
Vice President, Silicon Graphics – Asia Pacific
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Bill Trestrail was recently appointed Vice President, of Silicon Graphics (SGI)
Asia Pacific. As such he is responsible for all operations of SGI in this
region. Previously, Bill was the Area General Manager of Silicon Graphics Pty
Ltd (SGI) Australia, New Zealand and Southern ASEAN, following the 4 years Bill
had been the General Manager for Australia and New Zealand. Bill joined SGI in
1995 as ACT State Manager and since then has held various positions including,
National Defence Business Unit Manager and National Sales Manager – Corporate
& Government.
Prior to joining SGI Bill held a number of sales and management roles with Seer
Technologies, Informix Software and Australian Consolidated Technologies in
Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane.
Bill graduated from Queensland University of Technology with a Bachelor of
Business Accountancy in 1986 and in 1988 completed his qualifications through
the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Before joining the computer industry Bill, a Chartered Accountant, worked for
KPMG Peats and KMG Hungerfords for 6 years in general practice and IT
consulting. Bill holds the following board positions in addition to relevant
SGI subsidiaries:
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Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Research Centre
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Australasian Centre for Interaction Design
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| April L. DuBois |
Director, International Business Development
Greater Washington Initiative
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April DuBois is the Director of International Business Development at the
Greater Washington Initiative (GWI). GWI is the regional marketing organization
that promotes the Greater Washington DC region (Northern Virginia, Suburban
Maryland and the District of Columbia) as a prime location for business
expansion. In her position with GWI, Ms. DuBois develops international strategy
for attracting global companies to the Greater Washington region. A main focus
of her work is to help international firms understand the business potential of
selling to the U.S. federal government, the largest consumer of goods and
services in the world. She oversees a team of international consultants who
work side-by-side with global companies to connect them with potential
partners, service providers, customers, venture capital and commercial real
estate in the Greater Washington region.
Ms. DuBois has over ten years of experience managing international projects,
accounts and contracts for global corporations and government/non-profit
organizations. She has directed business development initiatives in the
Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific Rim and has
negotiated strategic partnerships with countless organizations worldwide. She
was the first Director of International Business Development for GWI and
strategically launched the organization’s series of U.S. government contracting
conferences aimed at attracting new global businesses to the region. As a
direct result of her leadership, GWI’s business development program has
achieved unprecedented international growth.
Before joining GWI, Ms. DuBois managed an $8 million portfolio of Fortune 500
and government agency accounts for Brainbench, Inc., an information technology
company based in Northern Virginia. She was the first Strategic Accounts
Manager for the company and developed an aggressive global customer relations
management strategy that resulted in a 97% renewal rate of the company’s
largest clients.
Ms. DuBois developed extensive trade and export-related expertise while serving
as Export Specialist at SEDA-COG, a regional, public-private economic
development organization in Pennsylvania. During her tenure at SEDA-COG, she
assisted over 400 Pennsylvania companies in exporting their products and
services overseas; managed numerous overseas trade missions; served as liaison
between local companies and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s 15 overseas
offices; and published two books on international business and trade, Taking on
the World and The Building & Construction Marketing Guide. She received
national recognition from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development
Administration and several regional organizations for her work on Taking on the
World.
Under the leadership of former Pennsylvania Governor & U.S. Secretary of
Homeland Security, Tom Ridge (R-PA), Ms. DuBois worked for the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania’s Office of International Business Development and with the
Governor’s Action Team focusing on trade & foreign direct investment. In
her roles there, she provided guidance to Pennsylvania companies seeking to do
business overseas and also assisted international companies in setting up a
U.S. presence in Pennsylvania.
Ms. DuBois completed her degrees in Spanish Education and International Business
at Messiah College and at the University of Barcelona, Spain.
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| Ralph Petroff
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Entrepreneur in Residence, NICTA
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Ralph Petroff is currently one of NICTA's 'Entrepreneurs-in-Residence' [EiR].
As a self-confessed "Serial Entrepreneur," Petroff has taken two ICT start-ups
from garage shop to worldwide market leaders.
Petroff was one of two EiRs selected by NICTA in 2005 after a global search. At
NICTA, Petroff has evaluated over 80 projects to determine which projects have
the highest potential for a commercial ‘spin out.’ Petroff has also spoken on
Entrepreneurship at 20 venues across Australia.
Petroff’s first venture, ADS Environmental, has generated over a billion
dollars of revenue in environmental monitoring since its founding. His second
venture, Time Domain, is the global market leader in Ultra Wideband wireless –
a market project by many to be a billion-dollar a year by 2010. As a global ICT
entrepreneur, Petroff has also been interviewed by the New York Times, the Wall
Street Journal, the Financial Times, Business Week, the Economist, and many
other publications.”
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| Roslyn Hughes, BA, FAICD |
Chief Executive Officer, Epicorp
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Throughout her career, Roslyn Hughes has been involved in leading edge
technology, policy development in large organizations, creating and growing
technology start-up businesses, technology training, and funds management.
Roslyn was appointed Chief Executive of Epicorp Limited and the Epicorp Seed
Funds in January 2001. During her 25 years in the IT industry she has led major
projects in technology areas. In her previous role as Senior Director, Office
of IT and Multimedia with the ACT Government she provided leadership for the
continuous improvement in the provision of IT infrastructure, large business
applications and the implementation of electronic service delivery.
Roslyn is sought after as a contributor to technology leadership forums and is
a member of a range of business, government and institutional boards and
committees. She is Chairman and Director of eight private companies operating
both nationally and internationally.
Her skills and unique management approach have enabled her to develop and grow
a number of successful start-up companies and take them to exit. She has held
past positions as Managing Director, ImageWord, Executive Director, Advanced
Education Software and Managing Director, Integrated Office Services.
Roslyn has been an active entrepreneur and investor in a range of technology
start-up companies. She has extensive experience in assessing proposals for
investment and raising funds from individuals, business angel groups, venture
capitalists and partner companies.
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| Dr David Skellern |
Chief Executive Officer, NICTA
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Dr Skellern is one of Australia’s most successful ICT entrepreneurs, sporting a
strong background in research, education, collaboration, and commercialisation.
Dr Skellern became interim CEO of NICTA in May 2005 and in February 2006
confirmed a further 3-year appointment as the Chief Executive Officer.
Dr Skellern began his career in 1974 at the University of Sydney where he spent
around a decade designing, building and commissioning instrumentation and
extensions for the Fleurs Synthesis Radiotelescope, one of Australia’s
pioneering giant radiotelescopes. From 1983 to 1989 he held various academic
appointments as a staff member of Sydney University's Electrical Engineering
department.
In 1989 Dr Skellern took up the Chair of Electronics at Macquarie University.
Dr Skellern has also spent significant time working in industry as a visiting
researcher, including over two years at Hewlett Packard Laboratories.
In 1997 he co-founded the Radiata group of companies in Australia and the USA,
established to commercialise the results of the WLAN research project that he
led at Macquarie University in collaboration with CSIRO. Over the next three
years he played an integral role in building a successful company with a team
of 65 staff. In September 2000 Radiata demonstrated the world’s first chip-set
implementation of the 54 Mbit/s IEEE 802.11a High-Speed WLAN standard.
Radiata was acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc. in 2001 for $A565m, at which time
Dr Skellern joined Cisco and subsequently moved to the United States as
Technology Director of the Wireless Networking Business Unit.
Dr David Skellern was appointed to the NICTA board in 2003.
Dr Skellern received a BSc (Computer Science and Mathematics) in 1972, a BE
(Electrical Engineering) in 1974, and a PhD in 1985, from the University of
Sydney.
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| Dr Greg Simpson |
Deputy Chief of CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies,
CSIRO Secure Australia
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Dr Greg Simpson has interests and experience in research management and
technology transfer. He has worked in some of the world's largest companies and
some small Australian manufacturing concerns.
Dr Simpson is the Deputy Chief of the CSIRO Division of Molecular and Health
Technologies and the Director of CSIRO Secure Australia.
Secure Australia is a CSIRO program promoting science, engineering and
technology solutions to enhance safety and security.
Dr Simpson graduated from the University of Sydney with a BSc (Hons) in 1975
and a PhD in 1979, majoring in organic chemistry. He undertook postdoctoral
studies at Imperial College, London, up until 1982 when he was appointed a
Visiting Lecturer at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
In 1983 Dr Simpson joined the CSIRO Division of Applied Organic Chemistry as a
Research Scientist. He has been Project Leader and Program Manager of a number
of research programs, particularly in the areas of:
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Dr Simpson has interests and experience in research management and technology
transfer. He has worked in some of the world's largest companies and some small
Australian manufacturing concerns.
Dr Simpson is the author or co-author of over 80 refereed publications and
internal reports on areas of synthetic and process organic chemistry and
related areas.
From 1992 to 1994 Dr Simpson undertook part-time study at the Australian
Graduate School of Management, University of NSW, leading to award of an
Executive Masters of Business Administration in 1994.
In 1996 Dr Simpson accepted the position as Business Manager of the Division of
Chemicals and Polymers.
Dr Simpson’s outside responsibilities include:
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Chairman of Advanced Polymerik Pty Ltd
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| Lindsay Adler |
General Manager, Business Development and Commercialisation,
CSIRO Plant Industry
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Lindsay has extensive experience in CSIRO and has more than 20 years experience
in the Division of Plant Industry. Approximately 7 years ago he moved into the
Business and Commercial area and has managed the Divisions Business and
Commercial activities since 2002. This includes a team of a four Business
Managers, two Lawyers and a Patent Manager. Lindsay also works closely with
Research Scientists. He has a depth of experience in the Agribusiness sector,
with achievements which include the establishment of alliances in Biotechnology
with major international companies. He has established spin off companies for
CSIRO and occupied the positions of Company Secretary and Executive Manager for
some of these companies.
He had a prominent role in the establishment of significant revenue streams
that have been created through licencing and the Cotton Breeding Program. This
is a notable success with adoption of CSIRO varieties by the industry at
approximately 90% and considerable success in the international market. Lindsay
also had a role in developing a culture of creating and managing Intellectual
Property in CSIRO Plant Industry and pioneering work on the application of End
Point Royalties in cereal crops as well as creating opportunities to share in
the added value of novel products.
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| Eric Ciliberti |
Partner, Pelorus Enterprise, Washington
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Prior to joining Pelorus Enterprises, Mr. Ciliberti served as the Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs at the Department of Energy
where he was the Department’s primary liaison to all elected officials
including governors, mayors, county officials, and tribal leaders.
Mr. Ciliberti served for several months in Baghdad, Iraq as a security policy
advisor with the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). In Iraq, he was
assigned to work with the Ministry of Interior where he worked closely with
Iraqis and Coalition personnel on border security policies, and led strategic
planning initiatives within the Ministry.
Eric also served in The White House for several years working for President
George W. Bush in the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. As an Associate
Director, Mr. Ciliberti served as the President’s primary liaison to county
elected officials and their respective organizations at the national and state
levels. In addition, Mr. Ciliberti led roundtable discussions with elected
officials at numerous venues around the country and introduced a monthly
newsletter to inform thousands of elected officials on issues related to
Administration priorities such as homeland security, international initiatives,
and economic security.
Prior to his service to the President, Mr. Ciliberti has also worked in the
non-profit arena for the National Association of Counties (NACo). At NACo, Mr.
Ciliberti developed and built the grassroots capacity of the organization into
an innovative network of thousands of county officials. He was also responsible
for representing the interests of county governments on Capitol Hill, with
federal agencies and with the Administration.
Mr. Ciliberti holds Masters degrees in Public Administration from Harvard
University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and in International
Relations from the London School of Economics. He earned his Bachelors degree
from the University of Maryland at College Park where he majored in government
and politics. Mr. Ciliberti currently serves as a Lieutenant Junior Grade
(LTJG) in the United States Navy Reserves.
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| Greg Foliente |
Senior Principal Research Scientist and Science Capability
& Stream Leader in High Performance Buildings & Infrastructure, CSIRO
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Dr Greg Foliente is Senior Principal Research Scientist and Science Capability
& Stream Leader in High Performance Buildings & Infrastructure at CSIRO
in Melbourne, Australia. He is considered one of the world’s leading experts in
the performance approach in Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC),
serving as the coordinator of an international Working Commission (CIB W60) on
this topic, and the Program Director of the Performance Based Building (PeBBu)
networks in Australia and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) countries.
Greg is currently conference Co-chair of the 2008 World Sustainable Building
Conference (SB08) to be held in Melbourne in November 2008, and was the
founding Secretary of the World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE)
Coordinating Council. He and his team at CSIRO collaborate with industry and
government to develop methods/models/techniques and tools to facilitate product
and process innovation in the delivery and management of built facilities and
infrastructure so that their whole-of-life performance improves economic
capital, minimises the draw on natural capital and enhances social capital.
He has published widely (in books/monographs and more than 200 papers and
reports), and has been widely recognised through international research and
fellowship awards, keynote invitations in international conferences and
meetings, and appointments to esteemed international scientific/technical
committees and overseas research institutions. He has been interviewed or
quoted by Australian media on topics related to construction innovation,
sustainability, and technology trends in, and future scenarios for, the built
environment industry. Greg has received many professional awards throughout his
career, most recently the 2006 Wood Engineering Achievement Award, American
Wood Council & Forest Products Society and the 2003 James Croes Medal
(American Society of Civil Engineers) .
In a travelling exhibition around South-East Asia, organised by the Australian
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, entitled Richness in Diversity: People
of Australia (1998 and 1999), Greg’s profile was included among a very select
group of Australians of Asian extraction who have made “outstanding
contribution to Australian life”.
Greg has worked in research at the University of California at Berkeley, at
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), and at the
Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI), Department of
Science and Technology, Laguna, Philippines.
His academic qualifications include PhD, Virginia Tech, Master of Science
(Structural Engineering), Virginia Tech, Master of Science (Wood Mechanics),
Virginia Tech, and Bachelor of Science (Civil Eng.), Mapua Institute of
Technology, Manila, Philippines
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| Alan Gregory |
Theme Leader, Urban Waterscapes,
Water for a Healthy Country Flagship
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Mr Alan Gregory, Theme Leader for the Water for a Healthy Country Flagship’s
Urban Waterscapes research, is helping to improve the management of urban water
resources.
Australia’s major east coast cities – particularly Melbourne and Sydney -
consume more than a third of Australia’s drinking water (almost 3 000 million
litres a day).
As Theme Leader for the Water for a Healthy Country Flagship’s Urban
Waterscapes research, Mr Alan Gregory leads a team that is examining these
cities as total urban systems and investigating the full impact of urban water
activities, from the ocean to the outer reaches of water supply catchments.
'With most major cities close to the limits of their water supplies, we face
significant challenges as population continues to grow,' said Mr Gregory. 'The
added prospect of climate change is further reducing water availability. In
response to this, the urban water industry is in an exciting phase of change,
pursuing more sustainable ways to provide water services.'
Mr Gregory was previously the manager of water conservation and recycling for
Sydney Water, where his primary focus was on demand management, water recycling
and integrated water service provision.
Over five years, his small team achieved water demand reductions of 30
gigalitres a year.
Mr Gregory has 30 years’ management, technical and policy experience in:
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water and wastewater infrastructure planning and acquisition
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urban development
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strategic planning.
He also has a Master of Management from the Macquarie University Graduate
School of Management and is keen to bring an industry point of view to CSIRO’s
water research.
'My previous work was at the forefront of implementing change to more
sustainable provision of water services and I aim to bring an industry
perspective into the Flagship to help with the challenges of establishing
Australia’s cities as world leaders in the efficient use of water,' Mr Gregory
said.
'Agencies in all the major capital cities are pursuing water strategies that
include demand management, water recycling and other diversified supply
initiatives, many of which are new to Australia. The successful implementation
of these plans will require a range of supporting research.'
He added, 'I think CSIRO, through the Flagship, has a unique capacity to draw
together researchers from different science disciplines and industry experience
to tackle urban water issues with a fresh perspective.
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| Hamish McCormick |
Deputy CEO and Executive Director, Austrade
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Hamish McCormick is Austrade’s Deputy CEO and Executive Director, Government
and Corporate Services. Prior to joining Austrade in June 2005, Hamish held the
position of Head of the Asia Trade Task Force in Department of Foreign Affairs
and Trade where he led the initial work for Free Trade Agreements between
ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand, and between Australia and Malaysia.
Hamish held other senior roles within the Department of Foreign Affairs and
Trade. He has also had overseas appointments with DFAT, including as Counsellor
at Australia's Permanent Mission to the WTO based in Geneva where he was
responsible for WTO multilateral agricultural trade negotiations.
Hamish was an advisor to the then Minister for Trade in 1995 and 1996. He is a
graduate of the ANU (Science major), the London School of Economics and holds
an MBA from the AGSM.
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| Carl Middlehurst |
General Counsel and Company Secretary, NICTA
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Carl Middlehurst is the General Counsel and Company Secretary for National ICT
Australia.
He was formerly Sun’s local general counsel for Australasia, Asia South and
also the lawyer responsible for Sun’s distribution model in APAC.
Prior to that, Carl lived in northern California (Palo Alto) and worked for Sun
in the US for almost 10 years in both legal and business roles.
At one stage, he was the manager of Sun’s international investment program
targeting high-growth emerging markets.
Prior to Sun, Carl was the general counsel and patent manager for a startup
pharmaceutical company in northern California, a licensing counsel for The Salk
Institute in La Jolla and a solicitor at Baker & McKenzie (in Sydney and
San Diego).
Carl has spoken at numerous conferences on internet/ecommerce/privacy law
(particularly the international aspects of law on the internet) and the use of
intranets in legal departments.
Carl was an Adjunct Professor at Santa Clara University Law School where he
taught Internet and Privacy law.
Prior to becoming a lawyer Carl was a research biochemist and was published in
a number academic journals.
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| Dr Steve Morton |
Group Executive, Sustainable Energy & Environment, CSIRO
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Dr Morton joined CSIRO in 1984 at our Alice Springs laboratory, and transferred
to Canberra a decade later. Prior to his appointment as Group Executive, Dr
Morton was Chief of CSIRO’s Division of Sustainable Ecosystems.
After university, Dr Morton worked as a biologist for the Office of the
Supervising Scientist at Jabiru in the Northern Territory.
Dr Morton received both his BSc (Hons) and his PhD in animal ecology from the
University of Melbourne. He completed post-doctoral studies at the University
of California, Irvine and the University of Sydney.
Dr Morton has a strong vision for the ecological future of the nation. He has a
longstanding commitment to meeting the challenge of achieving sustainable use
of our landscapes.
Dr Morton chaired the Prime Minister's Science Engineering and Innovation
Council's working group: Sustaining our Natural Systems and Biodiversity
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| Ken Preshaw |
Licensing Executive, IBM
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Ken Preshaw is Licensing Executive for Intellectual Property Licensing and
Asset Commercialization for IBM in A/NZ. In this role, he is responsible for
all activities relating to protecting and commercialising IBM’s IP with
Australia and New Zealand, including
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Promoting awareness, knowledge and understanding of IP&AC and its benefits
throughout the IBM community,
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Opportunity management for all IBM IP opportunities including identifying IP
Asset licensing opportunities and possible new IP assets
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Preparation of value propositions and facilitation of the preparation and
negotiation of license agreements & IP asset deals
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Ensuring IBM protects its IP in all deals
Prior to joining the IP&AC team, Ken was a Principal within IBM Business
Consulting Services, leading a team of consultants working with clients in
Applications Solutions Consulting.
Ken has more than 30 years experience in the Information Technology industry in
U.S.A, Canada, Germany, U.K., and Australia. His portfolio of industry
experience includes telecommunication, financial services, and transport.
Ken has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science (with Honours) from
Sydney University. He is currently a member of the Australian Institute of
Company Directors and a committee member of NSW branch of the LES (Licensing
Executives Society). He is also the club Services Director of the North Sydney
Sunrise Rotary Club.
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| Gordon Waddington |
Head of Physiotherapy, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor Gordon Waddington is head of the physiotherapy discipline
at the University of Canberra and a practicing physiotherapy clinician and
researcher. His research investigates the effects of injury on aspects of motor
control of the lower limb. His work was the first to demonstrate that a
significant reduction in the ability to discriminate fine movements occurred
following injury and has resulted in the development of the first device for
clinically testing movement discrimination ability in the lower limb (the
AMEDA). This work has been published both nationally and internationally. In
his clinical role he has been involved in the development of exercise
interventions ranging from high performance athletes (Triathlon National Team
Physiotherapist 1993-98) to clinical exercise prescription in the elderly in
post-injury rehabilitation.
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| Bill Salter |
General Manager of SportsConnect Pty Ltd
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Bill has extensive experience in the development and implementation of quality
systems (paper-based and electronic) in both industry and government.
He has held a variety of senior management and advisory positions in industry
and government including Executive Director of the Australian Meat and
Livestock Council, National Compliance & Systems Manager for the Australian
Quarantine and Inspection Service, Advisor to Commonwealth Minister for Primary
Industries and General Manager of SportsConnect Pty Ltd.
Bill has been involved in the sports industry as a rugby player, Club
Development Manager and Administrator. His involvement in SportsConnect
resulted from his belief in the need for improved systems to manage sport at
all levels and to establish better links with funding and compliance agencies.
SportsConnect is a sports business tool for modern sports industry management.
It is designed to integrate sport at all levels for optimal outcomes for sport,
business and government.
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| Sue Thomas |
Pro Vice Chancellor of the Division of Health, Design and
Science, University of Canberra
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Professor Sue Thomas is the Pro Vice Chancellor of the Division of Health,
Design and Science at the University of Canberra. She is a non-clinical
Microbiologist by training and has worked in laboratories in Australia, the UK
and USA. She also has a long history of interest in teaching and learning
issues in higher education. Prior to her arrival at Canberra in June 2005 Sue
was an academic at Flinders University in Adelaide where she was Head of the
School of Biological Sciences, an integrated department offering undergraduate
and postgraduate courses in diverse areas of the life sciences.
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