Membership of the Knowledge Nation Taskforce

Chair

The Hon. Dr Barry Jones AO, FAA, FAHA, FTSE, Minister for Science 1983–90, National President ALP 1992–2000, Visiting Fellow Trinity College Cambridge

Deputy Chair

Martyn Evans MP, Shadow Minister for Science and Resources

Technical Assistant

Dr Dennis Perry, ICT consultant to the ALP

Taskforce Members

Russell Bate, Vice President, Product Sales Operations Group, Asia Pacific, Sun Microsystems

Dr John Boyd, science and technology consultant

Professor Mairéad Browne, University of Technology, Sydney

The Hon. John Brumby MP, Victorian Treasurer, Minister for State and Regional Development

Professor Peter Dixon, Director of the Centre for Policy Studies, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University

Clem Doherty, Chairman of Like-Minded Individuals, former Director of McKinsey and Company

Tracey Ellery, President, Looksmart

Dr Craig Emerson MP

Rosemary Herceg, CEO, Pophouse Pty Ltd.

The Hon. Dr Carmen Lawrence MP, Shadow Minister for Industry, Innovation and Technology, and for the Status of Women

Senator Kate Lundy, Shadow Minister Assisting the Shadow Minister for Industry and Technology on Information Technology

Professor Jane Marceau, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research, University of Western Sydney

Aidan McCarthy, Director of Information and Learning Technologies, John Paul College, Brisbane

John McFarlane, CEO, ANZ Bank

Kevin Rudd MP

Stephen Smith MP, Shadow Minister for Communications

Evan Thornley, CEO, Looksmart

Professor Bob Williamson FAA, FRS, President, Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes

Nabeel Youakim, Managing Director, Citrix Systems, Asia Pacific

Cathy Zoi, Executive Director, Next Energy, and former Chief of Staff White House Office on Environmental Policy under President Clinton