Space Industry Innovation Council announced

The membership of the Federal Government’s new Space Industry Innovation Council has been announced.

The Council will be chaired by Dr Rosalind Dubs, formerly Deputy Vice-chancellor (External Relations) at the University of Technology, Sydney.

Members include:

* Mr Brett Biddington, Chair, Australian Space Industry Chamber of Commerce (ASICC)
* Mr Chris Jenkins, Managing Director, Thales Australia
* Mr Paul Sheridan, Director Satellites, Optus
* Dr Terry Stevenson, Chief Technology Officer, Raytheon Australia
* Dr Ben Greene, Chief Executive Officer, Electro Optic Systems Holdings Limited
* Rob Lorimer, Position One consulting
* Dr Susan Anderson, R&D Tax Concession Manager, BAE Systems
* Dr Philip Diamond, Chief, CSIRO Astronomy & Space Sciences Division
* Professor Peter Hall, Professor of Radio Astronomy Engineering and Director of the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy
* Professor Andrew Parfitt, Pro Vice Chancellor, Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment, University of South Australia
* Ms Naomi Mathers, Research Scientist & Program Developer, Victorian Space Science Education Centre
* Dr David Nayagam, Astronaut candidate with the European Space Agency
* Dr Roger Lough, former Chief Defence Scientist
* Dr Sue Barrell, Observations and Engineering Branch, Bureau of Meteorology
* Dr Chris Pigram, Chief of Division, Geospatial and Earth Monitoring Division, Geoscience Australia
* Dr Michael Green, General Manager Innovation and Space, Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.
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The inaugural meeting of the council will be held in February. Dr Dubs said the year’s work would focus on earth observation, satellite communications and navigation, and the implications arising from the Defence White Paper and the National Security Science and Innovation Strategy.

More at http://www.innovation.gov.au/Industry/Space/Pages/SpaceIndustryInnovatio...