Louise Baur holds the Chair of Child & Adolescent Health and is an NHMRC Leadership Fellow at the University of Sydney…
Professor Louise Baur
FAHMS
Chair, ACOLA
President, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences
Professor Ken Baldwin was the inaugural Director of the ANU Energy Change Institute and founding Director of the ANU Grand Challenge: Zero-Carbon Energy for the Asia-Pacific. His main focus is to drive the energy transition, particularly for Australia’s future export industries based on renewable energy. His current appointments include chair of the Industry Advisory Board for the ACT Government’s Energy Innovation Fund, non-executive director of the Australian Hydrogen Research Network, and chair of the Australian Council of Learned Academies Steering Committee for the Australian Energy Transition Research Plan. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, the American Physical Society, the Institute of Physics (UK), the Optical Society of America and the Australian Institute of Physics, and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Professor Kate Darian-Smith
FASSA
Director, ACOLA
President, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
Kate Darian-Smith is President, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. She is Professorial Fellow in History at the University of Melbourne, where she previously held Chairs in History and in Cultural Heritage; and was Executive Dean and Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Tasmania (2017-24).
Prerana Mehta
Chief Executive Officer, ACOLA
Prerana Mehta is CEO of ACOLA and brings a depth of global experience in partnerships, collaborating with research institutions, government, not-for-profit and private sector focused on technology in critical and emerging growth sectors.
Dr Katherine Woodthorpe
AO FTSE
President, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
Dr Katherine Woodthorpe AO is President of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. She is an experienced Chair and Non-Executive Director serving for over 20 years on the boards of a variety of organisations including listed entities, government boards and for-purpose organisations.
Professor Chennupati Jagadish
AC PresAA FTSE
President, Australian Academy of Science
Professor Chennupati Jagadish is a Distinguished Professor and Head of the Semiconductor Optoelectronics and Nanotechnology Group in the Research School of Physics, at The Australian National University.
Professor Stephen Garton
AM
Fellow, Australian Academy of the Humanities, the Academy of Social Sciences
Stephen Garton is Professor of History and currently Principal Advisor to the Vice-Chancellor at the University of Sydney. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, the Royal Australian Historical Society and the Royal Society of NSW.