AustrAliAn AcAdemy of technologicAl sciences And engineering (Atse)

AnnuAl ReviewincorporAting

Abridged Audited Accounts 2010-11

ContentsPresident’s Review 1

CeO’s Review 2

Major events 4

Principal Activities 5

Key Relationships 7

women in TSe 8

international Relations 10

STelR in Our Schools 12

ATSe Clunies Ross Awards and extreme Science experience 14

The Crawford Fund 16

The Fellowship 18

Key People 21

The ATSe Board 22

Financial Summary 26

Abridged Audited Accounts 27

Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and engineering

Annual Review 2011The full Audited Accounts of the Academy for 2010-11 can be viewed on the ATSe website (www.atse.org.au) and printed copies are available from the ATSe office (03) 9864 0900 or by email (sara.madderson@atse.org.au).

The full Audited Accounts will be presented at the Annual General Meeting of the Academy on 26 november 2011 at the Sebel Albert Park, Melbourne.

This Summary Annual Review contains Abridged Audited Accounts for 2010-11.

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PReSidenT’S Review

Collaborating internally and externally to shape the future

Atse’s Low-Carbon Energy report has

become an important reference work in

discussion of Australia’s energy options over

the past six months. Low-Carbon Energy,

which flowed from an Australia research

council-funded study, has had substantial

impact in the energy area and the report

has been presented and workshopped in

a number of state capitals and discussed

extensively in canberra.

the chief scientist launched another

Atse report Climate Change and the Urban

Environment at the Australia-china science

and technology Week at the 2010 shanghai

World expo.

the shanghai event – which marked 30

years of formal cooperation in science and

technology between Australia and china

– featured two bilateral workshops on

nanotechnology and biotechnology which

had a heavy involvement from a strong

team of Atse fellows.

in the climate change impact area, Atse

held a seminar in perth on likely impacts

of coastal sea level rises associated with

climate change – an event co-badged with

engineers Australia and curtin university of

technology. our south Australian division

hosted, jointly with the sA premier’s climate

change council, a half-day seminar in

Adelaide titled Adaptation in South Australia:

Prospering in a Changing Climate.

An innovative and energetic

collaboration between our Victorian and

tasmanian divisions saw them stage a

joint seminar in melbourne titled Going

South, commemorating the contribution

by Atse’s late fellow dr phillip law to

Antarctic science.

we drove our key topics strongly – continuing the evolution of the Academy as a vital public policy contributor in the technological sciences arena

the 2010-11 year was both busy and

productive – and marked by some real

impact by Atse in several areas.

We drove our key topics strongly –

continuing the evolution of the Academy

as a vital public policy contributor in the

technological sciences arena – elected

another exciting and worthy group of new

fellows, completed another great year

on international collaboration work and

produced a variety of excellent reports on

Academy projects.

in addition we took a lead nationally

in the necessary step of engaging more

completely with our women fellows

and raising the proportion of women

in our fellowship and more broadly the

influence of women across the science and

technology industries and professions.

A number of our fellows were

acknowledged nationally and

internationally for their contributions

both by the Australian government and

by numerous professional organisations

– including membership of the order of

Australia and prestigious international

academies and organisations; prizes and

awards; and election to government and

other panels and committees.

our topic forums, Working groups

and divisions all performed strongly

and reflected the increasing interlinking

between them – and we continued our

program of briefings on key issues for state

parliamentarians.

We launched major reports, some

of which attracted strong interest from

government, industry and media. these

included our report on Smart Technology

for Healthy Longevity, which is a keystone

document for the new health technology

forum, and our cloud computing

Working group’s report Cloud Computing:

Opportunities and Challenges for Australia.

We continued our focus on the big

issues of the future with our Australia

2030 – Meeting the Demand for Effective

Infrastructure and Service seminar in sydney

We used a subsequent workshop

in sydney – Strengthening Links between

Industry and Public Sector Research

Organisations – to bring focus to Australia’s

urgent need to increase productivity. it was

an important contribution to this key area

of policy which needs traction to move

Australia off the bottom of the oecd list

of countries who best convert research to

industry action.

this initiative will continue into

2011-12, with further seminars on related

topics scheduled for brisbane in August

2011 and melbourne in november 2011.

despite the discontinuation of federal

funding for our schools program stelr

(science and technology education

leveraging relevance), it has been

implemented in more than 180 schools

nation-wide, involving more than

24,000 students and 750 teachers. the

program is going ahead strongly with

commercial sponsorship, support from

Academy fellows and increasing financial

involvement from schools, state agencies

and universities.

our Annual general meeting in

november was the Academy’s annual

“formal” meeting of the fellowship, where

we signed off on our performance over

the previous year, paid tribute to fellows

who achieved significant honours, noted

fellows who had left us – and welcomed

a new array of talent and experience to

the Academy.

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We saw a great array or presentations

from most of our new fellows during the

new fellows seminar which followed the

Agm – and was widely acclaimed by the

fellows – and enjoyed a memorable Agm

dinner. We were honoured to welcome to

our Agm professor Zhou Ji, president of the

chinese Academy of engineering.

during the year, the Atse Assembly

took some important steps – one of which

was to set, for 2012 and beyond, target

ratios for election of new fellows each year

to be 50 per cent sourced from industry

(including business and senior policy

sectors) and 33 per cent women. this will

enable Atse to strengthen its role in the

application of technological science and

engineering for the benefit of Australia

and its leadership on gender equity for the

workforce in these fields.

in the green growth area, Atse hosted

a very successful two-day workshop

attended by leading Australian and Korean

researchers, industry and business leaders

and government officials.

supported by the national Academy of

engineering of Korea (nAeK), this second

international workshop, Australia Korea

Green Growth, followed the first bilateral

workshop held in seoul in April 2010 and

aimed to inform government, industry and

the research community of the potential to

pursue a coordinated green growth policy

in Australia.

the Academy welcomed the

appointment of veteran science advocate

and tertiary administrator professor ian

chubb as the new chief scientist and is

working with him to develop the voice of

science and technology in government

policy in Australia.

brisbane was the venue for our

biggest Atse clunies ross Awards dinner,

where 700 guests were addressed by

the governor-general, the Queensland

treasurer and our own fellow Andrew

liveris, who was inspiring in his live satellite

link address from new york.

it was a great pleasure to acknowledge

the work of some of Australia’s leading

scientists and technologists in bringing

their concepts to the market – including

our own fellow, nick gough – and to

acknowledge with a lifetime Achievement

Award roy Woodall, a fellow of this

Academy (and AAs) and one of most

eminent people in Australia’s minerals

boom over the past 50 years.

We had yet another year of successful

international activities, detailed elsewhere

in this Annual review, much of it funded

from the Australian government’s

international science linkages-science

Academies program (isl-sAp). We also

completed a self-assessment and analysis

of these activities over the past five years,

which showed that Atse added value to the

program which helped build long-lasting

collaborative outcomes.

this funding terminated on 30 June

2011. this was a disappointment to the

Academy, which is evaluating ways of

continuing this important work under other

funding models.

it is fitting to conclude by thanking all

our Assembly members, board directors,

divisional chairs and secretaries, topic

forum and Working group leadership

and those who served on a raft of Atse

committees – who represent the ‘tip of the

iceberg’ in the efforts of our fellows – for

their time and contribution to the Academy

during the year. i must also draw attention

to the strong and dedicated performance

of dr margaret hartley, our ceo, bill mackey,

deputy ceo and executive director

communications, dr Vaughan beck,

executive director technical, and our entire

team at Atse over the period.

Professor Robin Batterham AO FReng FAA FTSepresident

the year has been one of review,

consolidation and, importantly, new vision

for the Academy.

Atse has refocused its priority activities

under the grand challenge of enhancing

Australia’s prosperity through science

and technology (s&t) innovation. this

Atse challenge has allowed us to refocus

the issues of climate change impact,

innovation, productivity and sustainability

as core drivers to our work and ensures the

endeavours of our topic forums continue

to reflect strategic priority and national

policy priorities for Australia.

to accommodate the new approach,

some changes were made to our topic

forums. these included the climate change

impact forum becoming an Advisory group

to all the Atse forums, the establishment

of a new health and technology forum – in

addition to our energy, Water and education

forums – and a new topic Working group

on the built environment.

Atse also aligned its national events

program, the divisional technical activities

and our international collaboration activities

with those of the forums.

this new vision and consolidation has

allowed us to add depth and a broader

dimension to our capabilities in analysis,

research and policy advice on Australia’s

policy challenges.

the Australian government recognises

the learned Academies as national assets

within the Australian science and research

system. this is reflected in the government’s

support to Atse via three core funding

programs:

¢�the learned Academies grant program

under the higher education research

program (herp);

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development of Australian researchers and

practitioners to have a greater competitive

edge in their research, and who were more

likely to contribute to innovation and

therefore to Australian competitiveness

and prosperity. A secondary outcome

was the capacity of this group of leading

researchers and practitioners, and their

institutions and companies, to build

their linkages to international research

frameworks that focus on areas of national

priorities. these activities also resulted

in Australian researchers able to more

effectively contribute to the policy debate

on priority science and technology issues.

further, Atse was able to leverage the

government’s investment (2005–10) to

Atse of $3.53 million by 300 per cent,

delivering some $10.6 million value in

activities.

Atse found that relatively short, intense

activities such as workshops were effective

in building long-lasting collaborative

outcomes, but that it was the continued

investment in such activities that built trust

and credibility and delivered effective fast-

¢��the Australian research council –

linkage learned Academies special

program (lAsp); and

¢��the international science linkages –

science Academies program (isl-sAp).

these three programs are

complementary in ensuring Atse is able to

fully contribute to the nation’s prosperity,

economic growth, wellbeing and

environmental sustainability. the 2010-11

year saw the government review the

isl-sAp and flag a process for the review of

herp (which will be completed in 2011-12).

such formal periodic reviews provide us

with a timely and useful opportunity to take

stock and look back on our achievements,

as well as to consider the future challenges

facing Australia and how we can best

provide advice and services to the

government and the Australian community

in meeting these challenges.

the isl-sAp review had two stages.

first, the government sought a house of

representatives inquiry into the benefits

of international collaboration and then

the department of innovation, industry,

science and research (diisr) reviewed the

isl program.

the Academy undertook a five-year

self assessment of our isl-sAp activities

and impact, as well as making a number of

submissions to the review activities.

our findings showed that the Atse

isl-sAp program delivered accelerated

track pathways to innovation.

despite the overwhelming positive

findings of the isl review and inquiry, the

government terminated the isl program

on 30 June 2011 due to budgetary

constraints.

during the year, the Academy

expanded its engagement in state

government activities led by the Atse

divisions. the divisions provide vital input

into regional and state technology policy

and debate through events, engagement in

schools programs and special projects such

as parliamentary briefing programs. further,

the divisional activities maintain a network

of fellowship for the Atse members.

the complementarities of division,

forums and Working group activities

to deliver our national events and to

engage the wider fellowship in activities,

submissions, debates and reports remains a

key element of our success. the challenge

in 2011-12 will be for Atse to develop

sustainable models for maintaining our

strength in international collaboration

integrated within our strategic priorities of

enhancing Australia’s prosperity through

s&t innovation.

dr Margaret hartleychief executiVe officer

ATSe found that relatively short, intense activities such as workshops were effective in building long-lasting collaborative outcomes, but that it was the continued investment in such activities that built trust and credibility and delivered effective fast-track pathways to innovation.

Low-Carbon EnErgyEvaluation of new Energy

Technology Choicesfor Electric Power

generation in australia

LOW-CARBON ENERGY: Evaluation of New Energy Technology Choices for Electric Power Generation in Australia © australian academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering

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SCiEnCES and EnginEEring (aTSE)

Energy Technology for Climate Change: Accelerating the Technology Response

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ENERGY TECHNOLOGY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

Accelerating the Technology Response

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Deployment of Low EmissionsTechnologies for Electric Power Generation

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experience will be held in sydney in June.

the Victorian and tasmanian divisions

undertook extensive planning to conduct

an Antarctic science seminar, Going South,

in August 2010 in memory of Antarctic

pioneer, scientist and Atse fellow

dr phillip law.

the nsW division holds a varied

program of seminars and includes events

young scientists who are able to inspire

school students in visits to primary and

secondary schools in brisbane and regional

Queensland centres.

Queensland fellows played key roles

in organising the may 2011 Atse clunies

ross Awards in brisbane, which set new

benchmarks for support and attendance.

the 2012 Awards and extreme science

MAjOR evenTS

worKing aCross the nation on a broad front to engage strategiCally with Key audienCes

Seminars and workshops, presentations, site visits and briefings, often in conjunction with other bodies.

Former ATSe President Professor john Zillman addresses the Going South seminar.

ATSe director Professor Mike Miller presents the SA division 2010 ATSe STeM Teacher Award to Ms deb woodard-Knight.

the Academy plans and executes a

substantial annual program of activities

across Australia to support its mission of

celebrating excellence in technological

science and inspiring the next generation,

as well as providing reliable, innovative,

independent and informed advice to

government, the public and industry.

through its executive office, its topic

forums and Working groups and divisions

in each state and the Act, the Academy

provides opportunities and undertakes

initiatives to influence governments,

policy-makers, key audiences and future

generations on the value of technologists,

scientists, applied scientists and engineers

to the community – and the necessity for

sound science and technology policy.

Atse’s topic forums are increasingly

emerging as the vehicles for debate and

action in relation to these key national

issues and have an increasing role in the

Academy’s major events and initiatives.

our divisions conduct a wide spectrum

of activities to support the Atse mission

including seminars and workshops,

presentations, site visits and briefings, often

in conjunction with other bodies.

in Victoria, nsW and south Australia,

Atse runs a series of parliamentary briefings

for parliamentarians and staff on key issues

identified by parliamentarians. experts in

these areas of interest – often Academy

fellows – brief parliamentarian, advisers and

parliamentary staff.

the Western Australian division

organises an eminent speaker forum each

year and hosted in July 2010 – with curtin

university and engineers Australia – a

seminar in perth, City to Cape: 2100 sea-

level rise.

sA runs science teacher awards and in

Queensland, Atse runs its young science

Ambassadors program, which identifies

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in regional centres in its program. it held

a major seminar in november 2010 –

Australia 2030 – Meeting the Demand for

Effective Infrastructure and Service – looking

at infrastructure issues over the next two

decades.

the crawford fund maintains

substantial national and international

programs. its flagship awareness-raising

activity, the Annual conference held at

parliament house, canberra, continually

attracts a high-profile audience and

parliamentary and news media interest.

Former motocross champion Shane Thomson (left) shares a light-hearted moment with wA division 2011 eminent Speaker darren lomman, founder of the dreamfit Foundation. darren, a mechanical engineer, was inspired by Shane to build a hand-controlled motorcycle.

PRinCiPAl ACTiviTieS

influenCing publiC debate and poliCy in diverse areas of national importanCe

more closely aligned with the Academy’s

international activities as it pursues the

goals of fostering technology diffusion and

innovation both in Australia and overseas.

Atse undertakes a range of projects

that are often funded (at least in part) by

the Australian research council (Arc)

under its learned Academy special projects

(lAsp) program. in identifying prospective

projects, Atse seeks input from key

stakeholders and fellows and alignment

with the Academy’s priorities.

the Academy tackles projects that are

matters of major interest to governments,

industry and the community and which can

utilise its fellows’ unique and diverse range

of knowledge and experience to develop

policy positions. equally, the Academy

contributes to the development of public

policy by the output of reports and by

participating in and responding to a range

of parliamentary and government inquiries.

the Academy’s activities for the period

are summarised on pages 6 and 7.

the Academy works strategically and

operationally to influence public debate and

policy on key topics of national importance.

principal strategic areas include: Water;

energy; education (science, technology,

engineering and maths, stem); health and

technology; and climate change impact.

the Academy’s principal initiatives are

driven through topic forums – in the case

of education this is augmented by Atse’s

extremely successful stelr program.

the emerging core issues (applicable

across all strategic/topic forum areas) of

innovation and emerging technologies

are driven through a Working group.

during the year, health and technology

was designated as a new topic forum and

climate change impact was designated

as a core area and supported by an

Advisory group.

these initiatives, which are key to Atse’s

impact and traction, are linked and serviced

through its projects and policy section,

which has over the past year been much

The Smart Technology for Healthy Longevity Report achieved substantial impact.

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exposure and there were presentations

to non-Atse technical meetings and a

productivity commission workshop.

the Low-Carbon Energy report received

substantial media exposure. there were

presentations to divisional meetings, a

parliamentary briefing and non-Atse technical

meetings, as well as contracts for additional

work from industry and government.

CuRRenT PROjeCTSprojects that were active at the end of the

period were:

¢ �Opportunities for Low-Carbon Energy

Technologies for Power Generation to 2050

this will be phase 2 of the cAets Working

group project and a report is expected

to be finalised at the end of the 2011-12

financial year.

¢ �Green Growth in Australia: Examining

the Linkages Within – and Potential of –

Sustainable Resources Management to

Environmentally Responsible Economic

Growth

this is phase 1 of a three-year program

being conducted with Arc lAsp funding. it

is expected that the phase 1 project report

will be completed towards the end of the

2011 calendar year.

¢ �Making Interdisciplinary Research Work –

Achieving a Sustainable Australia

this Arc lAsp project is being administered

by Atse on behalf of AcolA. this is phase 1

of a three-year program. it is expected

that the phase 1 project report will be

completed towards the end of 2011.

¢ �Increasing the Innovation Dividend from

Emerging Technologies

As part of its work on major national

challenges, the Academy has identified

innovation as a key component for

increasing Australia’s productivity and

prosperity. the Academy has commenced

work on holding a workshop that will

explore how the dividend from Australia’s

Resources and energy Minister Martin Ferguson launches the Low-Carbon Energy report in Melbourne.

Bringing clarity to the key issues that concern Australians – the community, industry and governments.

COMPleTed PROjeCTSprojects completed during the period were:

¢ �Smart Technology for Healthy Longevity

principal author: dr greg tegart ftse.

(Funded by ARC.) report launch by professor

margaret sheil, ceo, Australian research

council, at a technical seminar function on

22 July 2010 in melbourne.

¢ �Cloud Computing: Opportunities and

Challenges for Australia

principal author: dr craig mudge ftse.

(Funding support from NICTA and CSIRO.)

report launch by mr neville stevens

Ao, chairman of the nictA board, at the

nictA canberra research laboratory on

14 october 2010.

¢ �Deployment of Low-Emissions

Technologies for Electric Power Generation

in Response to Climate Change

this international council of Academies of

engineering and technological sciences

(cAets) project was undertaken through

Atse’s leadership in conjunction with seven

other academies of cAets. the project was

undertaken with financial support from the

Australian government’s isl-sAp program.

the cAets Working group report was

published in november 2010 and there is

ongoing work in 2011.

¢ �Low-Carbon Energy: Evaluation of New

Energy Technology Choices for Electric

Power Generation in Australia

principal author: dr John burgess ftse.

(Grant funding from ARC LASP and industry

funding from TRUenergy, ESAA and Victorian

Government’s DPI.) report launch by martin

ferguson Am, minister for resources and

energy, at a technical seminar function held

on 1 december in melbourne.

¢ �New Power Cost Comparisons: Levelised

Cost of Electricity for a Range of New

Power Generating Technologies

principal author: dr John burgess ftse.

A commissioned report from the garnaut

review march 2011.

exPOSuReAtse has received substantial exposure to

a number of reports that were completed

during the year.

the Smart Technology for Healthy

Longevity report received substantial media

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expenditure on r&d can be increased via

innovation in key emerging technologies.

ATSe TOPiC FORuMSin addition to contributing to the work

of the project studies outlined above, the

topic forums contributed to a number of

other activities, including the following

international science linkages sciences

Academies program (isl-sAp) projects:

water ForumNew Approaches to Agriculture Water

Management in a Changing Climate

Joint Workshop, 23-26 may 2011,

shijiazhuang.

energy ForumsEnergy Technologies for a Low Carbon Future

Joint Workshop with the south African

Academy of engineering, 6-8 september

2010, Johannesburg.

Energy Efficiency

Joint Workshop with indian national

Academy of engineering, 11-13 April 2011,

new delhi.

Green Growth

Joint Workshop with the national Academy

of engineering of Korea, 17-18 march

2011, melbourne (with additional

funding support from the Australia–Korea

foundation); held in conjunction with the

climate change impact Advisory group.

education ForumLinks between Industry and Public Sector

Research Organisations

international Workshop, 17-18 may, 2011,

sydney

health and Technology ForumBilateral Cooperation in Gerontechnology

international Workshop, 24-28 october

2010, taiwan.

Climate Change impact Advisory GroupGreen Growth

Joint Workshop participation – see energy

forum (above).

SuBMiSSiOnSduring the 2010-11 year the Academy

made 10 submissions to various enquiries.

Key RelATiOnShiPS

driving teChnologiCal solutions for a better australia – through national Collaboration A vital strategic and operational focus for

the Academy is to optimise its endeavours

and impact across the nation through

working cooperatively with key allies in

government, industry and the research

community to achieve its goals.

Atse is one of Australia’s four learned

Academies and links with the others – the

Academy of science, the Academy of

social sciences and the Academy of the

humanities – through its participation

in the academies’ cooperative body, the

Australian council of learned Academies

(AcolA), which replaced the former

national Academies forum.

AcolA assists the learned Academies

present multi-disciplinary positions

and cases to government on key issues

and provides the basis for continuing

relationships as a group and between

helping achieve national goals by working with key allies in government, industry and the research community.

individual academies on bilateral issues

of interest. it also provide the mechanism

through which joint projects can be

developed and conducted, such as the joint

project, managed initially by Atse, Making

Interdisciplinary Research Work – Achieving a

Sustainable Australia.

Atse and the Academy of science work

closely together on international relations

projects, often jointly undertaking projects

or managing events.

Atse has a special and important

relationship with the department of

innovation, industry, science and research

(diisr), which has for many years required

the Academy to deliver a broad and

comprehensive international relations

program, using its global linkages to foster

international technology diffusion and

innovation in areas that benefit Australia.

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the Academy also maintains vital

relationships with research organisations,

such as csiro and the cooperative

research centres, as well as with many of

Australia’s tertiary bodies and key academic

groupings, such as the Australian council

of engineering deans. in many of these

organisations Atse fellows hold leading

positions.

importantly, Atse is often a key

contributor to inquiries by government

agencies and parliamentary committees

that focus on science and technology

issues. Academy fellows participate

strongly in leading science and technology

forums and advisory bodies, such as the

prime minister’s science engineering and

innovation council, and a large number of

task groups.

our divisions participate strongly

in many aspects of state government

development of science and technology

policy and programs and our fellows are

heavily involved in relevant issues and

projects.

Working with aligned organisations

remains a cornerstone of the Academy’s

commitment to riving technological

solutions for a better Australia.

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the Academy also works closely

with other relevant federal departments

and agencies, including the department

of resources, energy and tourism, the

department of education, employment

and Workplace relations, the department

of the environment, Water, heritage and

the Arts, the department of infrastructure,

transport, regional development and

local government, the department of

foreign Affairs and trade, the department

of broadband, communications and the

digital economy and the department of

Agriculture, fisheries and forestry.

Atse also maintains close linkages with

other professional and scientific bodies

including science and technology Australia

(formerly fAsts), engineers Australia,

AnZAAs, the Australian institute of mining

and metallurgy, the institution of chemical

engineers and the Australasian industry

research group.

Atse is an important sponsor of stA’s

annual science meets parliament event

and also sponsors the Australian science

media centre, as well as lending substantial

support to the prime minister’s science

prizes and the government’s fresh science

initiative.

the Academy took an historic step in the

past year by committing to elect a target

of one-third women among its annual

election of new fellows from 2012.

this target will enable Atse to

strengthen its role in the application of

technological science and engineering for

the benefit of Australia and its leadership

on gender equity for the workforce in these

fields.

Atse also endorsed the united nations

Women’s empowerment principles and

the development of a program of Action to

back Atse’s gender equity policy (including

implementing the gender targets for

membership) by an Atse gender equity

implementation group.

these steps – agreed at the may

Assembly – follow the Academy’s adoption

in november 2010 of its gender equity policy

which “recognises leadership is needed to

address the gender imbalance both within

the Academy membership and its activities,

as well as more broadly in promoting

women in senior level in technological

sciences and engineering in Australia.”

Atse has committed to promoting

women within its own organisation,

engagement with other organisations on

gender equity issues, promotion of women

in technological sciences and engineering

and career development of younger women.

in reaffirming its commitment to

the importance of the full participation

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science and engineering (Wise) summit

held at parliament house, canberra in

April. this was convened by the Australian

national commission for unesco, the

Australian national committee for un

Women and science and technology

Australia (stA).

Atse ceo dr margaret hartley and

directors professor susan pond and

professor mary o’Kane attended a private

roundtable with Kate ellis, minister for

employment participation and childcare

and for the status of Women, on how to

keep women in science and encourage

more young women into engineering in

order to boost productivity and equity.

Atse also worked diligently to raise

the level of women fellows on Atse

committees and to increase its own

recognition of women fellows. Atse

working within the Academy and with allies across the technological sciences and engineering community to enhance the role of women

of women in technological sciences and

engineering in Australia, Atse’s gender

equity policy highlights that women

constitute a wealth of talent and creativity

– and that the private and public sectors

need to adopt mechanisms that enable

women in technological sciences and

engineering to actively contribute to

Australia’s prosperity and productivity.

Atse has appointed professor susan

pond Am ftse, a director of Atse, to lead

this initiative in conjunction with the Atse

president, board and ceo.

the number of women nominated for

fellowship in 2011 increased in absolute

and less in percentage terms compared to

the four previous years.

the Academy worked actively during

the year to pursue its gender equity goals.

Atse was a sponsor of the Women in

nSw Chief Scientist and Scientific engineer dr Mary O’Kane is a vice President of ATSe.

communication vehicles have been revised

to feature the achievements of women

fellows. A ‘Women in tse’ section was

introduced into the monthly newsletter

from march 2011, together with a similar

section in Focus from the April 2011 edition.

Atse negotiated with Australasian

Science to publish an Academy article in its

July/August 2011 edition titled ’first ladies

of science’, with 11 Atse fellows among the

dozen women profiled.

ATSe admissions by gender

year 2007 2008 2009 2010

total 31 35 28 30

male 29 29 22 26

% male 93.5 92.9 78.6 87

female 2 6 6 4

% female 6.5 7.1 21.4 13

wA Chief Scientist and ATSe Fellow Professor lyn Beazley on the road.

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inTeRnATiOnAl RelATiOnS

using our networKs to promote worldwide Collaboration in teChnologiCal sCienCes

Atse’s international program of missions,

workshops and delegations has

strengthened Australia’s international

engagement for more than 15 years.

the Academy seeks to influence

public debate and policy through targeted

initiatives of fostering technology and

innovation both in Australia and overseas.

international workshop outputs are an

important foundation for Atse research

projects.

the Academy promotes its activities

abroad and seeks opportunities through

the Australian science and research

advisory/counsellor positions based in

diplomatic postings in beijing, brussels,

new delhi, seoul and Washington, and

through the establishment of relationships

and its program of briefings with foreign

diplomatic missions in Australia.

funding from the Australian

government’s international science

linkages science Academies program

(isl-sAp) through the department of

innovation, industry, science and research

(diisr) has been the underpinning

support for this investment in national

and international collaborative research,

innovation and commercial cooperation.

this funding terminated on 30 June 2011.

Additional funding support during

the year included specific grants from

the Australia–china foundation for the

Australia china next step initiative, which

led to collaborative research projects, and

the Australia–Korea foundation, which

strengthened Australia’s access to global

science, engineering and technology

through the exchange of young scientists

and maximised the benefits of Australia’s

science base and its global linkages with

Korea through the promotion of green

growth issues.

Key STRATeGiC FOCuS Atse’s international program is driven

through the Atse topic forums, Working

and Advisory groups on energy, Water,

education, health technologies, built

environment, climate change impact and

emerging technologies – which inform the

design and direction of the international

activities. driving prosperity through

technological innovation, green growth and

sustainability is a key strategic focus of all

Atse work and was highlighted in the high-

level Joint Academies Workshops with the

Korean national Academy of engineering

(green growth), the south African Academy

of engineering (low carbon future),

the national science council of taiwan

(gerontechnology), and the indian national

inspiring young Australians to grasp opportunities in science, technology and engineering careers.

The delegation at the 2010 Australia-Taiwan workshop on Bilateral Cooperation in Gerontechnology, October 2010 – Professor Greg Tegart aboard.

ATSe vice President Mr Peter laver (centre) with dr joon-hyun lee (KeTeP) and dr jong Kee yeo (nAeK) at the Australia–Korea Green Growth workshop, Melbourne, March 2011.

debrief Group at the Australia–japan emerging Research leaders – Australians to japan, november 2010.

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of engineering (energy efficiency).

Atse’s fellows and their colleagues

provide a broad network, ensuring access

to and the participation of senior levels of

academia, industry and state and federal

governments. they also act as Academy

Ambassadors, providing high-level contacts

and assistance for participants of exchange

programs with china and Japan.

SuPPORTinG Mid-CAReeR ReSeARCheRS during the year, the Australia–china

young scientist exchange program (ysep),

with funding from diisr and the chinese

ministry of science and technology

(most), provided 24 chinese and

Australian emerging researcher leaders

with opportunities to develop personal and

institutional s&t linkages.

the Australia–Japan emerging research

leaders exchange program (AJerlep),

established in 2010, provided a highly

cost-effective ‘accelerator’ to international

collaborations, with funding support

from diisr and the Japan society for the

promotion of science, and administered

by Atse and the engineering Academy of

Japan, progressing Australia–Japan s&t

linkages among future leaders.

AuSTRAliA-ChinA PARTneRShiPS

Australia–China Symposium Seriesin partnership with the chinese Academy

of sciences (cAs), Atse and the Australian

Academy of science (AAs) organised a

high-level Australia–china symposium in

south Australia in november 2010.

Celebrating 30 years the Australia–china science and

technology Week in August 2010 at the

shanghai World expo marked this milestone

ACTiviTieS for 2010-11 no. Country Participation

isl funding grants

workshopsAustralia india energy efficiency, 11-14 April 2011powering industry research partnerships, 17-18 may 2011

2Australia/indiaAustralia, uK, china and europe

working Group Project‘deployment of low-emissions technologies for electric power generation in response to climate change’

1Australia, canada, germany, india, Japan, Korea, rsA, uK

hosted delegations to Australiachinese Academy of engineering, 11-16 november 2010chinese Academy of sciences, 27 september 2010Korean green growth delegation, 18 August 2010

315 chinese, 131 Australians 6 chinese, 23 Australians 12 Koreans, 8 Australians

Sir Mark Oliphant Conference ‘Applied genomics for sustainable livestock breeding’, melbourne, 2-5 may 2011

1 Australia, belgium, bhutan, canada, china, denmark, france, germany, ireland, Japan, Kenya, Korea, malaysia, netherlands, nZ, nigeria, norway, portugal, saudi Arabia, scotland, south Africa, uK, us

Bilateral relationship activitiesincluding high-level visits, Australia–china symposium, Atse presence at formal dinners, events at embassies and consulates

10+multiple but significant interactions where several activities were held: china, india, Japan, Korea

Focus International issueschina (may 2011)Korea (June 2011)

2Australia/chinaAustralia/Korea

developmental Activities 8+ china, chile, india, taiwan; five-year isl-sAp self assessment

contracted Activities

exchange ProgramAustralia–china young scientist exchange program, september and november 2010, April 2011Australia–Japan emerging research leaders exchange program, november 2010

4Australia/china

Australia/Japan

workshopssouth Africa–Australia Workshop on energy technologies for a low-carbon future, 6-9 september 2010Australia–Korea green growth Workshop, 14-18 march 2011taiwan–Australia Workshop on bilateral cooperation in gerontechnology, 24-28 october 2010Australia–china symposia, 14-16 november 2010

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Australia/south Africa

Australia/KoreaAustralia/taiwan

21 chinese, 87 Australians

Other activitiesnext step initiative – to progress linkages with china, Japan and singaporeAustralia–china science and technology Week, 3-10 August 2010

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and laid the ground for further productive

collaboration. Atse and AAs administer the

component events, with cAs, the science

and technology commission of shanghai

municipality (sstc) and the shanghai

Association for science and technology

(sAst) as co-partners.

three major international Workshops

– Impacts of Climate Change on Future

Urban societies (chaired by professor

mike manton ftse), Nanotechnology

Benefiting Society (co-chaired by dr calum

drummond ftse and professor max

lu ftse), Biotechnology Improving Food

Production, Food Quality and Human

Health (co-chaired by dr Jim peacock Ac

frs fAA ftse and professor John shine

fAA) – generated considerable interest

and new understanding of the issues and

opportunities by participants from both

countries.

the then chief scientist for Australia,

professor penny sackett, launched the

Atse report Climate Change and the Urban

Environment, which enjoyed good news

media pick-up in Australia.

visit by the President of CAeAtse hosted the visit to Australia in

november 2010 by professor Zhou Ji,

president of the chinese Academy

of engineering, who led a small cAe

delegation on a round of top-level

meetings and delivered a lecture to an

Academy audience, as well as attending the

Atse Annual general meeting in sydney.

professor Zhou visited canberra, sydney

and perth and met senator Kim carr,

minister for innovation, industry, science

and research, and other science and

technology leaders.

CAeTS Atse is a foundation member of the

international council of Academies of

engineering and technological sciences

(cAets), which is an independent, non-

political, non-governmental international

organisation, comprising 26 engineering

and applied science academies from

europe, the Asia –pacific region and the

Americas. cAets provides an effective

forum for the consideration of technology-

related issues of global significance

and fosters valuable contributions to

engineering and technological progress

for the benefits of all nations. cAets

membership gives Atse direct links to

influential Academies and their fellows and

enables us to network extremely effectively.

iSl-SAPAtse completed a five-year self-assessment

and analysis of selected international

science linkages science Academies

program (isl-sAp) activities held during

2005–10. Key outcomes were that Atse

added value to the program through

securing additional resources, both direct

funds and in kind, and provided evidence

that short intense activities, such as

workshops, were effective in building long-

lasting collaborative outcomes building

trust, credibility and an investment in fast-

tracking to innovation.

despite the compelling evidence of the

value and impact that the isl-sAp program

managed by Atse had, the termination of

the program funding causes the Academy

great concern. While there is dedicated

funding for s&t cooperation with china and

india, the strong relationships built up over

decades with countries such as europe,

Japan, Korea, the us and the uK will suffer.

STelR in OuR SChOOlS

maKing sCienCe relevant for students and teaChers aCross australia

by the end of the 2010 school year, the

stelr program (science and technology

education leveraging relevance) had been

implemented in 183 schools nation-wide.

this involved more than 24,000 students

and 750 teachers. A further two schools

joined stelr in 2011 – tully state high

school in Queensland and tagai college

on thursday island. All schools involved in

stelr in 2010 continued with the program

in 2011.

FundinG the federal government discontinued

funding for the continuation of the stelr

project in 2011, but the program was able to

continue with the assistance of sponsorship

from orica, the Australian power institute

and rio tinto. Additionally, an appeal to

Atse fellows in June 2011 raised more than

$54,000 to support the program.

STelR And The AuSTRAliAn CuRRiCuluM: SCienCethe final version of the Australian Curriculum:

Science was published in december 2010. the

stelr curriculum materials were reworked

to provide an exemplary resource that

demonstrates how teachers can incorporate

the three strands of the curriculum: science

Knowledge, science inquiry skills and science

as a human endeavour. stelr’s emphasis

on energy transfers and transformations in

the context of renewable energy resources

means that it is an ideal unit for the physical

sciences stream at year 9.

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Aiming to enhance every Australian student’s knowledge in technological sciences and engineering.

STudenT ACTiviTieS And TeACheR ReSOuRCeSthree programs were written for the 2011

school year. the core program covers

a minimum set of activities required to

satisfy the physical sciences curriculum.

the chemistry program was produced for

schools that wanted to build on the core

program at year 10. the integrated program

combined elements of physical sciences,

chemistry, biology and earth sciences

into a comprehensive program that

would run for a semester.

each program has a workbook

and supporting teacher resource

developed and produced by the

Atse stelr team. schools were

given the opportunity of receiving

a full-colour, 76-page core program

workbook for all their students and 25,000

copies were printed and distributed to

schools. the feedback from teachers has

been excellent:

¢ � “We have received the students’

workbooks and can i just say they are

great. the boys have been thoroughly

enjoying them as have the teachers.”

– Chris Dash, Marist College, Ashgrove,

Brisbane.

¢ �“in december i will be taking up the

position of head teacher science at

tumbarumba high school – a small

school close to the snowy river hydro

project. i was hoping to share with the

students there the stelr program as

i have found it to be brilliant with my

kids. (this is now my 4th class through).”

– Danielle Parker, Narara Valley High

School, NSW.

¢ �“i very much appreciate the help you

have given us and the opportunity to

be part of this program. the kids have

really enjoyed it, so have i.” – Kathryn

Grainger, Kilbreda College, Mentone,

Melbourne

teachers also received a printed

teacher resource book to support the core

program. the chemistry and integrated

workbooks and teacher resources were

published in digital formats and distributed

to schools on a curriculum resources cd.

All materials are available for participating

teachers to download through the teacher

portal of the stelr website.

education services Australia

commissioned the rewriting of 11 selected

stelr activities for publication on its

website. these will be available for all

teachers to use.

ClASSROOM equiPMenTthe stelr equipment, produced by iec pty

ltd, has proved to be easy to use, reliable

and durable with very few problems or

breakages reported by teachers – an

outstanding result given its use by more

than 24,000 students.

weBSiTethe website (www.stelr.org.au) is

constantly evolving with new career

profiles, renewable energy case-studies

and background articles being added on a

regular basis.

STelR in The FuTuReA new business plan has been developed.

there will be a two-year transition phase

after which stelr will become fully

commercial. it is proposed that 100 new

schools will be added in each of the

calendar years 2012 and 2013. these

schools will be subsidised, but will have

to pay part of the costs. subsidies will

come from corporate and university

sponsorship.

The STelR Core Program student workbook.

STelR Project Manager Peter Pentland (third from left) works with teachers during a 2010 professional development workshop.

STelR mentors in a december 2010 workshop led by dr Terry McClafferty, one of the STelR evaluators.

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ATSe ClunieS ROSS AwARdS And exTReMe SCienCe exPeRienCe

rewarding exCellenCe, inspiring the next generation and speed-dating sCientists

advancement throughout Australia“.

the keynote speaker – by satellite from

new york city – was dr Andrew liveris,

internationally prominent businessman and

Atse fellow, who spoke passionately about

opportunities for Australia, particularly in

the Atse clunies ross initiative helps

drive the Atse mission by recognising and

rewarding excellence through its annual

Atse clunies ross Awards program, which

rewards the best in commercialisation of

research and innovation.

the Awards seek to identify and acclaim

people who have, often against difficulties

and always with persistent commitment,

made important contributions to science

and its application for the economic, social

and environmental benefit of Australia. they

are unique in recognising the simultaneous

mastery of new technology and business

expertise.

the 2011 Atse clunies ross Awards

were presented at a memorable dinner at

the brisbane convention and exhibition

centre in may, where the governor-general,

he Quentin bryce, welcomed more than

700 eminent entrepreneurs, decision

makers, government officials, researchers,

academics and business leaders.

the dinner – marking the 20th year

of the awards – was also attended by the

Queensland treasurer, Andrew fraser, and

the mc was professor peter Andrews Ao

ftse, former Queensland chief scientist.

the dinner also marked the

presentation of Atse medals to former

Queensland premiers mike Ahern Ao

ftse and peter beattie “in recognition

of leadership for the growth of science,

technology and innovative research, which

has been a catalyst for technological

The Governor-General, her excellency quentin Bryce, addresses the Clunies Ross Awards dinner.

Students from across queensland working on their eSe projects.ATSe President Professor Robin Batterham congratulates former queensland Premier Mike Ahern on being awarded an ATSe medal.

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manufacturing. dr liveris, chair and ceo of

dow chemical, was appointed by president

obama as co-chair of the us Advanced

manufacturing partnership during the year.

Atse also seeks to inspire the next

generation of young Australians to pursue

science and technology as a career through

its innovative extreme science experience

(ese) project. ese follows the clunies ross

Awards and this year attracted some 300

year 10 science students and teachers from

across Queensland to meet with, learn

from and be inspired by the award winners.

this year’s ese event, hosted by the Abc’s

ms bernie hobbs, featured for the first time

a ‘speed-dating’ engagement between the

students, the Award winners and prominent

scientists and technologists. the response

was overwhelmingly enthusiastic.

planning is already well underway for

the 2012 event. to be held in sydney in June.

the 2011 Atse clunies ross Award

winners were:

¢Mr Roy woodall AO FTSe, who won a

special lifetime contribution Award for his

work as a geologist with Western mining

corporation between 1953 and 1995 and

was directly involved in an amazing number

of the most important mineral discoveries

in Australia during that period his career

through his application of science to

mineral exploration in Australia.

¢ Professor Anthony Burgess, Professor

Ashley dunn and dr nicholas Gough

FTSe, the scientists who first purified and

cloned the blood cell growth factor gm-

csf, patented it and continued developing

its biology to guide its current and future

clinical uses.

¢dr john Clout, a renowned

geometallurgical expert on iron ores,

especially their specific end-use potential,

widely respected as a leading authority on

Australian iron ores and their downstream

processing performances.

¢dr john ness, an acknowledged leader

in the microwave telecommunications field

in Australia, credited with the creation of

a significant Australian industry in wireless

and microwave systems with considerable

national and international commercial

success.

¢Mr Bruce Candy, known through his

metal detection technology and products

as the leading scientist worldwide in

his field, which has positioned minelab

electronics pty ltd and Australia as

world leaders in the provision of high-

performance, affordable and practical hand-

held metal detectors.

ATSe President Professor Robin Batterham with lifetime Contribution Award winner Mr Roy woodall.

Award winners (from left) dr nicholas Gough, Professor Anthony Burgess and Professor Ashley dunn.

(left) Facilitator Christine Pitfield works with students at the Brisbane eSe.

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were “world’s best” and included dr cristian

samper from the natural history museum at

the smithsonian institution; dr emile frison

from bioversity international; and dr stephen

d hopper from Kew gardens.

our first state conference, A food secure

world – challenging choices for our north,

raised questions of science and policy

faced by Australia and many developing

countries grappling with food production

in the tropics. speakers included dr Kanayo

nwanze, president of the international fund

for Agricultural development; dr Willie

dar, director-general of the international

crop research institute for the semi-Arid

tropics; and professor robin batterham Ao

freng fAA ftse, president of Academy. it

was particularly pleasing to provide the

Academy with an opportunity to join the

crawford fund in the “food security” space.

in addition to these well-attended and

nationally reported conferences, the fund

gained national tV, print, radio and internet

it was a memorable year for the crawford

fund.

on 1 July 2010 it became an

independent, not-for-profit company,

changing from being a division of Atse

to an independent enterprise closely

linked to the Academy, its sole member,

ensuring that the two organisations

continue to benefit from their historic links.

the crawford fund continues to describe

itself as an initiative of the Academy and

to submit its financial accounts to the

Academy’s Audit and investment review

committee. in addition, wherever possible,

the fund includes Atse fellows on its state

and territory committees and shares media

efforts with the Academy.

We farewelled from the chair neil

Andrew Ao ftse and welcomed to the

chair John Kerin Am ftse. the smooth

transfer confirmed the fund’s good

fortune in being able to attract senior

parliamentarians and scientists to its board

and committees. the year also brought

substantially increased funding from the

Australian and Queensland governments

and continued support from all other states

and territories. the board established a

tasmanian committee, so that the crawford

fund now has board committees and

programs in every state and territory in

Australia, and every jurisdiction has a place

on the board.

the fund’s increased funding allowed

an expansion of its public awareness,

training and master class programs, and the

opportunity to find new ways to have them

work together.

the flagship awareness-raising activity,

the Annual conference, held at parliament

house, canberra, was mirrored with a state

parliamentary conference in brisbane. the

national conference, in late August 2010,

coincided with the international year of

biodiversity and focused on Biodiversity and

world food security. speakers for the event

The CRAwFORd Fund

worKing at home and abroad to aChieve a food seCure world

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coverage to highlight significant outcomes

from international agricultural research;

managed media and visits from eminent

people from the international agricultural

research arena; and provided “seeing is

believing” visits for Australian journalists to

international agricultural research projects in

developing countries. one media highlight

that gained significant national attention

was the visit by dr tony gregson Am ftse to

the svalbard global seed Vault, with the first

consignment of Australian seed.

the second strategy the crawford

fund employs to promote Australian

engagement in international agricultural

research is to support training of

researchers from developing countries.

in 2010-11, the fund trained close to

1000 people from developing countries

through master classes for more than 100

scientists; training courses for around 830

trainees; and training awards for around

20 individuals. training participants came

from no fewer than 47 countries. these

courses involved collaboration with a wide

range of Australian and developing country

institutions and international agricultural

research centres, to which we owe a debt

of gratitude.

the year involved a trial of mixing our

public awareness and training programs

in new ways. our public awareness

program coordinator provided the media

management and our state programs

organised training at a key international

agricultural science-related gathering – the

joint conference of the Asian Association

of societies for plant pathology and the

Australasian plant pathology society – in

early 2011. Another effort along these lines

occurred at the 2011 World congress for

conservation Agriculture. through the

inaugural crawford fund master class

in communication communication was

the focus for our training program and

training the focus for our public awareness

coordinator.

We have also moved to build on the

excellent response to our task force on

World food security with the establishment

of a new research study on emerging trends

in world food security and their implications

for international agricultural research. the

purpose of the study – to involve the release

of briefs over the coming 12 months or

so – is to analyse the emerging trends that

will affect the future research agenda and

identify potential new funding streams for

such research.

no doubt, growing on the success of

this past year, 2011-12 has much in store.

The Crawford Fund’s mission is to increase

Australia’s engagement in international

agricultural research, development and

education for the benefit of developing

countries and Australia. Further details

on the Crawford Fund are at

www.crawfordfund.org

First group of Crawford Fund conference scholars in 2010 – a group of young agricultural scientists are now supported to attend each annual event.

john Kerin AM FTSe (left) and sneil Andrew AM FTSe, current and immediate past presidents of the Crawford Fund.

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The FellOwShiP

reCognising leaders in the teChnologiCal sCienCes

the Academy is an independent

organisation dedicated to driving

technological change for a better Australia.

it was formally inaugurated in february

1976. the concept of an applied sciences

academy had its origins in the late 1960s

when the Australian industrial research

group (Airg), an informal association

of directors and managers of industrial

research and development laboratories,

appointed a small committee to study the

proposal for such a body put forward by the

late dr W A s butement, the former chief

defence scientist.

the Academy consists of some 800

Australian men and women who are notable

for their achievements in four areas of

endeavour: Applied physical science and

technology; Applied biological science and

technology; engineering; and management,

development and leadership.

fellows are elected each year through

a rigorous nomination process managed by

the Academy’s membership committee. the

fellowship covers many fields of endeavour

– universities, research organisations,

commerce, industry and government.

many of our fellows are recognised for

their leadership and scientific achievements.

in 2010-11 these included the following.

Kadambot Siddique Antonio CantoniTony McMichael

AuSTRAliA dAy hOnOuRS 2011 Professor Anthony john McMichael AO FTSe, of the national centre for population health and epidemiology at the Anu, canberra. professor mcmichael was honoured for distinguished service to population health, particularly in the area of environmental impact, as an academic and author and through leadership roles with international organisations.

Mr Michael Anthony Rayner AM FTSe, partner in cox rayner Architects, brisbane, was honoured for services to architecture, particularly through leadership roles in the planning and design of the built environment, and to the community of Queensland. mr rayner received national publicity in January 2011 for his design of a new style of ‘Queenslander’ home to better handle flooding.

emeritus Professor john Montague Simmons AM FTSe, of the school of engineering, university of Queensland, was honoured for his service to engineering and education, particularly through innovative approaches to curriculum reform and the development of the international student market. professor simmons is a Vice president and board director of Atse, has responsibility for membership matters and is a former Act Queensland division chair.

emeritus Professor Kenneth vincent jubb OAM FTSe, of the university of melbourne’s faculty of Veterinary science at Werribee, was honoured for his service to veterinary science and pathology.

Professor Robert Keer lewis PSM FTSe, former head of the south Australian research and development institute, was honoured for his outstanding public service in the area of primary industries r&d. professor lewis is a former Atse sA division chair.

queen’S BiRThdAy hOnOuRS 2011dr john Michael Schubert AO FTSe, company director, sydney, was honoured for distinguished service to business and commerce through leadership and management in the area of financial services, transport and mining, and to the community.

dr ian Geoffrey Gould AM FTSe, chancellor of the university of south Australia and chair of the council of the Australian institute of marine science, was honoured for his services to mining and education.

winthrop Professor Kadambot Siddique AM FTSe, chair in Agriculture and director, institute of Agriculture, university of Western Australia, was honoured for his services to agricultural science.

AwARdS And APPOinTMenTSProfessor Robin Batterham AO FReng FAA FTSe, Atse president and Kernot professor of engineering, university of melbourne, was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

Professor lyn Beazley AO FTSe, chief scientist of Western Australia, was awarded an honorary fellowship of the Australian college of educators.

dr vaughan Beck FTSe, Atse executive director – technical, was made an inaugural life member of engineers Australia’s society of fire safety.

winthrop Professor Antonio Cantoni FTSe was one of a trio from the school of electrical, electronic and computer engineering at the university of Western Australia which won a 2010 eureka prize in the defence or national security category.

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dr Robert Care FTSe, ceo, Arup Australia, was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

Professor Graeme Clark AC FRS FAA FTSe was awarded the lister medal – the most distinguished award in surgery – in recognition of his contributions to surgical science with the multi-channel cochlear implant.

Mr leigh Clifford AO FTSe, chairman of Qantas, was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

dr Martin Cole FTSe, former national president of engineers Australia, was made an inaugural life member of engineers Australia’s society of fire safety.

Professor david de Kretser AC FAA FTSe completed a five-year term as governor of Victoria.

Professor Bogdan dlugogorski FTSe was elected a fellow of the society of fire protection engineers.

Mr Paul dougas FTSe, ceo, sinclair Knight merz, was named as one of Australia‘s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

Professor hugh durrant-whyte FRS FAA FTSe, research director, Australian centre for field robotics and professor of mechatronics, university of sydney, was named as nsW 2010 scientist of the year – and as one of Australian most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

Professor Mike dureau FTSe, chairman and ed, Warren centre for Advanced engineering, was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

dr Bob every FTSe, chairman of Wesfarmers, was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

dr Peter Farrell AM FTSe, chairman and ceo, resmed, was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

Professor Rob Fitzpatrick FTSe, chief research scientist in csiro and professorial fellow at flinders university and the university of Adelaide, was elected a fellow of the soil science society of America.

dr Geoff Garrett AO FTSe was appointed Queensland chief scientist following the retirement of emeritus professor peter Andrews Ao ftse and was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

Mr Alexander Gosling FTSe, chair of metsol, was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

Scientia Professor Martin Green FTSe, executive research director of the Arc photovoltaics centre of excellence at the unsW, won a 2010 eureka prize in the leadership in science category.

Professor Paul Greenfield AO FTSe, Vice chancellor of the university of Queensland, was reappointed to the board of the Australian nuclear science and technology organisation (Ansto) and named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

Mr james Graham FTSe, md, gresham partners, was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

Professor Peter Gray FTSe, director, Australian institute for bioengineering and nanotechnology, university of Queensland, was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

Mr john Grill FTSe, ceo, Worley parsons, was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

dr Stephen Gumley FTSe, ceo, defence materiel organisation, was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

Professor Milton hearn FTSe, professor of chemistry and director, centre for green chemistry, monash university, was awarded the royal Australian chemical institute’s 2010 green chemistry challenge Award.

Mr Menno henneveld FTSe, managing director, main roads WA, was named one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

Professor Andrew holmes AM FRS FAA FTSe, laureate professor of the school of chemistry at the university of melbourne, was elected foreign secretary of the Academy of science and a member of AAs’s council executive committee.

Professor Chennupati jagadish FAA FTSe, Australian laureate fellow and distinguished professor, department of electronic materials engineering research, school of physics and engineering at Anu, was awarded the ieee distinguished service Award.

Professor ian johnston AM FTSe, national transport commission deputy chairman, was inducted into the first Australian road research board hall of fame.

dr Max lay FTSe, noted transport engineer, was awarded (2010) the intelligent transport society of Australia’s (itsA) first individual excellence Award for eminent service to the Australian its industry. itsA also announced that future individual excellence Awards would be called the dr max lay Award.

Professor Peter lee FTSe, Vice chancellor, southern cross university, was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

dr Andrew liveris FTSe, chair, president and ceo, dow chemical, was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

Professor Max lu FTSe, deputy Vice chancellor, university of Queensland, was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2010 by engineers Australia.

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Professor jack Mclean FTSe, from the centre for Automotive safety research, university of Adelaide, received the 2010 david dewhurst Award from the college of biomedical engineers.

dr Ken Michael AC FTSe, governor of Western Australia, was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2010 by engineers Australia.

Professor Tanya Monro FTSe, an Arc federation fellow and leading international physicist at the university of Adelaide, was jointly named – along with professor Angel lopez – as the 2010 south Australian scientist of the year.

Ms Susan Murphy FTSe, ceo, WA Water corporation, was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

dr Mary O’Kane FTSe, nsW chief scientist and engineer, was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

dr Adi Paterson FTSe, ceo, Ansto, was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

dr Susan Pond AM FTSe was appointed to the board of the Australian nuclear science and technology organisation (Ansto).

Mr doug Rathbone AM FTSe, ceo, nufarm, was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

dr ezio Rizzardo FRS FAA FTSe, csiro fellow, was named by thomson reuters as one of the world’s top 100 chemists of the past decade.

emeritus Professor Alan Roberts AM FTSe, one of the world’s most respected researchers in bulk solids handling, was awarded the peter nicol russell memorial medal for 2010 – engineers Australia’s highest individual award.

dr Chris Roberts FTSe, ceo, cochlear, was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

Professor Beverley Ronalds FTSe, group executive, energy, and chief, csiro petroleum, was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

Mr julian Segal FTSe, ceo, caltex, was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

dr Zhengrong Shi FTSe, ceo and chairman, suntech power holdings, was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

Mr david Stewart FTSe, ceo leighton holdings, was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

Professor Michael Tobar FTSe, Australian laureate fellow and uWA Winthrop professor, was named 2010 WA scientist of the year.

Mr Chris vonwiller FTSe, ceo, Appen, was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

Professor Stuart wenham FTSe, direcxtor Arc photovoltaics centre of excellence, university of nsW, was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

Professor ian young FTSe, Vice chancellor and president, swinburne university, was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

Professor Aibing yu FTSe, federation fellow and scientia professor, school of materials science and engineering, university of nsW, was awarded the Academy of science’s 2010 ian Wark medal and delivered the 2010 ian Wark lecture; was named winner of the engineering, mathematics and computer sciences category in the nsW 2010 scientist of the year Awards; and was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

Professor Alex Zelinsky FTSe, group executive, information and communication sciences and technologies, csiro, was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

Professor dongke Zhang FTSe, director, centre for energy university of WA, was named as one of Australia’s most influential engineers 2011 by engineers Australia.

Professor Paul Zimmet AO FTSe, director emeritus and director international research, baker idi heart and diabetes institute, was elected to honorary membership of the european Association for the study of diabetes – the first Australian so honoured; and shared the grand hamdan international Award for medical sciences – the only Australian recognised in these awards.

vAle TO OuR FellOwSMr william herbert Algar FTSe died in melbourne on 29 June 2011, aged 86.

emeritus Professor john Bennett AO FTSe died in sydney on 9 december 2010, aged 89.

Mr Ken Conway FTSe died in sydney on 20 september 2010, aged 66.

Mr Robert hillman AO FTSe died in perth on 25 october 2010, aged 90.

Mr Grant hosking AO FTSe died in Adelaide on 22 January 2011, aged 86.

dr david Smiles FTSe died in canberra on 25 october 2010, aged 76.

dr norm Thomson AM FTSe died in narrabri, nsW, on 21 september 2010, aged 79.

Professor david Trimm AM FTSe died in Queensland on 17 october 2010, aged 73.

Professor hugh Trollope AO FTSe died in bendigo, Victoria, on 8 march 2011, aged 86.

dr Gilbert Tucker FTSe died in Victoria on 25 november 2010, aged 80.

dr david Gaston (Terry) walker AM FTSe died in Queensland on 21 June 2011, aged 82.

Mr Mel ward AO FTSe died in Victoria on 30 september 2010, aged 68.

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the Academy operates through its key fellow

bodies and a small executive office. the key

bodies through which fellows act to achieve

the Academy’s mission are the Assembly,

The ASSeMBly 2011Professor Robin Batterham AO FReng FAA FTSe – president

neil Andrew AO FTSe – chair, Atse crawford fund

Professor Kaye Basford FTSe – representative, Queensland division

Professor Tony Basten AO FAA FTSe – chair, health and technology forum

dr john Bell FTSe – representative, Australian capital territory division

dr Peter Coldrey FTSe – representative, south Australian division

Mr david Cook FTSe – chair, new south Wales division

dr ian duncan FTSe – chair, Western Australian division

dr Gordon dunlop FTSe – chair, Queensland division

Mr john Grace FTSe – Vice president; chair, Audit and remuneration committee

Professor Peter Gray FTSe – director

dr Margaret hartley – chief executive officer and director

Mr Bruce Kean AM FTSe – chair, Atse clunies ross foundation

Mr Richard Kell AM FTSe – representative, new south Wales division

dr Glen Kile FTSe – chair, Victorian division

Mr Peter laver AM FTSe – Vice president

Professor Peter lilly FTSe – representative, Western Australian division

Professor Gustaaf hallegraeff FTSe – chair, tasmanian division

Professor Michael Manton FTSe – director

Professor Bob Menary OAM FTSe – representative, tasmanian division

Professor Mike Miller AO FTSe – chair, south Australian division and director

Mr Peter north AM FTSe – director

Professor Mary O’Kane FTSe – Vice president

emeritus Professor lesley Parker AM FTSe – chair, education forum

dr Graeme Pearman AM FAA FTSe – chair, climate change Advisory group

dr Susan Pond AM FTSe – director

dr john Radcliffe AM FTSe – chair, Water forum

dr. Rama Ramakrishnan FTSe – representative, Victorian division

Professor john Simmons AM FTSe – Vice president

Professor Robin Stanton FTSe – chair, Australian capital territory division

Mr Martin Thomas AM FTSe – chair, energy forum

diviSiOnAl SeCReTARieS 2011Act dr danny llewellyn FTSe danny.llewellyn@csiro.au

nsW Mr Richard Kell AM FTSe richard.kell@cardno.com.au

Queensland Professor Kaye Basford FTSe k.e.basford@uq.edu.au

sA dr Peter Coldrey FTSe coldrey@chariot.net.au

tasmania Professor Bob Menary OAM FTSe r.menary@utas.edu.au

Victoria dr Rama Ramakrishnan rama.ramakrishnan@csiro.au

WA Professor Mark Cassidy FTSe mcassidy@civil.uwa.edu.au

aCademy staff 2011 (at publiCation)dr Margaret hartley

chief executive officer

Mr Bill Mackey

deputy ceo / executive director – communications

dr vaughan Beck FTSe

executive director – technical

Ms elizabeth Meier

executive manager – international programs

Mr Peter Pentland

executive manager – stelr project

Ms jill wallace

officer manager

Ms Rachel Portelli

company secretary/governance and membership officer

Ms nichole Abruzzise

conference and event organiser

Ms harriet harden-davies

senior policy and projects officer

Ms Maria Pridham

finance officer

Ms Sara Madderson

Administrative and division support officer

Ms lynn Pagoda

Administration and governance officer

Ms Anne houston

international project officer

Mr Rod dunstan

stelr project officer

Ms jenny Sharwood

stelr curriculum officer

which meets twice a year to set the targets

for the Academy; the board, which takes

responsibility for the operational policy to meet

these targets; and the divisions and forums,

which assist the Assembly, board and executive

office to deliver the Academy’s programs.

details of key people in the Academy

bodies are:

Key PeOPle

supporting the aCademy

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Atse directors at 30 June 2011 were:

Professor Robin Batterham AO FReng FAA FTSe, FnAe, FSATw, FAusiMM, FiCheme, FiSS, FAiM, FAiCd, FieAust, Ce, CPe

professor batterham lives in melbourne and holds a be and phd in chemical engineering from the university of melbourne, hon lld (melbourne) and hon dsc (uts). he became a fellow in 1988.

professor batterham is a distinguished technologist and innovator with a career in research and technology in both the public and private sectors. he is the former group chief scientist, rio tinto limited, and the Kernot professor of engineering at the university of melbourne. Within rio tinto, he was responsible for identifying major threats and opportunities with a special focus on energy and carbon emissions.

he was chief scientist of Australia from 1999 to 2005 and worked with csiro until 1988, including responsibility for minerals-related research (chief of division) and significant innovations in mining, mineral processing, mineral agglomeration processes and iron making.

professor batterham is past president of the institution of chemical engineers, past chairman of the international network for Acid prevention, chairman of the expert group on science for energy of the international energy Agency and deputy chair of the international mineral processing council.

he has been Atse president since 2007 and chairs the board, formed in 2008 under the Academy’s new governance arrangements.

john Grace FTSe, FAiCd

mr grace lives in melbourne and holds a bsc in Applied chemistry (nsW). he became a fellow in 1998.

mr grace operates a consultancy company ibio pty ltd. he is the chair of iteK pty ltd (the technology transfer company of the university of south Australia) and a member of the council of the Australian institute of marine science. he chairs the Victorian science Agenda investment fund 2009.

his expertise is focused in the commercial development of leading-edge science, predominantly in biotechnology. he was the ceo of AmrAd corporation pty ltd from 1990 to 2001. mr grace was previously a director of melbourne Ventures pty ltd, a member of the Arc, a member of the Victorian premiers’ Kise task force and a member of the ir&db board. he was awarded the centenary medal.

mr grace joined the Atse board in 2008. he is a Vice president and chair of the board’s Audit investment and remuneration committee. he previously served as chair, Victorian division 2003-05 and as a member of council 2003-08. he has been a member of the clunies ross Awards committee since 1991. he served as Atse’s ceo (on a part-time basis) for six months in 2007.

Professor Peter Gray FTSe FAiCd

professor peter gray was appointed in 2003 as the inaugural director of the Australian institute of bioengineering and nanotechnology (Aibn) at the university of Queensland.

prior to joining Aibn, he was professor of biotechnology and director of the bioengineering centre at the university of new south Wales, and senior principal research fellow at the garvan institute of medical research in sydney. he has held academic positions at university college london, and at the university of california, berkeley and has had commercial experience in the usA working for eli lilly and co and the cetus corporation.

professor gray is a founder and a past president of the Australian biotechnology Association (Ausbiotech). he serves on the boards of biopharmaceuticals Australia pty ltd, Acyte biotechnology pty ltd, the Advanced Water management centre, the diamantina institute for cancer, immunology and metabolic medicine, engineering conferences international (eci) inc, new york, and on a number of state and federal government committees in the fields of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and education.

professor gray is an active researcher who has published and patented widely in the fields of bioengineering, the production of biopharmaceuticals and stem cell technology.

he was elected to the board in december 2009.

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dr Margaret hartley

dr hartley lives in melbourne and holds a bAppsci and phd from monash university. she joined the Academy as chief executive officer in 2009.

dr hartley was previously the principal scientific Advisor in the Australian government department of health and Ageing and the director of the office of chemical safety, which is responsible for human health risk assessment and chemical safety and environmental health policy, as well as regulatory compliance activities for the licit use of narcotics, other controlled substances, antibiotics and drugs in sports.

dr hartley was Australia’s industrial chemical regulator from 1997 to 2006, responsible for leading and managing the regulation of chemicals and cosmetics and promoting safe and sustainable use of industrial chemicals. As ceo she oversaw governance, financial and all performance aspects of the business.

dr hartley is a respected national and international leader and regulatory scientist with wide experience in leading and managing Australia’s chemical regulation policy framework, and developing and implementing related health policy.

she held research and academic positions in pharmacology and epidemiology at monash university and the Anu before joining the government.

Professor Michael Manton FTSe

professor manton (66) lives in melbourne and holds a bachelor of engineering and master of engineering science (sydney) and a phd in oceanography (british columbia). he became a fellow in 2001.

he lectured in mathematics at monash university in the early 1970s. he was a research scientist for a decade in the csiro division of cloud physics, including a period for a year as Acting chief. in 1984 he became the chief of the bureau of meteorology research centre, and he retired from that position in 2006. since that time he has had a part-time position as professor in the school of mathematical sciences at monash university. he was a member of the board of Airborne research Australia in the 1990s.

professor manton has been a director of Atse since 2008. he is chair of the Atse international strategy group and a member of the Audit and investment committee and the membership selection committee. for three years he coordinated the presiding officers’ science briefings for the Victoria parliament on behalf of Atse.

Peter laver AM FTSe, honFieAust FAusiMM

mr laver lives in melbourne and holds a bachelor of metallurgical engineering (melbourne). he became a fellow in 1992.

mr laver worked for bhp for 40 years before retiring in 1998, holding senior roles in steel, mining, transport, research, government relations, safety and environment. other positions have included chairing the Australian building codes board, national board for employment, education and training, the energy research and development corporation, the Victorian learning and employment skills commission, Koppers Australia pty ltd, ceramic fuel cells pty ltd, and the Victorian community Advisory council. he is a past chancellor of Victoria university.

current positions include director of the Australian centre for innovation, member of the innovation grants committee in innovation Australia and member of the crc committee.

mr laver joined the board in 2008 as Vice president and prior to that served as a member of the Atse council and executive. before joining the council he had been a member of the finance committee and chair of the Activities committee.

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Professor Michael (Mike) Miller AO FTSe

professor miller lives in Adelaide and holds a bachelor of electrical engineering and graduate diploma in education (Adelaide), msc (Queens) and phd (hawaii). he became a fellow in 1993.

he is a professor emeritus at the university of south Australia, and serves on the board of the Australia–Korea foundation. he is also on the board of the sir ross and sir Keith smith foundation and on the sA government’s space Advisory group. he was founder and chairman emeritus of mnet group.

professor miller spent nine years with telecom Australia and 35 years in the university of south Australia, where he was professor of telecommunications and foundation director of the institute for telecommunications research (itr). he has received a number of honours and awards for his work. Among these, he was Australian professional

engineer of the year in 1995. on Australia day 2008, mike was appointed an Ao (officer of the order of Australia) for leadership in the innovation and development of future-generation telecommunications technology.

he joined the Atse board in 2008 and serves on the international strategy group and the stelr steering committee. he is chair of the sA division of Atse

Peter north AM FTSe, FAiM FAiCd honFieAust

mr north lives in sydney and holds a be (sydney) and an mbA (harvard). he became a fellow in 2003.

he has an extensive background in product development, marketing, finance and general management in the automotive industry in canada, usA and Australia, and in management consulting, first with mcKinsey & co inc. in 1974 he founded streeton consulting which continues today with an active practice in consulting to business, government and the professions. he has also had a long career as non-executive director of such leading companies as leighton holdings ltd, leighton Asia ltd, mildara blass ltd, cochlear ltd and malco industries ltd.

he is currently a director of the Australian centre for innovation. he was one of the founders and is a former chairman of the Warren centre for Advanced engineering, university of sydney.

he has been a director of Atse since 2008, with special responsibilities for governance and divisions. he is a member of the Atse innovation think tank.

Professor Mary O’Kane FTSe

professor mary o’Kane lives in sydney and holds a bachelor of science (Qld), phd (Anu), and several honorary doctorates. she became a fellow in 1995 and Vice president in 2011.

professor o’Kane is the nsW chief scientist & engineer and executive chairman of mary o’Kane & Associates pty ltd, a sydney-based company providing advice on productivity, research and education to governments, universities and the private sector.

she is chair of the Australian centre for renewable energy, chair of the development gateway and the development gateway international, chair of the crc for spatial information, a director of psmA ltd, business events sydney, and the Australian business foundation. she is a fellow of engineers Australia.

professor o’Kane was Vice chancellor and president of the university of Adelaide from 1996-2001 and deputy Vice chancellor (research) from 1994–96. before that, she was dean of the faculty of information sciences and engineering at the university of canberra. she is a former member of the Australian research council, the cooperative research centres (crc) committee, the tax concession committee, the board of fh faulding & co ltd and the board of csiro.

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dr Susan Pond AM FTSe FRACP

professor pond lives in sydney and holds a mbbs (hons1) from the university of sydney, md from the university of new south Wales and dsc from the university of Queensland. she became a fellow in 1996.

susan has a distinguished record in medicine, science and business. from 1997 to 2009 she was director of pharmaceutical research for six years and then chairman and managing director of Johnson & Johnson research pty ltd. in these roles, she led the research and development of transformational diagnostic and therapeutic products and created strong alliances with research institutions, innovation networks, start-ups and established companies. she also served as chairman of Ausbiotech ltd for three years until 2008.

susan is the leader of the bioenergy and biofuels initiatives in the dow sustainability program at the united states study centre. her particular interest is the development of the advanced biofuels industry in Australia, particularly in sectors with critical needs, such as aviation, resources, defence and shipping. she is also on the boards of commercialisation Australia, the Australian nuclear science and technology organisation and the centenary institute of cancer medicine and cell biology.

since her appointment to the board of Atse in June 2010, susan has been addressing skills shortages in technological sciences and engineering and visibility of women from these fields in the senior ranks in industry and government and on boards.

Professor john Simmons FTSe, honFieAust CPeng

professor simmons lives in brisbane and holds a bsc, be and phd, all from the university of sydney. he became a fellow in 1993.

professor simmons is emeritus professor at the university of Queensland, Australia, having recently completed 14 years as dean and head of the school of engineering. he is a former chair of the Australian council of engineering deans. his career has included positions with the lockheed Aircraft company, georgia institute of technology, the university of new south Wales, the us naval postgraduate school and the nAsA langley research center. he has been involved in two national reviews of engineering education.

he is on the board of engineering education Australia and has served on the boards of a number of cooperative research centres. his awards include the centenary medal, Advance Australia Award, Queensland engineer of the year and sir John monash medal.

professor simmons joined the Atse board as Vice president in January 2009 with responsibility for membership. he is also a member of Assembly and the education forum. he was previously a member of the Atse council, honorary secretary, treasurer and chair of the Queensland division and a member of education committee.

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finanCial summary

PRinCiPAl ACTiviTieSthe principal activities of the Academy in

the course of the financial year were the

promotion of the application of scientific and

engineering knowledge to practical purposes

for the benefit of Australia and other countries.

in particular, the Academy:

¢ �provided advice to governments, industry

and the community;

¢ �provided a forum for debate and policy

formulation on important national issues;

¢ �undertook projects on matters of major

national significance;

¢ �fostered and recognised excellence in

technological sciences and engineering;

¢ �used its international linkages to provide

access to expertise from around the world;

and

¢ �provided training and other activities

to promote agricultural research in

Australia and sustainable improvement in

agriculture in developing countries.

there has been no significant change in the

principal activities of the Academy from the

prior year.

Review OF OPeRATiOnSthe primary activities of the Academy are its

learned body, technical projects, international

linkages, stelr project, Atse clunies ross

Awards and the crawford fund. each engaged

in significant activities and contributed to

positive outcomes during the year.

during the year the Academy operated

topic forums in the key areas of Water, energy,

climate change impact and education,

and introduced focus work in health and

technology.

the Academy receives funding from

the Australian government, members

subscriptions and surpluses from functions.

the operating result for the reporting period

was a profit of $51,577.

the Academy’s investments increased in

value by $266,545 (net of sales). net assets as

at 30 June 2010 stood at $7,686,495.

SiGniFiCAnT ChAnGeS in The STATe OF AFFAiRSthe crawford fund limited, a wholly owned

subsidiary of the Academy, commenced

operations on 1 July 2010. the Academy

provides accommodation services to the

Australian council of learned Academies

(AcolA) secretariat limited via a service

agreement which commenced on

1 november 2010. the Academy rents an

office in canberra from universities Australia

under a deed of agreement dated 5 January

2011. the Academy provides administrative

services to the pearcey foundation under a

contract dated 16 may 2011.

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STATeMenT OF COMPRehenSive inCOMe FOR The yeAR ended 30 june 2011

abridged audited aCCounts

STATeMenT OF FinAnCiAl POSiTiOn AS AT 30 june 2011

Consolidated Parent entity

2011 2010 2011 2010

$ $ $ $

Revenue

revenue from government and other grants 5,532,346 - 4,047,779 7,195,201

Expenses from ordinary activities

learned fund (1,432,649) - (1,432,649) (1,794,458)

endowment fund (308,191) - (308,191) (276,416)

technical projects (310,830) - (310,830) (246,705)

international science and technology (969,313) - (969,313) (1,248,426)

stelr (556,464) - (556,464) (2,007,653)

Atse clunies ross foundation (411,389) - (411,389) (312,393)

crawford fund limited (1,491,933) - - (1,042,186)

Total Expenses (5,480,769) - (3,988,836) (6,928,237)

profit/(loss) from ordinary activities 51,577 - 58,943 266,964

gain on disposal of property, furniture and equipment - - - -

unrealised gain/(loss) on revaluations of investments 266,545 - 266,545 (290,630)

transfer from reserves - - - 46,594

net profit/(loss) 318,122 - 325,488 22,928

Accumulated funds at the beginning of the financial year 7,368,373 - 6,874,883 7,345,445

Accumulated funds at the end of the financial year 7,686,495 - 7,200,371 7,368,373

Consolidated Parent entity

2011 2010 2011 2010$ $ $ $

ASSETS

CURRENT ASSETS

cash and cash equivalents 2,511,211 - 2,480,024 4,447,084

trade and other receivables 377,660 - 287,173 440,009

financial assets 6,870,555 - 6,445,555 3,638,499

other assets 203,751 - 172,254 -

Total Current Assets 9,963,177 - 9,385,006 8,525,592

NON-CURRENT ASSETS

property, furniture and equipment 190,701 - 169,201 220,210

Total Non-Current Assets 190,701 - 169,201 220,210

TOTAL ASSETS 10,153,878 - 9,554,207 8,745,802

CURRENT LIABILITIES

trade and other payables 241,879 - 214,832 219,547

other – deferred income 2,084,898 - 2,006,398 1,045,284

short-term provisions 108,825 - 100,825 82,747

Total Current Liabilities 2,435,602 - 2,322,055 1,347,578

NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES

long-term provisions 31,781 - 31,781 29,851

Total Non-Current Liabilities 31,781 - 31,781 29,851

TOTAL LIABILITIES 2,467,383 - 2,353,836 1,377,429

NET ASSETS 7,686,495 - 7,200,371 7,368,373

EQUITY

Accumulated funds 7,686,495 - 7,200,371 7,368,373

reserves - - - -

Total Equity 7,686,495 - 7,200,371 7,368,373

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STATeMenT OF CASh FlOwS FOR The yeAR ended 30 june 2011

AudiTOR’S indePendenCe deClARATiOn undeR SeCTiOn 307c OF The CORPORATIONS ACT 2001

to the directors of AustrAliAn AcAdemy of technologicAl sciences & engineering limited

i declare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, during the year ended 30 June 2011 there have been:

i. no contraventions of the auditor independence requirements as set out in the Corporations Act 2001 in relation to the audit; and

ii. no contraventions of any applicable code of professional conduct in relation to the audit.

name of firm: Cohen fasciani Chartered accountants

name of partner: selwyn Cohen

date: 9 August 2011

Address: 25 claremont street, south yarra, Vic 3141

Consolidated Parent entity

2011 2010 2011 2010$ $ $ $

CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

receipts from government project Work 5,478,989 - 4,218,237 5,982,946

subscriptions 222,502 - 222,502 245,545

donations 132,569 - 86,994 76,980

interest received 162,189 - 111,116 262,672

other receipts 348,098 - 245,198 181,274

symposia receipts - - - 248,573

payments to suppliers and employees (5,376,547) - (3,874,761) (7,370,757)

dividends received 75,641 - 75,641 100,356

Net cash generated from operating activities 1,043,441 - 1,084,927 (272,411)

CASH FLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

funds transferred to crawford limited - - (511,013) -

proceeds from the disposal of investments - - - 1,678,821

payment for property, plant and equipment (15,455) - (2,115) (116,958)

payments from/(to) financial institutions - investments (2,963,859) - (2,538,859) (2,789,948)

Net cash inflow/(outflow) from investing activities (2,979,314) - (3,051,987) (1,228,085)

Net increase/(decrease) in cash held (1,935,873) - (1,967,060) (1,500,496)

Cash at the beginning of the financial year 4,447,084 - 4,447,084 5,947,580

Cash at the end of the financial year 2,511,211 - 2,480,024 4,447,084

the full Audited Accounts of the Academy for 2010-11 can be viewed on the Atse website (www.atse.org.au) and printed copies are available from the Atse office (03) 9864 0900 or by email (sara.madderson@atse.org.au).

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promoting teChnology solutions in our Community for a better australia ATSe is an independent organisation, promoting excellence in technological sciences and engineering to enhance Australia’s competitiveness, economic and social wellbeing and environmental sustainability

it has two key objects:

1. Celebrate excellence and inspire the next generation, and2. Provide a source of independent and informed advice to government, the

public and industry.

ATSe consists of more than 800 Australian Fellows and was founded in 1976 to recognise and promote the outstanding achievement of Australian scientists, engineers and technologists.

ATSe provides a national forum for discussion and debate of critical issues about Australia’s future, especially the impact of science, engineering and technology on quality of life.

ATSe links Australia with leading international bodies and worldwide expertise in the technological sciences and engineering.

ATSe fosters excellence in science, engineering and technology research and the critical education systems that underpin Australia’s capacity in these areas.

ATSe tackles many of the most difficult issues governing our future, by offering fresh ideas, practical solutions and sound policy advice – and putting them on the public record.

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