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Committees and representatives

IPTA committees

The affairs of the Council have been separated into distinct areas in order to share the workload amongst the members of Council. Each distinct area is the responsibility of a committee and each committee is convened by at least one member of Council.

The current committees and their convenors are as follows:

Committee Convenor/s

Governance & Legal

Grant Shoebridge – grant.shoebridge@ipta.org.au

Membership & Member Services

Annabella Newton – annabella.newton@ipta.org.au
Noelene Treloar – noelene.treloar@ipta.org.au

Education

Andrew Jones – andrew.jones@ipta.org.au
Prue Cowin – prue.cowin@ipta.org.au

Patents & Plant Breeders Rights

Philip Gehrig – philip.gehrig@ipta.org.au
Claire Gregg – claire.gregg@ipta.org.au

Trade Marks, Design & Indigenous Knowledge

Megan Ryder – megan.ryder@ipta.org.au
Noelene Treloar – noelene.treloar@ipta.org.au

Media & Communications

Grant Shoebridge – grant.shoebridge@ipta.org.au
Claire Gregg – claire.gregg@ipta.org.au

Annual Events

Megan Ryder – megan.ryder@ipta.org.au
Tony Davis – tony.davis@ipta.org.au
Jennifer McEwan – jennifer.mcewan@ipta.org.au 

Ethics & Disputes

Philip Gehrig – philip.gehrig@ipta.org.au

State representatives

The Council also has nominated representatives in each state.
Those nominated representatives are as follows:

State Representative

NSW Division

Andrew Jones

Queensland Division

Adam Luxton

ACT Division

Jennifer McEwan

Victorian Division

Annabella Newton

Western Australian Division

Gary Cox

South Australian Division

Megan Ryder

The IPTA Secretariat

Executive Secretary: Katharine Meade

Executive Administrative Officer: Su Ling Meimaris

Assistant Executive Secretary: Christina Kerr

Finance Coordinator: Ilona Viavattene

Contact at mail@ipta.org.au or by phone +61 (0)3 9639 4377

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    Membership and Member Services committee

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    Governance & Legal committee

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    Governance & Legal committee

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    Ethics and disputes committee

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    Annual Events committee

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