Committees & Representatives

THE INSTITUTE 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 a member of Council.

THE CURRENT COMMITTEES AND THEIR CONVENORS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Committee & Contact	Email
Finance and Secretariat Committee (incorporating Fees) Dr Grant Shoebridge	grant.shoebridge@ipta.org.au
Membership Committee Ms Christine Emmanuel-Donnelly	christine.emmanuel@ipta.org.au
Patents Legislation Committee Mr William Hird	william.hird@ipta.org.au
Patent Practice & IP Australia Business Relations Committee Mr Philip Gehrig	philip.gehrig@ipta.org.au
International Patents Committee Mr William Hird	william.hird@ipta.org.au
Trade Marks Committee (Australia + International) Ms Jennifer McEwan Mr Ian Drew	jennifer.mcewan@ipta.org.au ian.drew@ipta.org.au
Designs Legislation and Practice Committee (Australia & New Zealand) Ms Allira Hudson-Gofers	allira.hudson-gofers@ipta.org.au
Ethics & Disputes Committee Dr John Landells	john.landells@ipta.org.au
In-House Members & Commercialisation Committee Mr Brendan Cheong Dr Anna Johnston	brendan.cheong@ipta.org.au anna.johnston@ipta.org.au
Education Committee Dr Andrew Jones	andrew.jones@ipta.org.au
Rules Committee Ms Christine Emmanuel	christine.emmanuel@ipta.org.au
Public Relations Committee Dr Grant Shoebridge	grant.shoebridge@ipta.org.au
Publications & Website Committee Dr Anna Johnston Mr Brendan Cheong	anna.johnston@ipta.org.au brendan.cheong@ipta.org.au
Plant Breeder’s Rights Committee Dr Annabella Newton	annabella.newton@ipta.org.au
Annual Conference and Events Committee Ms Jennifer McEwan	jennifer.mcewan@ipta.org.au
New Zealand Legislation & IPONZ Business Relations Committee Dr John Landells	john.landells@ipta.org.au
Future Directions Committee Dr Andrew Jones	andrew.jones@ipta.org.au
YIPTA Committee Dr Andrew Jones Dr Annabella Newton	andrew.jones@ipta.org.au annabella.newton@ipta.org.au

STATE REPRESENTATIVES

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

Division	Email
NSW Division Dr Andrew Jones	andrew.jones@ipta.org.au
Queensland Division Mr Adam Luxton	adam.luxton@jamesandwells.com
South Australian Division Mr Mark O’Donnell	Mark.ODonnell@madderns.com.au
Victorian Division Dr Annabella Newton	annabella.newton@ipta.org.au
Western Australian Division Mr Gary Cox	gary.cox@wrays.com.au

THE IPTA SECRETARIAT contact details:

The Secretariat may be contacted via mail@ipta.org.au, or on 03 9639 4377

Executive Secretary: Katharine Meade

Assistant Executive Secretary: Christina Kerr

Finance Coordinator: Ilona Viavattene