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	Convenor/s
Governence Committee(incorporating Fees) Dr Grant Shoebridge	grant.shoebridge@ipta.org.au
Membership and Member Services Committee Dr Annabella Newton Dr Claire Gregg	annabella.newton@ipta.org.au claire.gregg@ipta.org.au
Media & Communications Committee Mr Brendan Cheong Dr Grant Shoebridge	brendan.cheong@ipta.org.au grant.shoebridge@ipta.org.au
Education Committee Dr Andrew Jones Dr Anna Johnston	andrew.jones@ipta.org.au anna.johnston@ipta.org.au
Patents & Patent Breeders Rights Committee Mr William Hird Mr Philip Gehrig	william.hird@ipta.org.au philip.gehrig@ipta.org.au
Trade Marks, Designs and Indigenous Knowledge Committee Mr Ian Drew	ian.drew@ipta.org.au
Ethics & Disputes Committee Dr John Landells	john.landells@ipta.org.au
President's Advisory Committee Ms Jennifer McEwan	jennifer.mcewan@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
Canberra Division Jennifer McEwan	mail@ipta.org.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