Australia Council Officers
The elected officers of the Australia Council are the Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. The terms of the elected officers are for two years. The current term is 2009–2010. By convention, the Council also appoints a Student Activities Chair annually.Chair
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A/Prof.
Vaughan Clarkson School of Information Technology & Electrical Engineering The University of Queensland Queensland, 4072, Australia ph. +61 7 3365 8834 fax +61 7 3365 4999 email v.clarkson@ieee.org |
Vice Chair
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Dr. Zia
Ahmed email zia.ahmed@ieee.org |
Secretary
| Mr. Paul
Kubik Senior Technology Specialist Telstra Corporation Mezz M7/30 Henderson Rd Clayton, Australia Ph: +61 3 8542 3118 Email: paul.kubik@ieee.org |
Treasurer
| Dr
Arkadiusz (Arek) Dadej School of Electrical and Information Engineering University of South Australia SCT Building Mawson Lakes Campus Mawson Lakes, SA 5095, Australia Ph: +61 8 8302 3304 Fax: +61 8 8302 3384 Email: a.dadej@ieee.org |
Immediate Past Chair
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A/Prof.
Keith Kikkert Electrical & Computer Eng. School of Engineering James Cook University Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 4811 Ph: +61 7 4781 4259 Fax: +61 7 4781 5177 Email: keith.kikkert@jcu.edu.au |
Student Activities Chair
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A/Prof.
Christophe Fumeaux School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering The University of Adelaide Adelaide SA 5005, Australia Ph: +61 08 8303 5667 Fax: +61 08 8303 4360 Email: cfumeaux@ieee.org |
Australian & New Zealand Contingent at the IEEE Region 10 Meeting, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2009

Front row (left to right): Vaughan Clarkson (Australia Council Chair), Leigh Powis (South Australia Section Chair), Horace King (Victorian Section Chair), Andrew Bainbridge-Smith (New Zealand Council Chair), Gourab Sen Gupta (New Zealand Central Section Chair), Kevin Wong (Western Australia Section Chair), Helene Fung (R10 GOLD Program Representative).
Back row (left to right): Roelof Swanepoel (Queensland Section Vice Chair), Zia Ahmed (Australia Council Vice Chair & R10 Newsletter Editor), Keith Kikkert (Australia Council Immediate Past Chair & Northern Australia Section Chair), Abbas Bigdeli (Queensland Section Chair), Martin Leaver (Australia Capital Territory Section Chair), Adrian Busch (New Zealand South Section Chair), Nirmal Nair (New Zealand North Section Chair).




