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For many years and in many fields Becker has taken a leading part in the application of scientific methods to primary industry. In cooperation with scientists he pioneered the investigations which led to the discovery of trace-element deficiencies in the Ninety-Mile "Desert" of South Australia.

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Ian Chubb has been a strong and effective advocate for government and industry support of innovation and research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) over several decades. Throughout his career, including as Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University (2001 to 2011) and as Chief Scientist of Australia (2011 to 2016), he made significant contributions to improving the infrastructure for scientific research and training and was conspicuous in raising the public profile of science in the media. He was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1999 and then a Companion in the Order of Australia in 2006 for his ‘service to higher education, including research and development policy in the pursuit of advancing the national interest socially, economically, culturally and environmentally, and to the facilitation of a knowledge-based global economy’. He was the ACT Australian of the Year in 2011 and has received six honorary doctorates. In 2016 he was awarded the Australian Academy of Science Medal for his outstanding contributions by sustained efforts in the public domain which have significantly advanced the cause of science and technology in Australia.

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Following his industrial career producing breakthrough scientific instruments for academic neurosciences and pharmaceutical drug discovery, Alan Finkel has distinguished himself in Australia’s scientific and engineering community by his passion for science and engineering education at school, university and community levels, and by his creative leadership, initiatives, philanthropy and innovative scientific publishing. He has been a strong and effective advocate for governmental and industrial support of innovation and research in science and engineering.

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Catherine Livingstone is arguably Australia’s leading executive in major technology based business enterprises. She is a passionate Australian believing that science and technology have critical roles in the future development of Australia. Catherine champions the technology that drives any company where she is in the leadership team. She was the force for success for Cochlear which specialised in implantable electronic medical prostheses for the hearing impaired. She has turned Telstra from a conservative bureaucracy into a global leader of world class telecommunications strength. Among other important leadership roles, Catherine chaired the CSIRO Board lifting CSIRO’s relevance to Australian innovation.

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Dame Bridget Ogilvie has had a distinguished career both in science and in the service of science. Dame Bridget became internationally renowned for her research on parasitology in a career that spanned twenty years. Later, as Director of the Wellcome Trust, she contributed enormously to science education and the funding of medical research in Britain, and also in Australia through the prestigious Wellcome postdoctoral fellowships. One of her most significant contributions as Director was the establishment of the Sanger Institute near Cambridge devoted to the study of genomics. Since her retirement, Dame Bridget has been engaged in a large portfolio of non-executive appointments in research, education and industry, championing research into tropical diseases and cancer, and continuing to play a very significant and fruitful role in science education and public engagement with science.

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