[LINK] Microsoft MD to chair govt ICT advisory board

[Jonathan O'Donnell]

On 03/09/2006, at 9:23 AM, Jan Whitaker wrote:

>
> At 08:51 AM 3/09/2006, Kim Holburn wrote:
>>> The Department of Communications Information Technology and the
>>> Arts (DCITA) has revised the Ministerial ICT advisory board which
>>> will now have Microsoft Australia's managing director Steve Vamos
>>> as its chairman.
>
> Do any linkers know this person to be able to have confidence that  
> he won't be biased to 'ICT = personal computer = Microsoft'?   
> Hopefully others on the committee will be able to expand the agenda  
> beyond that limited perspective.

At this time, the ICT Advisory Group Membership is:

Chair	
Mr Steve Vamos	Managing Director, Microsoft Australia
	
Individual Board Members	
Mr. Grame Barty	CEO, HarvestRoad Limited
Mr. Ric Clarke	CTO, Alcatel Australasia
Ms Dominique Fisher	MD,EC Strategies Pty Ltd
Mr. John Grant	MD,Data #3 Limited
Ms. Sheryle Moon	Director, Manpower Services Australia
Mr Dan Phillips	Executive Director, Macquarie Bank Limited
Dr. Phil Robertson	Director, Canon Information Systems Research  
Australia
Prof. John Rosenberg	Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Deakin University
Dr David Skellern	Chief Executive Officer, NICTA
Mr Gary Zamel	Managing Director Mine Site Technologies Pty Ltd
Dr. Alex Zelinsky	Director, CSIRO ICT Centre
	
Industry Associations	
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry	Mr Peter Hendy, CEO
National Farmers Federation	Mr Ben Fargher, CEO
Business Council of Australia	Mr Steve Vamos

<http://www.dcita.gov.au/newsroom/media_releases/ 
ict_advisory_board_strengthened_to_boost_australias_ict_sector>
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