The Australian Synchrotron has established a National Science Colloquium (NSC) to complement its scientific advisory and user advisory committees.

The NSC will provide strategic advice, advocacy, expertise and experience in support of the Australian Synchrotron’s research, development and expansion from leaders in Australia and New Zealand academies, professional bodies, government research organisations, funding agencies, universities, business and government.

Its members are:

• Sir Gustav Nossal AC (Chair)
• Professor Warwick Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, National Health and Medical Research Council
• Professor Robin Batterham, President Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
• Professor Lyn Beazley, Chief Scientist Western Australia
• Mr Tim Besley, former Chair CRC for Greenhouse Gas Technologies
• Professor Suzanne Cory, President Australian Academy of Science
• Professor Peter Doherty AC, Laureate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne
• The Hon Barry Jones, former Science Minister
• Dr Peter Laver, Director Australian Centre for Innovation
• Professor James Metson, Head of the Department of Chemistry University of Auckland
• Professor Brian O’Connor, Emeritus Professor of Applied Physics Curtin University of Technology
• Professor Margaret Sheil, Chief Executive Officer Australian Research Council
• Professor David Siddle, former Deputy Vice Chancellor Research University of Queensland
• Professor Julio Licinio, Director John Curtin School of Medical Research.