The Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council Membership

•  The Prime Minister, The Hon Kevin Rudd MP (Chair)
•  The Deputy PM and Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations The Hon Julia Gillard MP
•  The Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Senator the Hon Kim Carr
•  The Treasurer, The Hon Wayne Swan MP
•  The Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, The Hon Anthony Albanese MP
•  The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy
•  The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, The Hon Peter Garrett MP
•  The Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator the Hon Penny Wong
•  The Minister for Trade, The Hon Simon Crean MP
•  The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, The Hon Tony Burke MP
•  The Minister for Health and Ageing, The Hon Nicola Roxon MP
•  The Minister for Resources and Energy, The Hon Martin Ferguson MP

• The Chief Scientist  Dr Jim Peacock AC 
• The President of the Australian Academy of Science  Professor Kurt Lambeck
• The President of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering  Professor Robin Batterham AO
• The Chair of Universities Australia     Professor Richard Larkins 
• The President of the Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies  Professor Ken Baldwin
• The Chief Executive of CSIRO  Dr Geoff Garrett
• The Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Research Council  Professor Margaret Sheil
• The Chair of the National Health and Medical Research Council  Professor Michael Good
• The President of the Business Council of Australia  represented by Mr Hutch Ranck
• The President of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry  represented by Dr Brian Hewitt 
• The President of Engineers Australia  represented by Mr Peter Cockbain
• The Chair of the Innovation Australia Board  Mr David Miles AM
• The Chief Defence Scientist, Defence Science and Technology Organisation  Dr Roger Lough
• The 2007 Prime Minister's Prize for Science     winners: Professor Peter Waterhouse and Dr Ming-Bo Wang

• Professor Fiona Stanley AC, Director, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research
• Dr Deborah Rathjen, CEO and Managing Director, Bionomics Limited
• Dr Leanna Read, Managing Director, TGR Biosciences Ltd
• Professor Warwick McKibbin, Director, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Australian National University

The Standing Committee, the non-ministerial members of PMSEIC meet four times a year. Much of its work is undertaken through working groups comprising members and those co-opted from industry, universities, science agencies and government departments.

The Standing Committee responds to issues referred by Government or by meetings of PMSEIC; and identifies and develops a range of issues to be considered by PMSEIC.