2009 AGM News

Held on the 10th November 2009 in Canberra, the ACPSEM AGM saw  50 keen members gather to hear the latest news of the College, which included the announcement of two new Fellows, one new Life member, and one member being given a Distinguished Service Award  for contributions to the College and to professions the College represents.

The current President, Tomas Kron, presented an ACPSEM Distinguished Service Award to Ian Smith, for his significant contribution to the College over many years, in the roles of Hon Treasurer, Membership Board member and Conference convenor.

Tomas also announced that Alun Beddoe had been awarded Life Membership of the ACPSEM.

The Hon Secretary, John Coles,  reported that the various prizes and awards offered by the College are now funded by the ACPSEM Foundation. The Boyce Worthley Young Achiever Award received no nominations during 2009. The Richard Bates Travel Scholarship and Award was awarded to Ben Khoo, who plans to further his studies into bone mineral density as derived from dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scanners.  The winner of the Kenneth Clarke (Journal) Award, for the best paper published in Vol 31,  was Sergei Zavgorodni for the paper “Application of the equivalent uniform stochastic dose (EUSD) to TCP calculations incorporating dose uncertainty and fractionation effects”.
A single Branch Travel Grant was awarded to Tom Grieg, Dept Medical Technology & Physics, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Perth.

The meeting attendees were also reminded that Natalka Suchowerska, Annette Haworth and Christian Langton had been awarded Fellow status during the year.

A complete copy of the AGM minutes can be accessed via the following link. AGM Minutes 2009

Tomas Kron finishes his term as President at the end of the year and his presentation to the meeting reflected on success over the past year as well as the number of new initiatives that are coming to fruition over the next few years.  For an insight to his thoughts please reference this PowerPoint  presentation AGM09 President's Report