Below is a list of the selected participants for Australia 2020’s “The Productivity Agenda (education, skills, training, science and innovation)”.

If you’ve got ideas for this topic; opinions about those participants chosen – or not chosen – by all means use the comments section on this blog to express yourself and let the web know how you feel!

Who are these people? Why do you think they were chosen? Are they good choices? Who is missing?

Here’s the list:Ms Sarina Bratton Female WA
Mr Alan Cransberg Male WA
Professor Jeanette Hacket Female WA
Ms Liz Harris Female WA
Ms Marilynne Paspaley Female WA
Ms Natalie Tabbah Female WA
Dr Subho Bannerjee Male VIC
Ms Michelle Bissett Female VIC
Professor Brian Caldwell Male VIC
Professor Mark Considine Male VIC
Mr Michael Julian Cooney Male VIC
Dr Terrence Austin Cutler Male VIC
Professor Peter John Dawkins Male VIC
Ms Leanne De Bortoli Female VIC
Mr Peter Kevin Dorling Male VIC
Ms Patricia Faulkner Female VIC
Professor Joshua Samuel Gans Male VIC
Mr Angelo Gavrielatos Male VIC
Dr Nicholas John Gruen Male VIC
Professor Elizabeth Harman Female VIC
Dr Ian Harper Male VIC
Ms Bee Ho Teow Female VIC
Prof Dr Marcia Lynne Langton Female VIC
Mr Ken Loughnan AO Male VIC
Mr Christopher Jonn Lovell Male VIC
Ms Lucy Macali Female VIC
Professor Geoff Masters Male VIC
Professor Barry McGaw Male VIC
Dr Zoe Morrison Female VIC
Mr Andrew Norton Male VIC
Mr Frank Oberklaid Male VIC
Mr Anthony Pratt Male VIC
Ms Sally Margot Sinclair Female VIC
Mr Steven Michael Skala Male VIC
Ms Judith Sloan Female VIC
Ms Rosa Storelli Female VIC
Professor Leon van Schaik Male VIC
Ms Jane Bennett Female TAS
Professor Jonathan West Male TAS
Ms Barbara McPherson Female SA
Ms Karen Moses Female SA
Ms Gerri Walker Female SA
Mr Rod Camm Male QLD
Ms Deb Daly Female QLD
Ms Sandra Harding Female QLD
Ms Tania Major Female QLD
Professor Bruce David Muirhead Male QLD
Dr Chris Sarra Male QLD
Professor Collette Tayler Female QLD
Professor Jeannie Herbert Female NT
Ms Yasmin Allen Female NSW
Associate Professor Marian Baird Female NSW
Professor Deb Brennan Female NSW
Ms Jennifer Buckingham Female NSW
Ms Allison Burgess Female NSW
Ms Gillian Calvert Female NSW
Dr Rachael Claire Cooper Female NSW
Mr Cholmondeley (Chum) Darvall Male NSW
Mr Jihad Dib Male NSW
Ms Marion Fitzpatrick Female NSW
Mr William James Frewen Male NSW
Professor Bryan Malcolm Gaensler Male NSW
Mr William (Sam) Jeffries Male NSW
Ms Catherine Brighid Livingstone Female NSW
Mr Patrick McClure AO Male NSW
Ms Julie Moss Female NSW
Mr Dave Oliver Male NSW
Ms Marie Persson Female NSW
Professor Janice Reid AM Female NSW
Mr Peter Francis Waters Male NSW
Dr Fiona Quality Wood Female NSW
Professor Sharon Joy Bell Female ACT
Mr John Braithwaite Male ACT
Professor Jack Caldwell Male ACT
Professor Bruce James Chapman Male ACT
Rev Monsignor Tom Doyle Male ACT
Mr Bob Gregory Male ACT
Dr Andrew Leigh Male ACT
Ms Rachel Peck Female ACT
Mr Phillip Clarke Male NSW
Ms Gail Davidson Female VIC
Mr Tony Keenan Male VIC
Mr Jeff Lawrence Male VIC
Mr Peter Noonan Male VIC
Mr Bill Scales Male VIC
Mr Keith Spence Male WA
Ms Helen Wyatt Female
Mr Mandawuy Yunupingu Male