In April 2009, Australian Prime Minister [[Kevin Rudd]] announced the formation of the International Advisory Panel of the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute which he stated would "provide broad strategic guidance to the Institute and work globally to enhance its international reputation and networks." Rudd announced that the former the former President of the World Bank, [[James D. Wolfensohn]], had been appointed as Chair of the International Advisory Panel of the Institute. The first meeting of the panel is scheduled for late April 2009 but the other members of the panel have not been announced.<ref name="IAP"/>
==Foundation Members==
At the official launch of the GCCSI in April 2009, Rudd stated that the foundation members were:
* The Government of Australia
* The State Government of Western Australia
* [[Asian Development Bank]]* [[Japan Bank for International Cooperation]]
* [[Alstom Power ]] Ltd* [[AMEC ]] Plc* [[Anglo American Services ]] (UK) Limited* [[ARUP ]] Pty Ltd* [[BHP Billiton]]* [[BP Australia ]] Pty Ltd* [[Chevron Australia ]] Pty Ltd* [[Chiyoda Corporation]]* [[Doosan Babcock Energy ]] Limited* The [[Dow Chemical Company]]* [[ENEL]]* [[Exxon Mobil Australia ]] Pty Ltd* [[General Electric International ]] Inc* [[Greenhouse Gas Storage Solutions ]] (GGSS)* [[Hitachi Corporation]]* [[Hydrogen Energy International ]] Limited* [[INPEX Corporation]]* [[Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries ]] Corp* [[Nippon Steel Engineering ]] Co. Ltd* [[Macquarie Capital Advisers ]] Ltd* [[Mitsubishi Corporation]]* [[Mitsui ]] & Co Ltd* [[Parsons Brinckerhoff Australia ]] Pty Ltd* [[Peabody Pacific ]] Pty Ltd* [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]]* [[Rio Tinto ]] Ltd* [[RWE Power ]] AG* [[Santos ]] Limited* [[Senergy Alternate Energy ]] Ltd* [[Services Petroliers Schlumberger]]* [[Shell International Petroleum Company ]] Ltd* [[Southern States Energy Board ]] (US)* [[StatoilHydro ]] ASA* [[Taisei Construction Corporation]]* [[Toshiba ]] Corporation* [[Total ]] E&P* [[TRUenergy Development ]] Pty Ltd* [[Woodside Energy ]] Ltd* [[Worley Parsons Services ]] Pty Ltd* [[Xstrata Coal ]] Pty Ltd* [[ZEEP Australia ]] Pty Ltd
* [[Australian Coal Association]]* [[Carbon Capture and Storage Association]]* [[Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies ]] (CO2CRC)* [[Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation ]] (CSIRO)* [[Electric Power Research Institute ]] (EPRI)* The [[Clinton Foundation]]* [[Glówny Instytut Górnictwa ]] (Poland)* [[Japanese Coal Energy Center ]] (JCOAL)* [[National Low Emissions Coal Research and Development ]] Ltd (Australia)* [[Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth ]] (RITE, Japan)* [[South African National Energy Research Institute ]] (SANERI)* [[The Climate Group]]* [[Underground Coal Gasification Association]]* [[University College of London]]* [[World Coal Institute* Collaborating Participants]]
===Collaborating Participants=== * [[International Energy Agency]]* The [[World Bank]]* The Government of the [[Peoples Republic of China]]* [[China Huaneng Group]]
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