It is with great pleasure that we announce Professor Melissa de Zwart, Dean of Adelaide Law School, The University of Adelaide, as the new Chair of CALD commencing 9 November 2020.  Melissa has a keen interest in the intersection between law and technology. Prior to joining academia, she was the Manager, Legal Services, CSIRO, where she advised on protection and commercialisation of technology. Her areas of research focus primarily on digital technology, as it interacts with culture, human behaviour and new areas of innovation. She has published widely on copyright, social media, surveillance, popular culture, the internet and outer space. She is a Board Member of the Space Industry Association of Australia, a member of the International Institute of Space Law, Co-Editor of the Woomera Manual on the International Law Applicable to Military Space Operations and a Board Member and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. In 2015 she was the Team Leader of the AdelaideX Cyberwar, Surveillance and Security MOOC which has attracted over 40,000 students globally.

We also welcome Professor Natalie Skead, Dean of UWA Law School, The University of Western Australia as the Deputy Chair and Professor Elizabeth Spencer, Head of School of Law at James Cook University, as the CALD Treasurer.

With deep gratitude, we congratulate Professor Lesley Hitchens, Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology, Sydney as the outgoing Chair and Professor Alison Gerard, Head of Canberra Law School, University of Canberra, as the outgoing Treasurer, for their commitment and leadership over the last two years.