Industry Awards
The Charles Todd Medal Honour Roll
The first Charles Todd Medal for Excellence in Communications was established by ATUG (the Australian Telecommunications Users Group) in 1992. This prestigious medal was awarded every year until ATUG ceased operating at the end of 2011.
The tradition of awarding the Charles Todd Medal annually for outstanding contributions to telecommunications has been followed by TelSoc since its inception in 2013, with the warm support of former ATUG Managing Directors Rosemary Sinclair and Allan Horsley, and of ATUG's long-term General Manager Elizabeth Lawler.
The Charles Todd Medal is named in honour of Sir Charles Todd, the leader of the team which connected Darwin to Adelaide by telegraph in 1872 and thus Australia to London and the rest of the world. Arguably, the global telegraph network was the original digital 'world wide web'.
In 2024 TelSoc decided that the Medal would no longer be awarded annually. Henceforth it will be awarded at the discretion of the Board whenever considered appropriate.
The winners of the Charles Todd Medal to date are:
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2022 | David Piltz |
| 2018 | Iñaki Berroeta |
| 2017 | Paul Budde |
| 2016 | Simon Poole |
| 2015 | Teresa Corbin |
| 2014 | Simon Hackett |
| 2013 | Michael Malone and Mike Quigley |
| 2011 | David Tudehope |
| 2010 | Bevan Slattery |
| 2009 | Stephen Conroy |
| 2008 | Roger Bamber |
| 2007 | Trevor Barr |
| 2006 | Neville Stevens |
| 2005 | Brian Perkins |
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2004 | Richard Alston |
| 2003 | Doug Campbell |
| 2002 | John Edwards |
| 2001 | Allan Horsley |
| 2000 | Larry Williams |
| 1999 | Allan Fels and Rod Shogren |
| 1998 | Peter Gerrand |
| 1997 | Tony Shaw |
| 1996 | Neil Tuckwell |
| 1995 | Warwick Smith and Brian Johns |
| 1994 | John Almgren |
| 1993 | Bob Horton |
| 1992 | John Hullett |