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2011
The 2011 National Pearcey Event was held on Thursday evening 4th August 2011 as part of the national 2011 iAwards event at Palladium at Crown in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- 2011 Pearcey Medal - Brand Hoff
- 2011 Hall of Fame - Dr Ann Moffatt and Dr Dennis Moore AOM
- 2011 Benson Entrepreneurial Award - Jans and Lars Rasmussen
For details of the 2011 NSW Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, 12th October 2011, at NSW Parliament click here
2010
The 2010 National Pearcey Event was held Wednesday 22nd September 2010 as part of the World Computer Congress 2010 at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Merivale Street, Southbank Qld 4101, Australia.
- 2010 Pearcey Oration - Dr Megan Clarke
- 2010 National Medal - John Grant
- 2010 Hall of Fame - Mr Brian Finn AO and Emeritus Professor Peter Poole
State Awards
- 2010 Qld Award - was part of the 2010 Pearcey Medal Event held on the evening of Wednesday 22 September at the Brisbane Convention Centre. The event was included in the 2010 World Computer Congress and organised by the Australian Computer Society (ACS) on behalf of the International Federation on Information Processing (IFIP).
- 2010 NSW Award - at Parliament House Sydney on Tuesday 19th October 2010 in conjunction with NICTA@parliament
- 2010 ACT Award - Thursday 16th September 2010 in conjunction with ACS Canberra Branch and the Canberra Business Council
- 2010 Vic Award - was presented to Brett Paterson as part of the ACS Fellows dinner on Tuesday 22 June 2010
- 2010 SA Award - in conjunction with the SA ACS Branch one day conference on Thursday 21st of October 2010 at 4.30PM in Adelaide
- 2010 Tas Award - was presented to Paris Buttfield-Addison and Mr. Jon Manning, co-founders of Secret Lab at an award ceremony in Hobart on 16th December 2010 in conjunction with the Tasmanian Branch of the ACS
2009
2009 Pearcey Celebration of CSIRAC 60th Anniversary
The 2009 National Pearcey Event was held on Thursday 1st October 2009 at the Sofitel Hotel in Melbourne. At the gala dinner, Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications, and Digital Economy presented the 2009 Pearcey Medal to Professor Murray Allen. The Pearcey Oration was delivered by Robyn Williams, of the ABC's Science Program. Preceding the dinner was a RoundTable debate to discuss the impact of the newly announced NBN (National Broadband Network) initiative on the Australian economy. In addition, we have had some highly successful state events, most recently including the NSW "Young Guns" debate and awards evening at NSW Parliament.
Pearcey National Event, Melbourne, 1st October 2009
- 2009 Pearcey Oration - delivered by Robyn Williams
- 2009 Pearcey Medal and Keynote - presented by Rt Hon Senator Stephen Conroy
- 2009 National Medal - Professor Murray Allen
- 2009 Hall of Fame - Harry Wragge AO and Dr Barry Thornton
Other State Awards
- 2009 Vic Award - Robert Murray
- 2009 NSW Award - Ian Gardiner, with highly commended awards to Elias Bizannes,Scott-Bradley Pearce, Robert Castaneda, Tarik Hammadou, Bart Jellema and Kim Chen, Ryan Junee, Robi Karp, Ben Keighran, Aidan Williams, Jonathon Wolfe, Anthony Woodward,
- 2009 ACT Award - Michael McGoohan
2008
The 2008 National Pearcey Event was held on Thursday 11th September 2008 at the Westin Hotel, #1 Martin Place, Sydney. The Minister for Broadband, Communications and Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy presented the 2008 Pearcey Medal to Neville Roach at a gala dinner. The dinner followed a lively industry debate on the Green Paper resulting from the 2008 Cutler Innovation Review and published in early September 2008. The evening concluded with the 'Pearcey Oration' delivered by Dr Terry Cutler who was chair of the committee responsible for this Innovation Review Green Paper. Well known industry commentator Graeme Philipson gives his Impressions of the event's proceedings in a succinct summary of what the ICT industry's reaction was and should be to the Cutler Review.
Pearcey National Event, Sydney, 11th September 2008
- 2008 National Medal - Neville Roach AO
- 2008 Hall of Fame - Clive Finkelstein and Dr Neil Weste
- 2008 NSW Award - Scott Farquhar and Mike Cannon-Brookes
- 2008 National Debate - Australian Innovation
- 2008 Pearcey Oration - delivered by Dr Terry Cutler
Other State Awards
- 2008 ACT Award - Matthew Purcell
- 2008 Qld Award - Raeleen Gillett
- 2008 Vic Award - Michael Giuffrida
2007
Pearcey National Event, Brisbane, 1st November 2007
- 2007 National Medal - Roger Allen
- 2007 Hall of Fame - Dr Rob Newman and John Puttick
- 2007 Qld Award - Tammy Halter
- 2007 National Pearcey Debate - "Is ICT a great career choice - true or false?"
Other State Awards
- 2007 National Award - Brett Hooker
- 2007 NSW Award - Jeff and Pia Waugh
- 2007 Vic Award - Ashley Herring
2006
Pearcey National Event, Melbourne, Thursday 28th September 2006
- 2006 National Medal - Fiona Balfour
- 2006 Hall of Fame - Cyril Brookes (Vale 2007) and Max Burnet
- 2006 National Award - Luke Bereznicki
- 2006 Vic Award - Dr. Anthony Overmars
Other State Awards
- 2006 NSW Award - Matt Barrie
- 2006 Tas Award - Ian Cumming
- 2006 Qld Award - Brett Hooker
2005
Pearcey National Event, Melbourne, Friday 14 October 2005
- 2005 National Medal - John O'Callaghan
- 2005 Hall of Fame - Ashley Goldsworthy and John O'Neil
- 2005 National Award - Luke Howard
- 2005 Vic Award - Graeme Huon
Other State Events
- 2005 NSW Award - James Dalziel
- 2005 Tas Award - Luke Bereznicki
- 2005 Qld Award - Kon Kakanis
2004
National Event - Sydney, 4 November 2004
- 2004 National Medal - Emeritus Professor John Bennett AO
- 2004 Hall of Fame - Ormond Brown (Vale 2004), Ren Potts (Vale 2005) and Bob Bishop
- 2004 Media Award - John Costello
- 2004 NSW Award - Hugh Durrant-Whyte
- Pearcey Colloquium - SWOT Australian ICT Industry - comprehensive report written by noted journalist Beverly Head
Other State Awards
- 2004 SA Award - Dr Ross Williams
- 2004 Tas Award - Chris Dalton and Anthony Scotney
- 2004 Vic Award - Luke Howard
- 2004 Qld Award - Adrian Di Marco
2003
- 2003 National Medal - Lyndsey Cattermole
- 2003 Hall of Fame - John O'Callaghan and David Hartley
- 2003 NSW Award - Ted Dunstone
- 2003 SA Award - Dr Simon Ronald
- 2003 Vic Award - Alec Umansky
- 2003 Qld Award - David Barbagallo
2002
- 2002 National Medal - Bill Caelli
- 2002 Hall of Fame - Robert Northcote (Vale 2007) and Phil Singleton (Vale 2007)
- 2002 NSW Award - Alex Hartman
- 2002 SA Award - Jonathan Baxter
- 2002 Vic Award - Jonathan Zufi
2001
- 2001 National Medal - Tony Benson (Vale 2006)
- 2001 Hall of Fame - John Bennett and Frank Hirst
- 2001 Media Award - Garry Barker
- 2001 NSW Award - Derek Renouf
- 2001 Vic Award - Anna Carosa
2000
- 2000 National Medal - George Kepper
- 2000 NSW Award - Clinton Paddison
- 2000 Vic Award - Rick Harvey
1999
- 1999 National Medal - Trevor Robinson A.M. (Vale 2007)
- 1999 NSW Award - Scott Gazzard
- 1999 Vic Award - Michael Kolling
1998
- 1998 National Medal - Dr Peter Jones