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Who are we?The Pearcey Foundation is a non-profit organisation founded in 1998 in memory of a great Australian ICT pioneer Dr Trevor Pearcey. The Foundation operates broadly across the Australian Information Communication Technologies (ICT) sector, from celebrating achievements through national and state awards, to being involved in debate and public policy on critical national issues such as productivity, the digital economy and national infrastructure. AwardsEach year, the Pearcey Foundation organises events and makes awards including:
The most prestigious Australian ICT Award to an individual is the Pearcey Medal. In 2010, the Pearcey Medal was awarded to John Grant. InitiativesThe Pearcey Foundation is also proactive in ICT initiatives. For example, in order to accurately measure the impact of ICT in the Australian Economy, the Pearcey Foundation has put forward a Proposal for a Digital Economy Economic Studies Institute (DEESI). The aim of DEESI would be to bring together fragmented and duplicated sets of statistics and analyses scattered among many government, academic and industry organisations. Contact UsPearcey Foundation Inc.
Level 1, 159 Dorcas Street Ph: +613 8646 3883 Please email admin@pearcey.org.au if you have any questions about our Events, Awards, Nominations, Initiatives or Sponsorship. |
Awards and Events2011 National AwardsThis year the Pearcey Foundation combined with AIIA and ACS to present the premier ICT industry awards at a gala event in Melbourne on Thursday 4 August at Palladium at Crown - the event is called the 2011 iAwards. At the gala dinner severaL major awards for outstanding individuals were presented:
During the day, an iAwards Australia 3.0 Forum was held to discuss the Digital Economy and the Impact of ICT on Innovation and Productivity. A full report on the outcomes of this meeting are being prepared for release during August 2011. 2011 State Entrepreneur Awards2011 Tas Award was presented to Daniel Harrison CEO and Founder of QikID in Hobart on Friday evening 25th November 2011 as part of the 2011 Annual ACS National Congress. 2011 SA Award were held on Thursday 17th November 2011 at Innovate SA premises in Adelaide. The 2011 SA Pearcey Entreprener Award winner was Matthew Michalewicz. 2011 Vic Award - was presented to Dr Elaine Saunders as part of the Victorian iAwards presentation lunch, Wednesday 6 July 2011 in Melbourne. (more...) 2011 Qld Award - was presented to Bevan Slattery and Janine Garrett as part of the 2011 Queensland iAwards dinner in Brisbane on Tuesday 5 July 2011. 2011 NSW Award - was presented to Simon Poole and Steve Frisken at NSW Parliament on the 12th of October, by the NSW Deputy Premier, the Hon Andrew Stoner, in an event that included a very lively "The Secret Sauce" for Technology Entrepreneurs" panel discussion. 2011 ACT Award - was presented to Matt Bullock at the annual ACS ACT Branch Awards evening held at the 'Boathouse', Canberra on Thursday 15th September 2011. |
NewsDecember 2011 Pearcey Newsletter[13 December 2011] For friends of Pearcey please read our Newsletter December 2011 for a summary of our awards made during calendar 2011, This is of special interest as this was the first year we combined our National pearcey event with the ACS and AIIA as part of the new iAwards national event. The Secret Sauce for Australian Tech Entrepreneurs[12 Oct 2011] At the 2011 NSW Award's held at NSW Parliament 12th October 2011, we had a very stimulating panel discussion with Dean McEvoy (Spreets), Karaline Loiterton (Wedding List Co), Richard White (WiseTech Global and CargoWise) and Ruslan Kogan (Kogan), MC'd by Mark Jones (Filtered Media and AFR The Scoop). This picked up and discussed Mark Andreesson's excellent Wall Street Journal article Why Software Eating The World, and discussed The Secret Sauce for Australian Tech Entrepreneurs. Click here to download the transcript. Pearcey Portrait in Foundation's hands at last![24 Aug 2011] Trevor Pearcey Portrait handed to the Pearcey National Committee On Wednesday 24th August 2011, Members of the Pearcey National Committee were delighted to receive from Davey Adams, Managing Director of IDG Communications, a portrait of Dr Trevor Pearcey. In the early 90’s IDG commissioned Majella Barbe to undertake this work and through persistent efforts of Len Rust we have been able to take ownership of this iconic piece of art. Later in September, the committee will mark the occasion with a formal ceremony at AC3 where the committee will have the artist formally handover the painting. At that time we will recover the full provenance of the piece. We are currently working out what to do with it and would appreciate any suggestions. August 2011 Newsletter[19 Aug 2011] For friends of Pearcey please read our Newsletter August 2011 for an update on current activities. |
