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2007 Queensland Pearcey Foundation Awards
Date: Thursday 1st November 2007, 5.30 PM – 10.00 PM
Location: Carlton Crest Hotel,King George Square, Corner Ann & Roma Streets Brisbane QLD 4000
Each year the Pearcey Foundation presents a Pearcey State Award in Queensland, NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia as well as one national Pearcey Medal. These competitive awards are made to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the ICT industry and are based on a well defined objective set of criteria.
In 2007 the program for this evening event will include a formal dinner preceeded by a debate on the topic “ICT is a great career choice”. Six debaters under the control of well known industry identity, Agnes King, IT Editor of BRW, will bring to the table the key issues that attract and discourage the younger generation in relation to the ICT sector of this nation’s economy. It is anticipated this debate will be lively, relevant and entertaining.
The Pearcey Medal will be presented by Senator the Hon. Helen Coonan, Minister for Communications Information Technology and the Arts and Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate. The Queensland State Award presentation will be made by the Queensland Minister responsible for ICT.
The Pearcey Foundation, a not-for-profit entity, was established in 1999 to recognize past heroes of the Australian ICT industry by awarding an annual Pearcey Medal to outstanding individuals across the industry. In so doing the Pearcey Foundation has sought to promote the ICT industry to the Australian community. Trevor Pearcey, in whose honour this foundation was named, was the architect and leader at CSIRO of the team which constructed Australia’s first (and the world’s fourth) digital computer, CSIRAC, in 1949. Please refer to www.pearcey.org.au for more details on the Foundation and a listing of the past winners of this prestigious ICT industry award.
For more information contact
The Pearcey office: Liz Dennis on 03 9615 8510
Or
Martin Lack & Assoc: 07 3878 2974