Queensland Pearcey

2009 Queensland Pearcey Award

This award is a State award aimed at encouraging and rewarding fresh and innovative talent in the ICT profession. The award is given to an individual during his or her career who has demonstrated innovative and pioneering achievement and contribution to technological development in this profession. (more...).

Dr Trevor Pearcey built Australia's first and the world's fourth electronic computer in 1948 in Sydney. It is the oldest surviving computer in the world. The Pearcey Foundation's objective is to reinforce the recognition, knowledge and appreciation of Australian contribution to the development and growth of the ICT professions, research and industry.

Award Presentation

The 2009 Queensland Pearcey Award was presented to Mr Paul Gampe at a dinner on Wednesday 25 November 2009at the Sebel & Citigate King George Square in Brisbane. The presentation was made by Mr Paul Russell, Director of Enabling Technologies at Queensland's Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation. Highly Commeneded Certifcates were also presented to Janine Garrett, Andrew Jessett and Andrew Eddie. Guest speaker was Dr Peter Thorne, IT consultant and former Head of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Melbourne. His well illustrated talk entitled Trevor Pearcey’s Legacy: from Eagle Farm to Melbourne Museum traced the 1949 development of CSIRAC in CSIRO's Radio Physics Lab to its final resting place at the Melbourne Museum.

This year’s candidates also included:

• Maree Adshead, MobileIP
• Steve Dalton, Refactor
• Laura Daniels, CITEC
• Faith Rees, Readify
• Alexander Gagel, Queensland Transport

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