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PearceyWho are we?The Pearcey Foundation aims to be the conscience of the Australian ICT Community. It was founded in 1998 in memory of a great Australian ICT pioneer Dr Trevor Pearcey to promote the significance of the ICT sector and its ability to positively contribute to the Australian economy. ObjectivesThe Pearcey Foundation is a non-profit organisation committed to articulating and advancing the vital role of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in ensuring Australia’s sustained prosperity. The Pearcey Foundation recognises innovation and contributions in ICT through national and state awards and runs regular public events and debates on critical national issues such as productivity, the digital economy and technology-related public policy. ActivitiesEach year, the Pearcey Foundation organises Events and makes Awards including:
The most prestigious Australian ICT Award to an individual is the Pearcey Medal. In 2009, the Pearcey Medal was awarded to Murray Allen. |
InitiativesProposal for an Economics Studies InstituteThe Pearcey Foundation has recognised that Australia needs a combined repository of knowledge and skills about the impact (or potential impact) of ICT and digital media technologies on the Australian economy and broader community. To address this, the Pearcey Foundation has proposed the establishment of a "hubs and spokes" Digital Economy Economic Studies Institute ("DEESI"), with broad support from most arms of government and industry.
For further details please contact Wayne Fitzsimmons, Charles Lindop, Len Rust or Phil McCrae. National DebatesThe announcement in March 2009 by the Federal Government of the $43 Billion National Broadband Network (NBN) initiative, has stimulated substantial interest throughout Australia and especially within the ICT sector. With this in mind, the Pearcey Foundation held on the 1st October 2009, a public debate on the economic, business and social impact of the NBN on this nation as part of the 2009 National Pearcey Event held in Melbourne. The National Debate the previous year was in Sydney as part of the 2008 National Pearcey Event and discussed the Cutler Review of Innovation in Australia.
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Events & Awards2010 Pearcey Medal EventThis year’s Pearcey Medal will be awarded on Wednesday evening 22nd September 2010 at a gala dinner in Brisbane. This 2010 Pearcey National event will form part of the 2010 World Computer Congress (WCC) (http://www.wcc2010.org/)and its major Congress Dinner all being held at the Brisbane Convention Centre. The WCC is a major international ICT International event being hosted in 2010 by the Australian Computer Society (ACS) on behalf of the International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) – Australia hosted a previous IFIP conference in 1980 in Melbourne. The format of the evening is currently being finalised and will include
The National Committee of the Pearcey Foundation are delighted Dr Clark will speak about CSIRO’s R&D vision for the future which is particularly relevant for Australia’s leading national R&D organisation in the context of an international conference such as the 2010 WCC. In addition to the evening event, the Pearcey foundation will hold a panel discussion session, immediately prior to the evening event, on the topic of government funded ICT R&D institutions and their priorities for the future. Included in the panel of speakers are Dr David Skellern (CEO of Australia’s National ICT R&D centre - NICTA) and Dr Alex Zelinsky, Group Executive, Information Sciences at CSIRO. 2010 Pearcey State AwardsNominations are now open for the 2010 Pearcey State Awards.
Details are being finalised on dates and venues as follows:
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Please email admin@pearcey.org.au if you have any questions about our Events, Awards, Nominations, Initiatives or Sponsorship.