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Aims

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.

Activities

Each year, the Pearcey Foundation organises Events and makes Awards including:

National Awards which recognise outstanding achievement in Australian ICT
State Awards to recognise upcoming individuals in each Australian State
National Debates on critical issues affecting the Australian ICT Industry

The most prestigious Australian ICT Award to an individual is the Pearcey Medal. In 2008, the Pearcey Medal was awarded to Neville Roach.

Processes

Pearcey Medal Process - How to nominate someone for the National Pearcey Medal
Award Nominations - How to apply or nominate someone for the 2009 State Awards.
Becoming a Sponsor - Information on supporting the Foundation or a particular event
Contact Us - for all enquiries

State Chapters

Initiatives

ICT Economics Institute

As part of its industry role, in April 2008 the Foundation submitted a paper to the Innovation Review Committee chaired by Dr. Terry Cutler - A proposal to create an ICT economics studies institute. The Green Paper deriving from this review was the subject of a national debate on 11th of September 2008 at last year's Pearcey Medal event in Sydney.

A full recording of the debate and the evening's proceedings (including the Pearcey Oration) is available on a podcast - click here to listen.
Text of the Pearcey Oration delivered by Dr Cutler is available for review.

Following the publication of the Innovation Review White Paper, the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) published a discussion paper on the Digital Economy in late 2008. The Pearcey Foundation's submission in response to this discussion paper is entitled A Proposal to create a Digital Economy Studies Institute. It was one of many now available for viewing on the DBCDE website.

National Debate

The 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 is holding, in early October 2009, a public debate on the economic, business and social impact of the NBN on this nation. This will form part of the 2009 Pearcey Medal and Victorian Peacey State award event to be held in Melbourne.

Events

2009 National Awards

2009 National Pearcey Event - On Thursday 1st October 2009 the 2009 Pearcey Medal and Pearcey Oration will be held in Melbourne. Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications, and Digital Economy will present the Medal at a gala dinner. Details on location and timing for the event will be available soon. Concurrent with this event will be a roundtable debate, as per the 2008 event, to discuss the impact of the newly announced NBN initiative on the Australian economy.

2009 State Awards

2009 - State Pearcey Awards - Plans are now underway in all states for this year's awards.
Nominations are now open for all State Pearcey Awards. We encourage you to get in early and apply or nominate someone you know who has made a significant mid-career contribution to advancing information technology in Australia. Please download a Nomination Form.

2009 - ACT Pearcey Award - This event will be held on Wednesday 16th September 2009 in Canberra at a venue to be announced. The award will be presented by Mr John Stanhope MLA, Chief Minister for the ACT during the Business in Focus Month and jointly sponsored with the Australian Computer Society, ACT Branch. Closing date for applications is Friday 31st July 2009. Please download a Nomination Form or email your nomination form to marion.reilly@acs.org.au.

2009 - Victorian State Pearcey Award - This event will be held on 1st of October 2009 in Melbourne at a venue to be announced. This award will form part of the Pearcey Medal event and Roundtable debate on the NBN. Applications are invited now to be submitted. Please see our Nominations page.

Bookings

For more information on the these events please email admin@pearcey.org.au