'The most significant technology oration in the nation'
The Pearcey Oration is an event not-to-be-missed, for so many reasons ... a vital window on our future, national thought leadership, networking with influential members of industry, academia, government and society all served up with some incredible insights and learnings.
Presented each year by an eminent expert, the Pearcey Oration is an opportunity to explore, in depth, critical contemporary issues arising from the introduction and adoption of new and advanced technologies into our society. Building on the inspiration of Dr Trevor Pearcey, who put Australia at the very forefront of the digital computing age when he built CSIRAC in 1947-49.
Please join us at the 2025 Pearcey Oration, to be held on Wednesday 3rd September at Melbourne Connect, 700 Swanston Street, Carlton.
The 2025 Pearcey Oration will be delivered by the Honourable Victor Dominello is a former senior NSW Government minister, and is
probably best known for serving as the inaugural Minister for Customer Service and Digital, a role he pioneered globally in 2019.
Recognised by The Australian in July 2022 as one of Australia’s top 100 innovators, Victor spent 12 years in cabinet leading portfolios
including Digital Government, Innovation, Finance, and Aboriginal Affairs.
His leadership earned international acclaim for revolutionising NSW public service delivery through initiatives like the Department of
Customer Service, Service NSW, and the Digital Restart Fund
The Pearcey Oration, along with the presentation of the Victorian 2025 Pearcey Entrepreneur Award, will be a sit-down dinner at Melbourne
Connect on Wednesday, 3rd September 2025.
The 2025 Pearcey Oration is a flagship event of Innovation Week.
Victorian Pearcey Entrepreneur Award
The Victorian Pearcey Entrepreneur Award is presented each year to a mid-career individual, or team who are outstanding for their achievements and contributions in the development and/or application of information and communications technologies. More about this important award and past recipients can be found here. In the past 25 years, the Victorian award recipients have gone on to be selected as the National Pearcey Entrepreneur more than a third of the time - that's more than double any other state or territory.
The 2025 Victorian Pearcey Entrepreneur Award is a flagship event of Innovation Week.
This event will be video and audio recorded, live-streamed, and a professional photographer will be present on the night. All the images and recordings will be edited and used for marketing by the Pearcey Foundation and its event partners. If you do not want to be recorded or photographed please make that known to the staff at the beginning of the night. This may require reallocating your seating.