[ { "post_id": "450", "post_category_id": "84", "post_title": "VIP Launch - Australia 4.0 Communiqué", "post_content_short": "The Honourable Ed Husic MP<\/strong>, Minister for Industry and Science will launch the Australia 4.0 Communiqué which\noutlines five pilot projects to accelerate the progress towards the ultimate goal of a net-zero energy system for Australia.
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\nAustralia 4.0<\/a> is an initiative of the Pearcey Foundation to help our nation move towards a net zero energy system by enabling the innovative contributions of the ICT sector in collaboration with the energy sector. Over 100 discrete business and regulatory challenges  identified, were synthesised into to 10 key challenges\nwith three overarching themes.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/450\/Draft-Communiqué-Cover-665x945.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/events\/special-events\/2024-a40-communique-launch\/", "post_date": "2024-03-30 05:10:00" }, { "post_id": "427", "post_category_id": "36", "post_title": "2023 National Awards Gala", "post_content_short": "25 years ago, the Foundation launched on its mission to celebrate, support and encourage Australians who engage in, and excel at, the\n\tinvention, development and use of information, communication and computing technologies (ICT) for the betterment of our society.\n\n

\n\tBuilding on the work of Dr Trevor Pearcey and his invention of the first digital computer in Australia, which put us at the global forefront\n\tof the digital age, we have recognised outstanding Australians:\n\n

\n\t161 Pearcey Entrepreneur Awards\n\t62 Pearcey Hall of Famers\n\t24 Pearcey Medals\n\n

\n\tPeer-selection is the hallmark of the Pearcey awards. Selected by past award recipients, this is the community recognising the significant achievements of its peers.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/427\/Medal-Only-1000x992_transparent.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2023\/2023-national-awards-announced\/", "post_date": "2023-10-09 10:25:00" }, { "post_id": "426", "post_category_id": "36", "post_title": "Australia 4.0 Summit", "post_content_short": "A half-day gathering to review the findings from our seven national discussions. The Australia 4.0 discussion series and summit\nare designed to open the door to substantial innovation and business opportunities throughout the Australian ICT sector.
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\nThese activities explore the profound changes required of the Australian electricity system to realise a Net Zero Australia. This outcome\ndemands significant collaboration between the energy and ICT sectors.
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\nThe Australia 4.0 Summit<\/strong> is intended to include diverse perspectives, across key stakeholders, exploring the opportunities\nfor the Australian ICT sector to contribute to the transition to Net Zero of the Australian electricity system.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/426\/Summit-Rondel-455x445_transparent.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/events\/special-events\/2023-a40-summit\/", "post_date": "2023-10-09 10:21:00" }, { "post_id": "423", "post_category_id": "36", "post_title": "Ada Lovelace Day 2023", "post_content_short": "Ada Lovelace Day<\/strong> honours all the innovative women in STEM, commemorating their ingenuity that has changed the course of\nhistory.
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\nProudly sponsored by the Pearcey Foundation.<\/em>
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\nThe Monash University Faculty of IT is exploring the role of Australian women in early digital computing – and the opportunities in the\nfuture. Join us for insightful speeches, a thought-provoking panel discussion and networking over a light lunch in our celebration ‘Australian\nwomen in IT yesterday, today and tomorrow<\/em>’\nwhich will be opened by Professor Ann Nicholson, the first female Dean of our faculty. It will then venture into the life of Ada\nLovelace and how women can carry on her legacy of impact today and tomorrow.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/423\/Ada-Lovelace-1463x2294_transparent.png", "post_content_type": "url", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.monash.edu\/it\/events\/2023\/ada-lovelace-day", "post_date": "2023-10-04 05:25:00" }, { "post_id": "419", "post_category_id": "20", "post_title": "Australia 4.0 Session # 6 - Critical Digital Technologies", "post_content_short": "Join us for the 6th and final session in this series of national discussions with leading experts to explore the challenges and\nopportunities for the ICT sector in the transformation of our electricity system to Australia Net Zero.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/419\/session-6.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/initiatives\/australia-40\/a40-discussions-2023\/", "post_date": "2023-06-27 00:19:00" }, { "post_id": "418", "post_category_id": "20", "post_title": "Australia 4.0 Session # 5 - Consumer Grid", "post_content_short": "Join us for the 5th in this series of national discussions with leading experts to explore the challenges and opportunities for the ICT\nsector in the transformation of our electricity system to Australia Net Zero.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/418\/session-5.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/initiatives\/australia-40\/a40-discussions-2023\/", "post_date": "2023-06-27 00:17:00" }, { "post_id": "417", "post_category_id": "20", "post_title": "Australia 4.0 Session # 4 - Energy Resilience", "post_content_short": "Join us for the 4th in this series of national discussions with leading experts to explore the challenges and opportunities for the ICT\nsector in the transformation of our electricity system to Australia Net Zero.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/417\/session-4.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/initiatives\/australia-40\/a40-discussions-2023\/", "post_date": "2023-06-27 00:16:00" }, { "post_id": "416", "post_category_id": "20", "post_title": "Australia 4.0 Session # 3 - Network Intelligence", "post_content_short": "Join us for the 3rd in this series of national discussions with leading experts to explore the challenges and opportunities for the ICT\nsector in the transformation of our electricity system to Australia Net Zero.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/416\/session-3.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/initiatives\/australia-40\/a40-discussions-2023\/", "post_date": "2023-06-27 00:14:00" }, { "post_id": "415", "post_category_id": "20", "post_title": "Australia 4.0 Session # 2 - Future Grid", "post_content_short": "Join us for the 2nd in this series of national discussions with leading experts to explore the challenges and opportunities for the ICT sector in the transformation of our electricity system to Australia Net Zero.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/415\/session-2.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/initiatives\/australia-40\/a40-discussions-2023\/", "post_date": "2023-06-26 05:27:00" }, { "post_id": "412", "post_category_id": "20", "post_title": "Australia 4.0 Session #1", "post_content_short": "Join us for the first in this series of national discussions with leading experts to explore the challenges and opportunities for the ICT\nsector in the transformation of our electricity system to Australia Net Zero", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/412\/Renewable-Energy-1920x1280.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/initiatives\/australia-40\/a40-discussions-2023\/", "post_date": "2023-06-20 11:26:00" }, { "post_id": "411", "post_category_id": "84", "post_title": "Australia 4.0 - path to Net Zero", "post_content_short": "Australia 4.0 is a Pearcey Foundation thought leadership initiative to identify and discuss the challenges and opportunities of a digital\nand data enabled transformation of the electricity sector to Australia Net Zero.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/411\/White-Paper-Cover-Page-189x268.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/initiatives\/australia-40\/", "post_date": "2023-06-16 07:16:00" }, { "post_id": "387", "post_category_id": "36", "post_title": "Opening of Graeme Philipson Library", "post_content_short": "On June 3, 2022, the Graeme Philipson History of Computing Library was launched. The keynote was given by Dr Peter Thorne AM, Chair of\n\tthe Heritage Committee project run by the Pearcey Foundation.\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/387\/graeme-philipson.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2022\/opening-of-graeme-philipson-library\/", "post_date": "2022-06-03 04:00:00" }, { "post_id": "64", "post_category_id": "36", "post_title": "2022 Riding the Digital Wave Summit", "post_content_short": "A national landmark event celebrating the 70th anniversary of the first computer conference held in Australia! The Riding the Digital Wave Summit takes us back to the birth of computer science as a discipline and profession in its own right, looking at some of the\nearly developments and where they have led us today. How has digital technology influenced our every day life and where will it take us in the future?", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/64\/2022-summit-riding-the-digital-wave.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/events\/special-events\/2022-riding-the-digital-wave-summit\/", "post_date": "2022-02-23 22:00:00" }, { "post_id": "49", "post_category_id": "36", "post_title": "2021 The Future of Work Roundtable", "post_content_short": "The DIF2021 Roundtable covered an in-depth dialogue around the Future of Work, starting with the recently published report from Swinburne\nUniversity of Technology’s Centre for the New Workforce \"National Survey Report: Peak Human Workplace, Innovation in the unprecedented era\".", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/49\/2021-roundtable-the-future-of-work.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/events\/special-events\/2021-the-future-of-work-roundtable\/", "post_date": "2021-08-25 08:00:00" }, { "post_id": "382", "post_category_id": "36", "post_title": "2019 CSIRAC 70th Anniversary", "post_content_short": "Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of CSIRAC: Australia's first stored program digital computer and the world's fourth. Presentations by eminent speakers honour Dr Trevor Pearcey's legacy and catch a glimpse of what the future holds for Australian innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology in society.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/382\/2019-csirac-70th-anniversary.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/events\/special-events\/2019-csirac-70th-anniversary\/", "post_date": "2019-11-14 02:00:00" }, { "post_id": "381", "post_category_id": "36", "post_title": "2019 Dr Trevor Pearcey Centenary", "post_content_short": "This special event held at the Sydney Nanoscience Hub commemorated Dr Trevor Pearcey and his work. The program featured\neminent speakers and an audience of over 200 scientific, academic and industry leaders. Topics included\nhistorical computing, astronomy, radio physics, nanoscience and quantum computing.\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/381\/2019-dr-trevor-pearcey-centenary.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/events\/special-events\/2019-dr-trevor-pearcey-centenary\/", "post_date": "2019-03-05 04:00:00" }, { "post_id": "232", "post_category_id": "36", "post_title": "2018 Ballarat Heritage Event", "post_content_short": "The Pearcey Foundation held a special Heritage Event on Friday 7th September 2018 at Federation University in Ballarat. The event ran from\n3pm - 5:30pm and was entitled Celebrating the Past; Informing the Present; Inspiring the Future<\/strong>.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/232\/Ballarat.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/events\/special-events\/2018-ballarat-heritage-event\/", "post_date": "2018-09-07 13:30:00" }, { "post_id": "233", "post_category_id": "36", "post_title": "2018 Pearcey Day Heritage Panel", "post_content_short": "At the 2018 Pearcey Day, the Heritage session brought together representatives of major organisations, and individuals, concerned with\npreservation of our ICT heritage. The topic was: Current ICT Heritage Collections - Where they are, what they are and plans for the\nfuture?<\/strong>", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/233\/monash-digital-evolution-display.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/events\/special-events\/2018-pearcey-day-heritage-panel\/", "post_date": "2018-08-28 11:00:00" }, { "post_id": "332", "post_category_id": "36", "post_title": "2016 - 60 Years of Computing in Victoria", "post_content_short": "14 June is an important date in Australian computing history and in particular for the Pearcey Foundation. It's the date CSIRAC was\nswitched on at The University of Melbourne and began the first university computing facility in Australia.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/332\/Peter-Thorne-60th-anniversary.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/events\/special-events\/2016-60-years-of-computing-in-victoria\/", "post_date": "2016-06-14 07:48:00" }, { "post_id": "334", "post_category_id": "36", "post_title": "2012 CSIRO ICT Executives visit CSIRAC", "post_content_short": "The new world of computer science met the old on 23rd January 2012 when senior executives from CSIRO's ICT Centre paid a visit to CSIRAC -\nAustralia's first electronic digital computer.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/334\/2012-Event-CSIRO-Execs-Visit-CSIRAC.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/events\/special-events\/2012-csiro-ict-executives-visit-csirac\/", "post_date": "2012-01-23 08:15:00" }, { "post_id": "335", "post_category_id": "36", "post_title": "2009 Pearcey Celebration of CSIRAC 60th Anniversary", "post_content_short": "The 60th Anniversary Celebration of CSIRAC was wheld at the Melbourne Museum, Nicholson St., Carlton, Victoria, Australia on Wednesday 18th\nNovember 2009.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/335\/CSIRAC60-Semkiw-Ryan-Sullivan-Spencer.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/events\/special-events\/2009-csirac-60th-anniversary\/", "post_date": "2009-11-18 07:56:00" }, { "post_id": "234", "post_category_id": "36", "post_title": "2003 Pearcey to the PC - History Conference", "post_content_short": "On 1st September 2003, the Pearcey Foundation held a Conference to celebrate 50 years of computing. The afternoon event drew a wide\nselection of speakers that traced the significant events of computing in Australia, from the first digital computer built by Dr Trevor\nPearcey to the modern computing platforms.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/234\/ron-bowles-csirac-console-late-1950s.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/events\/special-events\/2003-pearcey-to-the-pc-history-conference\/", "post_date": "2003-09-01 13:15:00" } ]