[ { "post_id": "471", "post_category_id": "85", "post_title": "Dr Ian Oppermann Appointments", "post_content_short": "Congratulations to Dr Ian Opperman on his appointment as the Chair of the Federal Government committee for Data Standards for Digital\nID and Consumer Data Right. Ian is Chair of our Australia 4.0 Committee and was our 2024 Pearcey Orator.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/471\/ian-oppermann.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2024\/dr-ian-oppermann-appointments\/", "post_date": "2024-12-20 22:35:00" }, { "post_id": "469", "post_category_id": "11", "post_title": "2024 National Awards Gala", "post_content_short": "An evening of celebration and recognition, the Pearcey National Awards Gala incorporated the Queensland Entrepreneur Award, the National\nEntrepreneur Award, the Pearcey Hall of Fame and the Pearcey Medal<\/strong>.\nThese most prestigious awards recognise outstanding Australians in the ICT sector for their entrepreneurial spirit, achievements and\nlifetime commitment to the betterment of our society through technology enabled change.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/469\/Overview-for-web-page.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2024\/2024-national-awards-gala\/", "post_date": "2024-12-01 06:59:00" }, { "post_id": "468", "post_category_id": "13", "post_title": "2024 Pearcey Hall of Fame", "post_content_short": "Professor Svetha Venkatesh<\/strong>, Professor Andrew Dzurak <\/strong>and Jan Kornweibel<\/strong> were inducted\ninto the 2024 Pearcey Hall of Fame at the Pearcey National Awards night on 19 November 2024 in Brisbane. The presentations were made by David Tudehope (2023 Pearcey Medallist) and the Honourable Kate Lundy (2017 Pearcey Hall of Fame inductee).", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/468\/prof-andrew-dzurack_plus_jan-kornweibel.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/national\/pearcey-hall-of-fame\/2024-pearcey-hall-of-fame\/", "post_date": "2024-11-19 10:00:00" }, { "post_id": "470", "post_category_id": "14", "post_title": "2024 Pearcey Entrepreneur Award", "post_content_short": "The 2024 Pearcey National Entrepreneur Award was presented to Ian Croser AM<\/strong> and David Gaul<\/strong>, founders of\nCEA Technologies. The presentation was made by Emeritus Professor Roy Green AM at the Pearcey Foundation National Event on 19 November 2024\nin Brisbane.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/470\/ian-croserplusroy-green.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/national\/pearcey-national-entrepreneur\/2024-pearcey-entrepreneur-award\/", "post_date": "2024-11-19 09:00:00" }, { "post_id": "467", "post_category_id": "12", "post_title": "2024 Pearcey Medal", "post_content_short": "The prestigious 2024 Pearcey Medal was awarded to Professor Svetha Venkatesh<\/strong> at the Pearcey Foundation's National Event in Brisbane on 19 November 2024. The event also celebrated the 75th anniversary of Australia's first computer, CSIRAC, running its first software program in November 1949.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/467\/svetha-venkatesh.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/national\/pearcey-medal\/2024-pearcey-medal\/", "post_date": "2024-11-19 09:00:00" }, { "post_id": "464", "post_category_id": "16", "post_title": "2024 Qld Award", "post_content_short": "The Queensland Pearcey Entrepreneur for 2024 was presented to Andrew Bate<\/strong>, co-founder and CEO of Swarm Farm Robotics.\nThe presentation was part of the Pearcey Foundation's National Event Gala Dinner on Tuesday 19th November 2024 in Brisbane.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/464\/andrew-bate.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/qld\/2024-qld-award\/", "post_date": "2024-11-19 09:00:00" }, { "post_id": "466", "post_category_id": "75", "post_title": "Biography - Trevor Pearcey", "post_content_short": "Mrs Barbara Ainsworth, Curator of the Monash Museum of Computing History has published a new biography of Dr Trevor Pearcey, Dean of\nthe School of Computing and Information Systems (1980-1984).
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", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/466\/Trevor-Pearcey-1984-Monash-Archives-246x349.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/initiatives\/computing-history\/biography-trevor-pearcey\/", "post_date": "2024-11-11 06:15:00" }, { "post_id": "462", "post_category_id": "15", "post_title": "2024 NSW Award", "post_content_short": "At a special Pearcey Foundation awards night in Sydney on Thursday 7 November 2024, Prof Michael J. Biercuk PhD<\/strong>, CEO and founder of Q-CTRL, was announced as the recipient of the 2024 NSW Pearcey Entrepreneur of the Year Award.  Professor Biercuk\nis a global science and technology innovator building the greenfield quantum technology industry.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/462\/prof-michael-biercuk.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/nsw\/2024-nsw-award\/", "post_date": "2024-11-06 09:00:00" }, { "post_id": "460", "post_category_id": "75", "post_title": "Pearcey Award Recipient on TV", "post_content_short": "Chris Piastri<\/strong>, recipient of the 2024 Victorian Pearcey Entrepreneur Award is interviewed by 9News about his Pearcey award\nand the work he has done to receive this prestigious recognition.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/460\/Chris-Piastri-9News-27-10-2024-(1920x1080).jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2024\/pearcey-award-recipient-on-tv\/", "post_date": "2024-10-30 13:00:00" }, { "post_id": "463", "post_category_id": "10", "post_title": "2024 ACT Award", "post_content_short": "The founders of CEA Technologies, Ian Croser<\/strong> and David Gaul<\/strong>, were the recipients of the 2024 ACT Chief\nMinister’s Pearcey Award. The award was presented at a special Pearcey event in Canberra on the 25th of September 2024 by the ACT Chief\nMinister, Andrew Barr.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/463\/david-gaul-ian-croser-.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/act\/2024-act-award\/", "post_date": "2024-09-24 10:00:00" }, { "post_id": "458", "post_category_id": "21", "post_title": "2024 Pearcey Oration", "post_content_short": "The 2024 pearcey Oration Taking the Tiger by the Tail – a digital future for Australia that works for us all<\/strong>! was\n\tdelivered by Dr Ian Oppermann on Wednesday September 4th<\/sup> 2024. Dr Oppermann looked through the digital and data lens to delve\n\tinto challenges, issues and opportunities for equity, AI, privacy, cybersecurity, standards and collaboration.\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/458\/Oppermann2_transparent.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/events\/orations\/2024-pearcey-oration\/", "post_date": "2024-09-06 05:41:00" }, { "post_id": "459", "post_category_id": "85", "post_title": "2024 Victorian Pearcey Entrepreneur Award", "post_content_short": "The 2024 Victorian Pearcey Entrepreneur Award presented to Chris Piastri<\/strong>, co-founder and CTO of HP Tuners. Award was presented at a special dinner in Melbourne, by Professor Eduard Hovy, Executive Director of Melbourne Connect at the University of\nMelbourne. This was the flagship event of the Melbourne Connect Innovation Week.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/459\/Pearcey2024Vic-1515.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/vic\/2024-vic-award\/", "post_date": "2024-09-05 14:00:00" }, { "post_id": "457", "post_category_id": "71", "post_title": "Musica ex Machina", "post_content_short": "Musica ex Machina: Machines Thinking Musically<\/em> is an exhibition at EPFL Pavilions in Lausanne, Switzerland, that explores the\n\tintersections of algorithmic and computational thinking in music. The exhibition highlights the evolution of these concepts from historical\n\tto contemporary contexts, showcasing how technological advances have expanded musical possibilities. A significant part of the exhibition is\n\tdedicated to CSIRAC, the first computer to play music, featuring its pioneering role in the history of computer music. CSIRAC's\n\tcontributions are illustrated through historical documentation and audiovisual installations. More details about the exhibition and its\n\tthemes can be found here<\/a> .\n\tDetails about the associated symposium are\n\there<\/a> \n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/457\/Musica-ex-Machina-2024-845x1200.png", "post_content_type": "none", "post_content_url": null, "post_date": "2024-07-31 03:27:00" }, { "post_id": "465", "post_category_id": "19", "post_title": "2024 WA Award", "post_content_short": "Peter van der Made<\/strong>, founder and CTO of Brainchip Inc was announced as the 2024 WA Pearcey Entrepreneur Awardee at the\n33rd WAITTA Incite Awards in Perth on 19th July 2024. ", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/465\/peter-van-der-made.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/wa\/2024-wa-award\/", "post_date": "2024-07-19 10:00:00" }, { "post_id": "451", "post_category_id": "84", "post_title": "Australia 4.0 Communiqué", "post_content_short": "Australia 4.0 Communiqué<\/a> examines the challenges and opportunities for Australian energy networks as the nation transitions to a net zero economy.\n\n

\n\tAustralia 4.0<\/a> is a Pearcey Foundation\n\tinitiative to spark collaboration between the energy and ICT sectors to help Australia move towards a net zero energy system.\n\n

\n\tRead the official\n\tmedia release<\/a>.\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/451\/Communiqué-Cover.png", "post_content_type": "none", "post_content_url": null, "post_date": "2024-04-26 07:39:00" }, { "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": "449", "post_category_id": "85", "post_title": "Jeff Whittle Obituary", "post_content_short": "Jeff Whittle AO FACS passed away on 5th<\/sup> February 2024 at the age of 93. His legacy is profound and not only in IT. He was\n\tmade an Officer (AO) of the general division of the Order of Australia for \"Distinguished service to the information technology sector and\n\tthe mining industry, particularly through the development of industry standard computer programs for strategic mine planning and\n\toptimisation”.\n\n
", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/449\/Photo-of-Jeff-Whittle.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2024\/jeff-whittle-obituary\/", "post_date": "2024-03-05 03:11:00" }, { "post_id": "446", "post_category_id": "85", "post_title": "Jordan Green Awarded AM", "post_content_short": "The Pearcey Foundation's own Board member and Secretary, Jordan Green, was awarded an AM in the Australia Day 2024 Honours List. Jordan\nwas recognised for his significant service to business, particularly through Angel investing, and to professional associations.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/446\/jordan.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2024\/jordan-green-awarded-am\/", "post_date": "2024-01-26 05:27:00" } ]