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    <post_id>105</post_id>
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    <post_title><![CDATA[2021 Pearcey Medal]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[<strong>David Thodey AO</strong>, was presented the prestigious <strong>Pearcey Medal as part of the 2021 Pearcey National Awards. T</strong>he
Pearcey Medal recognises a distinguished lifetime achievement and contribution to the development and growth of the ICT industry in
Australia.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/105/David-Thodey-AO.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.pearcey.org.au/awards/national/pearcey-medal/2021-pearcey-medal/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2021-11-24 12:45:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>106</post_id>
    <post_category_id>13</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[2021 Pearcey Hall of Fame]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[<strong>David Thodey AO, Judy Hammond and Alan Noble</strong> were elevated to the Pearcey Hall of Fame at the annual Pearcey National
Awards event held on Wednesday 24<sup>th</sup> November 2021 during a virtual presentation held via Zoom.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/106/judy-hammond-alan-noble.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.pearcey.org.au/awards/national/pearcey-hall-of-fame/2021-pearcey-hall-of-fame/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2021-11-24 06:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>366</post_id>
    <post_category_id>42</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[TAS State Awards Dinner]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[<p>
	This year’s award will be held on Friday evening 12 November in Hobart in collaboration with the Tasmanian Branch of ACS and TasICT. Thanks
	to TasICT, the presentation will be made during their annual dinner. The award will be presented by Hon Michael Ferguson MP, Minister for
	State Growth, Minister for Science and Technology, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Minister for Finance at this annual TasICT
	Industry dinner]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/366/67F53D8C-B4F6-4F96-B40E-2CB913A4F215.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2021/2021-tas-state-awards-dinner/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2021-11-12 09:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>131</post_id>
    <post_category_id>15</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[2021 NSW Award]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[The NSW Entrepreneur of the Year was awarded to brother and sister team <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-o-reilly-a39a5952/">Jordan
O'Reilly</a>
and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-o-reilly-oam-54a11a54/">Laura O'Reilly OAM</a>. The presentation was held online on October
14, as part of <a href="https://sparkfestival.co/">Spark Festival</a>. Jordan and Laura have cofounded both not-for-profit and
profit-for-purpose businesses helping people with disabilities and their families manage their needs and support services. Over the last
ten years, they have helped hundreds of thousands of people and proven that for-purpose business can have significant social impact.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/131/Jordan-Laura-OReilly.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.pearcey.org.au/awards/state/nsw/2021-nsw-award/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2021-10-14 12:15:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>369</post_id>
    <post_category_id>22</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Her Story: Partnerships between Humans and Machines]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Pearcey Conversations online seminar 12 October 2021 celebrated <strong>Ada Lovelace Day</strong> with a look at some remarkable
achievements that women have made in STEM.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/369/conv-oct21-her-story.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.pearcey.org.au/events/conversations/conversation-her-story/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2021-10-12 05:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>122</post_id>
    <post_category_id>10</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[2021 ACT Award]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Canberra 28 Sep 2021: The <a href="/awards/state/act/">Pearcey Foundation</a> today announced <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-shaddock-b8b38795/">Daniel
Shaddock</a>,
founder and CEO of <a href="https://www.liquidinstruments.com/">Liquid Instruments</a> as this year's recipient of the ACT Chief Minister's
Pearcey Entrepreneur Award. The award was presented by Andrew Barr, ACT Chief Minister at the Annual ACT Pearcey Round Table (held virtually
this year).]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/122/Prof-Daniel-Shaddock.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.pearcey.org.au/awards/state/act/2021-act-award/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2021-09-28 07:33:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>206</post_id>
    <post_category_id>27</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Vale Clive Finkelstein]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[One of Australia's foremost computer scientists passed away peacefully in Perth on the 12<sup>th</sup> September 2021. Recognised for his
work in defining Information Engineering, when he presented the concept at the 1980 IFIPS conference in Melbourne. Clive was elevated to
the <a href="/2008-hall-of-fame/">Pearcey Hall of Fame in 2008</a> at a memorable ceremony in Sydney.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/206/Clive-Finkelstein.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2021/vale-clive-finkelstein/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2021-09-12 09:36:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>209</post_id>
    <post_category_id>27</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Vale Prof. Reg Coutts]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Reg Coutts, 2018 Pearcey Hall of Fame, was an ebullient character, well known in telecommunications and ICT circles, always
self-deprecating, always positive and constructive about his colleagues. Reg was an effective, well-liked and respected leader in
Australian ICT, whose sense of humour was infectious. Reg will be missed by many Australians - he made a real contribution to our great
nation.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/209/Reg-Coutts.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2021/vale-prof-reg-coutts/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2021-08-30 09:56:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>204</post_id>
    <post_category_id>19</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[2021 WA Award]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[The 2021 WA Pearcey Entrepreneur Award was presented to <strong>Charlie Gunningham</strong>, Founder and Principal Damburst as part the <a href="https://inciteawards.org.au/wa-tech-innovators-celebrated-and-acknowledged-at-30th-incite-awards/">30th</a>
WAITTA Incite Honorary Awards on Friday 23 July 2021.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/204/Charlie-Gunningham.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.pearcey.org.au/awards/state/wa/2021-wa-award/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2021-07-23 13:30:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>1</post_id>
    <post_category_id>3</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Who came to the first computer conference?]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[<em>Guest blog by Barbara Ainsworth</em>
<br /><br />
	In August 1951, a group of scientists gathered at the University of Sydney to attend the first Australian conference on automatic computing
	machines.
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/1/pearcey-blog-feature-image-csiro-radiophysics-staff-510x288px.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2021/who-came-to-the-first-computer-conference/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2021-07-19 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>2</post_id>
    <post_category_id>3</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[The beginning of a new science in Australia]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[<em>Guest blog by Barbara Ainsworth</em><br />
<br />
In 1951 there was a major conference held at the University of Sydney which marked the beginning of a new science in Australia, Computer
Science.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/2/pearcey-blog-csirac-newspaper-photograph-1080x610px.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2021/the-beginning-of-a-new-science-in-australia/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2021-07-06 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>207</post_id>
    <post_category_id>75</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Wayne Gerard named 2021 Qld Chief Entrepreneur]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Congratulations to Wayne Gerard on his appointment as Queensland's new Chief Entrepreneur. Wayne is passionate about innovation, start-ups,
	and Queensland as a place to live, work and play. So it's no surprise that his appointment recognises his outstanding leadership over many
	years… In fact, it is six years since he was voted by his peers as <a href="/2015-qld-award/">Queensland's 2015
	Pearcey Entrepreneur of the Year.</a>]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/207/Wayne-Gerard.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2021/wayne-gerard-named-2021-qld-chief-entrepreneur/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2021-06-16 12:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>4</post_id>
    <post_category_id>3</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[The media takes a ride on the digital superhighway]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[<em>Guest blog by Helen Meredith</em><strong><br /></strong><br />
The recent publication of A Vision Splendid – The History of Australian Computing is a timely reminder of the seventy years or so
Australia has been involved in the digital revolution.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/4/pearcey-2021-speakers-helen-meredith-500px.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2021/the-media-takes-a-ride-on-the-digital-superhighway/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2021-04-08 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>5</post_id>
    <post_category_id>27</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Vale Graeme Philipson]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[It’s with great sadness that the Pearcey Foundation learnt of the sudden death this week of renowned IT journalist, historian, writer and
researcher Graeme Philipson.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/5/heritage-project-speakers-graeme-pPhilipson-500px.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2021/vale-graeme-philipson/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2021-02-27 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>431</post_id>
    <post_category_id>42</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Catchup with Owen Hill]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Given the COVID travel restrictions placed on all of us, Chair Wayne Fitzsimmons and Deputy Chair Kelly Hutchinson managed to catch up in
person with Medallist Jenny Seberry and Hall of Famer Owen Hill by travelling to NSW after Victoria's border restrictions were lifted in
early December 2020. We managed to meet Jenny in Wollongong at that time and succeeded in meeting up with Owen on 30 January 2021 in
Maitland.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/431/owen-hill.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2021/catchup-with-owen-hill/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2021-01-30 01:21:00</post_date>
  </posts>
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