ACT Chief Minister’s Challenge

Since 2023, the ACT Chief Minister’s support of the Pearcey Entrepreneur Award has included a challenge to the ACT Chapter to provide suggestions to the ACT Government on topical matters where ICT might prove a catalyst for resolving problems.

 

This year’s Chief Minister’s Challenge

At the 2024 ACT Chief Minister’s Pearcey Entrepreneur Award, the Chief Minister, Andrew Barr, challenged the ACT Pearcey Foundation and friends to provide him and his government with suggestions to:

“How can the ACT Government use AI to improve government services?”

We plan to hold a workshop to solicit ideas from the friends of the Pearcey Foundation and possibly use AI to develop a proof of concept for one or more of the ideas generated.

2024 Chief Minister’s Challenge

At the 2023 ACT Chief Minister’s Pearcey Entrepreneur Award, the Chief Minister, Andrew Barr, challenged the ACT Pearcey Foundation and friends to provide him and his government with suggestions to:

“How can the ACT Government reduce carbon emissions in Canberra immediately?”

To address this challenge, the ACT Committee held a workshop involving the friends of the Pearcey Foundation in the ACT. The initial brainstorming output was refined by the ACT Committee, shared with the friends of the Pearcey Foundation, and then formalised into a brief report.

The report for the Chief Minister titled “Make Public Transport Free” was presented to the Chief Minister at the 2024 ACT Chief Minister’s Pearcey Entrepreneur Award.

2023 Chief Minister’s Challenge

At the 2022 ACT Chief Minister’s Pearcey Entrepreneur Award, the Chief Minister, Andrew Barr, challenged the ACT Pearcey Foundation and friends to provide him and his government with suggestions on:

“How can the ACT Government reduce carbon emissions in Canberra?”

To address this challenge, the ACT Committee convened several workshops involving the friends of the Pearcey Foundation in the ACT. Importantly, the workshops narrowed the focus of the suggestions for the Chief Minister to the emission impact of apartment buildings in Canberra.

The workshops resulted in a report for the Chief Minister titled “Towards Net Zero in ACT Apartments” that was presented to the Chief Minister at the 2023 ACT Chief Minister’s Pearcey Entrepreneur Award.