Each year, the Pearcey Hall of Fame elevates three outstanding individuals for their significant lifetime contributions to Australia's ICT industry. One of these is the Pearcey Medallist for that year.
The Hall of Fame very much recognises the personal efforts of the inductees, honouring their endeavours, dedication, and outstanding contributions to Australia's and the world's ICT industry and research.
Nominations can be received at any time.
The National Awards Process details the criteria and procedures used in the judging evaluation.
Sponsors for the National Awards and National presentation are always welcome.
Prof David Skellern AO and Dr Cathy Foley were inducted into the 2025 Pearcey Hall of Fame at the Pearcey National Awards event. The presentations were part of the 70th anniversary of the University of Melbourne School of Computing and Information Systems celebration evening held at Melbourne Connect on 21 November 2025.
Prof Andrew Dzurak was elevated to the Pearcey Hall of Fame in November 2024. Unfortunately, Andrew was overseas at the time of the presentation and so the Chair of the Pearcey Foundation presented the certificate in person on Friday 14 February at the Diraq lab at UNSW Campus in Kensington, NSW.
Professor Svetha Venkatesh, Professor Andrew Dzurak and Jan Kornweibel were inducted into 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).
At the 2023 Pearcey National Awards gala dinner on Monday 30 October 2023 in Sydney, David and Aidan Tudehope, Richard White and Professor Jean Armstrong were elevated to the Pearcey Hall of Fame. The Pearcey Hall of Fame is an individual award that recognises a distinguished lifetime of achievement and contribution to the development and growth of the Australian ICT industry.
The Pearcey Foundation announced that John De Margheriti, Len Rust and Beven Slattery were elevated to the Pearcey Hall of Fame. The presentations were made as part of the 2022 Pearcey National Awards at a gala dinner held in conjunction with the Australian Computer Society (ACS) and TasICT in Hobart.
