2021 Pearcey Oration Dinner
Pearcey Oration 2021
In 2021, the Pearcey Oration will be delivered by Jeremy Hirschhorn, ATO Second Commissioner – encouraging us all to imagine the future, as he addresses Digital Transformation – Australia as a World Leader.
The Pearcey Oration is presented each year by an eminent thought-leader, reflecting on how our nation is being impacted by the rise of new, advanced technologies. Past Orations have included those given by John Blackburn AO, Roger Taylor, Robyn Williams, Dr Amanda Caples and Paul Shetler.
The Coronavirus pandemic has demanded a rapid, agile and natively digital response to mobilising, delivering and accessing government services and support in the face of a rapidly changing world.
The Australian Tax Office is one of the most advanced implementations of digital government services on the planet.
Gain an insight into how the ATO has leveraged a decade of digital infrastructure investment to empower business and community services and become the most digitised revenue authority in the world, and one of the largest ICT employers in the country. Hear about how this investment made possible Australia’s rapid COVID-19 Response with the JobKeeper and Cash Flow Boost programmes, and also how increasing levels of automation and data collection are changing the way the ATO’s views ethical use of data.
International competitiveness in the 21st century demands an adaptive public infrastructure capable of enabling rapid responses to the changing nature of business. Australia has long been supported by our ability to mine and export minerals, can we now become equally excellent at mining our digital resources to underpin high value exports?
Learn, share and connect – delving into this rich and complex topic, with like-minded individuals. Join the conversation after this, the most significant technology oration in the nation, to be part of making that better future happen!
Help shape how we do a better job of making our nation an integrated community with technology as a vital plank for persistent, adaptive resilience and self-reliance in a post-pandemic century.
Victorian Entrepreneur of the Year Award
The Pearcey State Entrepreneur Awards are aimed at encouraging and rewarding fresh and innovative talent in the ICT profession. It is awarded to an individual during their career who have “taken a risk, made a difference and is an inspiration” within the ICT industry within each Australian State.
The Pearcey Foundation embraces all aspects of the ICT industry from traditional Information Science to the latest technological advances in social networking, multimedia, games and internet technologies – the very broadest spectrum of the Australian innovative sector.
Since 2016 the Victorian Pearcey Entrepreneur Award has been presented as part of the Digital Innovation Festival to the following recipients: Grant Petty, Founder and CEO of Blackmagic Design (2020); Craig McDonald, Founder and CEO of MailGuard and BlackEvents (2019); Bernie Tschirren and Michael Cameron, Co-founders of Rome2Rio (2018); Cyan and Collis Ta’eed, Co-founders of Envato (2017); Martin Hosking of Co-founder and CEO of Redbubble (2016).
Tickets:
$250 per ticket ($175 per ticket for employees of startups and government agencies)
10% discount for tables of 10
Pricing is inclusive of GST
Corporate Sponsored Tables are also available for $5k ex GST – take a look at the sponsorship prospectus – or call Carolyn Todd directly on +61 416 078 421 to arrange.
Register to attendBecome a sponsorBack to EventsThis event is sponsored by the Victorian Government and as a feature of the Digital Innovation Festival, now in its sixth year of celebration of Victoria’s tech community.