2024 ACT Pearcey Roundtable and Dinner


At the 2023 ACT Pearcey Round Table, the Chief Minister, Andrew Barr, challenged the Pearcey Foundation Members and Friends to research ideas that would immediately assist the progress towards Net Zero Emissions in the ACT.

This year the ACT Chapter of the Pearcey Foundation will elevate its annual dinner with a brief presentation on the heritage of IT in Canberra by Nick McNaughton.

The dinner will commence with the Chief Minister, Andrew Barr, presenting the 2024 ACT Chief Minister's Pearcey Entrepreneur Award. Guests will then sit for dinner, between entrée and main, Nick will make a brief presentation on the heritage of IT in Canberra
based on Peter Dawson's book 'Creative Capital'.

Please join us at 5:00pm.

Roundtable

5:10pm Welcome & Introductory Comments - Dr Tim Turner (Chair)
5:15pm Presentation - Challenges for infrastructure adaptation to reducing carbon emissions - Danny Bettay
5:35pm Discussion - What other boundary breaking initiatives are possible?
6:00pm Wrap-up 
6:15pm Networking drinks

Dinner 6:45pm Chief Minister presents his 2024 Pearcey Entrepreneur Award
7:00pm Pearcey Dinner commences
7:45pm Presentation on the Heritage of IT in ACT by Nick McNaughton
9:00pm Dinner concludes



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