Victorian Pearcey Award
The Victorian Pearcey Award Goes To ... |
| Media release - 18 October 2005 |
| The Minister for Information and Communication Technology, Marsha Thomson, has presented the Victorian State Pearcey Award, designed to encourage fresh and innovative talent in the ICT profession, to Graeme Huon. Speaking at the 2005 Pearcey Foundation National Awards event in Melbourne, Ms Thomson said Graeme Huon had followed in the footsteps of the best and brightest young talents in Victoria's ICT industry. "Graeme founded Whise, Precision Audio and Techstream - companies that are all internationally recognised for their ground-breaking audio, acoustics technology and product development. "He has created and co-developed over 22 patent applications. "More recently, Graeme established HuonLabs to develop and commercialise new technologies in the human perception and cognition areas of acoustics and vision. This developmental technology is dramatically changing the way we capture and hear reproduced sound, which will benefit the hearing impaired. The Foundation was set up in 1988 in memory of a pioneer of the Australian ICT industry, Dr Trevor Pearcey, who built Australia's first computer in 1948. Ms Thomson said the Victorian State Pearcey Award was awarded to an individual in his or her early career who has demonstrated a significant contribution to research and development. Last year's Victorian State Pearcey Award winner, Luke Howard, again scooped the pool by claiming the 2005 Pearcey National Young Achievers Award for his ongoing work with PADL Software. "The Pearcey Foundation is to be applauded for its commitment of promoting excellence within the ICT industry,"Ms Thomson said. "It is crucial that Australia actively promotes its ICT capabilities as we are competing in an increasingly competitive global marketplace." Other Victorian finalists included: Peter Lee for creating Insight - a product which delivers huge cost savings to large users of telecommunication services in Australia; and Paul Steele for creating the successful educational music software products Auralia and Musition. |
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