São Paulo, July 23, 2021 – ABES – Brazilian Association of Software Companies – will hold on July 28, at 8:30 am, the digital event “Fostering Innovation for the competitiveness of companies / Launching the Guide to Fostering Innovation”. The meeting will address the lines of funding and support offered by specialized public bodies, whether federal, state or municipal, and also the launch of the 3rd edition of the Guide to Promotion of Innovation for the ICT sector. Free registrations can be made. on here. The event will be translated into pounds and will be available on the channel. Youtube of the association as well.
For this meeting, ABES will have the presence of Igor Manhães Nazareth, Director of Planning and Institutional Relations at Embrapii (Brazilian Company for Research and Industrial Innovation); Newton Hamatsu, Superintendent of Innovation at Finep (Financier of Studies and Projects); Wellington Barros, Coordinator at the Department of Technology Intensive Industries at BNDES (National Development Bank); Thiago Samarino, Innovation Manager, and Marina Loures, Innovation Director at ABGI Brasil; Rodolfo Fücher, president of ABES, and the moderation of the conversation will be carried out by Jamile Sabatini Marques, Director of Innovation and Development at ABES.
ABES believes that information technology plays a fundamental role in the democratization of knowledge and the creation of new opportunities for all, in an inclusive and equitable manner. In addition, it also contributes to the economic recovery in the country, but companies need to prepare themselves to remain competitive in this new scenario. Therefore, the association updated the Development Guide aimed at the technology sector and prepared the event to show all the details to its members and partners.
EVENT: Promotion of Innovation for the competitiveness of companies / Launch of the Innovation Promotion Guide
Date: July 28th
Hour: 8:30 am
Registrations: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Cfuf9__LSYicTog0ZSx5Zw
About ABES
ABES, Brazilian Association of Software Companies, aims to contribute to the construction of a more digital and less unequal Brazil, in which information technology plays a fundamental role in the democratization of knowledge and the creation of new opportunities for all. In this sense, it aims to ensure a business environment conducive to innovation, ethical, dynamic, sustainable and globally competitive, always aligned with its mission to connect, guide, protect and develop the Brazilian information technology market.
Since its foundation in September 1986, ABES has sought to be relevant to its associates and a national and international reference in the technology sector. Recently, the entity launched, in partnership with EY, the LGPD diagnosis, a free online tool and the LGPD / ABES index, in order to help companies analyze their level of adequacy with the LGPD (General Data Protection Law) ). Based on the more than 3,000 diagnoses performed, the LGPD ABES index, point out that only about 40% are in compliance with the LGPD, more details visit: https://diagnosticolgpd.abes.org.br/.
Currently, ABES represents approximately 2 thousand companies, totaling around 85% of the software and services segment revenue in Brazil, distributed in 22 Brazilian states and the Federal District, responsible for the generation of more than 208 thousand direct jobs and an annual revenue around 63.7 billion in 2019.
Access the ABES Portal – https://www.abes.org.br or contact the Relationship Center: +55 (11) 2161-2833.
Press contacts:
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Weber Shandwick Brasil - abes@webershandwick.com
Janahina Rodrigues – +55 (11) 3027-0271
Paula Boracini - +55 (11) 98415-0314
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