ABES is one of the supporters of WCIT Brasil 2016

 

Global event will be held for the first time in South America

 
ABES is a partner of the Federation of Associations of Brazilian Information Technology Companies (Assespro) for the promotion and realization of WCIT Brasil 2016, which takes place in Brasília, from October 3 to 5, 2016.
 
With the support of the Federal and District Governments, Assespro Nacional won in 2012 the rights to organize the 20th World Congress of Information Technology - WCIT 2016, a global event that will be held for the first time in South America, with the expectation of bringing together 3 thousand participants from 80 countries.
 
“We joined the organizing committee of this world event, which will take place for the first time in South America, because we recognize that this congress will offer great opportunities for our members, in addition to promoting the development and internationalization of the ICT sector, especially the of national software. We will strive to help the Brazilian edition exceed expectations and be a milestone in the history of WCIT”, highlights Jorge Sukarie, president of ABES.
 
Entrepreneurs, executives and world leaders will meet in Brasilia to discuss the future of the IT industry, network and do business. In addition to a consistent program, with themes that make up the international agenda of the ICT Industry, the Brazilian edition of WCIT will have as a differential a broad platform for generating business and attracting investments among global economies, which includes business roundtables and exhibition of TI at the event entrance.

In the 2014 edition, in Guadalajara, Mexico, WCIT generated more than U$ 95 million in business. With the support of APEX Brasil and Softex, the event will feature foreign delegations to get to know the Brazilian IT industry.
 
WCIT has been held since 1978 by WITSA - World Alliance for Information Technology and Services, an association that represents the main global technology companies, no less than 90% of the world ICT market and aims to strengthen the ICT industry and its associations through sharing strategic information and facilitating trade in products and services of its members in the international market.

Themes and speakers already defined 

In addition to areas related to technical ICT concepts, the Congress will also address innovations related to quality of life, such as health, wearable technology, education and digital government. 

Six international personalities have already confirmed their presence as speakers at WCIT Brazil 2016: Alexandre Mora, Minister of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica; Manu Bhardwaj, Coordinator of International Communications and Information Policy at the US Department of State; Oren Gershtein, CEO of IdealityRoads; Randeep Sudan, Manager of Information and Communication Technology at the World Bank, based in Washington;  Ivo Ivanovski, Minister of Information Society and Administration in the Government of the Republic of Macedonia; and Dr. Soumitra Dutta, Dean of the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University/USA.

The lectures will be connected with the development of the main theme of the event “Promises of the Digital Age: Challenges and Opportunities”, in which academics, researchers, CEOs, company directors, government authorities, media, presidents of entities, representatives of the United Nations, World Economic Forum, World Health Organization, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and others.

"Representing 90% of the world's ICT, WITSA's objective is to contribute to the world being connected, to provide access to people from the most distant areas so that they have equal opportunities to those who are in the great centers. This access must be treated as a birthright , therefore, must be on the digital agenda of all nations”, explains WITSA Secretary General James Poisant.