First meeting takes place on the 24th, at 5 pm, and will cover Canada's incentive policies and successful cases
São Paulo, February 22, 2021 - ABES - Brazilian Association of Software Companies and the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce (CCBC), an independent organization maintained by the private and non-profit sector, prepared the first virtual meeting of the Café com Canadá series, which will present and analyze the initiatives aimed at bringing together Brazilian and Canadian companies and startups. The event will take place on February 24, at 5 pm, and will include the participation of Paulo Perrotti, President of CCBC, lawyer of LGPDSolution and Professor of Cybersecurity in the graduate program of the Faculty of Engineering of Sorocaba (FACENS); Evandro Barros, Founder and CEO of DATA H Artificial Intelligence and co-founder of the Institute of Applied Intelligence, and Rodolfo Fücher, president of the association. Applications must be made on here and participation is free.
“We are developing virtual meetings with several countries. In the specific case of Canada, there are numerous business opportunities that can be developed, between Brazilian and Canadian companies. In some cases, with the support and encouragement of the Canadian government itself. In this series Café com Canada, the objective is to show the opportunities, but mainly how to better explore them, uniting the experience of CCBC and ABES. “, Exposes Rodolfo Fücher.
The Coffee with Canada virtual meeting is aligned with the purpose of contributing to the construction of a more digital and less unequal Brazil, in which information technology plays a fundamental role for the democratization of knowledge and the creation of new opportunities, aiming at better quality of life for all, in an inclusive and equal way.
“The partnership between CCBC and ABES opens a great door for Brazilian innovation, as well as facilitating the internationalization of companies, in one of the main technological development hubs in the world. This exchange of experiences will be very rich, as the intention is for us to immerse ourselves in the main Canadian ecosystems, showing participants how it is possible to get the best out of such a rich exchange between Brazil and Canada and how institutions can support them in this process. ”, Emphasizes Paulo Perrotti.
SERVICE: Coffee with Canada
Date: February, 24
Hour: 5 pm
Registrations: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bu5PffTzToaYH8luOea8fg
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 2 thousand 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.
ABES - Press contacts:
Weber Shandwick Brasil - abes@webershandwick.com
Paula Boracini - +55 (11) 98415-0314
Fernanda Araujo - +55 (11) 97205-7806
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