ABES participates in the sixth and final meeting of the seminar cycle “The implementation of 5G in Brazil”, promoted by USP

The meeting, which integrates the Think Tank USP in 5G Deployment in Brazil, it will be the last in the series and will close the knowledge homogenization phase. The event will feature presentations by the rapporteurs of the five previous sessions, who will take points presented in previous editions of the forum and will discuss and produce material for the preparation of the report that will be the basis for the continuity of the Think Tank's work. And ABES, always attentive to transformations and adept at the plural debate of ideas, will be represented by Jamile Sabatini Marques, the association's Director of Innovation and Development, Post-Doctor and researcher at the Advanced Institute of USP and Post-Doctorate at EGC/UFSC.

“5G technology has mobile broadband with greater capacity, being able to communicate with more devices and faster. It is a technology with the potential to revolutionize the country's telecommunications industry, as connections will reach Brazilian regions that currently do not have internet access - it is estimated that currently 20% of Brazilian households are without adequate supply or lack of services,” he says.

The roundtable will also have as panelists Carlos Augusto França Vargas, PhD in Innovation Management by the Post-Graduate Program in Administration (PPGA) at FEA/USP and Professor at the Business School at Universidade Positivo; Cecilia Matsumura, Researcher IBE-USP Institute of Brazil Europe Studies, University of São Paulo; Gabriela Gomes Coelho Ferreira, Researcher and Professor of Training Courses in International Negotiations at the Center for the Study of International Negotiations (CAENI/USP); and Lucas Damasceno Pereira, PhD in International Relations (IRI-USP) and major in Law (FD-USP). The mediation will be Moacyr Martucci Jr. (professor at the University of São Paulo, Coordinator of the IBE Institute of Brazil Europe Studies and Vice-Director of the IRI-USP Institute of International Relations of the University of São Paulo) and Guilherme Ary Plonski (Director from the IEA and Master, Doctor and Associate Professor in Production Engineering).

EVENT: 5G in Brazil: A balance of four aspects related to its implementation
Date: November 5th
Time: 10 am (Brasilia time)
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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 members and a national and international reference in the technology sector. Recently, the entity launched in partnership with EY, the LGPD diagnosis, free online tool and the LGPD/ABES index, with the objective of helping companies to analyze their level of compliance with the LGPD (General Data Protection Law). Based on more than 3,000 diagnoses performed, the LGPD ABES index, point out that about only 40% are in compliance with the LGPD.

Currently, ABES represents approximately 2 thousand companies, which total about 85% of the software and services segment's revenue in Brazil, distributed in 24 Brazilian States and the Federal District, responsible for the generation of more than 210 thousand direct jobs and annual revenue of the order of R$ 80 billion in 2020.

Access the ABES Portal or speak to the Relationship Center: +55 (11) 2161-2833.

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