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of Brazil, especially in the face of the new knowledge society and the digital transformation process
Sao Paulo, May 18, 2019 - The Brazilian Association of Software Companies - ABES, this Wednesday, May 20, at 2:30 pm (Brasília time), representatives of important Federal Government bodies to present the credit lines offered to companies, the support policies to innovation, and the Ministry of Economy's vision and perspectives regarding business competitiveness during and after the pandemic. The online event has free registrations on the website https://www.sympla.com.br/ABESSOFTWARE. The nomination is free for all audiences and will be transmitted through the ABES on Facebook or in association YouTube channel.
Faced with the pandemic scenario caused by Covid-19, the Government was pressured to act with measures to mitigate the economic effects of the pandemic, calm the market, increase investor confidence, guarantee income, control unemployment rates and make available packages of credit that guarantee cash flow and liquidity to companies of different sizes. "We consider it essential that companies are aware of these instruments and the way they operate, so that they can identify those that best suit their business and their market objectives. We emphasize that it is important to have a broad view of innovation, as it can occur in products, services, technologies or processes, be disruptive or incremental. "
For ABES, technology has a fundamental role to contribute to the economic recovery in the country, but companies need to prepare themselves to remain competitive in this new scenario. For this reason, the association updated the Promotion Guide for the technological sector, produced in partnership with ABGI, a consultancy specializing in tax incentives, innovation management and financial management - which provides information on the main mechanisms and programs, with their respective lines of action. financing or tax incentives to support innovation in Brazil.
In this webinar, ABES will count on the mediation of journalist Ana Paula Lobo, responsible for Convergência Digital, a reference portal in specialized ICT journalism. To compose the debate table, ABES invited:
Carlos Azen - Planning, Studies and Products Manager for IT, Telecom and Creative Economy at BNDES;
Newton Hamatsu - Finep's Innovation Superintendent, working on the topics of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), Renewable Energies and Decentralized Credit for micro, small and medium-sized companies;
Otávio Caixeta - Director of Innovative Ecosystems at the Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovations and Communications;
Igor Manhães Nazareth - Under-Secretary of Innovation at the Ministry of Economy, graduated in International Relations from the University of Brasília, he is part of the career of Specialist in Public Policy and Government Management.
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New Times: Ensuring the Competitiveness of Companies
Date: 20 of May
Hour: 2:30 pm
Registrations: https://www.sympla.com.br/ABESSOFTWARE
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 and globally competitive, always aligned with its mission of connecting, guiding, protecting and developing 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. Currently, the entity represents approximately 2 thousand companies, totaling around 85% of the software and services segment revenue in Brazil, distributed in 23 Brazilian states and the Federal District, responsible for the generation of more than 205 thousand direct jobs and an annual revenue of the order of R$ 61 billion in 2018.
Access the ABES Portal – http://www.abes.org.br or contact the Relationship Center: +55 (11) 2161-2833.
ABES - Press contacts:
Weber Shandwick Brasil - abes@webershandwick.com
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