Virtual meeting organized by ABES, takes place on the 28th, at 8:30 am, and addresses changes for the Public Procurement market and how new legislation should affect the IT sector
São Paulo, April 23, 2021 - ABES - Brazilian Association of Software Companies organizes the next virtual meeting to talk about the new Bidding Law. Next Wednesday, April 28, at 8:30 am, the invited expert, Thiago Camargo, Director of Technology of Prospectiva, former National Secretary of Digital Policies at the Ministry of Science, Technology and Information (MCTI), Lawyer and Master in Public Administration by Columbia University, meets with Rodolfo Fücher, president of the association, and Ana Carolina da Motta, Head of Public Policy AWS, Brazil and Coordinator of the Public Procurement Committee of ABES, to explain what changes this new legislation will bring to the Public Procurement market and how it will affect the Information Technology sector. Participation is free and registration must be made on here .
According to Camargo, the new law opens space for IT companies to make sales to the public sector more focused on quality than on price. "The change in the Bidding Law affects all sectors that provide products and services to governments, but it represents even greater opportunities for sectors linked to innovation, such as the information technology sector", highlights the expert, reiterating the importance of debating the theme.
This event is in line with the creation of the Public Procurement Committee, carried out by ABES in 2020, which aims to present proposals for modernization, simplification, transparency and greater legal certainty in this market segment, based on the interlocution of the association with the Executive and Legislative, in addition to suggesting strategies that include public procurement as a factor that transforms public services, accelerates the digital economy and induces innovation, among other initiatives.
The association is committed to providing more and more content and services to its members and partners, with the purpose of contributing to the construction of a digital and less unequal Brazil, in which information technology plays a fundamental role for the democratization of knowledge and the creation of new opportunities for all, in an inclusive and equal way. Therefore, ABES has acted to ensure a business environment conducive to innovation, ethical, dynamic, sustainable and globally competitive.
EVENT: Coffee with expert Thiago Camargo: a conversation about the new Bidding Law with a focus on information technology
Date: April 28
Hour: 8:30 am
Registrations: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_F-qXAUeVR5yjf9FNFcQQtA
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.
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