ABES is present at Futurecom Digital Week

ABES - Brazilian Association of Software Companies will be present at Futurecom Digital Week, the main technology and telecommunications event in Latin America, which takes place from October 26 to 30. The edition, held for the first time entirely online, will include the participation of Jamile Sabatini Marques, director of innovation and promotion of the entity, and executives from Ericsson, IBM, CommScope, Equinix, ABDI, FNQ, Novelis and Termomecânica in the MeetUp “ Promoting maturity for Industry 4.0: Towards the smart factory ”, which takes place on the 28th, at 4:30 pm.

Addressing topics on the market, evolution of the IoT, equipment and mobility, the spokeswoman will explore productivity and technological security. While the IT sector grew 5% in the world in 2019, the market in Brazil increased 10.5% in the same period and reached R ﹩ 161.7 billion (US ﹩ 44.3 billion), considering the software, services, hardware markets and also the segment's exports. These data, pointed out by the study “Brazilian Software Market - Panorama and Trend 2020” , published by ABES and IDC, will be present at the event and also shows that Brazil represents 1.8% of the global IT market and 40.7% of the Latin American market. Investments in this segment were in the order of 2.3% of GDP.

“This virtual meeting will bring together executives to discuss the future of the industry and we know the importance of people in this process, since we are in the age of knowledge. Understanding people as consumers as well and how buying processes happen. With that, I will present data on the world software market to analyze panoramas and trends of digital transformation ”, explains Jamile.

With the mission of integrating Government, companies, professionals in the sector, specialized press and society in general, ABES is also an institutional supporter of the event. The entity proposes to be a consistent and credible source of information, analyzes of the national and international market, legal guidelines and indication of trends so that associates make their decisions more safely and assertively.

“We aim to contribute to the construction of a more digital and less unequal Brazil, in which technology plays a fundamental role for the democratization of knowledge, and for the creation of new opportunities, seeking to provide a better quality of life for all, in an inclusive and egalitarian way ”, adds the spokesperson.

Access to the panel is free. Registrations available at official website of the event.

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, which total about 85% of the revenue of the software and services segment 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.

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