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Experts will discuss the advantages of blockchain and the challenges to overcome next August 12th

São Paulo, August 10, 2020 - ABES - Brazilian Association of Software Companies promotes debate on blockchain in yet another webinar in the "Novos Tempos" series. On August 12, at 2:30 pm, experts will talk about how this technology looks in the current scenario. Registrations must be made through the website http://www.sympla.com.br/abes-novos-tempos-como-fica-o-blockchain__932377 and participation is free.

"Blockchain is currently more than a fashion term in the world of information and communication technology. Despite having started associated with the bitcoin cryptocurrency, this technology has taken on a life of its own and has been used to ensure authenticity, integrity and security a different types of transactions. Its use has several applications, but it is still necessary to debate and understand the advantages and challenges that this technology still needs to overcome ", explains Rodolfo Fücher, president of ABES.

To debate this topic, ABES invited the lawyer and professor of the MBA in Blockchain Technologies at Fiap, Emília Campos. Also attending are Blockchain developer, Solange Gueiros, ABCripto's executive director, Safiri Felix, Agryo's co-founder and chief operating officer, Leisy Teixeira, and the co-founder, curator and facilitator of the Moviments Project, Thiago Padovan. The webinar will be mediated by the journalist and IT and telecom specialist, Solange Calvo.

"We are going to debate about the current uses of technology and its untapped potential, in addition to Bitcoin, where it is proven to be a success already", mentions Emília Campos.

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New Times: How the blockchain looks
Date: August 12th
Hour: 2:30 pm
Registrations: http://www.sympla.com.br/inscricao?id=932377

Guests

Emilia Campos - Lawyer, partner of Malgueiro Campos Advocacia, Professor of MBA in Blockchain Technologies at Fiap, author of the book Criptomoedas e Blockchain, Direito no Mundo Digital, presents the channel Descomplicando o Direito on Youtube.

Solange Gueiros - Blockchain specialist developer, focusing on Bitcoin, Ethereum and Smart Contracts. He won prizes at the New York and Berlin hackathons in 2019 and in Denver in 2020.

Safiri Felix - Executive Director of the Brazilian Association of Cryptoeconomics (ABCripto). He is one of the pioneers of the Brazilian Bitcoin market, having participated in several initiatives involving cryptography and Blockchain applications.

Leisy Teixeira - Co-founder and Head of Operations for Agryo, a risk intelligence startup for agribusiness, which uses blockchain in its services. He holds a PhD. In engineering and a Master's in agribusiness.

Thiago Padovan - Co-founder, Curator and Facilitator in the Movements Project, an initiative to create innovation ecosystems in organizations through the Meta Design approach and is the Coordinator and Invited Instructor of the Innovation and Co-Creation Module in the competitive Master of Management at FGV. In addition, he is a co-founder of the Blockchain Academy, a cryptocurrency and blockchain education and consultancy initiative where he worked for three and a half years, from the process of structuring, managing and investing.

Moderation
Solange Calvo
- Journalist specialized in IT and telecom, production of digital content and management of social networks.

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.

Access the ABES Portalhttp://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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