As part of Industry Week 2017, the Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining, Carolina Cosse, this morning referred to what she described as the "continuation of the fourth industrial revolution".
The minister said that in Uruguay "we are preparing the industrialists of tomorrow and the day after tomorrow", in areas such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, electronics and chemistry, which, she said, have "invaded" the world's industrial activity.
On Uruguay's competitiveness as a country embedded in this new global reality, Cosse said that national primary products are having a "good positioning" at the international level, adding that the application of cutting-edge technologies has favoured this.
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During her speech on Thursday at ANTEL's Telecommunications Tower, she explained that the concept of community in the business sector has never been as important as it is today. "It is not about introducing digitalisation so that our traditional companies know how to use technology, but about introducing it with an open mind, so that companies come together and share resources.
"The acquisition of technology in Uruguay is being carried out by micro, small and medium-sized enterprises," he said. He added that Uruguay is a people capable of acquiring digital habits easily and quickly. "When ATMs were just starting to be installed in the 80's, people said that retirees would not know how to do it, and nothing happened. Now, some people said that retirees were going to chop meat on the tablets, and they are giving us a wonderful lesson in cultural integration, and we are grateful for it, because that is why the government is providing the devices through the Ibiriapitá Plan," he said.
On globalisation, and the complicated reality of the Latin American region, Cosse considers that "there is good political will" for the internationalisation of Uruguayan products and services. Although she acknowledged that MERCOSUR is Uruguay's main client at the moment, she said that it is necessary to think more globally from the different national industrial sectors.
He concluded by stressing that it is "fundamental" to teach science at all levels of education, from the very earliest. "In this way, our citizens will be able to navigate in a world of constant technical change," he concluded.
Source: The 21 Network
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