The Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining, Carolina Cosse, held a meeting with Appe's directors yesterday, where she sought to position Uruguay as a technological port through the presentation of projects such as the Ceibal Plan and Ibirapitá, the transformation of its telecommunications and energy matrix. The meeting, framed in the mission to the United States of the national ICT industry, aroused the interest of the firm, so this instance will open a space for future exchange. Minister Cosse said that now comes a stage of "work and we will continue this correspondence with Apple, making Uruguay better known".
For the engineer, it is vital that young entrepreneurs, who are "ambassadors of our country", have these opportunities in markets such as North America and China, among others, where Uruguay's potential in these areas of knowledge will continue to be disseminated.
Among the members of the mission to the United States, there is a group of young entrepreneurs belonging to the advanced software industry, Artificial Intelligence or augmented reality. "They are an example to follow", she added, and affirmed that it is necessary to show young people the enormous opportunity to enter this part of the world, and to value the fact that Uruguay has the maturity to present projects in Silicon Valley.
Today, the Minister will be meeting with the management of Google, followed by visits and presentations at 500 Starups and Stanford University.
Strengthening the National Technological Industry
The delegation will attend a talk by Marvin Liao, from 500 Startups, a national business accelerator programme, carried out in collaboration with the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII), the Technological Laboratory of Uruguay (LATU), the National Development Agency (ANDE) and the Uruguay XXI Institute.
The group will then visit Puente Labs where they will attend a presentation of the company, the expected indicators and the conditions necessary to raise Venture Capital (VC) capital.
The tour will culminate with a guided tour of Stanford University's facilities with MBA students, and a talk by Leticia Britos, co-director of the university's innovation fellows area.
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