The Uruguayan Chamber of Information Technology of Uruguay (Cuti) will elect its next board of directors. And there are already proposals: the current president of the chamber, Leonardo Loureiro, presented his action plan for re-election. "I want to take the industry to a new stage," he said.
Quanam's International Business Manager - successor of Álvaro Lamé, who passed away last year - defined the five priority areas for the 2018-2020 period, if elected.
"Our plan is to empower the technology ecosystem to go to a new stage of development, thus providing growth opportunities for all industry players. In Cuti we can be an active participant in the transformation of Uruguay, we can achieve a great change in our country," explained Loureiro.
And he added: "I want to take the industry to a new stage, it is a very challenging goal but with the work of everyone, focused on specific but relevant issues for the industry, such as Business Development, Internationalization, Financing, Talent and Innovation, we will surely be able to achieve it, I want to work on high-impact issues that really move the needle of our exports, to have a solid Industry that provides jobs to many Uruguayans".
Five axes to boost the industry
- Internationalization: The industry has demonstrated its exporting vocation, however we need to work so that more companies work in international markets and those that are already there consolidate and grow at higher rates than the current ones.
- Innovation: Our companies are already working on Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Robotics, Genetics, Virtual Reality, Blockchain, etc., but we see that it is important to establish innovation processes that allow the creation of intellectual property that will allow us to scale in international markets.
- Talent: We are going to consolidate the different projects that we started in the 2016-2018 directive, such as Jóvenes a Programa and B_IT. With these projects underway, we are going to focus on working with academia on programs that allow us to develop new specialties associated with cutting-edge areas of knowledge in order to have more specialists, more masters and more doctors.
- Relations with the Government: As in the main countries of the world, the technology industry must promote and demand the participation of the State in its development. We will continue to work with the government so that among other things, the state is a driving force in the development of innovation, competitiveness, education, in the creation of incentives for the venture capital industry and in the development of instruments to facilitate the incorporation of technology in the rest of the national industry.
- An Industry throughout the territory and with more women: We will continue working to generate development opportunities for all citizens of this country, wherever they are, promoting the installation of work units of our partners in different cities of Uruguay. We will continue to insist on how important it is for our industry that women choose this sector to develop.
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