How do you imagine the IT industry in Uruguay will be -or would you like it to be- in the medium and long term?
Ten years in our industry is a very long time. Regardless, I imagine an industry with more people working in it, with Cuti's partner companies working for the whole world regardless of destination, i.e. with a strong presence on every continent, having transformed existing industries, and helped create new ones.
I am sure that 10 years from now the growth of biotechnology, biological engineering and bioinformatics will have a major impact on the country's economy, where information and communication technologies (ICT) through big data technologies, artificial intelligence and biosensors, will play a leading role in the transformation process. I imagine that the Uruguayan multinational partners of the Cuti, will be increasingly larger and will be empowered with an increasingly important and dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystem.
What fundamental tasks should the next government promote as a priority for the future development of the sector you represent?
For the development of the Information Technology (IT) sector, the new government should work in several areas. Undoubtedly, the main one is education, at various levels, from the universalization of computational thinking in primary and secondary schools, education by projects - incorporating robotics and artificial intelligence from secondary school - and, fundamentally, the teaching of the English language, in addition to support for technical, undergraduate and graduate university education.
The second task is to deepen the incorporation of information technologies in all areas of economic activity. This not only benefits one sector, but allows innovation and productivity improvement of all companies in Uruguay. And finally, it is important to generate the conditions for more risk investment in the country, which will substantially increase investment in large, medium and small technology companies.
What are the issues that Uruguay, as a country, should emphasize, regardless of the level or sector of activity, aiming at a greater development of its society and economy in the next decade?
Uruguay should put much more emphasis on education. The development of the country depends a lot on the skills that our compatriots will have in the future. One of them is the ability to learn and unlearn, but in addition to this, mathematics and languages are much more important for the future, so looking for new ways of learning these subjects is becoming more and more relevant.
The active participation of our young people in new technologies from an early age will allow us to have the possibility for them to work in the construction of our own future and not be mere spectators of it.
Source: Crónicas
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