The mission, which will continue until Friday, October 5, aims to visit the main technology centers and business communities of the sector in both cities, to strengthen ties and open cooperation opportunities.
The mission's agenda began with a welcome organized by the Uruguayan Consulate. It counted with the words of Minister Cosse; the Consul General in New York, Pauline Davies, and the counselor of the Embassy of Uruguay in Washington, Alejandro Rodríguez.
On the first day of activities, the group visited Harvard Innovation Labs, Harvard University (Cambridge, Boston). There, Minister Cosse gave an overview of the Uruguayan industry related to artificial intelligence and machine learning, while specialists from the university also gave presentations.
In her presentation, Cosse explained that the government is supporting the IT sector to find ways to help it strengthen and grow. She explained that Uruguay has a high quality infrastructure in telecommunications, energy and fiber optics, for which it has worked hard. As a result, today in Uruguay more than 77% of homes are connected to the Internet.
"Uruguay is a small country, with a strong democracy and a very strong legal framework," said the minister, who added that the country has sustained its growth for ten years and now plans "more powerful measures to achieve structural changes that promote the growth of digital sectors".
Cosse informed about the work of the University of the Republic in artificial intelligence and machine learning since the 1990s, as well as the work carried out by the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII). He stressed the importance of having hundreds of students and outstanding professionals. "We have been working since the 1990s and now we want to strengthen this area to continue growing, because we have the basis, which are the teaching capacity and professionals," he summarized.
"We are here to listen to them and to try to find opportunities to cooperate, in order to collaborate with the growth of our country and with the creation of opportunities for our young people to develop," concluded Minister Cosse.
The mission agenda will include networking activities and visits to MIT Media Lab, Boston Dynamics, Cambridge Innovation Center, Hubspot, Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, IBM Manhattan, Techstar, New Lab, Knotel and Greater NY Chamber of Commerce.
Source: MIEM
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