A delegation led by the Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining, Carolina Cosse, and made up of more than 30 public and private institutions travelled to the United States this week to visit the headquarters of Google, Facebook and Apple. The objective: to position Uruguay as a technological port, to show how its energy and telecommunications matrix has changed, as well as to illustrate the implementation of government flagships such as the Ceibal and Ibirapitá plans and e-government.
The delegation is composed of representatives from Uruguay XXI, ANTEL, National Administration of Public Education (ANEP), University of the Republic (Udelar), Centre for Technical Professional Education (CETP-UTU), National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII), National Institute of Employment and Vocational Training (Inefop), Uruguayan Chamber of Information Technology (CUTI), Chamber of Digital Economy of Uruguay (CEDU), Scientific and Technological Park of Pando (PCTP) and the Technological Laboratory of Uruguay (LATU).
The delegation is completed by a group of entrepreneurs linked to the ICT industry who are being received by senior executives from leading companies such as Google, Apple, Facebook, Cisco, Deloitte, and renowned universities such as Stanford and Berkeley. The delegation will also visit 500 Startups in Silicon Valley, to learn first-hand about the acceleration programme for Uruguayan companies in that country. The agenda also includes meetings with PuenteLabs and Meltwater, among other companies.
«Es una comitiva que me hace sentir muy orgullosa de mi país porque tienen una participación del sector privado del software muy grande y también del sector público tanto de las empresas públicas como de la enseñanza», declaró Cosse a radio Sarandí.
La ministra destacó el hecho de que toda la comitiva este en el «mismo barco». En una agenda muy extensa, Cosse apuesta a «mostrar lo que es Uruguay y las posibilidades que hay para trabajar en este rubro», se conozcan mejor entre todos para «avanzar mucho más». «Uruguay tiene esta industria de software que tiene la madurez de venir a Sillicon Valley a mostrar proyectos. Es fuerte lo que estoy diciendo», subrayó la jerarca.
Apple's interest
For Cosse, it is important to make many more trips, not only to the United States but also to China, and that the businessmen who join these trips are changing. This Monday, she participated in a meeting with a large team from Apple.
El encuentro despertó el interés de la firma por lo que esta instancia abrirá un espacio de intercambio a futuro. «Empresas como estas siempre buscan algún lado interesante en América Latina y lo que nos pidieron es que quieren conocer más» de Uruguay, comentó. «La verdad que me quedé contenta, con trabajo por hacer. Vamos a seguir esta correspondencia con Apple, haciendo conocer más a Uruguay», agregó la ministra.
Source: The Observer
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