Last Sunday, a mission headed by the Minister of Industry, Carolina Cosse, left Uruguay for the United States. The group - made up of government authorities and private entrepreneurs from the software sector, among others - headed to the west coast of the country to visit San Francisco and the innovation mecca located in the Californian city, Silicon Valley.
As part of this trip, Cosse held a meeting on Monday with representatives of the technology giant Apple. "I evaluate it as a really very nice meeting," she said in an interview with Radio Sarandí.
"They told me how they see the future, where they are going," he said of the meeting with members of the company founded by Steve Jobs. Cosse, in turn, talked about some of the policies that Uruguay has implemented, such as the change in the energy matrix, the Ceibal Plan and Ibirapitá (the distribution of tablets to retirees), and the country's "mature" software industry. "This is in tune with many things companies like this one, which are always looking for an interesting place in Latin America," he added. As reported by Cosse, the company asked to "learn more" about the country, which is why it will continue the "correspondence" with Apple.
Meanwhile, a MIEM communiqué released yesterday announced another important meeting that the minister had on her agenda for Tuesday, this time with Google.
The portfolio specified who are the members of the delegation that seeks to attract different actors of the information technology industry (ICT) to settle in Uruguay. Representatives of Uruguay XXI, Antel, the National Administration of Public Education (Anep), the University of the Republic (UdelaR), the Centre for Professional Technical Education (Cetp-Utu), the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII), the National Institute of Employment and Vocational Training (Inefop), the Uruguayan Chamber of Information Technology (CUTI), the Chamber of the Digital Economy of Uruguay (CEDU), the Science and Technology Park of Pando (PCTP) and the Technological Laboratory of Uruguay (LATU) attended the meeting.
These actors are joined by a large group of entrepreneurs from the ICT sector.
Source: El País
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