comes the EconAr fairthe place where a hundred companies will meet, with entrepreneurs, startups and researchers involved in the sector. From 17 to 19 Marchwith free admission, the place will offer multiple activities related to innovation in various themes, as well as work and study proposals.
With a video-bot created on the basis of artificial intelligence, the Secretary of the Knowledge Economy, Ariel Sujarchuk, presented the fair. AND “a great opportunity to open your eyes” AND “to know where the Argentina of the future is going”he said, summoning to participate in the event organized by the Ministry of the Economy which will be held at La Rural, in Palermo.
At La Rural, from 17 to 19 March, with free admission, workshops on technological innovation, scouting and specialized educational proposals, as well as video game and eSport competitions.
The knowledge economy event will offer multiple related activities with innovation in different topics, as well as work and study proposals.
For those who want to study “They will have more than 40 universities in attendanceand those who want all companies will look for work”Sukarchuk stressed.
In EconAr will participate “the whole industry” and there it will be possible, in addition to “getting to know” and “entering” the world of the knowledge economy, “leaving your curriculum vitae”.
“The knowledge economy is one of the most dynamic and promising sectors: seeIt has been growing steadily since 2019 and has become the third largest exporting sector in Argentina, with a contribution of US$ 9,000 million expected. We distinguish ourselves from other competing countries by the number of companies that generate excellent products and services, offer competitive salaries and have young talents with exceptional skills,” said Sujarchuk, secretary of the knowledge economy, who will lead the opening ceremony next Friday 17, at 16.
One of the highlights will be the official presentation of the Committee for the development and consolidation of the knowledge economy, created within the Secretariat. The aim is for the sectors involved to plan joint actions to promote and strengthen common strategies to consolidate federal, inclusive and environmentally friendly growth in every sector that is part of the knowledge ecosystem.
There will also be a panel on Women and the knowledge economy: leadership experiences for the representatives of the future. There, Wanda Weigert, Chief Brand Officer and Executive Director of Globant Argentina; Verónica Asla, Argentina Location Leader of EY GDS; and Sofía Vago, CEO of Accenture Argentina, will share their perspective on the industry, business and personal leadership.
The event organizers expect around 40,000 people to visit EconAr in La Rural and participate in the workshops, round tables and talks on trends and opportunities for learning and engagement in the sector. In this framework, for example, the success story of Furious will be told, to find out how he came to have a regionally known eSports team; and JP Morgan experts will provide training advice in the most in-demand technology careers.
There will be exhibitions of innovative products and services; workshops on e-commerce, chatbots and Metaverse for entrepreneurs; presentation of innovations in AI, drones, simulators and robots. In addition, immersive games and augmented reality experiences, video game leagues and electronic sports in the eSports arena, among many others.
“The knowledge economy is a strategic sector in the development of Argentina, being transversal to all the productive activities of our country, which has enormous advantages for being a world power”, underlined the Minister of Economy, Sergio Massa.
From his Twitter account, Massa highlighted this “EconAr is another of the actions that we promote from the government promote this ecosystem”, after the legislation establishing multiple tax incentives. He also underlined that with training lines such as the “Argentina Programme” the “political choice was made to invest in the training of new talent, to favor a change of production matrix towards strategic activities in which our country has everything necessary to be in the world avant-garde.
“Given the reality that many professionals and entrepreneurs sell their services overseas and bill them out of the country or debit them in cryptocurrencies, We sent Monotech to Congress, a project to guarantee the right of all Argentines work in framework of law”, the minister said in his list of measures for the sector.
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Source: Clarin
