06 March 2024 | For: Latin Press Agency
Cuba finalizes details for the XIV International Computer Convention and Fair 2024 from March 18 to 22 with the motto For a digital society, its organizers reported today at a press conference.
The First Deputy Minister of Communications, Wilfredo González, explained that representatives from 16 countries have confirmed their presence at the scientific forum, while some 67 companies dedicated, among others, to information technology, have already participated in the exhibition exhibition. digitalization and artificial intelligence.
He stressed that it is no coincidence that the central motto of both events is For a digital society, when computerization and digitalization are for Cuba a pillar of government management, supported by the highest authorities of the nation. González stressed that the attendance of the highest regional figures of the International Telecommunications Union and the Caribbean Telecommunications Union, and other prestigious experts and specialists is a recognition of the island's efforts to advance in these fields, as required. current development at a global level.
He added that the convention on its opening day has a high-level panel planned to debate digital transformation, challenges and challenges, while its agenda will be completed with nine scientific events and eight keynote conferences, among which the one dedicated to the essential challenge stands out. of artificial intelligence.
There will also be special sessions: V University-Business Workshop on ICT, Governance and digital transformation in the information society and Human capital management in the ICT sector, with a gender focus. The first deputy head of Communications meant that in this edition of Informatics 2024, Cybersecurity will have a day dedicated to reviewing the current global panorama and future trends, its role and importance in governance and its management in institutional web portals. When referring to the Fair, he commented that 28 national projects will be shown at the Cuba stand, since it will be a showcase of what the more than 38 thousand professionals dedicated to the application and development of ICT do, grouped in the national applications and development industry. computer Services. Informática 2024 will take place from March 18 to 22 at the Convention Center and the Pabexpo fairgrounds, where more than a thousand exhibitors and professionals in that field are expected to attend, with a marked presence of non-state forms of management ( private sector).