The annual event of the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA) It attracted more than a thousand attendees in its thirtieth edition. During the closing speech, the president of the UIA, Daniel Funes from Riojahighlighted that “The industrial agenda has a necessary place and constitutes an essential step in Argentina’s general strategy.”
Funes de Rioja closed the day with a speech in which he emphasized the need to build a future with the productive sector as the protagonist: “We are proactive and at the UIA we work so that there is a balanced terrain. We want and can compete, but on equal terms, where the Argentine cost does not make such competition unfeasible, for which a balanced terrain is necessary that expands the horizon of the value chains that cross industry, agriculture, services, mining and energy, and that with digitalization and the new technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution can improve productivity.
The day began with the welcome of Martin Rappallinipresident of the 30th Industrial Conference, who highlighted his immense pride in the Argentine business community, for its commitment and dedication. He was accompanied by the head of Government of the City of Buenos Aires, Jorge Macri. Both highlighted the relevance of integrating efforts between the public and private sectors to strengthen the country’s industrial development.
The first panel, titled “The industrial potential: state policies to promote competitiveness and productive development”, brought together the executive director and chief economist of the UIA, Diego Coatzand to the regional representative of UNIDO and economist, Manuel Albaladejo. Coatz indicated that “to transform the resilience of the industrial sector into productive development we need a more offensive agenda. With pragmatism to have timing and sequentiality that insert us intelligently into the world,” while Albaladejo explained that industrialization is here to stay.
Then in the panel “Global changes and competitiveness”, the professor of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and former vice president of BNDES, João Carlos Ferraz and the professor of the University of Venice and former deputy executive secretary of ECLAC, Mario Cimoli highlighted the importance of the new industrialization model, with private and state capacities working together.
The block “Technology and innovation to improve productivity and enter this new industrial revolution” featured presentations by national leaders on this agenda: the director of strategy and technology of INVAP, Santiago Pérez Ghigliathe vice president of AI for Latam at GLOBANT, Diego Martinsthe director of the CESSI Innovation Space and CEO of Snoop Consulting, Gustavo Guaragna and the AI leader for Accenture South America, Daniel Stilermanwho concluded that “the UIA has a large initiative to help and provide expert training so that companies take advantage of innovation.”
The Coordinating Secretary of Production of the Nation, Juan Pazo, presented the “Argentine Productive Roadmap 2024-2027”, and highlighted that the government is presenting a project that takes many of the things that were discussed with the industrial sector regarding the productive investments.
In the afternoon, the panel “Consensus and agreements to achieve a federal productive model” brought together the governors Martin Llaryora (Cordova), Maximiliano Pullaro (Santa Fe), Marcelo Orrego (Saint John) and Carlos Sadir (Jujuy), who agreed on the importance of the industry as a generator of employment and on the synergy that should exist between provincial governments and the industrial productive sector.
The focus on small and medium-sized businesses was present in “Competitive environments for productive SMEs” which brought together the executive director of the PyME Observatory Foundation, Federico Poli, the secretary of the Tax Policy Department of the UIA, Mariela Compagnucci, the vice president PyMI of the UIA, Javier Viqueirathe president of the PyMI Department of the UIA, Diego Leal and the secretary of SMEs, Entrepreneurs and Knowledge Economy, who highlighted that the government is “trying to build a bridge towards competitiveness, taking care of the fiscal order.”
One of the most inspiring panels was “Replace the magnifying glass with the mirror, the industry as a social integrator”. Gaston Paulspresident of The House of Street Culture, Malena Famapresident of the Multipolar Foundation and Pablo Palermopresident of Palertek, spoke about the importance of debating the problem of problematic consumption and healthy environments for a sector that is among the main job generators in the country.
The panel “The new great drivers to consolidate growth and drive industrial suppliers: mining and energy”, The thematic tour closed with the presence of the president of the Global Wind Energy Council for Latin America, Ramón Fiestas Hummler, the president and CEO of YPF, Horacio Marín and the general director of the Rincón Litio Project in Río Tinto, Guillermo Caló.
Source: Ambito
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