The event will take place in October in São Paulo and will bring together government leaders, companies and experts to discuss geopolitics, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, sustainability and global competitiveness.
ABES – the Brazilian Association of Software Companies, whose mission is to build a more digital and less unequal Brazil, announces the ABES Summit 2025 on October 8th at the JW Marriott in São Paulo. The 15th edition of the event has as its central theme "Digital Frontiers: Geopolitics, Technology, and Sustainability," reflecting the Association's commitment to shaping the country's strategic agenda in the technology sector.
"The ABES Summit is more than a meeting: it's a space for reflection and building pathways for Brazil to position itself as a leading player in the global digital landscape. We are facing a unique moment in which technology, sustainability, and geopolitics intertwine. Our role is to ensure that this convergence results in responsible innovation, economic growth, and, above all, the reduction of inequalities," emphasizes Andriei Gutierrez, President of ABES.
Over more than three decades of operation, ABES has established itself as the leading representative body for the software and digital services industry, actively contributing to the sector's development and playing a leading role in regulatory debates in Brazil. The Summit is the ultimate expression of this role, bringing together the diverse actors who build the innovation ecosystem and strengthen the country's position on the global stage.
Programming prioritizes topics that are at the heart of digital transformations
According to the Brazilian Software Market Study 2025, conducted by ABES in partnership with IDC, the Brazilian IT market generated US$1.5 billion in 2024, maintaining the country's position as the world's tenth-largest IT economy and accounting for US$3.51 billion in technology investments in Latin America. The sector is expected to grow by 9.51 billion in 2025, above the global average of 8.91 billion in 2025. These figures demonstrate not only Brazil's strength on the global stage but also the urgency of discussing the direction of innovation in an increasingly complex regulatory and geopolitical environment.
It is in this context that the ABES Summit 2025 brings together experts to discuss the main axes of transformation:
- Regulation of Artificial Intelligence and Agentic AI – ethical dilemmas, data governance and impacts on competitiveness;
- Geopolitics in the Digital Age – New Alliances, Sanctions, and Resilience Strategies in a Hyperconnected World;
- The new global balance – the convergence between sustainability, green investments and digital governance;
- Brazil 2030 as a technology hub – opportunities in semiconductors, AI, data centers and clean energy;
- Cybersecurity beyond the firewall – public and private digital resilience strategies;
- AI First Companies – Redefining careers and skills in the face of automation.
- The post-AI software industry – new monetization models and AI-orchestrated software;
- Global technology regulation – impact of international regulatory frameworks and their effects on competitiveness;
- AI as a transversal force in business – application cases in healthcare, smart cities and public services.
Among the names already confirmed are Silvio Cascione (Research Director, Brazil — Eurasia Group), with a keynote on digital geopolitics; Maria Mazzarello Veloso (Business Advisor, Board Member and CEO of Olusac), Ricardo Sennes (Managing Director — Prospectiva Public Affairs Lat.Am), Dr.-Ing. Rodrigo Pastl Pontes (Digital Transformation & Innovation Manager — CNI), Camila Ramos (CEO and founder of CELA – Clean Energy Latin America), Igor Nazareth (Director of Innovation and Institutional Relations — EMBRAPII) and Jaime Spitzcovisky (journalist for Canal UM BRASIL, from FECOMERCIO, specializing in international affairs), discussing sustainability and innovation. Also participating will be Andréa Thomé (Head of the Board — WOMCY), Georgia Barbosa (manager of CISSA | CESAR), and Rony Vainzof (lawyer specializing in data ethics, responsible AI, and data protection consultant at Fecomercio SP), who will discuss cybersecurity; in addition to Paulo Moraes (Co-founder of Instituto Talenses and director of the LANDtech division), Camila Achutti (CEO of Mastertech), Laura Constantini (founder of Nido), Caio Moreti (CEO and founder of GrupoQ), Fabro Steibel (executive director of ITS), Caroline Rocabado (leader in Privacy and Governance of Responsible AI — DASA), and Igor Marchesini (special advisor to the Ministry of Finance), bringing reflections on AI, regulation, and the future of the software industry.
The event is sponsored by CAESBRA, EMBRAPII, Kaspersky and CGI br, reaffirming ABES' commitment to ethics, responsible innovation and sustainability.
Service | ABES Summit 2025
Date: October 8, 2025, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Location: JW Marriott, United Nations Avenue, 14401 – São Paulo/SP
More information and registration: www.abessummit.com.br
About ABES
ABES (Brazilian Association of Software Companies) aims to contribute to the construction of a more digital and less unequal Brazil, in which information technology plays a fundamental role in the democratization of knowledge and the creation of new opportunities for all. In this sense, it aims to ensure a business environment conducive to innovation, ethical, dynamic, sustainable and globally competitive, always in line with its mission to connect, guide, protect and develop the Brazilian information technology market.
Currently, ABES represents around 2,000 companies, which total approximately 80% of the software and services sector's revenue in Brazil, distributed across 24 states and the Federal District, responsible for the generation of more than 260 thousand direct jobs and an annual revenue of around R$103 billion in 2024. Access the ABES Portal or call +55 (11) 5094-3100.
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