Who is within the technology sector hears often of great jargon, as the speed of information, ongoing communication and productivity with ICT to be highlighted by the advantages. These themes dominated the presentation of the six cross-cutting trends that APDC brought to the first panel discussion of the 25th Communications Congress.
After an intervention Joaquin Almunia, representatives from Altran, CGI, IBM, Microsoft, Accenture and Novabase They made their “pitch” of 5 minutes showing the revolution that is happening in the energy sector, the data (especially the Big Data), the template as a service , centered experience . user and the future of the workforce, but also in cost optimization
On the other side were invited to comment on the political, economic and social impact four speakers from outside the sector: the sociologist Antonio Barreto; António Ramalho, president of the Board of Directors of Infraestruras of Portugal; Fernando Ulrich, chief executive of BPI and Luis Marques Mendes, lawyer and politician. And the concerns are common, and focus on issues of social exclusion, privacy and security.
António Barreto points out that there are concepts that can not be used without a critical point of view, as the speed and readiness, and always pointed out as virtues. “Communication produces the best and the worst,” the sociologist, remembering that today we see it in direct but at the same time also enhances the worst exclusion among people who do not have access digital tools.
“It took me some time to realize that progress is not all positive. You lose a lot along the way. I believe that the loss of privacy is absolute, but it is what it is “, he stresses. And the difference between generations in how we share information on social networks is a good demonstration of this.
While recognizing the advantages of ICT and the opportunities presented by economic development and democratization in society, Marques Mendes, lawyer and politician, also highlights some concerns, particularly on the balance between freedom and security, defending the privacy and ensuring the non-interference in citizens’ lives.
For the lawyer, the answer from the reconciliation of two views must go through the way these accesses are regulated and legislated. “What worries me is that we are in a state of no one”, referring to some recent cases of information that is disclosed and it is not denied or contradicted.
“The problem is never that privacy no longer will be the nineteenth century but the side damage of entities that have access and use of unlawful and abusive manner. [...] I’m scared, it is an injury to society. The problem is when not in use but the abuse “he says.
Also Fernando Ulrich, chairman of BPI, shared his vision with respect to privacy, admitting that coexists with it smoothly, but there is a set of entities that have access to data and user profiles. “I take for granted that privacy is dwindling [… There are more and more entities who know a lot about our life. It’s a fact. And within organizations there are people who have access, “he adds, but argues that” it is important that the information can not be used against us “and that can not be aggregated, assuming that this would be a Big Brother worrying.
António Ramalho more focused his remarks on the challenge that technologies bring to businesses and the way helped change concepts, still remembering that this revolution brings tremendous challenges to the state, and require a reclassification.
25 Congress of APDC Communications takes place today and tomorrow, 25 and 26 November, at the Belém Cultural Centre in Lisbon, bringing together more than a dozen panels which involved 99 speakers and addressing the main themes of the communications and IT industry.
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